Peppermint (DM smut love story)

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YOU TURN TO FACE DRACO, propped up on your elbow.

"What is it? Is everything okay?"

"Well.." he trails off as you see his Adam's apple bob up and down. He sits up straight in bed to face you, the sheets covering him from the waist down. You follow suit, holding the sheets up using under your arms to cover yourself.

"Draco, it's okay, you can tell me."

"I know, I'm sorry. It's just, well, if you want to join the inquisitorial squad, you should know the reason I'm doing this."

"My father has asked me to help him with something. I'm presuming your father already filled you in about what they have to do."

"Wait, what? Draco, I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Really?"

"Draco, can you please just spit it out."

"Right, yeah, okay. Well, my father, along with a few of the other death eaters, including your father, have been given a job to do. They have to get a certain prophecy from the Ministry and both my father and your father are leading them. Umbridge has asked us to find and disband Dumbledore's Army. But my father has told me to make sure Potter ends up at the Ministry. One month from today."

"Death eaters? What are you-" you stop for a moment, trying to make sense of everything. "He's actually back?"

"Your father didn't even tell you about that?"

You shake your head, "why does Potter have to be at the Ministry? Why can't our fathers just break in and get it?"

"They don't know which one it is, until he touches it. Potter has to be there, Becca. My father, he's... well he has to do this. He doesn't have a choice."

You can tell in his eyes how worried he is. The way his eyebrows furrow and the edge of his mouth is turned down, he looks so despondent. Lucius, along with your father, hadn't been charged after the war as they claimed they had acted under the Imperius Curse. This must have been a task they had to complete to win over The Dark Lord. Your father must have kept you in the dark to keep him from knowing of you, you were aware the Dark Lord can use legilimency to see certain memories and manipulate the mind. You understood this, but you couldn't just stand back and watch.

"Okay. I want to help."

"Are you sure? You can't tell anyone about Potter having to be at the Ministry, my father is trusting me."

"Yes, I'm sure. Of course, Draco. This is no longer about me being pissed at Granger." If she was going to call you by your last name, you decided you would do the same thing. "This is about our family." You place your hand on his cheek, running your thumb gently along his face. You didn't say it, but you knew then that you would do anything for him.

You pull him in and he places gentle kisses on your lips and cheeks, making you giggle. "I actually have something for you." He gets out of the bed, grabbing some grey shorts from his wardrobe and pulling them on, before going to pick his blazer up from the floor. He reaches into the inside pocket and pulls out a little box. It was black, wrapped in a green velvet bow.

He walks back towards you. "I was planning on keeping it and giving it to you for Christmas, but I don't think there will be a better moment than this one."

He hands you the box as you gaze into his eyes for a moment longer, tenderly taking the box from him. You can't help the smile that comes onto your face. "Draco, what is this?"

"Well, you'll have to open it to find out."

You laugh, slowly untying the bow and placing it on the bed. Slowly opening the box, you see the sparkle of a green emerald. There is a ring with two snake heads wrapping their way around into a circle to form the ring, there is a green emerald placed in the centre. You look closer as you notice words engraved into the ring. Forever & Always.