When Dudley returned from cleaning up, Drake was sitting on the bed, tapping one of those sticks against his thigh. “So you’re magic too,” said Dudley.
Drake looked up in alarm. “Muggles aren’t supposed to see,” he said. “I thought I Charmed it.”
“Yeah, guess it doesn’t work on me,” said Dudley. “They let me and Mum and Dad through for some protection thing. My cousin’s magic, there were people after us.”
“Really?” said Drake, visibly intrigued.
“Yeah, they said Harry was the Chosen One,” said Dudley matter-of-factly.
Drake’s face fell, and then he laughed. “Oh, fuck. You’re Potter’s cousin.”
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n° 1 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-05-30Haha, I love this! Dudley's calm, take-it-in-stride reaction to Draco being a wizard, and Draco's of-fucking-course-this-is-my-life reaction to Dudley being Harry's cousin. Amazing.
n° 2 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-05-30Had to see how this pairing worked and you did it marvellously!
n° 3 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-05-31Ahahahahaaa this is wonderful!!! <<3
n° 4 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-05-31Bahahaha. What a *perfect* pairing!!
n° 5 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-05-31The summary sounds in character for Dudley and indeed like a line Dudley could use to describe this to Harry, at which point Harry's tone with "you're dating Malfoy would likely be similar to Draco's here. I like how Draco's got himself a muggle adaptation of his name - I can imagine him making up a whole backstory for himself (perhaps with those helicopters from first year!), but he's still careless about bringing out his wand. Oh, it's charmed! Guess I've just cleaned up very quickly. I like how matter of fact Dudley is about magic at this point.
n° 6 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-06-03This is great!
n° 7 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-06-11omg You have no idea how this hit all my buttons at once and just about stopped my pulse. Drake! "So you're magic." "One of those sticks." This is all such a delight. And D/D is my HP fandom OTP and I love, love, love anything that doesn't make them seem ridiculous or evil. You made my day. And also: I love dialogue fic.
n° 8 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2021-06-19Sorry for the late reply! But ahaha this is perfect! I love how chill Dudley is about magic at this point, even when he sees the guy he just slept with is a wizard. And Draco, poor boy just had an even bigger shock lol Thank you so much for writing this for me, I love it!! :D