Ron/Draco

[icarus]

These drabbles are told from Ron's point of view and are part of the 'Beg Me For It' series. They fall between 'Beg Me For It' and 'Sex, Drugs and Death Eater Rock.' Enjoy.


A Little Practice


One time I come home with a bunch of packages and this dead-weight drops on me from the ceiling. Crazy bloke! That was it for the eggs. As I disentangled myself from Draco, he lectured me: “Always look up! How many times do I have to tell you? Keep your eyes open!”

“Could you not do this on ration day?”

“So sorry, Ron. Let’s check with the Death Eaters and schedule the war around your busy social calendar. Does next Tuesday at two suit?”
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In other news, Bill the Pony has updated her 'Making of Samwise' series with 14 chapters! It's beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for what happens next, it's so soft, and gentle and touchingly powerful in a very intimate and real way.

Comments

[wickedelf.livejournal.com]

I haven't been leaving feedback on each drabble (bad me!), but I just wanted to say I've been adoring these! It's been so nice to wake up, stumble over to the computer and voila... little Ron/Draco drabble. They've all been sweet and playful. Can't wait for more!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've been hoping to draw out the drabbles, and then as soon as they're done, post the next in the series, 'Hey You.'

Icarus

[thywillbedone.livejournal.com]

I like this one. In fact, I totally agree with Draco in what he says at the end, lol. He took the words right out of my mouth.

That sort of tells you how much Ron is in denial about the whole thing. He knows that the confrontation needs to be done but he's been tryin to live in this semi-normal life of his, just so that he could still be alive, sort of. That didn't make one bit of sense did it?

Anyhow, I like it, though I already have my two favorites so far and you know which ones those are *grins*.

~Rose

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! That's Ron's escape mechanism, to make things as 'normal' as possible, right down to the Leave It To Beaver "Hi honey, I'm home" - nevermind 'honey' is Draco. Ron slides back into routine so easily, even after that wake-up call in the Arena. Now Malfoy's escape mechanism is complete self-indulgence, dating from when he was a alternately neglected then spoiled kid at the Malfoy Manor.

Thank you! More drabbles coming.

Icarus

[notuilion.livejournal.com]

I think this taps into what I loved about Scarred, which is even more striking as it exists right now, right after a fairly large time gap in the series. The force of Ron's suffering hit me there, far more than when bad things actually happened. Then, Ron was handling it. He'd redefined 'normal,' so it was okay to appear to be a gay Death Eater, okay to be good at it, all just a requirement of the situation. It was okay not to question, okay to just stabilize and follow the routine. To always expect things to end eventually, but never expect them to end tomorrow.

And I'm truly delighted we'll eventually find out how it ends, but I identified with Ron's mood that much more because I was also thinking Huh? Wait! How did we get here?

In Scarred he's juxtaposing 'normal' on normal, and he isn't either of those Rons, any more. The time in the Ministry changed him; he's become some of what he once hated. Some of the pretense was real, and now, realizing he doesn't fit, he has to admit that. But on the other hand, was he always right before? He cares too much to discard the things he's learned, the people he's come to care for, just because of where he found them...

You can't go home again. Truth hurts. Sometimes it hurts too much -- that's how I always felt about the Scouring of the Shire -- but here, there's more balance. It wasn't a pointless loss, it brought good things that would never have happened otherwise. Not going home again also means hope.

Re: Scarred

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've saved this for a while because I needed to think about it first.

Everything you say here is dead on and exactly what I intended for the story, even though I also call it the most unabashedly romantic piece I've ever written.

Ron has changed irrevokably by the experience, of course he has, and his family and those who weren't in the prison have no framework or reference point to understand who he is now. They think he's experienced the same war they did, but that's just not true. He and Draco have to stick together, they need each other, because they're the only ones who understand what happened.

Anyway, thank you. It means a lot that this story touched you, and even more that you took the time to tell me.

Now. All I have to do is finish writing SNAFU. Oh boy.

Icarus