Our Convenient Downfall

For once Georgiana was not wakened by her crying son, she woke at a reasonable hour to silence. She rolled over to see Draco, she was met with an empty bed, for some stupid reason she peaked over both edges of the bed in case he had ended up on the floor, nothing. She lay for a moment listening for any sign of him, when she heard nothing but silence she got up. Georgiana walked over to the open bathroom door and peaked inside, empty. She continued into the dressing room, finally some sign he was alive, he'd left the items he had worn to bed in a heap on the floor. In the unlikely event he was with their son she checked his room too, again empty. Eventually she figured he must already be at breakfast.

Using the precious moments of free time she decided to get ready, remembering her talk with Narcissa she decided to make an effort. After drying and styling her hair she decided to put on one of her many dresses, with the exception of parties it had been a long time since she had worn one. This one was black, hugged her body and finished just above the knee, it also had just the amount of cleavage. It was sexy but cute, it didn't look too much, she looked good, even if she thought so herself.

Surprised the baby was still asleep she went to check on him, as soon as she walked into the room she heard him begin to stir, she smiled, his timing was impeccable. After sending a message to the kitchens to prepare a bottle she picked him up, changing him and dressing him in some clean clothes before heading downstairs. He wasn't at breakfast.

"Morning, have you seen Draco this morning?" She asked sitting down at her place, the warm bottle already waiting for her.

"He had breakfast and went out for a bit, I'm sure he won't be long. You look nice today." His mother replied, Georgiana gave a small grin.

"I decided you were right, I need to get myself back to pre-pregnancy life. So no more jeans to breakfast, I'm making an effort." Narcissa gave a small smile returning to her food.

"When Draco gets back, tell him I'm in the library and I'm looking for him." She proclaimed carrying her son off to her second favourite place.

~~

By lunch time he had not returned.

Nor did he return in time for dinner.

"Did he say where he was going?" She asked as they ate, Leo lying quietly in her arms.

"No, just that he was going out." Narcissa replied, she looked briefly concerned.

"Do you think he is alright? Do you think something has happened to him?" Georgiana herself was surprised that she was worried.

"I'm sure he's fine. If he hasn't returned by lunch tomorrow, then we shall be concerned." Lucius spoke with enough authority to ease her worries slightly.

"Narcissa, honestly I'm surprised you care so little." She snapped at the elder witch.

"Don't think because I don't show it I'm not concerned. Don't even Georgiana." She answered with a fierceness that silenced Georgiana.

~~

At 8pm she put Leo down for the night, when she came back into her room she was relieved to see a figure in the bed, under the covers. She did presume it was him. Keeping a tight hold of her wand she went into the dressing room, it was definitely him, his clothes were scattered over the floor.

She couldn't help but smile as she came back into the bedroom after changing. She climbed into bed and shuffled over to his side, he hand his back to her but she wasn't deterred. Her hand went around his waist as she leant her forehead against his shirt covered back.

"Where have you been?" She whispered.

"Out." He replied. He smelt faintly of alcohol, like he had been drinking hours ago.

"You've been gone all day, I was worried about you." He shrugged slightly.

"I'm surprised you noticed."

"Of course I noticed! You disappear with no clue as to where you went on our Anniversary. I had plans!" She kissed his back slightly but he never responded. She lay against him for a minute before moving back, however she wasn't giving up that easily. With a quickness that surprised her she had moved so she was straddling him, and him laying on his side didn't exactly make it the most comfortable position.

"Get off." He muttered.

"No, but please don't move, I don't want to fall off the bed! Draco will you talk to me? Please?" He lay there, his arms folded in front of him for a few moments. "I'm not getting off until you talk to me. If you push me off I will only get more annoying." He slowly rolled onto his back, Georgiana had quite an effort to not fall off.

"What do you want?" He asked giving her a slight glare, she answered it with a smile.

"I want to celebrate, we have been together a whole year and we haven't caused each other bodily harm." She lay down on top of him, a leg on either side. He stared at her for a few moments.

"Gi." He stopped quite unsure what to say.

"Don't you want to celebrate with me?" She grinned moving up and placing a very gentle kiss on his lips.

"Leo will disturb us." He sighed putting his hands behind his head.

"He won't, he's just went to sleep, we have at least 4 hours." She began to slowly undo the buttons on his shirt. "I've just realised you still have your actual clothes on don't you?" He nodded.

"Are you serious about this?" She nodded, grinning. "If he interrupts, I swear I am moving into another of the rooms and I'm not coming back."

"Finally, it's take over a year but I get my own room!" She laughed slightly but stopped when he sat up, taking her with him.

Without saying anything he had flipped her over onto her back and began placing kisses on her neck. This time she didn't wait before wrapping her legs around him, pulling him closer to her. As she finished unbuttoning his shirt she pushed it off his shoulders, he shrugged it back on, she took the bottom of it and began pulling it over him, he pushed her hands away.

"Don't." He began kissing higher up her neck towards her mouth.

"Unless you take off your shirt I am crossing my legs." He groaned slightly, moving back and holding his weight on his arms.

"Get rid of the light." She shook her head.

"If we are having sex, we are doing it with light and you are removing your shirt!" He stayed above her and stared at her for a moment before lowering his head so he wasn't looking at her face. With a loud sigh he lifted his right hand off the bed, she quickly pulled the sleeve over his arm, throwing it over his back and pulling the shirt down towards his left.

"Can't we just leave it there?" He pleaded but she shook her head.

"I promise I won't look at it, you are supposed to keep me too occupied to notice anyway!" With another sigh he lifted his left hand, Georgiana quickly pulled the last of the shirt off and tossed it aside. At first she didn't notice, but she couldn't help but glance at his arm. She let out a horrified gasp

"Draco! What happened to your arm?" The skin under the Dark Mark was crimson and looked as if it was blistered, no it looked like the skin had bubbled. On top of that several pink scars crossed the mark, but it still remained black and solid. He shrugged.

"Nothing." He moved to kiss her again but she moved her head.

"What happened?" She now had a hold of his wrist and was staring at it.

"Tried to remove it, didn't work." She finally looked back up at him, he was looking to his right, away from her again. Georgiana couldn't help but feel an incredible amount of pity for him.

"Draco." She whispered, her hand went up to his face, turning him back to face her. "Why? It'll fade in time."

"You said it was incredibly stupid, you hate it, I hate it. My Father's took many years to fade to a dull grey, I don't think I can wait that long." She was giving him incredibly sad eyes. "Don't look at me like that."

"I can't help it." Her hand moved up from his wrist to cover the mark. "You don't need to remove it, as long as we can't see it, it's gone." She sat up slightly pulling him into a kiss.

"As nice an idea as that is, you touching it really hurts." With a slight grin she moved her hand away.

"Alright then," She pulled his left arm, putting it behind her back and lying down again, the result pulled him much closer to her. "As long as you can keep my back arched in pleasure, it won't be touched." He couldn't help but smirk.

"Well that won't be hard." He kissed her again, she moaned in pleasure but instead of arching her back she leant further back, he hissed slightly.

"Oh sorry!" She sat up pushing him back too.

"Lie down, I'll just power through." He pushed her back down, she didn't stay there long, sliding out from under him and pulling him by his wrist after her.

"I'm going to sort this out." She grabbed her wand and pulled him along behind her.

"It's fine. I'll be fine tonight, I will sort it in the morning." She continued down the stairs and into a room that had a potions set.

"You won't. You will sit there and be quiet." She rummaged about in a cupboard before pulling out a blue bottle.

"How do you know about this room?" He sat up on the bench.

"Firstly I have been living here a year, I think I know the place pretty well. Secondly your Mother showed it to me when I was pregnant, she keeps all sorts of medicines and potions in here." She walked back towards him with the bottle. Uncorking it she applied a little to her fingertips and patted it on the area. "This may sting."

It was surprisingly soothing, like aloe vera applied to a burn, the bubbling quickly went down and the lines disappeared. Georgiana couldn't help but grin.

"Aren't I clever?" She pulled out her wand. "So what spell did you use?"

"I can't remember." Georgiana held his arm in front of her, muttered something and pointed her wand. A dozen small red cuts appeared on it, he hissed.

"Well done!" She grabbed the bottle and poured more of the liquid onto his arm.

"Tomorrow I am going to torture you till I find a way to remove it." She let go of his arm before slowly walking backwards towards the door. "But now, I just want to go to bed." She winked as he pushed himself off the counter.

With a squeal she set off running up the stairs. It wasn't long before he followed. She passed Narcissa halfway up the stairs.

"Night Narcissa, would stay and chat but currently busy." She turned to see Draco quickly gaining on her as she sprinted up the stairs. This time she made it to the bedroom door before he managed to grab her around the waist and push her against the wall.

"You are a lot faster than the last time."

"I'm a lot less pregnant." She replied with a grin, wrapping her arms around his neck. He didn't waste any more time, lifting her by the legs she eagerly wrapped them around him.

Within moments they were in the bedroom, the door kicked shut by Draco. They stayed in the middle of the room looking at each other. Removing one hand from his neck, and tightening her legs around him she tried with great difficulty to remove her top. He chuckled slightly as she got it half off before it became stuck half way over her head.

Pulling her closer to him he used one hand to help her remove her top, tossing it over his shoulder.

"You are going to have to put me down for a moment." He did, she instantly started work on his belt, quickly undoing his trousers after. She moved her hands to the string on her shorts. "Shit, it's in a knot."

He tried to pull them down anyway, they got stuck.

"Give me your wand, I'll just cut them." She placed her hand over them.

"No! I really like these." With a grin he knelt down in front of her, attacking the knot with his teeth and hands, with a smug look he pulled them down, this time they fell to the floor.

Before he had a chance to do anything else she moved backwards, climbing onto the bed and pushing herself into the middle of it. Without any hesitation Draco removed his boxers and climbed on top, again her legs were quickly around his waist, her hands met at the back of his neck. Draco began placing small gentle kisses on her neck.

"I've missed you." He whispered causing Georgiana to feel the most overwhelming guilt but at the same time gave her butterflies. Her hand was already running through his hair, she had forgotten just how soft it was.

"I know, I've missed you two." She replied in a whisper, pulling him in for a kiss.

~~

Leo Malfoy did not appreciate his parents need for sleep. At 4am the baby began crying, a noise that woke both of his parents.

Whilst both awake neither moved, partly because they were too comfy. Georgiana was currently facing the door to the baby's room, Draco's arm draped across her stomach, his nose was resting against the back of her head.

"Gi, go attend to your son." He muttered in her ear, nudging her with his knee.

"My son? If I'm getting up so are you." She moved to the edge of the bed, stretching her arms above her head. Georgiana was glad they had been too preoccupied to shut the curtains that evening, it was much easier to find her pyjamas. She quickly went into the dressing room, coming out with a pair of pyjama pants for him. "Seriously Draco, get up." She threw them at his head and he sat up with a groan, getting dressed and following her into the baby room.

"What can he need at this time in the morning?" He slumped down into the rocking chair.

"Well he probably needs fed and possibly changed." Draco scrunched up his face as Georgiana leant over the cot. "Oh baby, what is the matter?" She asked him lifting the now screaming child up.
"Draco, have you actually held him yet?" She went over to table and tapped it twice, moments later a bottle of milk appeared.

"How could I? You wouldn't let me near him. Where did that come from?" He began to rock back and forth in the chair.

"Those goblins in the kitchen, we have a system." Cradling the baby she made her way over to him, the bottle in her other hand.

"You mean house elves?" He smirked.

"Same thing, they're all horrid little creatures. Here, you feed him." She held out the bottle to him.

"No thanks." She wasn't deterred.

"Come on Draco, you have to look after him at some point, I've done the hard work, put your arms together." With a glare he reluctantly did as she asked, she wasted no time putting the baby in his arms. "Now the feeding bit is easy, you just have to pop the bottle in his mouth and hold it." She handed him the bottle. As soon as the bottle got close to his face his son opened his mouth.

Georgiana sat in the window seat opposite him.

"Do you think we could get one of these in our rooms? Its so comfy and it looks really pretty."

"Only if we could have sex in it." He answered with a smirk.

"As long as we closed the curtains first." Leo's hands were currently on top of his fathers, holding the bottle. It was possibly the sweetest thing Georgiana had ever seen.

"No, curtains would be removed."

"People might see us!"

"That's the point." He replied looking down at his son. The baby stared back at him, his eyes growing heavy. "Is he meant to fall back asleep again?"

"No, he'll get wind." She stood up and grabbed a towel placing it over her shoulder, she took the baby from Draco, placing him over her shoulder and rubbing his back. After a few moments she heard the satisfactory burp and gave him back to Draco.
"Now you just have to hold him till he goes to sleep."

They both stayed in silence watching the baby, slowly his eyes began to get heavy.

"He had your mouth," He said, brushing his thumb across it.

"Yes but he looks a lot like you. His eyes have changed colour recently, they are now the spit of yours." She sat on the arm of the chair, rocking back and forth with him.

"I don't know, he has the same skin tone and hair colour as you."

"Well that's a blessing, we don't want him as pale as you." She laughed lightly.

"What are we going to do if he turns out to be a squib?"

"I honestly don't know. I think we would move out of here and go hide in the muggle world." She murmured, playing with Draco's hair.

"I'm not living as a muggle!"

"Could you just give him up? I mean we would be disgraced here, we would pull your parents down. It'd be better for us to just disappear." Draco couldn't deny she was right.

"He should be magic though." The baby with one last sigh closed his eyes.

"Of course, he will probably show signs and then we can relax." She picked up her son, placing him back in his cot. She looked over, Draco had moved to lean against the cot, watching the baby.

He briefly glanced at her, she was giving Leo the doe-eyed look that used to be reserved only for him, he had lost her again.

In a surprising move she moved herself underneath his arm, placing herself between him and the cot. She wrapped her arms around him, leaning her head on his chest.

"You know I have a moral dilemma now."

"What's that?" He answered quietly.

"Well on the one hand, I really want to have sex right now, but on the other it's probably better I sleep now. If I don't, when he wakes me up in a couple of hours I will be tired all day and will have to go to bed early." She kissed his chest.

"That is a problem." His hands moved away from the cot, resting on her back as he began to direct her towards their room.

"I mean both have their merits." She grinned as she walked backwards in his arms.

"But you know, I can be quick. I could have you tired out within 30 minutes." She slipped out his arms and crawled onto her side of the bed.

"Stuff it, let's do it." She pulled off her top and tossed it towards him.