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works/8502391.
  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child_-_Thorne_&_Rowling, Harry_Potter_-_J.
      K._Rowling
  Relationship:
      Scorpius_Malfoy/Albus_Severus_Potter
  Character:
      Scorpius_Malfoy, Albus_Severus_Potter
  Additional Tags:
      Fluff_and_Smut, Tooth-Rotting_Fluff, Snogging, Hand_Jobs, Getting
      Together, Albus_is_Perpetually_Surly
  Series:
      Part 2 of Dress_Robes
  Stats:
      Published: 2016-11-08 Words: 3836
****** Dress Robes: Albus ******
by mischiefmanager
Summary
     Scorpius Malfoy is wearing dress robes and Albus has no chill. Smut
     ensues.
     To read this story from Scorpius's point of view, read Dress Robes:
     Scorpius.
     Thanks again to my awesome beta reader Dawn_Seeker!
Notes
See the end of the work for notes
Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter trudged through the door into their empty
dormitory together at eight o'clock. 
Albus was in a foul mood, which was the case as often as not these days. He had
just spent a whole evening in the Great Hall surrounded by loads of people he
hated dancing together. Since Albus disliked nearly everyone at Hogwarts, his
bad temper could hardly be attributed to that. He was accustomed to being
forced into social situations he despised. The real reason he was so especially
surly, and it was painful to admit this even to himself, was: Scorpius Malfoy
wearing dress robes. 
Albus was constantly and uncomfortably aware of the fact that he was
pathetically in love with his best friend, and he was doing absolutely
everything he could think of to become not so (short of avoiding Scorpius,
because even this torture was better than that). But it wasn't working. If
anything, the problem was worsening—he wasted hours every night tossing and
turning and replaying their interactions to himself, sifting through memories
of his own behaviour so as to ensure he didn't repeat anything that sounded
more-than-friendly—and particularly focusing on the times Scorpius praised him
or brushed up against him. Sometimes he would touch himself when he just
couldn't stand it anymore, and afterwards he would be more angry about it than
ever. 
However, this evening, Albus had exited the bathroom into their dormitory after
getting ready for the dance only to find Scorpius, already wearing his dress
robes and standing there looking so impeccably perfect that Albus was suddenly
reduced to a bumbling troll with no motor skills. Scorpius had watched Albus
struggle with his bow tie for a minute before striding over to fix it for him.
Albus had stood torturously still, hands fisted tightly at his sides, while
Scorpius's fingers were flitting over his neck and he could feel Scorpius's
breath on his face.
"We are never going to another dance again," Albus proclaimed, half to himself.
He didn't think he could handle another encounter like the one with the bow
tie—he'd probably be wanking to the memory of Scorpius touching his neck for
the rest of his life as it was. Speaking of...Albus began digging through his
trunk in search of pyjamas. With any luck, he could get started on the wanking
now so he could go back to hating himself in peace tomorrow and Scorpius would
be none the wiser. 
"Oh c'mon Albus, it wasn't that bad," Scorpius said cheerfully, shrugging off
his cloak and draping it elegantly in his wardrobe, "how often do we get a
chance to dress up like this?"
That's exactly the problem, Albus thought to himself. He pushed some socks
aside, looking for his favourite shirt, which he had nicked from his brother
who had nicked it from his father. It appeared to be missing. 
"I hate these robes," Albus muttered, more to divert attention away from the
real problem than because he actually felt any animosity toward his own outfit,
"Have you seen my Harpies shirt?" 
That was a stupid thing to ask. Why on earth would Scorpius be paying any
attention to where Albus put his clothing?
"Too bad you hate them," Scorpius replied, ignoring the question, "those robes
really suit you." 
Oh, Scorpius. Always with the innocent, offhanded compliments. Albus was
positive that Scorpius would never speak to him again if he had any idea what
it did to him when he said things like that. 
"Really?" Albus retorted, unable to hide the petulant, scathing tone in his
voice, "which of the beastly girls lining up to dance with my brother told you
that?" 
That wasn't a very nice thing to say, Albus realised. It wasn't Scorpius's
fault that Albus felt the way he did. It wasn't fair to take it out on him.
Then he saw it—the favourite shirt, draped over the top of his trunk. He stood
up and reached for the fastenings on his cloak. 
"I don't need a girl to tell me you're attractive, Albus," Scorpius said in a
soft, breathy sort of voice. "I have eyes, you know."
Albus's hands stilled and his heart began thudding violently against his ribs.
Albus was a master at justifying everything Scorpius did as niceness or tact,
but there was absolutely no mistaking that tone—he was serious. He thought
Albus looked good—and not just nice. Reallygood. In the same way Albus thought
he looked good.
"You think I'm attractive?" he asked, unable to believe what he was hearing,
looking up at Scorpius.
Scorpius stood there with his eyes nearly popping out of his head. He didn't
answer the question, but he didn't need to—his expression said everything.
Albus could tell Scorpius was scrambling for something he could say that would
defuse the situation and was coming up empty-handed. There was nothing Albus
could do but to wait for Scorpius to get his bearings. This might've been
enough for, say, his brother to make a move, but Albus wasn't bold in that way
and this was just too important to risk messing up. 
"Is there a right or wrong answer here?" Scorpius said finally. He sounded
squeaky and incredibly anxious. 
Despite the fact that Scorpius appeared to be frozen to the spot, Albus was
keenly aware that he could just make a run for it at any moment. Therefore,
Albus stepped toward him very slowly and cautiously, trying to be stealthy
enough about it to keep Scorpius from panicking. 
"No," he told Scorpius in what he hoped was a calm, soothing voice, "there's
just the truth, and not the truth."
Scorpius continued his internal dithering. Albus continued to inch closer. 
"Do I really have to answer?" Scorpius squeaked again. 
"Yes," Albus said in a whisper. They were so close now, much closer than could
be explained away as friendly, and Scorpius seemed to realise that, "I need to
hear you say it."
"Okay," Scorpius whispered back, and he appeared to steel himself, "yes, yes I
do, I really,really do..."
Albus barely registered his words, he had focused in on the way Scorpius's eyes
dropped to his lips. This, more than anything, was what gave Albus the push he
needed to close the distance between them. 
"Thank God," he groaned, and—yes! —even to his own ears it sounded sexy. He
grabbed hold of the front of Scorpius's robes and pulled him closer, kissing
him squarely on the mouth. 
Scorpius responded right away, tilting his head and opening his mouth, touching
Albus's waist and then shifting his hands under Albus's cloak to wrap his arms
around his middle and pull him close. Albus began gently working his tongue
between Scorpius's lips, running it over Scorpius's teeth and the roof of his
mouth. Scorpius slowly followed suit and it felt so good that Albus didn't even
bother to try and suppress the moan that came from deep in his throat. 
Albus officially surrendered the battle he'd been fighting all evening with an
especially persistent hard-on and so he let go of Scorpius's robes and grabbed
him by the backside to pull their lower bodies closer together. He noticed only
vaguely that his other hand had tangled itself in Scorpius's hair because he
had become very preoccupied with the discovery that he was not the only one
with a stiffy problem. 
At this, Albus's world narrowed to him, Scorpius and the unshakable urge to rub
one out. He was sort of aware of the fact that he had apparently started
humping Scorpius's leg—very classy, Albus, he thought to himself—but Scorpius
really didn't seem to mind so he thought maybe he could just...
And then there were footsteps outside the door. Albus's whole body ached in
protest as Scorpius hurriedly disentangled himself, and Albus realised that it
looked pretty weird for him to be standing where he was, so he scrambled back
to his trunk and laid the Harpies shirt over his lap while pretending to dig
around again. He chanced a glance at Scorpius, who was facing the wall and
breathing rather harder than usual, if his heaving shoulders were any
indication. 
The intruder stomped into the dormitory and made directly for the bathroom,
slamming the door behind him. Albus took twisted pleasure in the fact that
whoever it was had probably had his date turn sour. Serves him right for
interrupting our moment, thought Albus. 
He suddenly realised he had been holding his breath, and let it out in a great
rush. Scorpius turned to face him again, and the way he looked—still in those
dress robes and all dishevelled and bothered—reminded Albus insistently of what
they had been getting ready to do, and he fought to suppress a grin.
"Fancy a stroll?" he asked, and Scorpius nodded very earnestly, so Albus hopped
out of his trunk and led the way out of their dormitory and into the empty
common room. He didn't even know where they were going, but in his all-
consuming desire to get off his mind had thankfully produced a solution.
"You know," he told Scorpius in an undertone, praying that Scorpius would agree
to his suggestion, "there's a supply cupboard right upstairs by the Potions
classroom that nobody has any business going near tonight."
"Well, we ought to look into that then," Scorpius said in that breathy voice,
and Albus was so glad Scorpius was willing to squeeze into a supply cupboard
with him because he wasn't sure how much longer he could stand being next to
Scorpius without shoving him up against a wall and going back at it.
"Should we.... you know, discuss this at all?" Scorpius added tentatively. 
Albus could think of absolutely nothing that didn't involve himself and
Scorpius touching each other under their trousers. All the parts of his brain
not dedicated to arousal had apparently been shut off, probably because most of
his blood had been diverted south. 
"Yeah, but, like, maybe after we get off, yeah? I can't even think when I'm
like this," Albus admitted, without eloquence.  
Scorpius seemed more than satisfied with this answer because the corners of his
mouth quirked up and he said, "Like this often, are you?"
"Just around you," Albus told him, then he added, "Why, want to see more of
it?" Where didthatcome from? He felt his face go red. 
"Definitely," said Scorpius, looking positively delighted.
They reached the supply cupboard. Albus had never been so pleased to see a
location in his life—he opened the door and gestured for Scorpius to enter.  
"After you," he managed to murmur, impressed at his ability to still form
words. They were so near to being alone together in private again. He felt
utterly suffocated by the desire to have Scorpius's lips back on his and his
insides were leaping with excitement as he attempted to close the door behind
them. 
It wouldn't shut. Albus pulled on it frantically, but it just kept bouncing
open. In his manic frustration, he gave an almighty yank, feeling his elbow dig
into Scorpius's stomach, and he was flooded with relief as he heard the click
of the lock. 
Albus wasted no time in turning his body around and wrapping himself back up in
Scorpius. He pulled him forward into another kiss by the front of his robes and
then, desperate to relieve the throbbing pressure between his legs, moved
Scorpius by grabbing on his trousers until they were pressed together below the
waist and he could resume rocking himself back and forth against Scorpius's
thigh. 
When Scorpius did it back to him, Albus grabbed him by the backside again and
ground them together one last time before pulling back.
"Okay," he told himself, willing his body to calm down for a moment, then
reached down between them to undo Scorpius's trousers. His hands were shaking
badly, but miraculously the buttons and zipper gave under his fingers and then
his hand was touching Scorpius through his pants. He felt around to get an idea
of where everything was, then smoothed his palm up and down a couple of times
over the front of his pants.  
Albus wasn't sure exactly how Scorpius liked to be touched, so he decided to
start lightly and pray that Scorpius would give him instructions beyond that.
Scorpius pressed his face into Albus's neck, which Albus took to be an
encouraging sign.
"Is this okay?" Albus prompted him. 
"Just a bit harder," Scorpius whimpered into his hair.
Very grateful for the tip, Albus increased the pressure of his palm and
Scorpius almost immediately dug his fingertips into Albus's shoulders, gasped,
and then Albus could actually feel him pulsing through the fabric of his pants.
Scorpius rutted helplessly against his hand for a long moment before going
still. Albus wondered if he might come himself just from doing this to
Scorpius. 
Scorpius leaned all his weight against Albus, and Albus ran the fingers of his
left hand through Scorpius’s silky hair. He wiped his sticky right hand on
Scorpius's trousers without thinking about it.
"Thanks for that," said Scorpius sarcastically, but not unkindly. Albus nearly
started to laugh when Scorpius suddenly burst out with:
"No, really, truly, thanks for that. Thanks very much! That was..."
And then Albus kissed him again because he couldn't not—Scorpius's babbling was
too endearing, and he wanted him to know that he was not the least bit
offended. In fact, he was still very hard and hoping that Scorpius might do to
him what he had just done to Scorpius. He didn't want to seem selfish, but he
couldn't help pushing his stiffy back into Scorpius's leg again because it felt
really good.
Scorpius got the hint and reached between them for Albus's belt; Albus leaned
back to give him better access. Scorpius fumbled adorably with Albus's
trousers, getting more and more flustered as the seconds ticked by and Albus
remained frustratingly zipped and buttoned. But he waited as patiently as he
could, holding onto the front of Scorpius's robes again, giving Scorpius time
to get everything undone, and soon enough Scorpius reached inside his trousers
and began stroking him through his pants almost exactly the way he had done to
Scorpius. 
Albus let out an embarrassing sort of whining sound and then covered his face
with his hands so that he wouldn't do it again. Scorpius rubbed him gently for
a couple more moments before he tugged on his hand and Albus took that to mean
he wanted to snog again. It was so sweet and amazing and when their lips met he
absolutely could not hold back any longer so he gasped and shuddered and came
in his pants, pressing into Scorpius and, because he felt it so much that he
couldn't not say it, he murmured "I love you" into Scorpius's mouth. Albus
thought he heard Scorpius sniffle.
Albus touched Scorpius's hand to indicate that he could remove it. As his heart
slowly stopped racing, his haze of contentedness gave way to a hefty dose of
mortification. What if Scorpius wasn't ready to hear that he was in love with
him? What if Scorpius didn't feel—no of course he did. Didn't he? It seemed
easier to just continue snogging and not address what had just happened or what
was going to happen after this. Too soon, Albus felt, Scorpius pulled away. 
"Why'd you stop?" he asked, trying to recapture Scorpius's lips, but Scorpius
turned his head so that Albus kissed the corner of his mouth instead.  
"We should probably have a bit of a chat right about now; don't you think?"
Scorpius prompted him, then he lit the tip of his wand and light flooded the
tiny space between them. 
Albus was finding it very difficult to look at Scorpius, partly from
embarrassment and partly because he really just wanted to keep kissing him. He
screwed up some courage, then met his gaze.  
"Yeah, alright," he managed, then held his breath and waited. 
"Well—wait, why do I have to go first?" Scorpius asked nervously, "You should
say something."
Albus wasn't sure what else there was to say. He kind of felt that he had
already played his cards and, if Scorpius was unhappy with what Albus had
blurted out while he was touching him then, well, Scorpius was just going to
have to deal with that. 
"What do you want me to say?" Albus asked, and then he shrugged. "I already
told you I love you, I meant that, and..."
"I, too," Scorpius interrupted excitedly, "I mean, I love you. Also. Too. I
love you a lot. As more than a friend."
Albus suddenly understood—Scorpius simply wasn't sure whether Albus had meant
what he said, or whether it had just slipped out as a result of him being in
the middle of coming.  
"I can see that," Albus said, with no small amount of relief, raising his
eyebrows and beginning to smile. 
"Just out of curiosity," Scorpius rambled, "just asking, inquiring minds want
to know...how long have you been...um..."
"Fancying the pants off of you?" Albus finished for him.  
Scorpius looked quite glad that he had not been forced to finish his sentence.
"Yes, that," he confirmed. 
Albus thought about his question. It almost seemed like there was not a time
when he hadn't fancied Scorpius. The feelings had snuck up on him so stealthily
that by the time he realised what they were, he was so far gone that there was
nothing he could do about them. It was difficult to pinpoint a single event as
what started it, but there was one moment that came to mind that Albus thought
Scorpius might like to know about. It also would give him a chance to apologize
for something he had been afraid to bring up until now. 
"A really long time," he told Scorpius, "probably last year or...well, I think
after everything that happened. I think what started it was when you said that
I was the person you'd want with you at the return of eternal darkness. I'm
sorry I told you I'd want someone big and powerful—I was just surprised and not
sure what to say so I got all snarky." 
"I am so obsessed with you," Scorpius blurted out again, and then his face
turned so red that Albus could actually feel the heat of it on his own cheeks.
"Everything about you is wonderful and brilliant and beautiful and do you want
to be my boyfriend? Please say you do."
Boyfriend. Oh my God.
"Are you joking?" Albus told him with enthusiasm, "Of course I want to be your
boyfriend. What do you think all this was?" Albus pointed down between them to
their trousers, flies undone, buckles hanging down limply from open belts and
he felt like his heart might burst from joy. 
"Good. Great. Wow," Scorpius squeaked and then he collapsed into such an
intense fit of giggles that Albus started worrying that he had actually missed
something.  
"Did I miss the joke?" Albus asked him, only half kidding, "I mean that's
certainly possible, I think my brain might've shut off when you asked me to be
your boyfriend..." 
"No," gasped Scorpius, trying to breathe through his laughter, "I just...I
really can't even begin to tell you how happy I am right now."
"I think I get it," Albus replied. Scorpius was his boyfriend. He was pretty
sure he had never been this happy in his whole life. And then, because he
couldn't resist bringing it up again, he said "So, about you finding me
attractive..."
"Goodness, yes," said Scorpius instantly and with fervour, "I—hic—from your
head to your toes, divine, all of you, the whole package—and the other
package—hic—might I add, I wouldn't mind getting a glimpse of that one of these
days..."
Albus didn’t even register the hiccoughing. Scorpius wanted to see him naked.
Maybe Scorpius would even get naked too, and they could touch each other again
without any clothes on. The thought made Albus feel warm all over.  
"You can have a whole lot more than a glimpse, if you like," he assured
Scorpius, "Anytime you want."
"Oh that's a—hic—dangerous thing to say," Scorpius said, then, a bit more
timidly, "And you...you think I'm..."
"Gorgeous. All of you, as well," Albus said in a rush, and then because it felt
such a wonderful relief to finally tell him the truth, he added, "And today, I
dunno...I was hoping we wouldn't have any more dances because I wasn't sure I
could spend another evening with you wearing these damn dress robes and not
jump you. Apparently I overestimated myself. I didn't even last the night." 
Scorpius's eyes went wide. 
"You were thinking that? Really? Me too! You look positively scrumptious in
those robes, Albus, I couldn't not say anything, and now I'm kind of wishing we
had another dance coming up soon because I never want you to wear anything else
ever again. No, I take that back," Scorpius said without stopping, "You can
take them off, but only if you promise not to put anything else back on in
their place."
Albus laughed warmly at this, relishing in Scorpius's flirting. They were
flirting together. Then he remembered something. 
"Actually," he reminded Scorpius, "I think the dance we left early is probably
still going on. Want to go back out there?" 
Scorpius hesitated. Then Albus heard Scorpius's stomach rumble, which seemed to
prompt Scorpius to remember that he was hungry. Albus wasn't surprised—he had
barely touched his dinner.
"Yeah, I'm kind of hungry, let's do that," Scorpius said, reaching for the
door, apparently fully intending on leaving the cupboard, forgetting that his
trousers were hanging open.  
"Er, you might want to hold on a second there," Albus warned him, reaching out
and doing up Scorpius's flies. It was much easier than to undo them because his
hands were no longer shaking, but the intimacy of being able to just reach out
and touch Scorpius's clothes whenever he liked was not lost on Albus.  
Scorpius smiled at him in thanks and then waved his wand and said "Scourgify."
The uncomfortable damp stickiness was gone, so too was the white area on
Scorpius's trousers where Albus had carelessly wiped his hand. 
Scorpius exited the cupboard first, holding the door open for Albus, then he
surveyed Albus critically as he stumbled out. Albus was positive that he looked
well-shagged, he didn't need a mirror to tell him that his lips were swollen,
or that his face was flushed, or that his limbs felt loose and limber. 
Scorpius was eyeing him with unabashed desire, like apparently he hadn't gotten
his fill in the cupboard. He stared blatantly at Albus's lips and unconsciously
licked his own. 
Perfect, thought Albus, and they climbed the staircase out of the dungeons
together. 
End Notes
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