A continuation (or prequel?) of the image I shared yesterday of unnamed chubby-cheeked Granger-Malfoy child and her best friend Crookshanks. (He may be her best friend, but she is most certainly not his.) And oops I now have numerous rich headcanons of the G-M kids and their favourite long-suffering familiar.
I had to google at what age children develop different speech sounds to figure out how a three year old might say “Crookshanks”
““That–” began Draco, then he cleared his throat, because his voice had gone husky. “That neurotransmission cocktail you had me on, at St. Mungo’s.”
“What about it?” asked Granger, a kind of breathiness in her voice.
“It lowers inhibitions?”
“Yes.”
“So – people speak the truth, when they’re on it?”
“Of a sort. It affects certain inhibitory interneurons in the cerebral cortex.” This breathless professory voice was a new one – Draco liked it. “It removes the usual filters. Most people enter a state of feel-good disinhibition.”
“So when I said I wanted to kiss you, you knew that it was true. It wasn't just – delirium.”
Granger glanced up over her shoulder at him. Her eyes were dark.
Since when was a look between them so heavy?
She nodded.
“It’s a similar effect to alcohol, I suppose,” said Draco.
“A different mechanism, but yes.”
“I’ve had three Firewhiskies,” said Draco.
He hadn’t a sodding clue where he was going with this.
She did.
“And,” said Granger, “do you still want to kiss me?”
The world stopped spinning.
He took a moment to answer – as though there would be any other answer than a longing-filled affirmative.
He brushed a fingertip at the place where her shoulder and neck met. “Yes. Just here.”
“Do.”” - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love, Chapter 29: Night Encounter/Granger is Sensible, by @isthisselfcare
HELLO! Today is exactly one month since I started this tumblr - and what a month! To mark the occasion, this unidentified, chubby-cheeked Granger-Malfoy child; Crookshanks - destroyer of worlds, receiver of nice pats, master of the big stretch - and I just wanted to say thank you so bloody much for making my first month of sharing my fan-art so magical!
I’m going to spare you my sentimental ramblings about why exactly the Dramione fandom is so meaningful to me, but just want everyone to know how much I appreciate your feedback and enthusiasm. I don’t generally care at all about things like followers or engagement; this account and my illustrations are very much for my own enjoyment. However, yesterday I realised I’d passed the 100 follower mark, so feel it’s worth acknowledging what an honour it is to have so many people to share in the excitement of this fandom with, both here and in my ancestral home, the subreddit.
Judging by the current state of my WIP folder, there is so much more to come in future. And I look forward to sharing it with you all. ❤️
Draco was actually planning to buy an extra pumpkin for Crookshanks anyway but since Hermione is the one who brought it up he gets to be annoying and smug about it now instead so he’s having a great day 🎃