AUTHOR'S NOTES:

This was my 2013 Hogwarts365 (hogwarts365 . livejournal . com) entry for WEEK ONE (14-22 September, 2013). The challenge was to write a 365 word drabble (exactly) using at least one of three prompts the Mods supply:

Prompts used were: "Transgendered Draco" and "Coming Out".

Thank you to the Mods for putting on this drabble challenge. I really had fun with it!

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DISCLAIMER: "Harry Potter" is the property of J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. This fanfiction was written entirely for fun, not for profit, and no copyright infringement is intended.

TIMELINE: Post-Hogwarts, EWE (year: 2005).

MAIN CHARACTERS FEATURED (alphabetical order, last name): Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter

SUMMARY: 'Coming out' can be the scariest thing a person can ever do. With the help of two Gryffindors, however, Draco finds the courage to do so at long last.

RATING: PG-13

WARNINGS: Transgender!Draco, Issues involving sexuality and gender self-identification.

The Golden Snitch
BY: RZZMG

Draco tugged his sweaty hand out of Hermione Granger's hold, feeling another panic attack coming on. "I can't do this," he panted. His chest was too tight, constricting his heart and making it difficult to breathe. "I'm no bloody Gryffindor. I can't-"

"You can," Hermione kindly, but firmly told him. As his Mind Healer, she was always the one to encourage him so. "You've spent six years working up to this, Draco. You've overcome self-doubt, depression, and an attempted suicide so you could have this very moment. This is who you are now, and you have a right to express and live it." Her warm hand on his arm gave him a shot of courage. "Now, take a deep breath and tell yourself-"

His voice was tremulous when he replied with their well-practised mantra, "I can do this."

He nodded. She was right. Six years ago, he'd finally decided upon his life's destiny, and this was it. It was not the future his father or his centuries-old Malfoy ancestry had envisioned for their last heir, nor was it the hope his well-intended mother had planned... but it was all his. Embracing the truth was the only thing he'd ever done for himself. He couldn't turn back now.

They entered the room, and he took a seat in the middle of the sofa, facing the gently, flickering fire. After another small pep talk, Hermione left him to bring in the second party to tonight's unveiling.

The door opened behind him, footsteps approached, and the couch dipped as Harry Potter, Draco's new lover, came and sat next to him.

"You look..."

"Too feminine for your tastes?" Draco asked with a bite of cynicism, expecting rejection and preparing for a broken heart.

Harry was quiet a moment.

Getting ready to run, Draco bitterly thought, rubbing his damp palms on his woollen skirt.

"I was going to say 'beautiful'."

Shocked, Draco dropped his chin, slightly embarrassed. "The surgery's not for another year."

Harry reached out and laid his hand over Draco's. "It doesn't matter to me. I'll want you either way."

Tears wavered in Draco's vision as hope flared to life deep inside.

Finally, he'd caught the Golden Snitch.

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~FIN~

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