Author: Magicallioness
Title: EVEN – Epilogue
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione, mentioning of Dennis Creevey/Hannah Abbott.
Story Summary: Harry and Draco have been trapped inside the Ministry of Magic by the magical equivalent of a bomb. Stuck in close quarters, they have to find a way to set aside their differences, disable the bomb, get the culprit oh, and not die of boredom.
Chapter Summary: "You'd better not cheat," he told Draco, who had the cheek to look indignant.
"Me, cheat?" he asked in a high pitched voice that clearly betrayed he wasn't serious.
Rating: for the whole story: R, for the epilogue: PG-13
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): sappy happy ending
Epilogue compliant? most certainly not
Word Count: 613
Author's Notes: Thanks to 97swan songs, who did not shy away from promising 14k worth of betaing in two days and managed to Brit pick while she was at it. She deserves a sounding round of applause people. Remaining mistakes are most certainly mine. Constructive criticism and reviews are so very welcome. I hope you enjoyed the story!

Epilogue

"Oops, I see we're out of snacks," Harry noticed. "I'll go get some more."

He reluctantly extracted himself from under Draco's right arm, but paused before getting up.

"You'd better not cheat," he told Draco, who had the cheek to look indignant.

"Me, cheat?" he asked in a high pitched voice that clearly betrayed he wasn't serious.

"Oh shut it," Ron rumbled from where he was sprawled on the couch. "We all know it's the only way you could've won Settlers of Catan, you had the lousiest hexagonals on the board."

"Well then, in that case I'll just help Harry out in the kitchen, so all of you can be at ease, yeah?" Draco countered and trailed after Harry. Once they were inside, Draco kicked the door closed and pushed Harry into the counter as he nibbled on that spot behind his ear. Harry pressed his arse back into Draco on reflex, stifling a moan as Draco's arms came around his chest to play with a nipple.

"Not now, Dray, we have guests," he admonished his molester half-heartedly. Draco tilted his head to whisper into Harry's ear.

"Hmm, well, maybe we should get rid of them then."

As he felt his cock hardening, Harry pushed back from the counter in earnest, forcing Draco to step back as well.

"That would be incredibly rude; we're in the middle of a game," Harry said as he reached for a bag of crisps. "But as soon as they leave, I promise I'm all yours." He treated Draco to a long, sweet kiss to make up for the wait.

"I'll hold you to that," Draco agreed as he accepted another bag of snacks and made his way back to Harry's living room. Both him and Harry froze on the doorway at the scene in front of them.

Ron's face was buried in Hermione's neck, its purpose there obvious from the kissing noises emitted; one of his hands was happily fondling her right breast. Hermione's right leg was slung over Ron's, her head tilted back to allow Ron better access. She hadn't noticed the others come in, because her eyes were closed. They snapped open in shock as both Harry and Draco burst out laughing at the scene.

"And you were complaining about us having sex in the kitchen," Draco jibed, sending a red flush onto Harry's cheeks, while a rather green one appeared on Ron's.

Many double entendres and apologies later, the four of them managed to settle back in for their Friday night board game. It had become somewhat of a tradition in these last few weeks and Harry's collection of Muggle board games had expanded rapidly, mostly thanks to Draco, who wanted to try a new game every week. Draco had only gone home the first time they had a board game night. Nowadays he just stayed over.

"Oh Harry, I've been meaning to ask you," Hermione said as Ron was pondering what to do with the beans he'd drawn from the stack. "Have you heard the sentence for Creevey?"

"Yeah, three years, he got off ok," Harry answered, shaking his head as Ron offered his cards up for sale.

"Don't be so sure. He'll be separated from his precious Hannah for all that time and after that he'll still only get to see her in Azkaban. All because she wanted to get even. I'll give you to chilibeans for it," Draco interjected and waved his cards at Ron.

"The crazy things some people do for love," Ron said as he traded the cards in Draco's outstretched hand for his own.

"Indeed!" Harry and Draco chorused, sending the entire group into another round of laughter.