Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ A Love Story: James and Lucius ❯ Chapte 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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A Love Story: James and Lucius
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the Harry Potter Universe; they belong to JK Rowling and Warner Bros. Nor do I make any money from the writing of this story.
W A R N I N G: This is about male/male relationships. I'm letting you know now what the relationships WILL contain. So, if you are AGAINST such pairings, please find something else more to your liking, you have been WARNED.

Beta-read by: Jadwiga. Thanks hon! You're the best. Any mistakes after she has done her work are mine.

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Notes: I wanted to do a story behind the story of how James and Lucius got together and what drove them apart.

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The world felt like it fell off its axis into the dark abyss of space. Stars danced in a slow circular jiggle in front of red swollen hazel eyes as James stuck his head back into the toilet to heave another round of stomach acid. He had nothing left to offer to the porcelain deity. James prayed to all known divine beings for his suffering to end.

It was the beginning of December and Christmas was four weeks away. He spat out the last of the sour saliva and wiped his mouth with the back of his shaking hand.

During his time of misery, James' mind wandered to what could have gone wrong with his relationship with Lucius. The pure-blood had been acting quite odd ever since the Halloween party. Lucius now was avoiding him.

By this point James was desperate enough to ask Snape if everything was okay for the former blond Slytherin. Immediately, Snape was on guard, but only said, “Lucien is pressuring him into something that he cannot get out of.”

Fearing the worse, James went to Malfoy manor seeking out his boyfriend. To his surprise it wasn't Lucius or Lucien who greeted him at the door. Heck, a house-elf would have been better than Sirius' cousin, Narcissa Black.

They exchanged pleasantries (if one would call glaring pleasant) and James made for Lucius' bedroom upstairs but Narcissa's shrill of a voice stopped him before he took one step.

oOo Flashback oOo

“Of course you would think that Lucius receives uninvited house guests in his bedroom.”

James turned around, embarrassed, to assume he could just waltz right in.

“Uh, how inconsiderate of me? Please, could you let Lucius know that I'm here.”

The blonde sneered at him but James paid her no mind. He had too many dealings with her to ever think of her as a threat.

Some minutes ticked by before James heard his name being called. The former Gryffindor smiled and hugged Lucius but noticed he had gone ridged in his embrace.

Looking into cold hard quicksilver orbs, told James all he needed to know—it was over.

He saw Narcissa smirking in the background before she turned and disappeared from sight and knew that she had done something to cause his impeding break-up with the man standing in front of him. He thought that after nearly three and a half years of dating, the older pure-blood would ask him to marry him but it was not meant to be.

How could he have been so stupid? He even gave up his virginity to the man for Merlin sake!

Lucius motioned for James to follow him into his study. There the aristocrat put up silencing charms and locking spells. As soon as he was finished, Lucius walked up to James to kiss him but was pushed back.

“You haven't returned any of my messages—why?” James demanded.

He was already in a foul mood because of the stomach flu and he didn't need Lucius messing with his head.

“I apologize for that, James, but something happened that I will loose you over,” Lucius explained with some regret to his voice.

For once, James kept his mouth tightly closed.

“I wished that there was some other way but seeing as we are both male it's next to impossible.”

With that said it conveyed what Lucius had been dreading for the past three years—Lucien was demanding grandchildren—the next in line to the vast wealth of the Malfoy family.

Hazel orbs glistened with tears. Lucius walked up to James and hugged him. This time the younger wizard didn't refuse the embrace.

“I will always love you, my Lion.”

Hearth wrenching sobs erupted from the shorter male. “Wha-what about (sob) what about fertility potions (sniff) to conceive?”

Lucius held on for dear life. “None so far have been developed with any success.”

The answer only made James cry even harder. The strain from crying made his head pound and exhaustion finally caught up to him. The lithe youthful legs gave out unexpectedly.

The next Malfoy Lord cursed his father for doing this to them in four different languages. He especially was going to do unpleasant things to that bitch, Narcissa, for drugging him at the Halloween party.

Carefully lifting his precious burden of his now ex-boyfriend, Lucius flooed to Godric's Hollow.

Lucius placed James on their bed. He shook his head. No, it was no longer their bed, the blond thought with some bitterness.

And just like James, tears gathers in stormy grey orbs, but unlike James, Lucius refused to give-in to the stabbing pains of heartbreak. The number one rule of being Malfoy was never, ever, show emotions.

Lucius planted one last kiss on soft pink lips. He stumbled back from the bed. The tall aristocrat's legs felt like they too were going to give at any moment. He flooed back to the manor wondering if he could get away with cursing Narcissa and his father with an Unforgivable.

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Following the next couple of days preceding their break-up, James went back to his parents house until he could get his head straightened out.

However, in the weeks and months to follow, James' life was about to take an unexpected turn yet again.

oOo TBC oOo