Ever since returning to Grimmauld Place, Draco had been fighting the feeling of being an intruder.<br/>None of the three men had been anything but extremely kind to him still, but the bond that they shared was so apparent that it made Draco’s heart ache. They clearly belonged to each other and knew each other so deeply and Draco knew that he had never, and likely would never, been a part of something like that.<br/>So he mostly observed, stayed in the background and watched as Sirius, Remus and Harry all talked together about their days. He had a cup of tea clutched in his hands, using it as a shield against the awkwardness he could feel creeping in over himself.<br/><br/>While it hadn’t actually been that long since he and Sirius had seen Harry, it felt like it had been ages. They had all been busy lately, so it had been a while since they had had Harry over, but now that he was back it felt just like yesterday.<br/>“It’s disgraceful, honestly,” Remus stated, shaking his head. As a fellow educator, he knew just how exhausting it was to prepare lesson plans and he definitely felt for Harry that he was going to have to redo a large portion of them.<br/>“They should have your back in a case like this”