Harry looked back up at Draco, with such surprise in his eyes that it momentarily overshadowed his own embarrassment. He was certain he must have heard it wrong; there was no way Draco had called Harry<span style="font-style: italic">handsome</span>.<br/>It took him a couple of seconds to scour his brain for what else Draco could have reasonably said, but when he failed to find any replacement, a dark red hue rose to his cheeks. It had been ages since he had blushed so deeply, and Harry could not remember ever being called handsome by a stranger.<br/>He managed to cough out a shaky and awkward lille laugh, but his head was spinning to such a degree that he could not have formed a coherent sentence, even if his life depended on it.