Harry’s eyes dipped when Malfoy raised his hand; for a moment, Harry wanted Malfoy to touch him, but he realized he didn’t feel any disappointment when Malfoy reconsidered. It only managed to make Harry’s stomach turn, plenty of people having brushed their hands across the raised lines of his chests without pity or disgust. The academic reverence Malfoy’s suppressed touch conveyed felt utterly pointless.<br/>"I have," Harry dismissed, refusing to allow Malfoy to rile up something Harry fundamentally knew to be untrue. The immediate sense of panic had dissipated, despite the concern growing in Malfoy’s voice. "Ron and Hermione’s the same."<br/>With the light no longer flashing, and no longer able to kick Harry’s ever-present PTSD into high gear, he easier saw through the flaws of Malfoy’s suspicions, and why Harry himself hadn’t considered the scar to be worth mentioning.<br/>"So was Dumbledore’s before it made his finger rot off," he added, not having thought about the Gaunt ring for years. He didn’t know if Malfoy even knew about that.<br/>"He wore a Horcrux for a year and it costs him a finger," he went on, an added sense of justification behind his argument at the recollection.<br/>Finding that they were well past a courteous interaction, it almost annoyed Harry how Malfoy seemed to draw the line of what was appropriate between asking Harry to strip and touching him. Purposefully, Harry reached for Malfoy’s wrist, unceremoniously twisting his hand so that he could press the pad of Malfoy’s thumb against the oval impression of the medallion. Malfoy’s hand was warm to the touch, and the way his finger perfectly filled the divot in his sternum made Harry’s mind cloud for just an instance.<br/>"I wore one for a few months; I guarantee you it would’ve burned a hole in my chest if I had worn it for longer."<br/>His point made, Harry dropped his hands from Malfoy’s.<br/>"It’s always looked like this, and it hasn’t spread since the battle." The more Harry got to say out loud, the steadier his heart rate grew. "I'll answer any questions you might have, but I don’t think this has anything to do with Towthorpe or the Floo."