While it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to Draco anymore, he still found himself surprised when Buchannan had called him into the ministry by himself, aware that Harry was still ill and wouldn’t be in for at least a couple of days further.<br/>Buchannan had spent a couple of hour running through the different objects that had been cleared by forensics, giving Draco an idea of what he was going to be dealing with once they got to return to Towthorpe. It had been pretty thrilling to get to a proper insight into things, feeling like a proper member of the team.<br/>When they had retreated back into Buchannan’s office, the offer of tea took him a little aback, but he figured that Buchannan probably had more he wished to discuss with him so he jumped at the chance.<br/>The question wasn’t as a big of a surprise to Draco, though he had hardly dared to hope that it would be a chance that would present itself to him. He knew his own reputation all too well and he understood if people would rather not take that chance on him.<br/>“I wasn’t sure if it was going to be option for me,” Draco admitted, knowing that his presence was tolerated because Harry, and later Buchannan, had stuck their neck out for him, but had doubted that that was going to mean anything about him potentially staying on once they were finished with Towthorpe.<br/>“I figured that I would just return to my studies.”