As soon as Harry closed the door behind them, the silencing ward settled over the room, drowning out the chatter and noise from the bullpen. It was familiar in a way that Harry had always found comforting but with Draco in the room, it felt particularly like a heavy blanket being laid atop of them, a gentle intimacy Harry had grown used to elsewhere.<br/>“You’ holding up alright?” Harry asked with a tentative smile as he pocketed his wand, not knowing how else to fill the silence, but feeling needing to steady himself; the quiet of the room didn’t mean they were alone by any stretch, no matter how much he wanted them to be.