Smoochfest Fic Claim: A Perfect Denial

Title: A Perfect Denial
Songspiration: A Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds to Mars
Prompter: your_insomnia
Prompt Number: #134
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Hermione/Ron, mentioned Luna/Pansy
Summary: Harry was confused. Why the hell were they watching Muggle concerts? But before he could ask, the camera took a close-up of the stranger’s face. Harry saw huge grey eyes made-up with dark kohl, a classic jawline, a sharp nose, flawless pale skin, a sensual mouth– and it hit him like a punch to the gut. No stranger at all. Draco Malfoy.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. All quoted lyrics herein are the property of 30 Seconds to Mars aka Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): Rock star!Draco, Auror!Harry, Harry Potter-MARS-fusion, switching, rimming, Draco’s style takes getting used to, author is such a fangirl
Epilogue compliant? EWE
Word Count: ~15k

A Perfect Denial

Actually, I hadn't planned writing a fic for hd_smoochfest. I'm not that good with long stories and for sure not the most talented writer on the planet. But your_insomnia's prompt was irresistable. It really was!

I had so much fun writing this story; To get lost in cities via google maps I've never been to (L.A.) or only as a child (London). To watch an hour long bike trip through the National Forest in the hinterland of L.A. on YouTube which wasn't important at that moment, yet I needed the damn bike later on. To sneak in some other musicians. To search for Mr J Leto's worst outfits ever and take them as inspiration (*giggles*). To search for a little flat in the centre of London (there really was an appartment next to The Strand which would have cost £ 25,000,000). Yes, I researched all the things and loved every minute of it. One of the best moments- when I played pick a straw with the song quotes because I had more than I needed and it was hard to pick my favourites here.

Just for the record: I love MARS, but am aware they definitely fall under the category of 'rock divas'. I mean, seriously, who talks about themselves like this?
"Some people ask us if this is a cult. I say this: It's something special. It's not for everyone – it's only for those who understand."
Who talks so bloody much about things not even music-related during a concert?
Who wears the worst clothes thought they are some handsome guys? (they do all three, but Jared's are always the worst)
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And all that was SO PERFECT for my Draco, I even got the nerve to make him his own brand. And, of course, Harry needed to rescue him from this delusional idea that he would be better of without even a single wizard around him.

♥ Thank you, all of you, who left me some brilliant comments!!! ♥

God, shame on me! I forgot to tell everybody about my wonderful 'save this fic crew'.
The ladies in question were:

candamira, who convinced me to skip some dearly loved parts about motorbike porn (I still think it's essential to [me] that Harry rode a black Yamaha VMAX 2010 in L.A.- but as it wasn't essential for the story...the wonderful thing had to go)

my_thestral, who dicussed with me the pros and cons of mosh pits versus stage dives. We picked the safer version, because we are so grown up now (and can only vaguely remember if we did some mosh pits in our lives).

iwao, my darling, who saved me from picking the wrong word for vest throughout a whole story. A 'Weste' in German would be a 'waistcoast' in English. And of course I picked the wrong one from the 7 options in the dictionary (I always do - LOL). I'm glad she still loves me, because it isn't easy to be my beta.