daphne is not who you think (greenmum) wrote in afic,
She was unusually silent at his words, glad for her own tea to come and her focus turning to it as she added milk and a cube of sugar. She remained silent even at his next question and his statement. She wished she had the faith Blaise did; but twice Dean had thought she was unfaithful, twice he believed her to be promiscuous, only a fool would return back to those conditions. Even if they were false ones.
"Do not blame yourself love. He would have found another reason to mistrust me. It was festering in the background; our past. Festering in a way that eventually it had to feel pressure and seep out its mistrust. It was- is better that it happened now rather then in the future when the baby was born and we had even more to loose." It was what she was trying to tell herself; she knew it was the truth, but she desperately did not want it to be.
Lifting the cup she blew on it once before taking a sip and closing her eyes. A small shake of her head was the only honest answer about her state of mind, rather the words "I am alright" came from her lips and a forced small smile.