InsaneJournal

Characters: Draco & Astoria
Where: The hotel room they met in on Valentine's Day
When: Early hours of Tuesday 26th of Feb
What: Bad news
Warnings: Some adult content
Status: Incomplete

Draco was pacing. He couldn't really help it. What a bloody mess this had turned out to be. He'd been pretty confident when he went in to speak with his parents that he'd be walking out with their blessing to marry Astoria, regardless of his initial reluctance to be married at all.

Instead, he'd been informed that his marriage had already been arranged, and it wouldn't be with Stori, who as the younger of two siblings wouldn't have much owing to her by way of inheritance. His mother had cooly informed him that after Mrs Greengrass had made some less than flattering remarks about Draco and his intentions towards Astoria, that they'd decided on Lily Moon. Yes, she was a former Hufflepuff, but she was from a very good family, their sole heir, plus she worked for a living, and was well respected in society.

No amount of arguing on Draco's part had been able to sway them from their decision, especially because they'd already made the announcement public. He had then been confronted with the evening paper, and seen it right there in black and white.

"Fuck!" he swore, screwing up the paper and flinging it into the corner. What the hell was he supposed to do now? Well, he supposed it was a good thing that he hadn't managed to seduce Astoria after all, though he hadn't thought as much at the time. He flopped onto the bed and covered his face with his hands. He stayed that way until he heard a timid knock at the door.

"Come in," he said, not moving.