hphalloween_mod (hphalloween_mod) wrote in hp_halloween, @ 2015-10-31 02:30:00 |
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Entry tags: | !2015, #het, *teddy_radiator, ^lucius/narcissa, rating: pg |
Halloween Gift for Inamac
Gift for: inamac
From: teddy_radiator
Title: Do We All See the Same Moon?
Pairing: Lucius/Narcissa
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Neither of these characters belong to me. I make no money from this drabble.
Summary: Two lonely people, gazing at the harvest moon. Takes place after OoTP.
Notes: Many thanks to the mods for their hard work and dedication to this fun fest - I look forward to it every year. All my love to stgulik for her beta skills and encouragement. inamac, I hope you will enjoy my efforts. This is pairing is outside my wheelhouse as far as a main pairing goes, but they certainly gave me a lot of inspiration.
Bats fly across the face of the bloated harvest moon like messengers of a dark, mischievous god. As they chitter into the twilight sky, the leathery sound of their wings make Narcissa shiver. She closes her eyes and thinks of Lucius. How many nights had they stood at this window, two moonstruck children, and whispered their desires to one another?
They had wished for the perfect family. And as proof of the power of their magic, Draco was born the following year.
The perfect son, the perfect future.
Narcissa wants to ask the moon what happened to her perfect life.
-o0o-
On through the night the bats fly.
The bars bisect his vision, but Lucius pretends they are not there. In his mind, he is holding her, far away, and they are gazing at the moon, watching the bats careen across its face.
He pretends they carry his soul to Narcissa. Even before the Dark Lord, it was his family that mattered. His pureblood is his birthright, but that is not enough. His greatest magic was winning Narcissa; his finest achievement was fathering Draco. He must protect them at all costs.
That is his secret.
Only the moon knows the truth.