hphalloween_mod (hphalloween_mod) wrote in hp_halloween, @ 2008-10-31 06:36:00 |
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Entry tags: | !2008, #het, *lore, ^draco/hermione, rating: pg |
Halloween Treat for Kalina_Blue
Gift for: kalina_blue
From: lore
Title: Unmasked
Pairing: Hermione/Draco
Rating: PG
It was all too easy. A costume ball, long after their divorces, long after their children were grown. They were still considered young and vital by wizarding standards, but their demeanor worn and weary.
He had something to prove still, that he had outstripped his familial prejudices and mixed past. Everyone needed to know that he was better than his father. What he had always desired was a challenge.
She had spent the better part of 30 years married to a man who inflamed her body but not her mind. Her husband had been kind, gentle, good; he even had an innate intellect that was all his own. But he had never touched her soul.
Decadently strapped into a corset and stockings as a red devil, so crimson and scantily clad that no one recognized her, she made the rounds, magical tail twitching from nervousness. Across the room, he entered, resplendent in white, a halo hovering over his newly (vainly) grown hair. The message was obvious, but subtlety was for Slytherins and this snake was shedding his skin tonight.
Moving quickly, they met on the dance floor and he lowered his lips to hers, indulging in a single kiss. It was all she would allow, he knew, and so he made the most of it, caressing his way into her mouth to taste the cool mint of her, such a contrast to the flaming colours she wore. With a soft moan and a gentle nip that promised less gentleness later, she pulled away. It was nearly time.
At exactly Midnight, the lights came up over the ballroom and a powerful spell ended all the disguise magic in the room. Laughter and shouts filled the air until a dramatic gasp from some old society queen caused heads to turn. Angel and Devil stood defiant, arms casually wrapped around each others' waists. He had red lipstick smeared across his lips, and so did she. The large Ministry function served its purpose; there would be no escaping their association by tomorrow's Prophet.
Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger had come out.