starduchess: (dramione)
starduchess ([personal profile] starduchess) wrote2011-11-18 01:19 pm
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Not Our Happy Ending

Title: Not Our Happy Ending
Author: starduchess
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Warnings: melancholic regret
Written for [livejournal.com profile] dmhgchallenge November 2011 prompt: Beedle the Bard

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“... and that’s how the kneazle lost to the crup. Now, time for lights out.”

Closing the door, she turned to face the house’s owner.

“Why do you read them that rubbish?” Draco asked.

“Because some stories have truth in them,” she answered.

“It’s all fantasy. Life doesn’t really work like that,” he said.

“There’s still meaning there, even if it’s not happy.”

He glanced at the door. “Those could have been our children, if the story had been different.”

Shock. “But they’re not.”

“No. Our story didn’t end that way. Good night, Mrs. Weasley.”

“Good night,” she called after him.

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