Halloween Gift for the Community
Gift for: The hp_halloween Community
From: flyingharmony
Title: Masks
Pairing: Narcissa/Lucius
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing at all.
Summary: Narcissa loves everything about All Hallows’ Eve, but the Masquerade has always been special to her.
Notes: I wish you all a very, very Happy Halloween - hopefully it’s a great one! Also, thank you SO MUCH to the amazing mods for giving me the opportunity to participate by allowing me to submit a drabble to the community (it was a pleasure to write for you guys)! You’re the best, seriously.
The Masquerade was everything to her. It felt frivolous at times, to spend the sacred night of Samhain dancing and succumbing to pleasures so very human, yet she found herself smiling at the mere thought.
Each of Narcissa’s memories of All Hallows’ Eve was fond, as they were memories of the rituals performed with her family throughout the day, and, later, memories of the large banquet that would fill the halls of her home with joyful music until long after dawn broke. It had been during the Masquerade, after all, when Lucius had proposed to her, when in times darker than those of her youth she found all her beloved reunited…
The masks would give her shelter, strength, would allow her to, if only for a night, hide her weary eyes from the others’ gazes… Never would she allow the tradition to fade. Never… Never would she allow the war to break what for all those years had kept her alive.
Narcissa could scarcely turn her head from the mirror, once more allowing her fingers to gently caress the black Venetian mask before, with a quiet sigh, she stepped away to follow her husband’s call at last.
The Masquerade was everything to her.