So Alike
Title: So Alike
Team: MLE
Author: Jmaria
Rating: PG
Characters: Draco, Millicent
Challenge: #56 - five senses (malfoy100 )
Words: 100
Note: Set in my Banning series. A run-down on the series - Millicent and Draco have a one night stand that he barely remembers after the death of his mother. Millicent gets pregnant, lives in the Muggle world during the war, and dies when the child is 4. And then Draco learns he's a father. Previous installments can be found here, here, and here.
She was cold, so cold it burned his fingertips as he brushed them softly across her shoulder. Her eyes were closed, but he remembered the sparkle they had once held when she spoke of Quidditch. Draco felt anger well up deep inside of him. How could a muggle illness bring her down, this girl who’d been the strongest of them all?
His senses snapped to attention. The barest hint of oranges and mints, the smell he’d associated with Millicent. A tiny hand reached forward, her fingers mimicking his. Beside him stood a little girl who smelled just like her mother.