Dreams of Sanity / Live for Tomorrow
Title: Dreams of Sanity
Disclaimer: JKR owns anything that is obviously hers. I own the rest. I do not make any money off this.
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Draco longs for a better day.
Author's Note: Written for the dmpp_ldws Round Two, Challenge Eight. The prompt was this image and word count was supposed to be 100-150 words. Original prompt can be found here.
Length: 150 words.
Draco squinted up at the dark clouds above. How fitting. Frowning, he turned his head away.
Pansy stepped closer to him. “It’s not that bad, Draco. As soon as he gets what he wants, he’ll stop picking on you. I’m sure of it.”
Draco snorted. You-Know-Who would never leave him alone - not even if he got ten bloody Potters. “If you say so,” he muttered. He didn’t want this discussion. Not again.
He felt her cool hand on his cheek as she turned his face back towards her. “No. It’s the truth. It has to be. As long as we don’t make trouble, we’ll be all right.”
He drew her closer. Yes, they’d be all right. Because they had to be. Because there had to be a light somewhere out on the horizon for them to stay sane through all this.
Closing his eyes, Draco fervently prayed for peace soon.
Title: Live for Tomorrow
Disclaimer: JKR owns anything that is obviously hers. I own the rest. I do not make any money off this.
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Draco contemplates which path to choose.
Author's Note: Written for the dmpp_ldws Round Two, Challenge Eight. The prompt was Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. - Helen Keller. And word count was supposed to be 100-150 words. Original prompt can be found here.
Length: 150 words.
Draco closed his eyes and breathed in deep. He could do this. He really could. But maybe he didn’t have to? Maybe if nobody could find him, then everything-the battle, people dying, the constant hate-might be over by the time he was found.
But then again, everything would be over for him if he was found by a ‘fellow’ Death Eater. They would have the excuse they needed to finally end his family’s line.
He sighed. Maybe he should just go for it and try to be the hero… or villain… whatever he would be if he managed to turn in Harry Potter.
Pansy tentatively moved closer and touched his arm. “Don’t do anything foolish,” she said.
“Then what’s left?” he asked, opening his eyes, surprised to find his own wryness intact.
She smiled a little sadly. “Live. Just live.”
Somehow, he found that to be sound advice.
Disclaimer: JKR owns anything that is obviously hers. I own the rest. I do not make any money off this.
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Draco longs for a better day.
Author's Note: Written for the dmpp_ldws Round Two, Challenge Eight. The prompt was this image and word count was supposed to be 100-150 words. Original prompt can be found here.
Length: 150 words.
Draco squinted up at the dark clouds above. How fitting. Frowning, he turned his head away.
Pansy stepped closer to him. “It’s not that bad, Draco. As soon as he gets what he wants, he’ll stop picking on you. I’m sure of it.”
Draco snorted. You-Know-Who would never leave him alone - not even if he got ten bloody Potters. “If you say so,” he muttered. He didn’t want this discussion. Not again.
He felt her cool hand on his cheek as she turned his face back towards her. “No. It’s the truth. It has to be. As long as we don’t make trouble, we’ll be all right.”
He drew her closer. Yes, they’d be all right. Because they had to be. Because there had to be a light somewhere out on the horizon for them to stay sane through all this.
Closing his eyes, Draco fervently prayed for peace soon.
Title: Live for Tomorrow
Disclaimer: JKR owns anything that is obviously hers. I own the rest. I do not make any money off this.
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Draco contemplates which path to choose.
Author's Note: Written for the dmpp_ldws Round Two, Challenge Eight. The prompt was Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. - Helen Keller. And word count was supposed to be 100-150 words. Original prompt can be found here.
Length: 150 words.
Draco closed his eyes and breathed in deep. He could do this. He really could. But maybe he didn’t have to? Maybe if nobody could find him, then everything-the battle, people dying, the constant hate-might be over by the time he was found.
But then again, everything would be over for him if he was found by a ‘fellow’ Death Eater. They would have the excuse they needed to finally end his family’s line.
He sighed. Maybe he should just go for it and try to be the hero… or villain… whatever he would be if he managed to turn in Harry Potter.
Pansy tentatively moved closer and touched his arm. “Don’t do anything foolish,” she said.
“Then what’s left?” he asked, opening his eyes, surprised to find his own wryness intact.
She smiled a little sadly. “Live. Just live.”
Somehow, he found that to be sound advice.