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RP: Manor-born and Muggle-born

Mar 14, 2009 17:07

Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger
Location: Malfoy Manor
Date: 14 March 2000, after their appointment
Status: Private
Summary: Draco takes Hermione for a tour and some reassurance after Meeting The Parents
Completion: Complete

( Please try and overlook my human side//I know I'm such a bad example )

place: malfoy manor, hermione granger, 2000 03, complete, draco malfoy

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pb_draco March 15 2009, 21:20:09 UTC

"Little tough for him to protest since he was in prison at the time. He didn't even know." Draco squeezed Hermione without realizing it, then exhaled slowly, trying to keep himself calm. He was talking too much. It was one of his failings, and he knew it, and it got him into trouble far too often. He was treading on the edge of a conversation he didn't want to have, moving too close to the memory of a night he didn't want to remember. He took several steady breaths, forcing the images and the anger down, locking them up where he kept all the things he didn't want to think about.

"He's not a good person," Draco said, lifting his head off her shoulder to lean his cheek against her hair. "But he was a good father. I know he's trying, he's doing the best he's capable of. I just wish it wasn't so much of an effort. I wish this was easier. It's never going to be, but...." His voice caught and he swallowed hard to clear his throat. "Wish I could have brought you in with everyone looking forward to adding your name to the tapestry, rather than put blood traitor next to mine."

pb_hermione March 15 2009, 23:36:47 UTC

"It was hard for you too and look where we are now," she kissed his jaw gently.

"While I can't say I wouldn't rather they simply accept me and get to know me, I don't need my name on a tapestry to validate our relationship. I am sorry I'm not able to give you a lofty bloodline and the Pure-blood children that are apparently required in order for your line to continue." Hermione didn't need to be reminded she was inadequate for the future production of heirs.

pb_draco March 16 2009, 00:34:30 UTC

Draco chuckled quietly, not especially amused, but it was laugh or let the anger come back. "I couldn't protest either. Considering my alternatives were a hell of a lot worse than accepting the Mark, it would not have been a good idea to try and refuse."

He didn't much like the emphasis she put on 'required', and Draco leaned back to look at her face, trying to read her feelings in her eyes. "That's ... far less important to me now than it is to them, Hermione. I'm not going to-to resent you. Or them. I'm looking forward to children, with you. Half-blood means nothing next to having them with you."

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