Title: Broken, not
Author:
vanessawolfieBeta(s):
hildigunnur and
bleedforyou1Prompter/Prompt:
writcraft - "Kiss me and tell me it's not broken"
Fandom/Pairing: Harry Potter, Hermione/Ron
Rating: PG
Word Count: 307
Disclaimer: Do not own Harry Potter.
Summary: Hermione and Ron are feeling the shocks of the battle.
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The castle is in chaos after Voldemort is killed. Somehow, Hermione loses sight of Harry. Strangely enough, she’s not that worried. She knows he can’t be here, amongst all these people right now. He needs some time alone to deal with his own grief, his own celebration. It’s Ron she’s worried about. All this death around her is making her worried and anxious. Not seeing or knowing where Ron is, makes her feel like he isn’t alive. Like they, (because they are a ‘they’) are broken just like the rest of the world. Voldemort may be dead, but he left a broken world behind.
So she looks for him. Running from corridor to corridor, she shouts, “Ron, Ron! Where are you?” Her voice is bordering on hysterical and just then Ron rounds the corner.
“Hermione, what’s wrong?” Ron asks, running the last few feet. He’s too anxious to wait to have his arms around her. Every moment without loved ones is a horrible one right now.
Hermione doesn’t really say anything, she just collapses into his arms and grips him so tightly she’s afraid she’ll break him. He doesn’t know what’s wrong, but he just stands there, holding her up.
Finally, she seems to gather herself up a bit.
“Kiss me, kiss me and tell me it’s not broken. That we’re here, that we’re not broken, not broken like everything else. Please,” she croaks out.
She sound so lost, that Ron’s heart breaks, for what feels like the millionth time these past 24 hours. He lifts her chin up, going in for a gentle kiss, but she doesn’t allow any of it. She kisses him deep and desperate and he feels almost overwhelmed with emotion.
He whispers in her ear as they break the kiss. “We’re not broken. Even if everything else is, we’re here together, Hermione.”