FIC: another apple to cut into pieces [Draco/Astoria - PG-13]

[hp_emomod]

Author: Anonymous
Title: another apple to cut into pieces
Characters/Pairings: Asteria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Draco Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy; Draco/Asteria
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: depression, some graphic imagery
Word Count: 2,314
Prompt: for blossomdreams’s prompt: Draco/Astoria, no one asked Astoria if she wanted the Malfoy heir.
Notes: According to

Comments

[auselysium]

Guh...what a horrible life for poor Asteria. I love the way you've written this, the pacing and the scenes selected are so telling. I wish I could wish for her to have a better life in the future but doesn't look like that is happening. Very emo indeed! Thanks for writing, I reallly like it!!

re:another apple to cut into pieces

[vaysh]

What an intensely sad portrayal of an arranged marriage. You capture poignantly Asteria's struggle to build a life for herself and failing. I love that she was an Auror - the short dialog between her and Narcissa about Narcissa's non-existent profession (and dreams) before her marriage was heart-breaking. For some reason the vignette that touched me most was the one where Asteria touches Draco in his sleep, about that one battle she won (keeping the window open at night) and that sense of painful longing for what could have been. Thank you for this.

[blossomdreams]

This was amazing! The slow decline of Asteria's life was so sad, but something I had always wondered and you did it perfectly! Great job!

Thank you!

[mentalistecbm]

like tabitha, i am 99.98 percent sure of who this is and oh, i absolutely adore all these words.

[icicle33]

This was fantastic. What a horrible life for Asteria. I do feel for the children though...as they get older, they'll probably realize that their mother never wanted them and then need lots of therapy.

Anway, it was beautifully written.