Just a one-shot, might carry it on if any of you like it. Draco was sitting alone in an empty corridor late at night. He pulled up his sleeve and just stared at the mark on his left arm. His father thought it was a mark of power... Draco thought it was a mark of a curse - a curse he can't escape from. Painful tears escaped from his eyes. For the first time in his life, he just put his face in his hands and broke down. He cried for his life taken away from him... he cried for the life that he was tasked to take... and he cried for his love for a girl who he knew he can't have. He was sobbing so much that he didn't notice Hermione Granger walk past.
She was on her prefect duties when she heard someone crying and decided to see if she could help. Her eyes widened when she saw a familiar blond-haired boy with his head in his hands. "It couldn't be," she thought. She never thought she would hear Draco Malfoy cry like that. But she felt all wrong. She should be laughing at him, finally showing his weakness. But amusement was far from her emotions.
Involuntarily, she walked closer and he snapped his head up when he heard her. The fear in his eyes melted her. Even after everything he did, Hermione couldn't stand seeing that much pain in his eyes. She knelt down and looked deep into his eyes, which widened in surprise, and put her arms around him. He froze at first, but didn't pull away. After a few moments, he sighed and slowly put his hands around her.
"Hermione" He whispered, which shocked Hermione seeing as Draco called her by her first name.
Draco then saw that Hermione was looking at his dark mark, but she just stayed there.
"I..I" Draco attempted to explain but before he could Hermione bent down and kissed him.
"shh" She said as she grabbed Draco's hand and pulled him up of the floor.
They walked hand in hand with-out another word, down near the lakeside.