Disclaimer: Not my characters.
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Longing.
"Listen, Draco. We've been through this before, but I don't understand. How can I be your icon?" He smiled softly.
"It's not what you look like obviously, seeing as I have no aspirations to be a girl." He made a face, and she laughed. "It's about who you are, and what you do." She looked confused.
"But why? I mean… what have I –"
"I haven't finished yet." She fell silent. "I would love to be as strong as you are. To simply have an amazing outlook on life after everything that's happened. To have had to deal with so many bad things being thrown in your path, yet never giving up."
"But I –" He touched his fingers to her lips, silencing her.
"Don't deny it. You are so amazing to be such a rock to everybody. Just keep being you. It the best way to do things. It's what makes you so special." He kissed her. "That, and being my girlfriend of course." She poked her tongue out at him and he smiled, covering her hand with his.
"I still don't get it."
He grinned.
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28/10/08