Monster: He thought he was a monster now, but she knew that.

Note: An AU where Blaise is a Death Eater alongside Draco


Blaise leaned against the sink, staring at the cracked mirror that his best mate once stared in before. He was breathing heavily; his heart was racing. For once, he could say that he was afraid, and he had no idea what he was going to do. After what he'd just witnessed…what he'd done himself.

Merlin, what was he going to do?

Glancing back up at the mirror, he could see a figure standing at the edge of the door. He turned around quickly when he saw the long locks of blonde.

"Luna," he said, swallowing hard.

She tilted her head at him, examining him with her inquisitive eyes.

"What happened to you?" she asked. "You're scared.

Blaise shook his head. "It's nothing, Luna."

"Don't lie to me, Blaise."

He couldn't tell her. Nothing he told her would make what's been done right. He swallowed hard, knowing she was not going to let it go now.

"Luna, I can't," he expressed to her. "I won't bring you into this."

Luna walked further in the bathroom. It wasn't like he could run from her, and the way he felt, he wouldn't make it far if she had her wand.

"It's too late," she said, her tone was lower than it typically was. "I was brought into it the moment you accepted this friendship."

Blaise didn't move away when she reached out to touch him. She cupped his cheek and smiled softly, rubbing her thumb across it.

"I don't deserve you," he said. "You don't know the monster I truly am."

"You don't," Luna agreed. "You're no angel. But you need me."

Luna wrapped her arms around Blaise, hugging him as she buried her head in his chest. Blaise broke, something that he'd never done for anyone else before. She was right; he did need her.

She probably knew that he could never let her go even as a monster.


Written for HP Halloween Collection Prompt #20. "What happened to you?"

Word Count: 317