Hey everyone. This story was written for both Women's History: Influential Queer Women Task Ten, and Love in Motion on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For Love in Motion I choose to write for the Marauder pairing of Alecto/Petunia. For Women's History: Influential Queer Women Task Ten the task was to write about a relationship that might be considered scandalous. Nothing says scandal like a Death Eater being in a relationship with a Muggle. I hope you all enjoy Alecto's Secret Love.
She watched her Muggle lover sleep. The moonlight playing over the peaceful face she had come to love over time. She watched the rise and fall of the her chest wondering how this woman beside her wasn't making even the slightest noise.
Shifting so that she brought herself closer to Petunia Alecto let thought for the first of many times what it would be like to actually take her girlfriend on a date. To let people see them out and about together.
"That would be one of the biggest mistakes you could ever make," she mumbled to herself as she watched Petunia stir in her sleep. Keeping quite until she was sure the other woman was still asleep she went back to her musing. "You would scandalize your family if this came out." She catches Petunia stirring again.
"What's wrong?" mumbled the other woman in her sleep.
"Nothing," Alecto whispered against her forehead. Pressing a gentle kiss there. "Go back to sleep, dear."
"Okay," Petunia mumbled snuggling against Alecto's chest once again back in a deep slumber.
God she hoped that Petunia was gone before Amycus got here tomorrow. Not that she wanted their time together to come to an end any sooner than it had to. She wanted to spend as much time with Petunia as she could before her parents forced her to marry Delahov. She felt arms go around her waist as Petunia mumbled something quietly.
"What was that, dear?" she whispered against her ear.
"I love you," came the slight whisper.
She heard the door open knowing it would be her brother Amycus. Knowing that everything she built was going to be uncovered. Everything she built was going to come crashing down around her.
Watching the door as she heard the footsteps coming nearer and nearer she looked over at the Muggle woman who slept trustingly in her arms. The door creaked open to reveal her brother Amycus red faced with anger.
"You've ruined our family, Alecto," he whisper hissed. "Tomorrow you end it. Or she dies."
He closed the door leaving her to her thoughts again. She sighed knowing he'd follow through with his threat if he didn't think she'd follow through with what he asked her to do.
"I thought I'd hit rock bottom, but apparently rock bottom has a basement," she whispered as she thought of a way that she could still keep her secret relationship. She'd tell Petunia her plans when the other woman woke up tomorrow but for now sleep was calling her name.
I hope you all enjoyed Alecto's Secret Love.
