"When you're weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I'm on your side. Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind." -Simon & Garfunkel.
Hermione tugged the sleeve over her thumb and wiped at her nose. Then used the back of her other hand to get the rest. She shuffled her feet closer to the fridge. Empty. She sniffed, closing the door again and shuffling back to the sofa, curling herself up with a blanket. Another tear slid down her puffy cheek and she let out a shaky sigh, holding in a small whine of pain. Her hand curled around the edge of the blanket, squeezing it tight, focusing on the tightness of her muscles and the strain. Pain was the strongest emotion she could come up with to battle the grief, the constant ebbing sadness. Hermione moved the edge of the blanket up to her face, wetting it with the tears that just wouldn't stop forming. She was tired, so very tired. Blinking down on the pools of salt water in her eyes they spilled over and closing them she felt his hand touch her chin to raise her head. She tried to smile but her chin trembled so much she couldn't. Her breath came in quick, short pants. His hands cupped her face, rubbing away her tears, warming her aching heart. Hermione didn't dare open her eyes. Too used to seeing nothing. His forehead touched hers and she cried harder, wanting nothing more than to feel it for real, to feel his nose brushing against hers. The softness of his lips taking hers, claiming what was his, what he had so irrevocably marked and burned onto her skin. Why did you leave? She wanted to scream at him and in another world she could see their roles reversed, she could see him hunched on this same couch, his pale hair clasped tightly in his hand. Could hear him whisper her name like she did his, calling him back to her. Draco.
Author's note: One-shot inspired by first and last line of the song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel. The song, it's contents and the characters are not mine I simply toy with them any way I please. Enjoy.