A / N : Drabble for the Quotes Challenge on xoxLewrahxox's Forum. Thanks to Inkfire for the quote!
"How can one recognize torturers, pray tell? - They look scared. - Scared? That's funny. Scared of whom? Their victims?" - from 'No Exit', by Jean-Paul Sartre.
He isn't doing anything.
He's just sitting there, staring at the door.
No.
The window.
The wall?
No.
No.
She can't decide.
Andromeda frowns, watching him intently.
He's up to something. He must be up to something.
(It takes her longer than it should to remember that Tonks isn't up to anything. He's a Mudblood, and a Hufflepuff. He wouldn't have the brains.)
Ted's jaw tenses.
"I'm waiting for you to run away," he says bitterly.
Andromeda stumbles into the safety of the shadows, aghast.
She tries to pretend her heart isn't racing.
(Undecided. )
And then she runs.