Delicate
A/N: Just wanted to throw my own little post-DH Sev/Lily drabble into the mix. Sorry if it's been done a hundred times, and you're ready to gag. Just hit the back button.
Reviews are, of course, appreciated.
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He had been living, waiting solely for this moment.
The atmosphere here is cooler, freer. It makes him feel a bit faint at first. But it was good. Light. Had he ever felt so light?
He sees her floating towards him, and he remembers that, yes, once upon a time, he had.
She reaches her hand out to him, the red of her hair and the green of her eyes seemingly intensified. He accepts gladly, hers soft and youthful against his own, which is coarse and lined with age. The weight of how much time they'd spent apart hits him suddenly.
She leads him away, eyes sparkling, and it doesn't cross his mind to ask where they're going.
"After all this time, hm?" she asks with a gentle, knowing smile, still holding his hand. The familiar words echo in his ears.
"For you," he says, in an almost-whisper. He smiles a little as he looks into her eyes, finding everything he couldn't when he was alive.
She beams.
Yes, he had been waiting for this moment.
When she pulls him a little bit closer, he thinks maybe she had been, too.
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