Baby's Breath
Disclaimer: I in no way, manner or means own even a toe hold in the
Harry Potter Universe. That honor falls open the shoulders of the esteemed JK
Rowling and her affiliated publishers and producers. Only the plot (what little there is) belongs
to me…and even that's been done before.
They married out of necessity.
They were lovers. A comfortable situation, but they slipped up. Illegitimate babies were frowned upon in their world.
She was a good companion, intelligent and beautiful, so marriage was no hardship.
Every night she quietly declared her love and knew he could not love her.
They slept with the bulk of their child moving between them. Then he awoke covered in her blood.
Pomphrey worked tirelessly, but she was gone. He would not believe her.
With their daughter cradled in his arms, he breathed out his love against her lips and then ………….she breathed back.