This was my entry for the April 2013 DMHG Challenge on Livejournal. The prompt was "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". It won third place and Mod's choice! Thank you to everyone who voted for me, and congratulations to all of the authors for some fantastic drabbles this month!
The black is a billowing cloud, thick and shimmering as it sweeps across the Great Hall, trapping the students beneath and extinguishing flares from wands.
Draco is beside her in an instant, hand curling around her waist and a whispered, "Now," in her ear.
As he pulls her down the corridor, hands tangled together, the innocent panic in the air quickening his heart and his step, Draco is overwhelmed with a need that has him pushing Hermione against the wall, hands bracing.
Lips meet, desperate, and for the first time in a long time, Draco sees light in the darkness.