Author's Note: This is suppose to be submitted as a challenge in a forum but I never made it to the deadline so I'll just post it here. I hope it's alright.
Disclaimer: I don't own Draco nor do I own Hermione.
Linger Still
He heard it before and he found it insane
Never believing it for a single day
It was ridiculous how they claim
That love and hate is but a hair's breadth away
But fate is tricky and decided that he
Needed to learn a lesson in life
Nothing is ever what they seem to be
For life's both harmony and strife
Then it seemed as if all
Of the unknown powers conspired
To make him take such an impossible fall
And render him, for a struggle, too tired
As all of the events passed by
He found himself drawn more
To his enemy's friend he wanted to be nigh
For her nearness made his heart soar
At first she looked at him with mistrust
An emotion he could not blame
Because for years he had been unjust
That now she thought he'll always be the same
But as time went on, she would smile at him
Look at him with a glow of growing belief
Despite what her friends told her, the glow did not dim
She truly believed he had turned on a new leaf
He loved her more dearly each day
Risking having a broken heart
He realized he was willing to stay
For with her he could never part
On her every pain and sorrow, he offered his arms
To comfort and love her like no other
He knew so well that all existing charms
Can never make his love waver
But even when his heart broke away
When he realized he was waiting for nothing
He continued to hold on come what may
For love made him willing to endure everything
On one of her dark and sorrowful days
When no one seemed to care
He walked up to her with a soft look on his face
And gently stroked her hair
"Every guy I loved broke my heart,"
She sobbed while in his embrace
Never knowing that she just tore him apart
While he listened and wiped the tears on her face
He held her tight and kissed her head
Trying to chase away each hurt and tear
And while she sought comfort in his arms, his heart said,
"Despite all the pain, I'll always be here."
