Author's Notes: JKR owns everything. Written for the nosmutforyou Livejournal community's Justification Challenge. For everyone who is going to say "more please", consider this a preview of Court This Disaster.

And as I explain in my profile, JKR spelled it Asteria on the Weasley Family Tree so that's how I spell it.


"Between the legal costs, the law suits and the reparations," a sneer curled around that word, "we hardly have anything left. The little we do have will go to the Manor. Five years later and only four of the rooms are livable. Though that might be an overstatement." Draco took another drag from his cigarette, his eyes fixed on the floor. She could see him doing the math, trying to calculate how long it would take before he felt secure again.

It wouldn't take long. She had her job at St. Mungo's and he had his as a Potions' apprentice. Eventually they'd have their own company and their own line of potions. They shared cramped quarters now but Draco's job would take them to Russia. There they could rent a house for the price they paid for this flat. And despite the overwrought Malfoy heirloom on her left hand that suggested a lavish wedding, instead they'd have a quiet elopement in Ibiza on their next holiday.

"No money, a ruined reputation and your family hates me. Quite the glittering future I'm laying at your feet, Greengrass."

Asteria shrugged. "I'll take it."