colour: cream
pairing: SiriusMinerva
rating: T+
This was not supposed to happen.
Minerva's heart is aching with guilt when she looks down at the sleeping young man next to her. He's sleeping peacefully, but she still takes the blanket to cover her naked body. A used condom still lies on the floor next to the bed where Sirius had thrown it after their love-making.
The moon is illuminating the dark sky and Minerva shakes her head in frustration when she lets her glance wander out of the window for a moment.
How did she get herself in this position?
Admittedly, Sirius hasn't been her student for about two years now, but that doesn't change the fact that she's just spent the night with a man much younger than herself.
The war against Tom changes people. But does it justify her actions? They had met at a bar after having barely escaped one of the Dark Lord's attacks.
The amount of blood that had been spilled is still haunting the ebony-haired witch. So many good lives had been lost today.
And although both Sirius and her had managed to fight Bellatrix Lestrange, the damage she had done to young Alice and Frank Longbottom, both good friends of Sirius', was something that had shaken both of them up immensely.
They gave their best, but the Healers at only shook their heads upon performing some diagnostic spells – neither Alice nor her husband would ever re-gain their sanity.
Minerva had left the waiting room before anyone was able to see the tears that spilled from her emerald eyes and walked into the next pub that she came across.
The drowned her sorrow in alcohol – something she did too often, but what else was there to do in times like these?
Minerva looks back at the sleeping form of Sirius in her bed. She still doesn't know how he had found her in the pub, but eventually, he joined her and too many drinks later, he had kissed her – completely out of the blue.
Thinking about it now, Minerva knows that she should have done more to resist the temptation the young man posed, but sometimes, even a strong-willed witch like her gives in.
The world was drowning in innocent blood and it was only a matter of time until it was Minerva's time to die.
She laughs bitterly and decides to forget about all the horror for the remaining night. She climbs back into her bed, kisses Sirius and cuddles against his warm body – for once not caring about what the morning will bring. She decided to deal with her guilt tomorrow.
Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry || Auction: MinervaSirius
Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry || Photography || 1. Abstract Photography: | use no dialogue whatsoever in your story
Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry || Film festival | 8. Item: Condom and 42. Plot: A drunken one night stand
Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry || Insane House Competition | Gryffindor | 46. Character: Minerva McGonagall
Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry || 365 prompts | 138. First Line - This wasn't supposed to happen.
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