Pairing: Narcissa/Lucius
Summary: Before you know it, you're married and then you're all grown up because now you know he doesn't really love you. *angsty Narcissa/Lucius, Freeverse
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
All Grown Up
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17
{ your mother says}
is the perfect time for
'coming out into society'
[for attending pureblood balls]
{mate finding functions, as your ex-cousin Sirius called them}
and it's at your first ball
t.h.a.t. y.o.u. s.e.e. h.i.m.
y-o-u-r e-y-e-s m-e-e-t
{blue meets grey}
you've seen H I M before,
you know who he is
{but who doesn't?}
he's Lucius Abraxas Malfoy
{he's in your house, you've talked to him, but not really}
and he makes his way across the room towards you
Bella winks at you
{she's proud her baby sister, the beauty of the family, has caught the eye of a Malfoy}
and slinks off into the crowd to find Rodolphus Lestrange
you blush when he greets you,
kissing your hand,
flattering you like only a Malfoy can
he asks you to dance
and you accept with another blush.
and one whirlwind romance later
{6 months –notoriously short, even for a Black and a Malfoy}
you're engaged
[the Black Princess and the Malfoy Prince]
(a match made in pureblood heaven)
and you're all grown up
[you weren't when you met him six months ago]
(you were still naïve, then)
and absolutely in love.
{you still haven't grown up, have you little princess?}
BECAUSE now that your all engaged,
his letters stop coming
but you push it out of your mind
because you have NEWTs to study for
and then before you know it,
you're married
and then you're all grown up
because now you know he doesn't really love you
{but you love him}
but why did you even bother believing in love anyways, darling?
your parents didn't have it
Bella doesn't have it
no pureblood gets it
{accept for Andromeda – but she loves a mudblood, and she's not your sister anymore}
but seven years later
when your first
{and only}
son is born,
you promise yourself you'll let him marry his love
whether she's a pureblood or not