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Written using prompts from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)
Hopscotch Prompts: Luna and Neville; salt; "It was only a dream"
Chocolate Frog: Card – Hestia Carrow; Prompts - Domestic, Family, Mighty, Love
Just a dream
She woke up in a cold sweat shivering, shaking and screaming. She had been having the same recurring nightmare for months, and although she had been assured that over time they would go away, they had progressively got worse to the point where she feared going to sleep at night.
The warm body next to hers stirred, woken by the terrified yells of his long term girlfriend. He turned over to soothe whimpering girl next to him; he ran his hand up and down her back in a repetitive motion, her convulsions slowly easing. "Hush darling," he cooed in her ear. "It was only a dream."
Once she was completely still, he pulled her into his arms, showing her with all the love he had in his heart. Luna snuggled closer into Neville's arms, and sighed; she had never felt safer than when she was in his arms, he was her home and safe haven; they were two halves of a whole, with a beautiful infant daughter, and to the rest of the world they presented a perfect family unit.
They didn't have what many could consider a normal domestic arrangement; with Luna's current troubles she had taken to adopting the ancient muggle superstition of throwing salt over your left shoulder to get rid of her bad luck which she had bizarrely taken to blaming for all their ill-fortune over the last seven years, which she claimed had started the night of The Battle of Hogwarts.
As they began to drift back to sleep, completely entwined in a loving embrace, a mighty cry rang out from the second bedroom; Luna made a move to get out of bed and see to their child, but was immediately stopped by Neville who told her he would tend to their child whilst she got some much needed rest.
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