Pairing: Draco/Ginny
Prompt: knight in shining armor
For Cherry. I hope I did them justice.
He isn't a knight in shining armor. His silver armor has long lost its shine and his sword has been missing for a while now. And how can a person be a knight with a missing sword and dull armor?
But in her eyes, he's her knight. To her, it doesn't matter that he doesn't protect her with a sword; because she doesn't need protecting. There's fierceness in her that just burns so brightly it makes her strong enough to deal with anything.
And maybe not all knights are for protecting, he thinks. It's not like she'd let him protect her with a silly sword anyways. Not that he minds; swords aren't really his thing.
It's his dull armor that he worries about. Everyone knows that only good people are knights. And all their armor shines brightly to show the goodness in their heart. Like his armor reflects his heart - it's dull and underused and, try as he might, he just can't polish it.
There's spots of blood caked on his armor, which means that it's attached to his heart as well. And no amount of scrubbing will make it disappear. He's tried. But that doesn't matter. Because she loves him, even though he's given her no reason to. She loves him despite his past.
They're both hurt. Maybe that's how they work. And maybe he's really her knight in blood-stained armor. And that's okay; because together, they are making each other better. She's erasing the blood-stains and slowly shining his dull, silver armor.
A/n – also for the 15 colors competition. My color was silver.
Beta'd by Budapest All Over Again.