AUTHOR'S NOTES:
This was my entry for the November 2015 DMHG Challenge (100-word drabbles). It won "3rd Place" for the month's contest!
Thanks to those who voted for me, and congrats to the other authors who participated!
DRAMIONE DRABBLES: THANKFULNESS
By: RZZMG
Title: Begin the Begin
Rating: PG
Warnings: Post-war, 8th year.
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Eye downcast, shuffling from one foot to the other, he wasn't sure where to begin.
Would 'thanks' be appropriate, or would 'sorry' be a better starting point? Would she even accept such words, or would it be the smarter thing to walk on and pretend he'd never stopped?
Watching her lean over the newly repaired ramparts, as alone as him this do-over year, Draco felt that familiar hitch in his chest. Maybe she'd been 'untouchable' before, but not now.
True, he'd never been a kind boy, especially to her…but maybe he could be a better man.
It all started here.