She sighed as she traced lazy circles on his chest. Like always, she wished that they could stay that way, just the two of them against the world; but deep down she knew that was never going to happen. Outside their little bubble in the real world, a war was raging on. Good versus evil. He began to stir under her and she sighed, sliding her arm around his waist and squeezed her eyes tightly.
"I have to go" he whispered as if he was afraid someone might over hear.
"Can't I just steal you away for one more moment?" she muttered leaning into the side of his chest.
"I can't" he whispered again as if the words coming out of his mouth were painful to speak "He'll wonder where I'm at, i-I can't ignore it"
She sat up letting her unruly curly brown hair cascade down her shoulders and he seized this opportunity to get out of the bed that currently housed the only thing he cared about. Her chocolate brown eyes bore into his grey ones and he sighed. She was always a sight for sore eyes, especially these days. Her curls formed a halo around her delicate features as it always had, as he always adored.
"I'm one of the bad guys" he muttered pulling his shirt on and buttoning it. "I always will be"
"Draco" she whispered bringing herself to her knees, the sheet wrapped tightly around her body. He turned to face her and she cupped his face in her hands, her thumbs gently stroking his cheeks "you're not a bad person. You're never going to be a bad person." She sighed in frustration and pulled the sleeve of his arm up, revealing the dark mark on Draco's alabaster skin "This" she ran her fingers over the ugly mark gently "Does not make you bad. You are a good person Draco Malfoy, and I'll be here when you get back"
He smiled slightly and pressed his forehead against hers "what good did I do in life to deserve you, Hermione Granger?"
She shrugged and smiled slightly "Probably that time when we met on the Hogwarts express so long ago"
"Bit of a prat I was back then, wasn't i?" he smirked
"Yeah." She agreed half heartily "But it was a much more pleasant experience to be paired with you during charms in fifth year."
"Yeah, it was" he agreed and moved his head into the crook of her neck, kissing it gently "I'm surprised we've managed to keep people off our trail this long"
"Hm" she moaned softly as he kissed her neck "I'm pretty sure Harry-"
Draco hissed and brought his head away from her neck "I have to go" He looked down into her eyes and placed a gentle kiss onto her lips "Don't wait here, it's too dangerous" He rushed and kissed her again "Don't be a hero" He chuckled a bit "even as I say these words I know you won't listen."
"Never have" she smiled sadly
"I'll come back for you" he kissed her again as if he'd never have the pleasure of doing it again "whatever you do Hermione, don't get yourself killed. Be safe."
Hermione nodded, willing the tears in her eyes not to fall "so this is really happening" she spoke, her voice barley above a whisper. He nodded and she looked up at him, sadness swimming in her eyes "Be safe, Draco."
He nodded and stepped away from her, causing her arms to fall limply to her sides. She watched him stride across the Room of Requirement, picking up his jacket as he passed it. Draco reached the door and paused with his hand on the knob. He paused a second longer, the burning pain on his arm a constant reminder. A reminder that he might never come back alive to those brown eyes that he often lost himself in, or the soft chocolate brown curls that smelled like lavender and sandalwood. He inhaled deeply and turned around to drink her in one last time. His witch.
"I love you" they said in unison
Draco smiled sadly before he disappeared out of the door. Hermione stared after him, her wizard, for a few moments before her attention turned to the scabbed wound on her skin. She ran her fingers gently over the bumps and hastily got up and got dressed. She promised not to get herself killed but she wasn't sure that was a promise she could keep. She was a moving target. The muggle born best friend of Harry Potter; nothing safe came out of that during war. She pulled her jean jacket over her pink jumper, grabbed her wand off the table and quickly walked out the door- and into battle.
Authors Note: Hello! I'm excited to bring you my first ever harry potter fan fiction and my first ever Dramione fan fiction! This is going to be a fluff piece, and they're probably going to be OOC and I'll try to upload at least once a week. I hope you all enjoyed the Prologue, please leave a review
Dedicating this story to my friends Jodie and Cameron who listened to me talk about this fan fiction almost nonstop since late December/early January and haven't complained once even when I got a bit obsessive over it!