colour: flax
pairing: DracoPansy
rating: T+
Draco stares at the young woman in front of him. Her hands are balled into fist, her eyes are blazing and he can see she's having trouble holding the tears that formed in her eyes from spilling down her cheeks. Around her foot, she wears a bracelet, like all the Slytherin's that fought on the Dark Lord's side.
Some of the survivers demanded for them to be killed, but Headmistress McGonagall granted mercy – freedom even. Restricted, but freedom nonetheless. They were allowed to walk the grounds, some forced to help rebuild Hogwarts. Some, like Draco, were grateful for the second chance. Some, like Pansy, were not.
He doesn't know what this is all about. He sits up straight in his hospital bed, tries to remember what happened that would make her so angry. But all he can think of was talking a walk around the black lake – the battle of Hogwarts had been exhausting, lives had been lost and he needed to clear his head. Guilt was a terrible thing.
"You call yourself a quidditch player?" Pansy demands to know, steps closer to his side and trembles with emotion.
Draco isn't sure what to say. The sound of the water against the shore is not calming him like he hoped he would.
"Pans," he stars, trying to calm her by calling her by her nickname, "Pans, what's going – "
"I tell you what is going on, Draco," she shouts, apparently uncaring about the fact that there were other people walking close to them. "How long have you been cheating on me?"
Out of all the things he had expected her to say, this was not it.
His mouth drops and he stares at the brown-haired woman with wide, grey eyes.
"Pansy, I don't know – "
"Oh you know exactly what I'm talking about!" she creams and slaps him hard.
His cheek starts burning, and anger well up inside of him. "Pansy – "
"I was by your side, day and night," Pansy continues, and now the tears are falling. "I was with you, all the time. Supported you when you had to fulfil one of the Dark Lord's tasks. And when the time comes that I need your support, you bail on me. Made amends and helped. But then you mumbled her name in your sleep, and that was enough."
Draco swallows. "Astoria," he whispers, and images of how the young slytherin girl had pushed him out of a curse floated his mind.
Pansy slaps him again. "I always feared you never loved me, Draco. That I was a mere substitution. I should have never trusted you."
"Pansy," Draco starts to protest again, though only half-heartedly. He remembers how he walked along this very shore with Astoria, and how happy he was with her. They had almost kissed
"Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat, Draco. You should keep that in mind," is all she says before she storms away.
Draco now wishes he had kissed Astoria.
Written for Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry || Auction | pairing: DracoPansy
Written for Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry || Insane House comp | Gryffindor | 695. Phrase/Saying - "Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat."
Written for Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry || 365 Prompts | 209. Plot point: almost kiss
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