To Keep Living

AN: So, these are a series of connected drabbles that are about Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass. While there is no timeline, it starts somewhere before the events of the Astronomy Tower in HBP.

These were written to keep my focused on my new fic I'm working on and to clear my mind for final exams. I hope you find them interesting!

Prompt: Shining


The sun was not shining. The light was dismal and grey. It held no warmth any longer.

He sat and looked out a window. It reflected his face back at him.

With reluctance, he examined himself. Gaunt, his grey eyes—funnily enough, the color of the sky—were bruised. His hair…it was no longer shining either. He looked like a dismal copy of himself.

As he sat, he thought. He had done that quite a bit lately.

Thought, contemplated…wondered.

His life was no longer what he thought he had desired.

He had a new dream now. It was to be happy. It was to be happy with her.

In his dream, the sun shined down. The grass was as green as her eyes. She held out her arms to him, waiting. With a burst of joy, he stepped into them. Their lips met. When they pulled apart, her face was shining. With love. Love for him.

In his dream, they loved and were happy.

He was going to have that dream. He knew it.


Word count: 174

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