Pairing: Rodolphus/Rabastan

Prompt: last kiss

For the Ultimate Pairing Drabble comp with the prompt numbered.

You press your lips to the top of his head as he lies against your chest. You feel the steady rise and fall of his chest, reminding you that he is still breathing. It's night likes these, where he falls asleep quickly, that you just watch him sleep. Because your days together are numbered, has been numbered since the beginning.

You both are expected to marry well to further your family. And your betrothal is of the marrying age so tomorrow you will be a married man. You had known this wouldn't last, but you had thrown away reason and just let yourself have him.

You love him. He means everything in the world to you, and it doesn't matter that you will be married because you are completely his. And he knows this.

Shifting him, you slide out from his bed. Before you exit the room, you glance back at his sleeping form. He looks put out, curling around a pillow for the comfort that you really shouldn't be providing him. You whisper, "Love you," before shutting the door.

As you make your way back to your room, you toss and turn on the bed, unable to find sleep. Being married will change your relationship with your brother. You won't be able to sneak into his room at night and hold him until he falls asleep. You won't even be living in the same house as him any longer.

But it's all for your family – the marriage – so you will suffer through it, knowing that you will never love your wife in the way that you love him.