Narcissa took a deep breath and opened the door to Lucius's'study. He looked up and was surprised to see her there. She kept her face hard as he stood up.
"Cissy... Are you... I mean... What..." Lucius stammered.
"I'm not here because I forgive you or anything. I'm here because I want the truth. The entire truth."
"What do you mean?"
"What did Bella want from you and what did you talk about two months ago?"
"How did you-"
"Artemis told me. Now tell me the truth."
Lucius sighed and ran a hair through his pale blond hair. He sat back down and closed his eyes. Narcissa folded her arms and waited for him to speak.
"Two years before our marriage and a day after our engagement party, Bellatrix took me into her room and silenced it behind her. She told me that she had tried everything possible to convince your parents to have her marry me instead of you but nothing had worked. She wanted me to talk to my parents and try to convince them to call off our engagement. I refused since my parents had chosen you for me and I wasn't going to go against any decision they made. Bellatrix got angry and she slapped me twice. After a while she told me that she wanted to spend a night with me. I thought it would be quite harmless and she told me that she's already taken the potion." Lucius paused and looked at Narcissa, who was looking out the window.
"I had no idea that she was pregnant or that she hadn't taken the potion. She never told me that she'd had a daughter until two months ago. She came to meet me at night and she told me. I was stunned and mad. Her seventh husband had just passed away and she was angry that you had me and I wasn't dead yet. She wanted me to leave you so that I could marry her. I refused and told her to leave me alone but she wouldn't listen. She was prepared to kill you and also Draco since he was the result of our love. She also mentioned that she hated Draco since he was born as a son to us and Artemis was born a girl. That night, I cut all ties with her."
Lucius looked back at Narcissa who had silent tears running down her cheeks. She looked at him with sad eyes.
"Why? Why did you hide the truth from me? Why didn't you tell me?" Narcissa asked.
"Because I was afraid that you'd leave me. I was afraid you'd go away and I couldn't have that. I couldn't have you leaving me. I can't live without you Cissy. I should've known..." Lucius's voice trailed off as he choked up.
"If you'd told me the truth maybe I wouldn't have left you. But now..." Narcissa looked away.
"Cissy no, please no. Don't leave me. You can have a separate bedroom, a separate sitting room; you'd never have to talk to me. Just don't leave me." Lucius pleaded as his eyes over flooded with tears for the first time in 30 years.
Narcissa looked at Lucius and she saw pain, sorrow, and hurt in his eyes. She'd never seen him cry and right now, the man who was crying wasn't the man who everyone feared, who everyone looked up to and respected. He was a man who loved and depended on his wife. Was she just going to leave him to break down and never be repaired again? Could she herself live without him? Narcissa bit her lip. Lucius looked at her, his eyes begging and pleading her not to leave him. And she did the first thing that popped up in her mind...
She pulled him into a kiss.
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I know what you're thinking... Holy shit! Lucius Malfoy's crying?
Everyone has a vulnerable side and I'm positive Lucius does too.
(I'm horrible for having Narcissa kiss him, aren't I? Bad, bad me. I just couldn't keep them apart for so long and Luicus did look like he needed a kiss.)
