Pairing: TerryLuna

Prompt: 879. Blessed days

Word count: 499


Blessed Days

The tree was the coolest in summer and the warmest in winter. It was why Terry sat there all year round, sometimes with homework in his lap, other times with his friends. Sometimes alone.

Now, he sat there with a girl who hummed to herself, songs he suspected she made up as she went and watched passersby with keen interest. Occasionally she would comment about one thing or another, or mention what a beautiful day it was. Most of the time they sat in silence.

He hadn't really taken much interest in Luna until this year. She was strange at times, and said weird things. Those in the Ravenclaw common room gave her a wide berth; some even took her things because they thought it was funny.

Until now, Terry had wanted nothing to do with her. But this year he had grown. The Carrows ran rampant in a school that was once the safest place, and those opposed needed to band together.

It had been survival, but it had turned into love.

Now they sat in one of the few remaining safe places on the school grounds – one that Terry had given up to Dumbledore's Army as a watch.

"I remember the free days," Luna sighed as her eyes followed two Slytherins passing without care. "It would have been nice out here."

Terry nodded, drawing her closer to him. The concealment charm had worked. They had not been spotted. "It was the best."

"Remind me, when all of this is over, we'll sit together, and we'll be free then."

Terry stared at her, bewildered, but also with admiration. She thought there was a later, that this would end. How he wished he had her optimism.

They waited for hours under the tree, watching those who came and went. The Carrows didn't venture out, but they spotted Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, and many others slipping out during classes, probably to run errands.

The hours slipped by in blissful silence, Luna against his chest, again humming softly.

When they returned to the Room that evening, they shared a meal and peacefully went to sleep. The days were repeated like that, going out by the tree once or twice a week to see what was happening.

Terry had heard the saying 'count your blessings' but he had never taken it into consideration. Until after the holidays.

The only good part about Hogwarts now was Luna, and when she didn't come back, there was nothing at all there.

"Where is she?" Michael held him back as he lashed out at Amyco. "Where is Luna?"

The delighted sneer that Amyco so liked to wear, grew at Terry's frustration.

"Send her back right now!" Terry cried.

But Amyco simply walked away, laughing.

"She's dead." Terry collapsed into Michael's arms.

"Luna's too smart for that," Michael soothed.

But where else could Luna be but dead? He thought of the tree, and those times together. And he knew – they were the good days.

The blessed days.


This was written for the Ship 'Til You Drop Challenge (TerryLuna)

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