Title: Mansion (NJ)
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Narcissa/James
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 285

Notes: This collection will feature 365 chapters, with 365 prompts. Hoping to finish it within 2017. The chapters will alternate between two pairings: Narcissa/James (Silver Stag), and Scorpius/Lily Luna (Vicarious Living). The chapters will be named after the prompt, with either (NJ) or (SL) after it, denoting the pairing.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: 2017 Event: 365 Drabbles - Prompt - Mansion

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: January Event - Winnie the Pooh Day (24 hour challenge) - Prompt: 9. "I used to believe in forever, but forever is too good to be true."

Narcissa sat alone in her mansion. Tears fell from her eyes as she thought about everything that had gone wrong in such a short time.

James was dead, killed by the man her husband so blindly followed. Narcissa had never felt such extreme pain in her life. She had thought she would have forever with James. She thought she'd find a way out of her marriage, and he'd leave Evans, and then they could spend the rest of their lives together. She even thought they would raise their sons together. Draco and Harry would be like brothers. They'd watch their sons go to Hogwarts and get married. James and Narcissa would grow old together and die side by side. And then they could be together forever in the afterlife.

But now...

Obviously forever was too good to be true.

"James, come back," Narcissa whispered. It was no use, though. James had died protecting a woman he didn't even love. He left Narcissa by herself, with only Draco and Lucius.

Narcissa thought about taking Draco and running, but it was no use. Lucius would find her. And anyways, she was too scared of raising a child by herself.

She stood up on shaking legs and wiped the tears off of her cheeks. Lucius would be home soon. She couldn't let him see her fall apart.

She pushed James, and all of her memories of him, all the way to the back of her heart. She put everything that had to do with James in a box and mentally locked it. James was forever gone. She had to find a way to make her marriage with Lucius work. He, along with Draco, was all she had now.