A/N: This one's for the "A Wild Pairing Appeared!" Speed Drabble Writing Competition on HPFC.

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Severus, like Lucius, had been rather young when he'd joined the Dark Lord. A mere boy of eighteen he was, an angry teenager who'd lost the one thing he cared about by his own mistakes. Lucius had taken pity on him, remembering all to well how it had been to be the youngest and most maltraited member of the Dark Lord's followers. Lucius had soon realised that Severus had a rare gift for Potions, something that had not gone unnoticed by the Dark Lord either. Within a year, Severus had been promoted to the Dark Lord's inner circle, a feat that brought out both admiration and envy in his fellow Death Eaters.

Despite the age difference, Lucius and Severus had become friends, good friends even. Lucius knew Severus was attracted by him, which plattered his ego. Lucius s was Narcissa often teased him, that he should just man up and admit his feelings for the man. But Narcissa didn't understand. He didn't love Severus, not in that way, anyway. Blonds were more his thing, and Narcissa knew that all too well. However, he could not deny that there was sómething about his friend that lured him in. So when Severus came up to him after the party, Lucius didn't push him aside, and chapped lips crashed down on his own.