House: Slytherin
Category: Drabble
Prompt: Draco/Luna [Couple]
Word Count (excluding A/N): 334
A/N: Luna (briefly) quotes Sir Francis Bacon
Summary: Draco brings Luna home to meet his mother.
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"Mother?" Draco warily entered the room. "I want you to meet someone—"
Before he'd even finished speaking, a witch floated into the room. She wore a loose-fitting robe with strange symbols painted on it, but it wasn't her clothing that caught Narcissa's attention. It was her shoes. Or the lack thereof.
Narcissa's nose wrinkled at the muddy, bare feet atop her imported Persian rug. "How nice to meet you, Miss—"
"Lovegood," Draco hurriedly supplied, stepping between the girl and his mother. "Miss Luna Lovegood."
"Ah, Lovegood." Narcissa sniffed. "I knew her father. Quite a Light family."
Luna stepped around Draco and regarded her with a dreamy gaze before murmuring, so softly that Narcissa almost didn't hear, "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
Well, this Lovegood was certainly a surprise. "What do you mean, dear?"
"The Nargles have infected a lot of Wizarding Britain," the witch answered, her gaze flitting to the chandelier. "And your home seems to be their breeding ground."
Narcissa's eye twitched — she so hated indirect answers — and Draco, no doubt seeing her movement, ran forward, pulled a chair out, and all but pushed Luna into it, muttering, "Please, darling, do stay focused."
The girl hummed in response, tracing his jawline with slender fingers. "Love is such a confounding thing."
"It is, Luna, it truly is," Draco replied as he sat down at the table as well and poured tea for his girlfriend, his hand shaking. "I'll never understand it."
Narcissa glanced from one to the other, taking in her nervous son and her nonchalant future daughter-in-law, and thought of Lucius: how she'd liked but never loved him, how lonely she'd been even at his side, and how she'd sworn no child of hers would ever enter a loveless marriage.
"Love may be confusing, children," she said, "but it is also a gift beyond measure." Then she smiled a full smile, one which actually reached her eyes. "I approve of her, Draco."