A/N: D/G drabble series; takes place in the course of one day (hence the times). Much is implied if you look for it.

1; prologue

Love/hate doesn't do them justice. You can't take such a simple definition and apply it to human emotions, because human emotions run unchecked and generalizations never work. You can't say that he despises her, because he doesn't, not always. And you can't call her the damsel in distress, because, sometimes, she knows perfectly well what's going on and what's at stake. And sometimes they're in love and sometimes they're not – but you'd never even know it; no one says a word about that.

A murder by any other name is still a murder, after all. And calling them human and justifying their actions isn't going to make them any less real. Things happen, people change, and you're afraid, you know. But that isn't going to stop anything.

It's Draco and Ginny forever – and even if forever ends tomorrow, it won't make a difference. Even if forever is a lie.

But try telling that to them.