Draco Defeated
Double-drabble on a request for Viciousberries. Draco/Myrtle genfic.
The first time she had heard him cry, she hadn't dared to believe her ears. No girl but Myrtle had cried in her toilets for years, much less a boy. She peeked out of her cubicle slowly, her curiosity overcoming the fear that he was just someone else coming to trick and tease her.
Her fear vanished when she saw him. He looked so bizarre, standing in an empty space with his hands clenched tightly at his sides and tears streaming down his face, blotching the pale skin.
He looked so lost, so out of place.
Her mind made up, she glided out of her cubicle towards him.
"What's wrong?"
He jumped, startled, and spun around to see a teenage ghost looking at him with worry in her eyes. No, pity. He dug at his eyes furiously with his hands, trying to eradicate the tears.
"It's okay to cry, you know."
He gasped at the feeling of her hand passing through his, the shock of it making him drop his fists back to his sides.
"I wasn't crying."
"You were. You can tell me what's wrong if you want, you know."
"I…you wouldn't underst-"
She floated closer to him and stared him in the eye, and something about her expression frightened him into silence.
"I used to cry here too, you know, and nobody understood me then, but maybe I might understand you now, if you want to tell me." Her voice was cool and soothing. Very persuasive.
His mouth seemed to have lost all connection to his brain and so, leaving out what he couldn't admit even to himself, he told her.
I'm not sure how I feel about this one. My feelings are wavering from anywhere between "total and utter crap" to "not so bad". Hrm.
As always, concrit appreciated :)