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A/N: For nicblue0707 and her guess of Rob Dougan's "Furious Angels" in my song/drabble meme. I never thought of this pairing in connection with that song- it's always been a Draco Malfoy tune for me. But looking at it…listening to it…and writing it? Damn, it's perfect Sarkney.


The counter bit into her back, a delicious edge cutting through the haze of adrenaline. Steel through the ribs of their post-sparring high.

He anchored himself in her, murmuring codes, protocols, and ciphers till they became English on her skin. Each thrust translated his desire and she answered in Cyrillic.

She knew he'd understand.

The dead drop, only twenty minutes away, barely registered. Her thoughts hinged only on completion, when clandestine pleasure bleached her mind of missing years and faithless partners.

It slammed into them both, furious, futile and falsely fulfilling.

The moment over, they donned their concealments once more.