Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger Word Count: 756 Tag: for #dhrfavorites jan 2016 prompt exchange [from the muse: A couple near the beginning of time had a love so strong that it couldn't be defeated by death, and so by some deep magic they were reincarnated over and over throughout different eras so that their love would always live on. Draco and Hermione are the most recent incarnation, but something damaged or fiddled with the magic in some way so that this time around they would be born and raised separated by fate, hating each other in an almost unconquerable way. ]

23

"I'm Lucas: I go by my middle name… I shouldn't have said anything."
"But you did. Mine's Jean. Boring, old Jean."
"… Draco."
"I'm not laughing at you … It do matches your eyes."


34

"Dragons are not real."
"You are so deep in the study I had to hunt you down for the past hour and you tell me you do not have imagination?"
"I do not read books for leisure, Mr. Malfoy. I read books given to me by my father."
"Tell me, Miss Granger, what is the fun in that?"
"Oh, if you know so much about fun, do show me and prove it."
"I take that as a challenge, then."
"… Stop smirking at me. And no, Mr. Malfoy, I am not blushing."


57

"You should back up a bit from the ledge there, Mister. Don't want you tipping over the sea."
"I will not be doing any tipping."
"Aren't you too defensive over something you proclaim you won't be doin'?"
"Mind your own business."
"Sir, if you jump over and judging by your out-of-place black clothing and that pointy nose of yours sticking into the air, people would be stopping this ship just to find you."
"… Do you have any suggestions, then? Take me away and make an honest laborer out of me?"
"I could, but first, we have to work on toning down your rich heir smugness a bit to go along with your pretty face."


63

"You can't run anymore— and neither can I. I don't know how long our lives would last, but the next second isn't worth waiting for without you."
"We've tried. So many times. You have a son; I love my fiancé."
"Then deny that you love me! Deny that every second we spend apart doesn't kill you!"
"Even if I do, what difference does it make? I could love you in any way you want me to, and I certainly could love you for the rest of my life, but what if—"
"So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me… everyday."


78

"Stop scratching it."
"You know I can't help it. They just took the stitches away."
"Here, hold my hand. I could sure distract you away from that."
"Hah-ha. As if you could make it work."
"Would I love you work? Or should I say thank you to remind you that you saved my family and nearly electrocuting yourself to death just to push my cousin away from the stupid fan?"
"If he didn't want to get their dog, it would have been a much easier job."
"You were crazy. Really, are you insane?"
"Why are you making a big deal out of it? I just have this long scar in my arm, like a trophy for my heroics. It just itches: I'm fine."
"So you are just going to ignore the fact that I said I love you?"


95

"How long would I have to wait to see you again?"
"I do not know."
"I won't let you leave without saying good-bye. Not again."
"You know why I have to do this—"
"And we have been through this so many times! I do not care if you were born in this, I do not care how many enemies your father has, I do not care if you hide secrets and have your best friend keep them from me, I do not care if the only way you could go was to leave everything behind: I just care that I get to say good-bye. One last kiss. One more stare. One moment just to touch you. That's all I ask."
"Everything I do onwards is for you. So is it enough to reciprocate your love?"


99

"Get out of my way."
"Excuse me, Malfoy. I'm trying to return the book to the shelf."
"Yes, you are excused. Could you take up any more space?"
"I could take up as much space and oxygen as I please, Malfoy."
"Oh, yes, you do. Whatever's in the Chamber still at large hunting dirt like you is a very good reminder, isn't it?"
"Don't you know any different tunes? Give it a rest."
"I hope it's you next. Remind me to send cauldron cakes and roses to your funeral!"
"Bugger off, Malfoy."
"I wish you would, Mudblood, I wish you would."


A/N: hope i did the prompt a degree of justice! it's such a heart-wrenching prompt and let me just go cry a little about this (p.s. 78 happened to my mother and i had to add it in: no it wasn't that dramatic but i wanted to use that to make hermione's scar appear at some time)