Chapter 7: His Beautiful, Smart, Pragmatic Daughters (and their idiot husbands)

A/N- prompt used: [Relationship] Father/Daughter
Word Count- 394

Grayson Greengrass raised two daughters almost entirely on his own.

Daphne grew up with a coldness in her eyes. She walked with her head held high, and her back as straight as as an arrow. She didn't make friends easily and always seemed to accept things as they were, a realist through and through.

So Grayson was extremely surprised when he first met the love of Daphne's life.

To be frank, Grayson found Blaise Zabini to be a complete and utter prick.

Blaise walked around like he owned the world. His gaze held nothing but boredom and contempt. He didn't seem to give two erumpent turds about anything. Grayson could not see what his beautiful, smart, pragmatic daughter saw in this total waste of space.

And then Blaise came to him and asked for his daughter's hand in marriage. Grayson saw the mask fall away, saw this boy open up when he so clearly never opened up. He saw the boy make an effort.

Grayson had walked Daphne down the aisle a year later. He'd never seen Daphne or Blaise smile like that in his life.

Then, there was Astoria, with her wide eyes and upbeat optimism. Grayson was never sure where she got that peppy personality of hers, because even his wife had never been so bright and creative and funny, even on her best day. But there was Astoria, making friends wherever she went, speaking her mind when she probably shouldn't, and daydreaming during every available free moment.

Despite all that, Astoria was strangely picky when it came to boys. She hadn't dated at Hogwarts (thank Merlin) and she'd never brought a boyfriend home to meet her father, so he assumed she'd never had one.

She'd still never brought a boyfriend home to meet him as she introduced Draco Malfoy as her fiancee.

To say that Grayson was surprised would be an understatement. He'd been absolutely gobsmacked.

This boy?! This former Death Eater?! This man who looked at his daughter like… like… well…

Like he'd loved Astoria longer than he'd even been alive…

Like he'd loved her in a past life…

Like he'd still love her in the next one…

Grayson walked Astoria down the aisle four months later. Draco Malfoy wouldn't have been Grayson's first choice of husband for his beautiful, smart, pragmatic daughter.

But clearly he was Astoria's only choice.