Alternate Ending: For My Mom
A/N- My mom wanted an actual happily ever after. So this is for her. Happy Belated Mother's Day, Mama.
Word Count- 205
Her last stuttering breath broke his heart. He leaned over and tried to kiss the life back into her. That's how it worked in the fairytales. He was supposed to kiss her and she was supposed to open her eyes and heave a put-upon sigh.
…And that's what she did.
Draco startled back into his seat, blinking several times as if this was some strange mirage. He pinched the skin of his forearm and it hurt. She was real.
Astoria turned on her side and coughed. It was the most beautiful sound Draco had ever heard. He stared with wide eyes as his beautiful wife rubbed at her face, her cheeks having gained some color back in them. She looked… she looked fine.
"What happened?" she asked, looking around their bedroom.
Draco couldn't catch his breath. He couldn't… He couldn't believe…
"I think— I don't— I might have just witnessed a miracle," spluttered Draco.
Astoria slowly rose into a seated position and took stock of her limbs, her chest, her head. And then she looked up at Draco and smiled.
"I might have just experienced a miracle."
Scorpius began crying in his bassinet.
But everything was fine.
And the Malfoys lived happily ever after.