Written For:
- Day 40 of 366 Days of Writing Challenge: Letters
- The Emotion Challenge: Heartbroken
Pairings/Characters: Andromeda, Druella
Word Count: 289
Paper Hearts
It can all get a little crazy unless there's something to hold on to, for me, it was true love.
'Mother,
Please reply to me. It doesn't have to be a full letter—just a single piece of parchment with your name on it would suffice! I just need to know that you're listening to me, that you're reading my words.
I desperately want to talk to you. You are my mother, and I love you dearly. I tried to bring my present to you for your birthday, but Bella wouldn't let me near the house. I know that Daddy would be cross if he even saw me, but please make an exception.
I'm sorry for the choices I made, but they were my choices to make. I'm only human—I do not see why it matters that Ted's parents aren't wizards. I've never understood the logic. What really makes our family purer than them, if we are willing to disown our sons and daughters for their choices in marriage?
I would give anything just to hear a word of your voice again. Please write to me.
Andromeda.'
Druella placed the piece of parchment down on the desk, before covering her eyes with her hand. It broke her heart to continue to receive these letters from Andromeda. She wished that she could just throw them away, but she couldn't bear the thought of doing it.
Even though she would never have the courage to put pen to paper and speak to Andromeda again, Druella tucked the letter away where her husband wouldn't find it, along with the others that Andromeda had written. Even if she never got her daughter back, at least she had a part of her here.
