Title: Some Things You Can't Hide
tth100 theme: Witches
Crossover fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Catherine Madison, Lucius Malfoy
Prompt: 003- Love
Word Count: 189
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon owns all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer. JK Rowling owns all things Harry Potter.
--On with the story…--
She sat bolt upright in bed. "Where are you going?"
"Back to the manor." Lucius Malfoy muttered, smoothing the wrinkles out of his robe.
"You're not going to stay until morning?" Catherine Madison, his fellow pureblood and death eater asked seemingly indifferently, but he knew better. It was all part of the act, a game they all played. Emotions made you weak, showing others your emotions made you weaker.
"You know I can't. Narcissa will be waiting."
"I see." Her face was kept blank, but her eyes were swirling pools of hope, desperation and longing.
Sometimes he wondered why he continued to see Catherine. He already had Narcissa, a fellow pureblood with much more money to her name than the Madison family and without the bastard child. Other times he wondered why he didn't just leave Narcissa for Catherine. His wife had money, but his lover had fire.
He looked into her eyes again, saw the passion burning within. And then the mask slipped back into place. But he knew it was still there, he could feel it in his bones.
There are some things you just can't hide.
--Finis--