Title: Just This Once
Prompt: 060 - Drink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13, for alcohol abuse

"Here."

Hermione looked up, yet could hardly see; her eyes were too puffy and glazed with tears. She could still hear, however, and so she recognized the voice. From the shape of the blurred form before her, she discerned that Draco Malfoy was offering her something.

"Firewhiskey," he explained. "After a while, it won't hurt so badly."

She blindly took the bottle from his hand and pressed the opening to her lips. The taste burned, but the pain lessened. She would drink away her sorrows, just this once, for everyone that would have told her it was wrong was gone.