A/N: Sorry for the long wait!
Flashes from life
Tabooed
Blaise Zabini
The open war has started.
A year before they all could pretend there wasn't such thing as war coming, that Potty was only lying and Dumbledore was crazy old fool. But now the war is everywhere, even in Hogwarts with them, and they can't hide from it, no matter how much they would want to.
The word 'war' is tabooed subject in Slytherin's Common Room, but Blaise knows everyone is thinking of it – Daphne, leaning over her Ancient Runes, frown on her face, having decided that this year she will finally beat Granger – Theodore, sitting in the darkest corner alone with his thoughts – Draco, the living dead, his eyes shining with intimidating determination – that little boy, a third-year, writing a letter to his family (Blaise knows that he lost his mother and brother only two days ago, and he also knows that his classmates from another houses have been doing nothing else than saying he must have earned losing them because he is a Slytherin).
Pansy is braiding her hair thoughtfully, eyes scanning the room slowly. Blaise follows her gaze and then looks straight at her eyes. After a moment Pansy turns her head away and giggles unnaturally girlish way with Tracey, and Blaise knows it's all act, an attempt to be like everything is still like it used to be.
But nothing is anymore.
Everyone in that room pretends not to be concerned with war, but Blaise can see right through them all.
They all are more terrified than they have ever been.