Dream

The first night they slept together, in the most innocent sense of the phrase.

She curled up in his strong arms, listening to the steady thump of his heart.

He made her feel safe, and it was that that lulled her to sleep.

It had been a dream of hers, and Scorpius had always told her that she would achieve her dreams.

He was still there in the morning, and Rose was entirely enamoured with the perfect simplicity of it all.