A/N: For Jilymicrofics February Prompt 23: Fear.
Fear curdled in the inch between them. Lily leaned her head against the stone wall, breaths shallow. James turned his head from the intruding light.
"I know you're there," the Death Eater crooned.
James wanted to shield her body with his, but a single movement would trigger the wards. It was by sheer luck that they hadn't been found. He tensed.
He wasn't afraid for himself. It didn't matter what they did to him. The wandlight shifted. If he stepped out, would they stop searching? Would she be safe? Forgive me, Lily.
Footsteps. Then darkness fell. The moment was gone.