It's a photograph like any other. She's laughing, smiling, beaming up at me from her frame. I took it from their house one night when I was over for dinner. I keep it in my desk, but I take it out whenever I miss her. Whenever I need her.
I know she doesn't love Draco. I can see it in her eyes, hear it in her voice. I want to ride up to their house on a winged horse and sweep her off into the sunset, away from him and towards a happy ending.
But would it really be a happy ending? I am not so different from Draco. Perhaps even a bit more broken, worn down by life than he. Astoria was never meant to be mine. All I have is this photograph and the occasional family get-together. And the gaping hole where I suppose my heart should be.
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to JK Rowling. "Broken" is a song by Seether, featuring Amy Lee.