"I'm not afraid of you Malfoy." Hermione reminded him as she straightened and tilted her chin up.

Draco pushed the wayward thought of grabbing her and strangling her into submission aside.

"But you really," he paused as he shortened the distance between them, "really should be."

She frowned and almost took a step back. She had faced Death Eaters, been tortured by Bellatrix, and had ridden several mythical creatures. Not to mention that she was nineteen. She shouldn't have been intimidated by Malfoy's weak tactics. She really shouldn't.

"If you have finished, I would like to continue to the library."

Malfoy smirked and stepped away from the library's doors. He could tell his words had hit a note. Her fear was erotic. Granted she was barely afraid but it had been too long since he had last gotten a good fear response from his mudblood.

"Fear becomes you," he hissed softly, leering openly at her before turning and walking off.

Suppressing her desire to roll her eyes at Malfoy's childish behavior she watched him depart down the empty corridor. The old Malfoy saunter was a shadow of its former self, but she still found herself admiring the view. She was acting crazy and hormonal she knew, but she found herself wanting... she stopped herself before she finished that thought. Even though she wasn't dating anyone the notion of her and Draco Malfoy was laughable. Really.

If only her traitorous body would agree. Then she wouldn't have to fight distraction in the following hours as she began her revisions for her NEWTs.

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Submission for: 2 Week Drabble Wars: Main Attraction and the January Event over at HSWW forum.

2 Week Drabble Wars Prompts:

Day Three, "I'm not afraid of you." / "But you really, really should be." (Once Upon a Time)

January Event Pairing: Draco/Hermione

Required word count range: 100 - 500 (Drabble Wars); 250 - 2,500 (January Event)

Word count: 269