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Written for the February Event (Teamwork) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)
Teamwork Prompts: (Title) Beauty and the Beast, (dialogue) "No matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it." (C.J. Redwine)
Pairing: Hermione/Remus
1000 Word Challenge: Good
Gringotts: Pairing: Cross Gen Het - Hermione/Remus
Word Count: 390
Beauty and the Beast
"You should leave Hermione," he said turning his back on her.
The ragged middle aged man turned his back on her. He couldn't bear to look at the witch or the product of his evening. He was so disgusted in himself and he wouldn't blame her if she was as well.
It pained him to think that the broken and bloodied corpse that lay on the floor by the coffee table could so easily have been hers.
"No," she objected vehemently. "I won't leave you. I love you Remus."
The wizard scoffed loudly at the sentiment as he moved closer to the window and looked out at the flourishing garden.
"How could you love me? Tell me, how could you love someone who could do that to another human being, to someone that they love?" he asked her, pointing towards the body of the man who had once been one of his closest friends. "Don't you understand that it could have been you?"
Hermione closed the gap between the pair of them, stepping over the small pool of blood that was slowly trickling along the hardwood floor.
"No matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it." Hermione promised, placing her hand on Remus' shoulder, hoping to reach the man she loved.
"You shouldn't," he muttered, trying to shrug over her loving touch. "I'm a disgusting creature. I'm not whole. I'm barely even half a man. You are too pure and too good to saddle yourself with someone like me. You deserve better."
"Well unfortunately for you, it's not your place to decide." Hermione told him fiercely, full of conviction. "I choose to stay and be with you. Nothing you could say or do will change my mind because I know the love we have is strong and true."
Hermione walked around so that she was facing her beloved and kissed him softly along the jaw line, slowly inching closer towards his lips.
"I love you," she whispered before she captured his lips with her own, pouring all the love she felt for him into it.
"I love you too 'Mione," he murmured as he pushed her away. "Are you sure this is what you want?"
"More than anything Remus, more than anything," she told him.
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