Pairing: SeamusParvati
Prompt: 990. Old and Dusty Library
Word count: 350
Old and Dusty Library
It hasn't been occupied in years. None of it has. After the war nothing was fixed and students who had once been looking forward to making the train journey had to be taught by their parents at home. Those unfortunate enough not to have magical parents simply needed to fend for themselves.
The wizarding world had been left in a shambles since that day, fifty years ago; magic all but forgotten.
Those who remember those times, though, find it hard to forget.
They sneak in to the old library, shaking the cobwebs from themselves. They use their wands to lighten the room, their hearts breaking when they see what it has become.
Shelves which had once been lined with books they had never appreciated are now in tatters. Some have even fallen over in their age and unkemptness.
"Imagine Madam Pince's face…."
They stare at the ruined library for some time before moving further in. Wooden desks are now rotted and books have fallen into puddles of water.
"Oh, it's just awful."
They are eighty-something now. Those who remember the school and what it had once been are slowly dying. Soon, it will just be a myth. No one ever wanted to restore what had once been… not after the horror.
"Seamus."
"Parvati?"
The couple have been in love since their early twenties. They have shared everything together, from illness to children. They are the few remaining who fought and who lived to tell the tale.
"It's just awful to see." She buries her face into her husband's shoulder. Tears fall from her eyes, coating the layers of wrinkles which have formed over the years.
Seamus takes his wife in his arms, placing a kiss to her forehead. "It'll be alright, my love," he soothes. "We still have each other." He takes another look at the ruined library and then turns to leave, guiding Parvati with him.
Neither of them know why they decided to return after so long, they just did. They needed to see one last time, needed to remember.
For one day, it would be too late.
This chapter is dedicated to Elizabeth Blossom for winning a competition of mine.
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