Title: Phantom Kiss
Team Name: Death Eaters
Word Count: 100
Rating: All Ages
Challenge: Bookmark Challenge
Characters: Hermione/Severus
Author’s Note: So I made this deal with
harmony_bites ... and this is a distaff version of
Memento.
~o0o~
He rarely visited live ones, but occasionally their thoughts shone like beacons.
The discovery of Hermione’s nightly ritual sent him reeling. He hadn’t returned for months. Yet like a moth to flame, the compulsion was irresistible.
Often, he watched her talk to his photograph; although sometimes temptation proved too much.
He vividly remembered their first phantom kiss, their first coupling ... when she told him she loved him.
Now he waited - watching her.
The bookmark was tucked between pages. She smiled, then closed her eyes. Severus slipped into her dream.
When she crossed over, she would be his.
For eternity.
~o0o~