Drabble: Sentinel

May 13, 2007 13:11

I wrote this drabble a few months ago for hd100 and 100quills ... and then somehow managed to forget to actually post it at 100quills. So, here it is now.

Title: Sentinel
Author: waterbird
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Written for the 100quills Seek prompt and the hd100 Whisper challenge. Believe it or not, I started out intending to write something fluffy ... oh well. Implied character death.

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Harry wakes and pushes the blankets away. The chill in the air is like a clean cut against his bare skin, like a whispered curse.

His mother couldn't have known her sacrifice would work. Harry knows this now. He's spent the years since the war - since countless other sacrifices - learning to understand.

But he doesn't blame her as he crosses the property, mown grass sticking to his wet feet.

As always, Draco is there, trying with a scowl to conceal the worry in his colourless eyes. He reaches through Harry - his cold, tingling touch the only comfort left to them.

drabbles, my fic, 100quills

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