In the Afterglow
For the @hprarepairnet After the War Event!
Pairing: Draco Malfoy x Luna Lovegood
Word Count: 2,477
Part 1 or 3.
This is fairly angst filled, so please be wary while reading.
Regret was a parasite. Draco had spent more than half of his life encompassed by it. He’d never been a Gryffindor’s version of brave; self-sacrificing and loyal to a cause. No, a Slytherin’s definition of bravery was different.
Draco’s bravery had been simply in surviving. His father’s decisions had landed him in a number of predicaments. He’d been born and bred to be a Death Eater, to believe in a pure-blooded society. By the time he’d realized everywhere his parents had gone wrong, he was already in too deep. He couldn’t go back. But he’d refused to kill.
It pained him that that hadn’t been enough.
Regret was a parasite, and Draco had slowly been eaten alive by it every day since the war had ended.
