Fic: Aftermath

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Title: Aftermath
Author / Artist: hiddenhibernian
Prompt: Grateful
Character(s) / Pairing(s): Draco
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Warnings: None
Notes: One has to start somewhere, after all. Even if it's from the wrong place.




Potter was a coward, Potter was a fool. Potter had no idea what he was doing and Potter was going to lose. A blinding light, two wands tumbling through the air, and the lies Draco had believed since he got his first broom shattered into a thousand pieces.

The midday sun shone as bright on the defeated as on the victors. Draco shielded his eyes, seeing clearly at last. An uncertain future was better than none; failed Death Eaters got no second chances. He ought to be grateful to Potter, he supposed. Another day; for now, being alive was enough.