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Title: The Lightning-Struck Tower
Author: [personal profile] ravenclawsquill
Prompt: #21 – Hesitation
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 100
Warnings: Angst
Summary: Draco gripped his wand so tightly it hurt, willing his outstretched hand to stop shaking.
Notes: Unbeta’d. I needed a warmup ahead of the start of [community profile] slythindor100’s LDWS, so how could I resist the opportunity to show Draco’s POV of that fateful night on the Astronomy Tower?



Draco gripped his wand so tightly it hurt, willing his outstretched hand to stop shaking.

He was too hot, too cold, clammy with sweat and queasy with terror. All the while, Dumbledore stood there defenceless, perfectly calm.

Draco had wasted precious minutes already, desperately bragging about his misdeeds in a voice he barely recognised.

What was he waiting for? The real Death Eaters would arrive any second: true villains who thought nothing of murder… who’d murder him if he failed tonight.

The killing curse caught in Draco’s throat.

I can’t do it.

He lowered his wand, one inch, two…

CRASH!

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