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It’s the smell of it. Chemical. Bitter and sharp as a raw edge on metal. Just a hint of it as she passes him at breakfast — but enough to stop her dead, mid-step.  There is Wolfsbane in his tea.

He felt it all sliding off his chest a bit. Relieving that pressure more with every word, until he was talking so quickly that the words were almost blending together. Just tripping over themselves to getoutgetout. Finally, shifting off of him and onto her. To weigh her down like he was with it.

“Alarm woke me up, and then, there it was. Blood on me. All over me, and I saw this man – I don't know this man, Granger. Never seen him before. Didn't even know I was seeing him when I was seeing him, but I saw him. Had to. Because I remember, right? Of all the things I forget, I remember. Just a few seconds. Six seconds exactly. Just my wand moving, and the blood, and then he fell. With his eyes open.” She was against the wall now, and he closed the space, her eyes as open as the man's had been. As wide as hers had been that night with the blanket. He could just fall into them. “Just staring up. Looking at me, with his blood pouring out into the alley and my clothes a mess. Then it's over. So what does that say?”

“Get--” she whispered, her voice trembling like her hands were.

“I killed him.” He trapped her between his arms for just a second, pushing his palms into the wall with his breath on her ear, taking in the fear she showed that matched the one boiling inside him. Then she shoved him back. Slammed her hands into him and threw her body forward. Stepped forward, shoved him back, stepped forward, shoved him back. “I. Killed. Him. Are you happy now? Is this what you wanted to know? Was it worth--”

“Stay away from me, Malfoy. You're so...you're so fucked up,” she yelled, her voice thick like she was close to tears, and then she took off down the stairs. Left him there with his words, his admittance, the mess he had made.

A Kingdom Beside the Sea by everythursday

anonymous asked → draco/hermione