Hello :) can I please request a lucissa drabble in any shape or form for the summer challenge? Pretty please?
Well weβre a bit late for that summer challenge but I can still write a drabble that is summery.
The summer air danced over his bare arms wrapped around his wifeβs middle.
βHi darling,β Narcissa murmured as her hand went up to cradle his cheek, the extra lines across her palm soft against his wizened face.Β βI thought you were taking a nap?β
He rested his head on his wifeβs shoulder and sighed contently.Β βI was, I heard a commotion outside, thought I should investigate. What is Scorpius up to now?β
Narcissa chuckled softly and patted his cheek.Β βYou remember the tree on the far end of the garden?βΒ
The one under which theyβd spent many a summer evening when theyβd first gotten together, the tree under which it was quite possible they had conceived Draco. Yes, he knew which tree she meant.
βYes,β he kissed her hair and took the glasses she was already handing to him. The tail end of his middle age hadnβt taken much from him yet, mercifully, but a year or two with the Dark Lord living under your roof was bound to have effects. His sight dimming slightly was one of a handful.
The laughter of his grandson guided his sharper eyes and it made him laugh ruefully as he saw the boy under the branches of the tree, looking down gleefully at a boy with a familiar mop of messy black hair and well-loved, but clearly his own, clothes.
βYes,β Narcissa said lightly.Β βYou were awoken dear husband by the sound of a Malfoy and a Potter playing in our garden.β
Again you mean? he almost said but it was still too bizarre to properly acknowledge. He felt his wifeβs fingers entwine with his as she led him away from the balcony and out of the bedroom.Β βCome downstairs Lucius, the only Potters in this house are Daphne, Liam and Jasmine. Harryβs not with them, itβs safe.β
He squeezed his wifeβs fingers and allowed her to lead him down the stairs, there was no need to argue the fact. Each new day brought him more joy and amazement in where the world took him post-war.
Because in the space of a decade β¦ Lucius Malfoy was about to go downstairs in a home where the wife and children of the nemesis of the man he had once called Master, would greet him warmly and hug him like he was just any other grandfatherly figure.
Because his son had married the sister of The Boy Who Livedβs wife. He would drink fruit punch with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law and grandson as the sun went down. Not in Azkaban, which he more than deserved, but in his own home.
He choked a sob and Narcissa hugged him as they were half way down the steps.Β βI know,β she whispered as she squeezed him and kissed his lips gently.Β βI know. Now come, the children are waiting.β
The summer breeze eased them down the stairs as the running feet of children he never thought would exist forewarned the old man Lucius was becoming that he wasnβt dreaming.