He wanted to take her to Paris. Merlin, he wanted to take her anywhere, so that the anticipation would disappear, and he might stop feeling as though he were driving a large knife slowly into her back. He was scared more of what would happen if she knew - whether she'd leave and he'd lose the person he considered his only equal or whether she'd stay, her face swollen and weary for the rest of her days.

Category: Completed Short Stories
Rating: Not Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Future AU
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None

Story notes: Written for the 2010 d/g Fic Exchange on LJ, for idreamofdraco.

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