It's all kinds of wrong because it happened to you and because I'm an Auror and this sort of thing is where I'm supposed to be okay, and I haven't been lately. Not by a long shot.
*There's a slightly hysterical tinge to her voice.*
Yes, it happened to me, and no, you haven't been all right lately, but that's because all these things are happening to families like us, and it's never been this close to home before.
*The kiss is slow, but searing, and Bernard sheds his unbuttoned shirt and pulls her as close as he can, shifting her leg over his hip and rolling on top of her so that she can't pull away.*
*He's exhausted, physically and emotionally, and it certainly doesn't lift now. Rather, he pushes it aside to be dealt with later as they undress each other slowly, lips on every bit of newly exposed skin, hands clutching, claiming, reclaiming, proving they're both alive, well.*
*Nymphadora and Bernard take their time, nothing rushed at all, just taking comfort in one another's presence.
Afterwards they lie together, talking a little more, and soon enough Sunny wakes with a bad dream, and together they go in to comfort her, and sit with her, and reassure her of their wellness, too.
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Date: 2005-06-03 03:46 am (UTC)*She takes a deep, ragged breath.*
Sorry. I feel stupid, now.
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Date: 2005-06-03 03:54 am (UTC)*There's a slightly hysterical tinge to her voice.*
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Date: 2005-06-03 03:58 am (UTC)Yes, it happened to me, and no, you haven't been all right lately, but that's because all these things are happening to families like us, and it's never been this close to home before.
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:01 am (UTC)And I'm selfish because I won't give you and Sunny up because I need you even though I know you'd both be safer without me--
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:07 am (UTC)*And only now does the stress start to catch up to him, his eyes beginning to shine.*
I love you and she loves you and didn't you even notice that you called me your husband out there?
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:10 am (UTC)...Did I?
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:19 am (UTC)He's okay.
He's okay.*
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-03 04:28 am (UTC)Her hands roam over his torso hungrily, her hips pressing against his.*
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Date: 2005-06-03 04:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-03 04:49 am (UTC)Afterwards they lie together, talking a little more, and soon enough Sunny wakes with a bad dream, and together they go in to comfort her, and sit with her, and reassure her of their wellness, too.
Because that's what families do.*