The silk papering the wall was pealing and shredded under her fingers. "I've heard he isn't even a pureblood."
Lucius sat rigid in his chair. "Do you you have any idea what he would do to us if he heard you saying something like that?"
"Lucius," she murmured. "He's doing it to us slowly already."
He didn't say anything, staring at the wall beside her.
"We followed him because he was supposed to restore us to our rightful place as the natural aristocracy-"
"It isn't about our place anymore," he snapped. "It's about survival."
Her feet hissed against the floor as she crossed the room to take his hand. Her thumb rubbed the thin web of skin over the bones and veins she knew as well as the back of her own hand. "As long as we both know that."
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5. Lucius/Narcissa - Surprise
Date: 2012-02-15 05:33 pm (UTC)Lucius sat rigid in his chair. "Do you you have any idea what he would do to us if he heard you saying something like that?"
"Lucius," she murmured. "He's doing it to us slowly already."
He didn't say anything, staring at the wall beside her.
"We followed him because he was supposed to restore us to our rightful place as the natural aristocracy-"
"It isn't about our place anymore," he snapped. "It's about survival."
Her feet hissed against the floor as she crossed the room to take his hand. Her thumb rubbed the thin web of skin over the bones and veins she knew as well as the back of her own hand. "As long as we both know that."