#. conversation001 ☄ ( NARCISSA ft. SEVERUS ) .

[ncrcissam]

who: @uptosomething-snape​ where: the valentine’s ball. when: february 14th, 1979.

She only knew today was Valentine’s because of the party upstairs. 

They’d stopped given her the newspaper on day two, although Narcissa had tried her best to keep track of the days by marking them in a journal. It wasn’t that they were being cruel, really, just that she was asking too many questions. Whoever would bring her the paper would get question after question lobbed after them; at the ball that was coming up, and why she couldn’t have a trial, or a bloody lawyer for that matter. They never listened, which was a new experience for Narcissa Malfoy. She’d grown accustomed to a lifestyle where she didn’t even have to speak to get what she wanted.

Those days were over.

The sound of music lulled her into her small bed. Dinner had come and gone not too long ago and so she had nothing else to do but stare at the ceiling and wait for sleep to take her. Until then, she’d think of Draco; how he would’ve hated a frilly, pink scene as a child. She must have fallen asleep to that thought, the look of disgust that she now imagined on his face. Maybe even a smile, though, when he saw the dessert tray.

And then the click of a lock.

Narcissa was out of bed almost instantly, a bit of hope in her heart. Were they letting her free? Had Lucius or Bellatrix spoken on her behalf? But, no, when the door opened, none other than Severus Snape walked through the door. Younger. In a bright red suit. With aurors, the Longbottoms no less, behind him, and a girl she didn’t recognize. Her mouth opened, and closed once as she processed what was happening. And then she met Sev’s eyes before stating, simply with a voice hoarse from no use, “It’s quite nice to see you in red for a change.” Before sauntering past him and to the doorway. “Well, no time to waste is there?”