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Prompt #251

“My favourite lie was when you told me you loved me.“ {Submitted by: perks-of-being-a-duff}

"At one point, it might have been the truth", Draco said, leaning against the dresser in his room.

I lowered myself onto the bed behind me and didn't quite know why I did it. It is not like he wanted me to stay. I could it see it in his eyes, glistening with indifference. Which made this all the more painful to me. Because if there was hatred in his eyes, he would feel something for me. Instead, I had to come to terms with him being indifferent. After all we went through. After all I told him.

"Was it ever the truth or are you just saying this to make this easier for me?" I asked, my voice no more than a whisper against the wind howling outside the window.

"Why should I lie to you if it doesn't matter anymore? I'm not here to spare your feelings. You went behind my back. You're dead to me", he spat, strands of his light hair falling into his eyes.

Hot tears were pushing through to my eyes and I tried to hold them back. But I failed. Exactly how I failed him. And I had to live with this truth. Because in this regard, ther was no lie to be told.

Prompt List: Romantic Prompts (2)

Masterpost by creativepromptsforwriting

Bad ones, unrequited, break-up Part II

Prompt #361

“Last night I tried to imagine myself without you. The thing is, I could and I felt so much better.”

Prompt #374

She has never wanted to hear someone say they love her less.

Prompt #359

People aren’t made for each other; they make themselves for each other.

{Submitted by: stringsoff}

Prompt #338

It was not what was said that ended their relationship - it was what went unsaid.

{Submitted by: themalenovelist}

Prompt #438

“The biggest mistake you have made is letting love come into your life.”

{Submitted by: barefootsleeper}

Prompt #251

“My favourite lie was when you told me you loved me.“

{Submitted by: perks-of-being-a-duff}

Prompt #244

“I’m going to break your arm like you broke my heart.”

{Submitted by: perks-of-being-a-duff}

PART I

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KEEPING IT IN THE DARK — draco malfoy x hufflepuff! lupin! f! reader

CONTENT WARNING: maternal death/ canon violence

SUMMARY: being a lupin, you did all you could to live up to your father’s expectation. you were obedient and filial, but you had one not so little dirty secret.

WC/ AVG. READING TIME: 2706 words/ 14 minutes

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Y/N GASPED, CAUSING draco to detach his lips from hers. the y/h/c girl quickly looked down at her watch.

it was quarter past 4.

"shit i'm gonna be late, bye dray love you," y/n placed a quick peck on draco's cheek and placed her hand on the doorknob.

"draco..." she mumbled into his chest.

"5 more minutes," he hummed into the girl's hair, embracing her tightly.

"my father will be wondering where i've gone off too," she tried to squirm out of his grasp.

"fine," draco sighed out, finally letting go.

"i'll see you tonight?" draco looked down at the girl, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"promise." the girl nodded her head.

they shared a kiss once more, before y/n opened the door of the broom closet, sticking her head out of it.

when she saw that there was nobody else in the hallway, she quickly scurried out of the small room, making her way to the defence against the dark arts classroom.

she placed a small knock on the door and opened it.

"you're five minutes late darlin," y/n's father greeted sitting at his desk, his head buried in a pile of parchments, presumably student's work.

"well good afternoon to you too dad," y/n smiled as she sat herself down on the chair opposite the defence against dark arts professor, remus lupin.

well you see, y/n was the only daughter of remus lupin. she was also the 5th year hufflepuff prefect.

and more importantly, she was dating the 5th year slytherin prefect. but not just any ole slytherin, the draco malfoy.

hence y/n and draco had to keep their relationship a secret. first of all, prefects weren't allowed to date.

secondly, y/n's father was part of the order of the phoenix, and lucius malfoy was a former deatheater.

can you say scandalous?

"punctuality is very important m'dear," he finally picked his head up from the table to look at the girl.

"i'm sorry dad, it slipped my mind, i was...in the library studying!" the girl twirled her wand in her fingers, hoping that hearing she was busy studying would please her father enough that he wouldn't give her an earful.

"very well, it is good that you are preparing for your OWLs at the end of the school year. i want you to mark these papers for me, then i'll go through them when you're done," remus pushed the pile of work done by the year ones towards his daughter.

"do i have to?" y/n groaned as she slammed her head onto the desk.

"yes. you have to," remus tapped his wand on the girl's head.

remus wanted his daughter to excel in school so she could graduate, find a stable job, and live comfortably. something he didn't have the luxury of doing due to his special monthly occurrences.

remus was fortunate enough to be given his position at hogwarts. y/n was actually the one who recommended her father to the headmaster after their previous professor turned out to be a complete and utter sham.

y/n was finally done with the work assigned to her, just in time for dinner.

the father-daughter duo made their way to the great hall, parting ways to their respective tables.

y/n filled her plate with food and she ate and chatted with her housemates, occasionally stealing and sharing glances with the blonde slytherin a table down from her.

the students slowly scattered away and made their way back to their respective common rooms.

soon, nightfall came and y/n headed back to her dorm.

when it was 10 pm, y/n slipped on her shoes and headed out of the hufflepuff common room.

y/n stepped out into the kitchen corridor and was met with a vinegar-doused draco.

"oh...my...godric," y/n said between laughs.

draco had an annoyed look on his face, rubbing the vinegar off his eyes and spitting out the gross substance.

"let's get you cleaned up big boy," y/n waved her wand and mumbled a cleaning spell.

"i've tried at least a million times and i still can't get the pattern right," draco huffed.

"well my love, that just proves you're a true slytherin," y/n smiled as she tiptoed to face draco.

"i missed you," draco leaned forward.

"i missed you too," she mumbled into the kiss.

the two walked hand in hand down the castle grounds, doing their prefect rounds.

y/n had managed to convince head-boy, ernie macmillan, to partner her and draco up for their prefect duties.

something about ensuring that draco was not slacking off while doing his rounds so she should be there to observe him, just in case.

it was now past midnight and the couple wandered aimlessly, chatting about whatnot.

they did happen to run into filch combing mrs norris' fur.

they could've sworn they saw him lick the back of his hand and wipe his head with it, imitating a cat.

"did...you see the way he licked his hand...it was hilarious!" draco hugged his stomach as he chuckled.

"i know," y/n wiped a tear from her eye.

the two unknowingly found themselves in the courtyard, by the door of the astronomy tower.

"what do you say we ditch our duties and spend some...alone time?" draco smirked, his head nodding towards the entrance of the tower.

"well mr malfoy, aren't you just a little punk?" y/n cocked her eyebrow to the boy.

with an alohomora charm, the door clicked open and they started climbing the extensively long staircase.

"how long mor-" y/n began to complain but was quickly hushed by draco.

the blonde boy placed a finger to his lips and gestured to the top of the staircase.

shuffling noises could be heard at the top of the tower.

the prefects tiptoed up the staircase and peeped through the railing.

they spotted ginny weasley and dean thomas sharing a rather....passionate kiss.

"ahem..." draco cleared his throat, the two gryffindors quickly pulled away from each other in shock.

"now, you could make my life easier by going back to your dorms and i'll pretend like i didn't see any of..." draco twirled his pointer between the two, a look of disgust on his face, "...that."

dean and ginny quickly awkwardly walked past draco and y/n.

the y/h/ced girl gave the two a thumbs up and mouthed a quick 'sorry' to them as they made their way down the steps.

"come on sweetheart," draco reached out to grab y/n's hand as he guided her to the balcony of the astronomy tower.

draco began to lie down, back against the floor.

"um...babe? what are you doing?" y/n stood over her boyfriend confused.

"stargazing of course," draco made a 'duh' face.

"alright hun' whatever you say," y/n hummed and laid next to the boy, her head against his chest as they looked up at the stars.

"that one's orion," draco pointed up to the constellation, "that one over there is ursa major," draco ran his free hand through y/n's hair.

"for someone who likes to pretend they don't care for astronomy classes, you sure do know a lot about it," y/n drummed on draco's beating chest, looking up at her gorgeous boy.

draco waved off her comment, trying to upkeep his 'studying's dumb' and 'bad boy' reputation.

"and do you see that one? it's my favourite one actually," draco pointed to the brightest constellation, "that's scorpius."

y/n looked at the bright stars in awe.

"it's beautiful..." y/n breathed out.

"just like you," draco admired his girlfriend.

"godric you're corny" y/n groaned into draco's chest smiling.

"one day, we'll finally be able to tell everyone about us princess, i promise. no more sneaking out at night, no more keeping it in the dark, just you and me"

"just you and me," y/n lifted her body so she was hovering over draco, placing a kiss on his nose.

"i love you so much draco lucius malfoy."

"i love you-"

"y/n hope lupin!" a familiar older male's voice boomed, causing the couple to jump and look in the direction of where the voice came from.

y/n and draco made direct contact with none other than remus john lupin.

y/n quickly got up onto her feet and patting her uniform down, draco doing the same.

"father i-"

"malfoy. dorm. now." remus instructed rather sternly.

y/n and draco quickly shuffled past him.

"not you y/n lupin."

the friction of y/n's sneakers and the floor let out a small squeak as she stopped dead in her tracks to turn back around to face him.

she stared down at her feet in shame as her father looked at her.

his expression was blank.

without saying another word, remus walked past the girl coldly, a silent gesture for her to follow him.

the walk back to her father's chamber was quiet, y/n was scared shitless.

remus opened the door to his office rather angrily, holding it for y/n to walk in, and slamming it loudly behind them.

remus sat himself angrily by his desk, while y/n sat by the love seat in the sitting area, the older lupin having a full view of his daughter.

the man stared blankly into space, his face straight, he was angrily picking at the dead skin on his fingers.

y/n kept her head down the whole time, not once daring to look into her father's eyes.

they stayed like this for hours.

and i mean. literal. hours.

remus was trying to process what happened while y/n's anxiousness continued rising every passing second.

"you've got to be joking y/n!" remus slammed his fist on the table and finally broke the silence, causing y/n to flinch, a tear escaping her eye.

"draco malfoy?" he scoffed.

y/n had never ever in her life seen her father so upset and angry before.

"he's nothing like his father i promise, he's such a great boy if only you just got to know hi-"

"lucius malfoy mudered your mother!" remus shouted at the girl.

that was one of the most crucial reasons why y/n and draco had to keep their relationship a secret.

the night lily and james were murdered, remus and y/n were in ireland staying with relatives while y/n's mother stayed behind in england. she had decided to pay a visit to the potter cottage that very night.

lucius malfoy had used the killing curse on mrs lupin when she tried to fight back.

but y/n knew draco was nothing like his father. she had grown to love the boy so much and even if his father did not, the young blonde had a heart of gold.

maybe he wasn't the nicest to others, but he was an absolute sweetheart to the girl he loved.

and she also knew that draco lived with immense guilt over his girlfriend's mother's death.

there were nights where he would cry into y/n's shoulder, apologising profusely to the girl for his father's wrongdoing, telling her how much he didn't deserve to be loved by her.

and that was when y/n knew draco was a good person, because no dark wizard would ever apologise for their actions.

"but that's not who he is-"

"his father is the reason why you don't have a mother anymore!" remus stormed over to the girl, standing over her.

y/n could feel the walls shake from how loud he was shouting.

"you..just..have to get to know him!" y/n cried, tears streaming down her face as she buried her face in her hands.

"i can't believe you're still defending him!" he spat in her face.

"because i love him!"

"well i'm bloody grateful your mother isn't here to see how much of a disappointment you've become!"

the moment the words left remus' mouth, y/n's eyes widened in shock.

she knew her father wouldn't approve of their relationship at first, but she'd never imagined he would be capable of saying such things. especially since he knew how much y/n wanted to make her mother proud.

"i hate you. i wish i never had a father like you," y/n stood up from her seat, poking his chest with her pointer as she spoke through gritted teeth.

"wait y/n, darlin' i didn't mean what i sai-" remus tried to stop her when she shoved past him.

"if you didn't mean it, then you wouldn't have said it," y/n sniffed as she wiped her nose with the sleeve of her robes.

y/n ran down the halls when she bumped into ernie.

"y/n? are you alright?" ernie tried to reach forward to comfort the crying girl.

"don't...don't touch me," her voice shaky as she quickly ran off in the direction of the courtyard.

draco did not in fact return to his dorm when he was told to, instead he stayed in the castle halls, looking for the father-daughter duo.

as he stalked through the hallways, he walked into a rather confused ernie.

"oi, macmillan have you seen y/n?"

"um yea, she was crying but she ran off before anything happened," ernie informed, scratching his head.

draco knew exactly where y/n was.

the only place she'd go to when she's sad.

draco sprinted to the black lake, where he was met with the back of y/n's dark silhouette, she was staring off into the lake.

"hi mum..." y/n hugged her knees as she stared at the moving waters.

remus had told y/n that back in her hogwarts days, when he was still courting her, the black lake was y/n's mother's favourite place.

her and lily would dangle their legs into it and watch the sunset and rise.

and so, whenever y/n was at hogwarts and felt like she needed to talk to her mother, she'd head to the black lake, and well, talk to her.

"i'm sorry..i'm so sorry," y/n sniffed as she sobbed, "but i love him....i love him so so much. for the first time ever, i don't feel alone, because i have him. he makes me feel complete mum."

"oh my gorgeous y/n," draco breathed out.

y/n whipped her head around when she heard the familiar voice.

she quickly ran into draco's arms.

"he...said i was a disappointment to my mother," y/n wailed into his chest.

"he didn't mean it, sweetheart, your father loves you so much," draco comforted the girl, rubbing her back.

"then why did the words..leave his mouth s-so easily,"

'i don't know sweetheart, but i do know that he is so proud of you, proud of the beautiful, intelligent, wonderful girl you are,"

y/n pulled her head away from draco's chest to look up at him.

"what if..he never accepts us," a frown visible on y/n's face.

"then so be it, who cares what anyone thinks my love. even if the whole world is against us, i will never leave your side. you will always have me," draco combed her hair with his hands, "but i promise you my girl, your father didn't mean what he said, he was just angry, he loves you just as much as i do."

"i love you so much draco lucius malfoy."

"je t'aime mon amour."

the young couple shared a loving kiss.

what they didn't know, was that remus was hiding behind a tree, watching.

maybe draco was nothing like his father.

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