After having paced back and forth in her dorm room numerous times, shaking her nerves out from head to toe and crying all of the sadness she had bottled up inside of her for the last year, Narcissa was ready for the weekend. The threat of her father arriving and appearing around any corner was present and she couldnāt help but long for the feeling of somebodyās skin on hers. Sheād gone 16 years without so much as holding a boyās hand - too afraid of what people might say - to being showered with kisses nonstop. She neededĀ somebody.Ā She needed Lucius. She needed someone solid - who she couldnāt hurt and who wouldnāt leave and her future had always been Lucius. At least for what felt like forever. But she wanted someone who wanted her. Who would put her first as Edgar always had - notĀ someone so inclined to settle that he found himself snogging someone with dirty blood.Ā
It was easy to spot Lucius, sheād become far too familiar with looking for him in a room full of people. Even before Edgar, she looked at her betrothed as a safe place of some kind. Someone who maybe would at least stop the strange eyes of older men from wandering over her body and who could keep her company on the rare nights at parties that she found herself drowning in the crowd of people. So she walked up to him - slowly this time, much less angrily - and clasped her hands behind her back.
āLucius,ā she spoke sweetly.Ā āIād like to let you know my game is over.ā Her hand moved to flatten a piece of his robes and a smile rested upon her bright red lips.Ā āShould you be interested in... winning me over, you neednāt work hard. I request simply that IĀ be the only name yours is paired with from this point forward. In short, no more of those foolish flings.ā She fixed a curl in her hair, sliding it over her shoulder.Ā āAnd should you need a reminder as to what you will get out of it...ā She let herself be nervous for only a split second before her hands travelled up his jaw, combing into his hair and pulling his face towards hers.Ā āLet this be a preview.ā And then her lips pressed against his, hesitant at first, nervous even. She could only hope he would reciprocate.