[The Marauders Era of Harry Potter]
[Cynthia Malfoy x Sirius Black]
Original female lead, younger sister of Lucius Malfoy
The whole school knows that Slytherin's little princess, Cynthia, and Gryffindor's troublemaking menace, Sirius, are sworn enemies.
In Potions Class, he tosses a screaming fake spider into her cauldron, watching her fingertips turn white with fright. But when he turns away, he secretly slips a calming candy into her pocket.
At the Quidditch pitch, she yells at his broom, “Serves you right if you fall!” Yet when he nearly plummets to the ground, she grips her wand tight.
Everyone thinks they'll keep fighting until graduation, until that moonlit night.
At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Cynthia collapses during an asthma attack. As her consciousness fades, she feels a warm, dark shape wrap around her. It's a large black dog, nuzzling her face with its mane and whimpering as if soothing a child.
Only later does she learn that it was Sirius's Animagus form.
From “Malfoy” to “Cynthia,” from “Black” to “Sirius,” they hide their concern beneath countless arguments. Amid the thorns of prejudice, they quietly nurture a flower only the two of them can understand.
“Hey, Slytherin. Run away with me?”
“Where to?”
“Somewhere without family names, where it's just you and me.”
[Content notes: Set in the original canon. Slow-burn romance with lots of push and pull. They bicker and get on each other's nerves at first, but eventually their feelings are mutual. A slice-of-life school story. No Peter. Apologies if anyone is out of character.]
Very beautiful [admiration] [admiration]