[Fic:] The Future

[smirkingcat]

Title: The Future
Author: smirkingcat
Word Count: 200
Rating: G
Prompt: Marauders Map
Warning: poetic?
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Author's Notes:I rushed it because it was me and i had such a day


The Future

He couldn't name the feeling he got, he wasn't even sure that it was a feeling at all. But the feeling of relief when he saw Draco Malfoy walking down the halls of Hogwarts… no, not relief. But watching Malfoy hiding first years from the Carrows… even if he only ever had glimpsed it once but he witnessed it right here on this very Marauders Map.

There was a connection between Draco and him, it was there, it was undeniable and it was the one thing making these cold winter nights in the middle of nowhere bearable: knowing that Draco was out there, holding his head high, making choices beyond his understanding. They were the same but not.

And maybe him still being on the run can be that feeling for others, that Draco is giving him. He hopes. Because with that feeling there was a future, a way out, a way to end it. And then, in this future he might get a chance to tell Draco what he meant for him, what watching him live as often as he could.

He didn't know then, how much the future depended on Draco. But he always knew that his future had Draco in it.