A rare drabble posting here chez my own LJ

[thrihyrne]

I don't think I've posted any of my rondracodrabble or harryron100 drabbles at my own LJ; they just seem more relevant over in those communities.

But I just wrote one for the R/D folks. In under five minutes. And I think it's one of the most evocative I've ever written, so I'm posting it here. I've gone all over the place with my drabbles, filling in all parts of the 3-part story. If you've not read my Magic Immunity series, it's Ron/Draco, and in a parallel to my George/Remus, Percy and wife were hit by a Muggle car, and Ron (and eventually handfasted partner Draco) has adopted their young son Xavier, named for Fred (who in my "Together, Alone" story has a middle name of Xavier. George's middle name is Xanadu. I'm terribly incestuous in my own fics).

Shutting up now. Here's 100 strategically-chosen words. Dunno why I resonate to it so much, but I do.

Title: Non Pater Familias
Prompt: Fathers
Rating: G
A/N: Magic Immunity universe.

Ron was asleep, the slow rise and fall of his chest an inexorable magnet to Draco's gaze. Ron sprawled on the floor, jumper-clad arm draped protectively over Xavier's side, both of them facing the fireplace. Draco wasn't far away from them; he'd been leaning forward to rub Ron's scalp while Ron mumbled through some bedtime story of his childhood until both Weasleys had dropped off, quite nearly in tandem.

Draco had been cradled; been sung to, been told fanciful tales while tucked into a riot of pillows and cloudscape of bedcoverings.

But Draco didn't know how to be a father.

Comments

[rupert-talley.livejournal.com]

I love this series and glad you are adding to them even if just quick ones like this one. Love how Draco worries about being a parent and partner. I wish you'd do a longer addition of their relationship now that Ron's "dealt" with Harry and his past.

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!! I'd not thought about any more long stories in the Magic Immunity series post-'More Deeply Marked Than Love,' mostly because I'm not sure what would actually happen in the story. I do like writing about the evolution of relationships, but it's good to have some plot, too, and I'm not going to kill off any more people, lol! So glad that you are a fan of the series.