Post by gmshed on Oct 11, 2009 4:35:39 GMT -5
A/N: Well, I rather drifted from this fandom. But then I went to see HBP (twice) and ended up falling in love with these two all over again. I haven't written them in about two years, and here I'm also trying to keep to a 100 word limit, so telling me what I'm doing wrong would be very much appreciated.
“My queen,” he had once said, just as she checkmated him.
He had bowed; she had laughed; he had pressed a kiss to the back of her hand as she reset the chess pieces and suddenly it was awkward.
He’d thought much more on the statement after she had left...fled, really. The roles were almost reversed in their case. He travelled, far and wide, days and weeks. Minerva was the one to remain at Hogwarts – steadfast, reliable, uncomplaining under an unfair burden – moving only a square at a time.
She kept everything together. The game didn’t end with him.
“My queen,” he had once said, just as she checkmated him.
He had bowed; she had laughed; he had pressed a kiss to the back of her hand as she reset the chess pieces and suddenly it was awkward.
He’d thought much more on the statement after she had left...fled, really. The roles were almost reversed in their case. He travelled, far and wide, days and weeks. Minerva was the one to remain at Hogwarts – steadfast, reliable, uncomplaining under an unfair burden – moving only a square at a time.
She kept everything together. The game didn’t end with him.
