People Do Surprise Us: Narcissa

[swissmarg]

Title: Anything For Her Son
Author: swissmarg
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Narcissa, Greyback
Summary: Narcissa would do anything for Draco.
Disclaimer: This work of fiction is based on the Harry Potter series created by J.K. Rowling and owned by various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author's Notes: This was written for the People Do Surprise Us drabble challenge on nosmutforyou .

“I don’t care what you look like, you know.” Greyback pulled Narcissa’s long, blond hair back and pressed his nose against her skin, inhaling deeply. “Pretty won’t get you anywhere. No favour from me at any rate.”

 

Narcissa stiffened her body and turned her head away. It was all she could do not to gag from the smell of him.

 

“A wizard’s bitch. Putting on airs. Think you’re better than us.” Greyback snarled in the back of his throat and started licking her neck.

 

Narcissa closed her eyes and thought of Draco. Snape couldn’t help him anymore. Only Greyback could.

Comments

[miss-morland.livejournal.com]

Wow -- chilling, and so in character for both of them. Everything that needs to be said is said; you describe the situation so vividly in just a few words. Awesome!

[swissmarg]

Oh well, it was supposed to be 'surprising'. I thought that Narcissa would never cheat on Lucius... unless it was for Draco. But thank you for the compliment on the drabble as such. :)

[miss-morland.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was surprising -- but in a very in character way. :-)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I thought that Narcissa would never cheat on Lucius
May I ask, quite seriously, whether you have any canon authority for this? Because I've written a couple of fics where the exact opposite is the case. I would like to know whether I've strayed from canon.

[swissmarg]

I don't know of a quote where it says 'Narcissa never cheated on Lucius and would never do so', no. It just seemed to me that her character in the books wasn't the cheating type. But totally open to interpretation, as far as I know. Canon's squishy anyway.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Ah. The thing is, I tend to associate that high-handed aristocratic type with "open marriages". But as you say, canon can be read in many ways.