DRABBLE: Mercy (Rodolphus/Narcissa)

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Title: Mercy
Pairing: Rodolphus/Narcissa
Prompt: Fall to your knees
Rating: PG
Word Count: 200
Summary: She can weaken him if she stays silent.
Link to Prompt Table: http://gamma-x-orionis.livejournal.com/38275.html

“Please…” Narcissa’s voice broke a little as she reached for Rodolphus.  “Rod, you don’t need Bellatrix- you have me… I’ll do better for you than she ever could…”

“You could never do better than her,” Rodolphus said brusquely.  “Especially not when you whine like this.  It’s pathetic, you know!”  He spat the words out venomously, but she could hear the tremor in his voice.

Narcissa fell silent, looking at him while he struggled with himself, the familiar battle to keep emotions out.  She could see his mouth trembling and the tears glittering in the corners of his eyes, and she waited with bated breath until he lurched forward and began to sob into her shoulder.

“I’m so- so sorry, Cissa!” he cried.  “I- I love you- you’re- so much more to me than she could ever be…”

Narcissa was silent – silent because she knew that she could be, silent because she could drive him to fall to his knees and weep like a woman for her unless she forgave him.

It was sweet to have him at her mercy sometimes – to know that it was entirely to her to decide if he was forgiven.

Pity those times passed so quickly…