june riddle. (junebugs) wrote in notanother,
@ 2012-11-07 01:53:00

Being Tom Riddle's daughter frequently turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. For one thing, nobody had ever handed her a friendship like Merlin had been handed Draco's. She'd grown up with Merlin telling her that he and Draco didn't want to play with her and been too shy to ask Pansy if maybe she wanted to be friends, even though she knew Merlin wouldn't have minded that. At school, everyone acted afraid. Most Slytherin families tried really hard for boys anyway, and who was she supposed to be friends with, Astoria Greengrass?

She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Her father respected intelligence and ambition. She was descended from Salazar Slytherin. She could sit down with her father and have a frank conversation about her future. The worst thing he could do was... Well, honestly she didn't want to think about the worst thing he could do because the worst seemed pretty darn worst to her. Ending up married to some dirty old man in Albania or Romania or wherever he was trying to strengthen his hold in Europe. June put on her best dutiful daughter face and knocked on the door to her father's office. Narcissa had had her baby. Everyone had to be in a good mood now, right?

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regularblack
2012-11-08 07:05 pm UTC (link)

Merlin looked down at June for a moment and let out a soft sigh. "I'll tell father Winter is mine." He told her and then shook his head. "It'll take the noise off you for a few weeks, probably. And then I'll convince him that he can use Winter as a bargaining chip with men if he lets you have your own life."

Regulus stared at June, then at Merlin. "You're not as much of an arse as I thought."

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junebugs
2012-11-08 07:28 pm UTC (link)

June laughed a little, glancing back at Regulus. "Merlin is like me," she told him. "People focus so much on our father that they tend to forget we're people with thoughts of our own."

She looked up at her brother again. "Merlin, I don't like the idea of your daughter being used as a bargaining chip with dad. She's... my niece, I guess. I mean, Narcissa's raising her, so maybe she'll be less... whatever I am, but it's still a horrible thing to do to a baby. Trade her for me."

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	regularblack 2012-11-08 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	"I have no feelings for her. I love you." Merlin told his sister as he looked her over carefully. He reached out and touched her hair. "She looks a lot like you." He sighed softly and shook his head. "My daughter will have a good life. She's being raised as a Malfoy for now. And we'll just betroth her to the Bulgarian Minister's grandson." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

junebugs
2012-11-08 08:00 pm UTC (link)

June still wasn't sure she liked this. Merlin should have feelings for his daughter, but she knew their father had fucked him up. "All right," she said. "But make sure she and the Minister's grandson know each other. She shouldn't have to marry a stranger."

She hugged Merlin for a long moment, closing her eyes. She was doing her best not to feel too relieved or too hopeful. Who knew what their father would decide to do. "Thank you."

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