Being Afraid

As she laid on the Malfoy Manor floor, peering at her own bloody, unrecognizable reflection she briefly wondered, "Is this what it means to be a hero?" She lolled her head over, her neck shaking with the strain to hold it up. Draco Malfoy bent over her, horror carved into his sharp features. He whispered to her, "I'm sorry. I have to." Set during DH.