Captured and isolated, Liz and Donald are left helpless and must wait for rescue. Yet, as the days pass on, they face the complications of starvation, dehydration, and the thoughts of a single, unspoken night.

Draco's dealt with a lot of difficult things since the end of the war, including losing his inheritance and going through his Veela maturity. Finding out Hermione Granger was his mate however, that had to top the list.

She likes to think she's seen him at his worst, those docile moments of quiet nothingness, but they hardly compared. If she thinks those days were him at his worst, then she really didn't know anything at all. A short story of acceptance and healing.