Illustration for The Floor of the Study, from the adult visual novel The Summer After

She goes on her back on the law reports with her arms above her head like she has decided not to be in charge of anything.

MalfoidDon't be kind to me. I'll start crying and I won't stop.

You are not kind. You are slow, and she is not used to slow, and after a minute she covers her own face with one arm and gives up.

Her thighs shake and she says your name once, not a sneer, and then pretends she did not.

MalfoidThat was number two. There is a list now. I hate lists.

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