"I’m so sorry for your loss," Theo took her hand. "It’s hard for me too. Narcissa was really the closest thing that I had to a mother. Mine abandoned me when Draco and I were little. And my father, well, he made Draco’s dad look like a pussy cat." Hermione interlaced her fingers with the hand where the knuckles were emblazoned with the word "FUCK." Theo thought that it was one of the most obscene things he’d ever seen. Her little hands looked like innocence personified. Her nails unpainted, a single small sapphire ring on her pinky. Her skin was flawless, but tan, a tantalizing color considering her supposed English-ness. Theo had to wonder. He watched his hand against her skin and was intrigued by the contrast between them.