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Written for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments): DADA (Assignment 4)

Prompt:: Write about a controlling, one-sided love.

Word Count: 70

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WARNING: This is sick, horrible and manipulative. There's nothing physical, but it is like mind rape-Lucius uses magic to control Narcissa' s feelings so if you don't like, or that's a potential trigger, please don't read.

I wholly disapprove of this and did my best to point out how stupid this is.

He wanted her.

And Lucius Malfoy was a man who was used to getting what he wanted.

When he was introduced to the young Narcissa Black he decided almost instantly that one day she would be the woman at his side.

He didn't care how long it took, or what he had to do to get her, he just knew he had to have her.

Narcissa was beautiful, soft eyed and innocent, with blonde hair cascading over her shoulders. She was the princess of the Black family and was treated as such. Her clothes were always perfectly suited to the occasion, she had impeccable manners, and she was everything that Lucius believed he deserved.

There was only one problem. Narcissa didn't want to be wooed by him. She thought that he was callous and arrogant. She didn't trust him and she refused to spend time alone with him. She clung to the company of her sisters, not caring that he was trying to seduce her.

As they grew older Lucius' efforts increased. She never outright humiliated him, she wouldn't dare, but the disdain she showed him when he managed to corner her devastated him.

Finally he turned to magic, knowing that even if she could resist his charms, she couldn't resist his spells. He tried love potions, and the first time she kissed him, her eyes clouded by the effects of the potion, was so successful that he immediately began to make huge quantities of it.

He never considered the consequences of what he was doing, the way he was slowly removing Narcissa's self awareness and control. Every time that he slipped, and forgot to give her the daily dose of amortentia her usual facade would reappear, the cold disdain and scorn ruining Lucius' plans. No matter how hard he tried to subdue every last shred of her freedom she persevered. She continued to rebel against his wishes, fighting his control.

Eventually he sought out more permanent methods of capturing Narcissa's love. He spent weeks carefully reading through books, sneaking through the restricted section to peruse books that no-one had dared look through in years. He experimented, trying different combinations of spells to get the best effects.

During that time Narcissa was a mess. More often than not his spells would fail and she would hate him for days. Often there were side effects; memory loss, loss of conscious, an undevoted attraction to complete strangers. For a long time he had to stop trying to cure her of her hate. He became paranoid, terrified that someone would find out what he was doing and take his Narcissa away. He wrote long letters, confessing his great love for her, but he oftencouldn't bring himself to send them. He never gave up on her though, and his longing for her outweighed his paranoia, so Narcissa had only a brief respite from his attentions.

His father was the only person who ever knew. He found out at a dinner party, hosted by the Malfoy's and attended by the Blacks. When he saw Lucius force Narcissa from the room he followed. After he had seen Lucius test a new potion on her he told his son that he was proud of him. He began subtly trying to bring Mr Black around to the idea of their children being together. He also leant Lucius some spell books that turned out to be very useful.

Narcissa continued to rebel against him however, but after her sister ran off with a muggle her parents needed a quick marriage to reassert the Black family reputation. Only two candidates were suitable for the role of Narcissa's husband and Lucius made certain that the other was deemed wholly inappropriate.

Finally her parents agreed to let him marry Narcissa and plans were put in place for a betrothal contract. The only things left to do were sign the papers and inform Narcissa of her upcoming wedding.

And then, at last, she would be his.