chiraldream

Title: Borrowed Light
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Word Count: ~15700
Rating: R
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Albus Dumbledore (unrequited)
Prompt: Written for hp_tarot: The High Priestess card, with the interpretation "She is the Queen of Borrowed Light."
Warnings: Character death (HBP-compliant)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: "The light before dawn, the dark before twilight, the strange uneven transitions between teacup and hedgehog, needle and match – there's a moment before the new overwhelms the old. There's balance in the imbalance, and Minerva revels in the teeter-totter moments in life, the instant when being turns into becoming."
AN: A million thanks to svartalfur for the wonderful beta! Huge thanks also to theentwife and jadzia7667 for help with the Tarot, and to brightfeather, faynia, bewarethesmirk, and schemingreader for inspiration and encouragement, and of course to ravenna_c_tan for all her hard work as a mod ... and for letting me post this late. *g*

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