Despite her misgivings about simply taking his word for it Temperance was not one to look a gift horse in the house and the moment he offered the suggestion, she leapt upon it. Getting away without drawing attention to either of them was a miracle from the Lord she was not inclined to question too heavily and – trying her hardest not to think about how close she had come to sinning.

She would, in the next few days, convince herself utterly that she had been under the influence of some nefarious hex and could not have helped kissing him. The week after that, whilst sat in church, Temperance would decide it had been a test of her strength of will that she had passed.

But in that final moment before she apparated away with a snap, she felt a small hint of regret – no one had looked at her like that before. Probably no one ever would again.

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Wonderful set by Lady <3