Guilt Shall Have a Chance to Melt
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy!
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He'd liked what he'd
been in school
[a ~tough~ one]
[top dog]
[Quidditch pitch bEaSt]
[b a d. a s s.]
So why didn't he feel like
the other
·purebloods·
as the Prophet's
o·b·i·t·u·a·r·i·e·s
took over more'n'more
of the paper?
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He was in Diagon Alley
—a floater—
there was no true place for
HIM
so he would stand&&wait&&watch
for what he knew he'd (withoutadoubt) hear:
C!
r!
i!
e!
s!
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It was the only thing that
Va_n_c_h_o_r_e_dV
him in
~ReAlItY~
he didn't even have to
) open (
his eyes…
but when he did& saw a familiar face
[without a name],
Marcus unwillingly acted like
f–l–i–n–t
to her
t–i–n–d–e–r
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A /dawn\ of recognition
& a Huff has the temper of a Gryff
&& a Slyth has the seriousness of a Rave
He didn't do it
(murder!)
He didn't cause it
(mayhem!)
H e didn't leave her the ·h_e_i_r·
(the last of the
B.o.n.e.s.e.s.)
So why did it feel right to let her
smack hurt b_l_a_m_e
him for all that'd gone wrong?
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It didn't take
that
many conversations
for him to know—
He made a g·o·o·d snake
but he wasn't cut out to be a
p~u~r~eb~l~o~o~d
No pureblood would
-sit here&&let Sue Bones lament to her heart's content
No pureblood would
-hold Sue Bones when she broke down for the 3rd time that day
No pureblood would
-dare to empathize&&feel Sue's ·p_a_i_n·
But Susan needed a
.::shoulder::.
on which she could
l e a n
As it happened,
Marc's was a
perfect · fit
for her
…now that she'd all but
e/x/p/u/n/g/e/d
her grief,
maybe he could help foster some positive emotions in her
heart
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:3 Story-wise, this is one of my favs. Painting Marcus as the unwilling Slytherin is an interesting slant on him, and I like seeing an angry Sue. They…they kinda brought out more emotions in each other, which is always good for the basis of a relationship… ;)
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :)
2017 note: -w- I think my fondness for them individually comes across here, esp Marcus.
