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.