Word Count: 211

Challenge/Competition: Gift-Giving Extravaganza!

Prompts: floor, grip, bright, LilyScorpius

Warnings: None

Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Harry Potter, it's all JKR's.

Note: Lily and Scorpius are around 20 here. This is written for xThePaintedLady - only a month(?!) late! I'm so so sorry, and it's so short! I'm going to write you one or two more drabbles around this relationship, so I hope that makes up for it. :)

Also, the rest of this story will not be in freeverse.


The minutes that e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g

s

p

i

n

s

out of control,

The (seconds) that make you

Realize... Understand.

The

single

moment that c-h-a-n-g-e-s your life.

That was Lily. It was always (always forever, always and forever)

L

I

L

Y

She is a w.h.i.r.l.w.i.n.d that you

wantwantwant

to be pulled into,

not a

s

p

i

r

a

l

that d..r..a..g..s you into

n-o-t-h-i-n-g-n-e-s-s

(it's nothing like people say)

'Lily and Scorpius,'

they whisper…

'they'll never be happy.'

They're wrong.

(aren't they? Please?)

She

g

l

o

w

e

d

from the second

you set eyes on her.

Always shiningshiningshining brighter than

everyone/anyone,

always laughing LOUDER,

(:smiling bigger:)

s-o-m-e-t-i-m-e-s

(just sometimes)

you get bad.

And the floor

f

a

l

l

s

o-u-t from underneath your feet

and you don't know why(whywhyWHY)

(it's the alcohol, blame it on the alcohol)

and you find yourself gripping her like your

-lifeline-

and you know why people say what they say…

(it's ruining you, the whiskyvodkabrandyanything)

you hurt

her

you break

her

the badbadBAD whirlwind is

you

her downward spiral is

you.


AN- My first freeverse! God, I hope it's not bad. Please review, favourite, alert (there will be more drabbles to this!) lots of love :)