A/N: This is for M&MWP. Thank you immensely to MissingMommy for the astounding beta; without whom some few of these phrases would have remained awkward.

She was so y.o.u.n.g that she need not be h.i.d.i.n.g.

Her ~blood~ was clean so she need not be "scared."

She might not have been p*u*r*e but she certainly wasn't dirty.

And that's how you like them.

(Isn't it?)

.

You're the one that f-o-u-n-d her.

You're the ::biggest::, ::baddest:: Death Eater around.

You deserve her.

Finder's keepers.

...At least, that's what you told yourself...

You deservemore than her.

Can't you feel your emotions swaying like the wind?

But you can "settle"

(just this once.)

Right?

.

Oh, Lucius, you creepy old m.a.n.

/Falling/ for the girl that told you that you were her ~first~.

*Believing* in the l.i.e.s. that she led you to *believe.*

Keeping her your speciallittlesecret.

A disposable plaything.

A half-blood.

Oh.

But she can't really compare to (your) Cissa, can she?

Her youth and her vigor.

Her PenelopeClearwater-ness.

Because that's who she is.

And she -loves- following your orders.

.

Soso what if you can't even ''control'' your own household?

With the Death Eaters coming-and-going at will.

With your son growing ((eversofar)) away.

With your -wife- not even remembering your n.a.m.e.

And the Dark Lord making /you/ a plaything.

.

It's not like it's *wrong.*

(But then again, you've never been one to deny yourself things, have you?)

So who cares if she's if she's barelylegal.

At least she's in your arms.

And who cares if she's a /distraction./

This is a ~war.~

(Those are okay.)

Even the biggest, baddest Death Eater needs one.

And she always says that,

so you decide to keep her.