Title: Crawling
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Cedric/Harry
Warnings: canonical character death
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 238
Summary: Harry doesn't know how he'd survive.
Notes:
The 5 Drabbles Competition: Prompt Used - "Crawling" by Linkin Park
Fanfiction Writing Month: August Event - Settings Versatility - Gryffindor Common Room
Non-Traditional Pairing Bootcamp: Prompt Used - Doubt
365 Days of Drabbles Challenge: Prompt Used - Hogwarts
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Harry sat in the Gryffindor common room. Doubt seemed to be enveloping him as he wondered if he could ever return to Hogwarts after this horrible, horrible year.
His mind flashed back to Cedric's last moments.
"Kill the spare."
And then Cedric's lifeless eyes. His ghost telling Harry to take his body back to his parents. And then Cedric's final words, "I love you."
Harry never got the chance to say it back. There was too much going on and the most important thing was grabbing Cedric's body and getting back to the Portkey. When they arrived, the pandemonium that followed hadn't allowed Harry to stop and feel.
Now, that's all Harry could do.
He didn't know if he would ever heal from losing Cedric. The older boy was his first kiss, his first love, his first everything in almost every way.
Part of him was scared he'd heal because he never wanted to forget Cedric. To him, forgetting such an amazing boy was a worse fate than death.
He didn't know how he'd come back to Hogwarts, knowing Cedric wasn't there, but he also knew that he had to. No one had known how close he was to Cedric and no one would understand why his grief was so strong.
Even so, as he sat on the couch, he put his hand over his heart. The pain was intense, and Harry didn't know how he'd survive it.
