Idolatry

"You know he's not interested in women. Hell, he isn't even interested in men."

Her brown eyes gleamed with irritation. "Then I guess I'm in a bit of a pickle, aren't I?" Bellatrix replied as she moved on to study her perfectly cut nails.

"He won't marry you, even if your parents ask him to."

The irritation became anger and she sent him a glare that might have made a lesser fellow cower. "Why shouldn't he wish to be my match, Lestrange? I am of the most noble and ancient house of Black! A man like he could ask for no better wife!"

Not one to be deterred, Rodolphus pressed on. Taking Bellatrix's hand, he pressed one kiss upon her knuckles. "I'm not asking you to love me – I don't even need you to care for me, but please, Bellatrix..."

"Oh, why not?" she agreed suddenly, her mood taking a one-eighty as she gave a flippant toss of her black curls. "My parents and he have already spoken. He isn't interested in marriage – as you've said, but he is offering me a very nice spot within his inner circle and..." she leaned in so close he could almost see the insanity lurking behind her irises. "And you, dear Rodolphus, amuse me. You look at me as if not another woman in all the world exists and we both know little 'Cissa is the true beauty amongst us Black sisters."

He got on his knees and bowed his head as if he was praying to an ancient idol. "It's not beauty I'm after, Bellatrix. I want you because you have a drive I've never seen anywhere else."

Tugging at his mess of hair to make him meet her stare, Bellatrix eyes seemed almost impish. "What type of 'drive' are you referencing, my dear? I know I have a bit of a reputation, but really to be so crass to the woman you're wooing doesn't seem like something even you'd dare, Rodolphus."

The young man blushed. "Oh no, I'm getting a bit tongue-tied, aren't I? What I mean, my dear is that you are so self-possessed in what you want and where you want to go. I want a woman who can stand beside me, not one who expects me to lead them."

"I think you want a woman who can lead you," Bellatrix countered.

Rodolphus at a loss of what to say only stared open mouth at the dark haired woman.

Laughing a laugh not so loud, Bellatrix draped herself on the young man and whispered into his ear, "That, Rodolphus, I can give you."

Clutching her round the middle, he asked, "Then you'll be my wife?"

"If I will be the goddess and you, the follower."

Closing his eyes, Rodolphus grinned into her hair and agreed, "Of course."

This drabble here is for KodeV. She wanted a somewhat happy Rod/Bella fic and this is it! They both got more or less what they wanted so that counts as happy - right?

Anyway, I hope you like it, Rini!

Thanks a ton everyone for reading and please review!

EDITED: 9/25/16