A/N Because thirteen stories really aren't enough. Clearly. And because being so swamped with work that you have to stay up until three am every night is a good reason to start a fourteenth one. :p
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Dedication: to do i need a pen name, my fellow Sirius/Marlene fan. :D
Disclaimer: I only own Marlene's siblings together with do i need a pen name.
"You're not really here," It isn't clear if the man is trying to persuade himself or the woman, perhaps both.
The woman makes a noncommittal noise and idly swings her legs back and forth from her spot perched on his desk.
"You should really clean up in here, you know, I mean, while I love messes as much as the next person, this," She pauses to gesture at the piles of miscellaneous stuff that are stacked throughout the room, "…is taking it a bit too far. Remus must be itching to get in here and clean it up," She grins briefly. A ghost of a grin.
The man frowns in reply.
"Tough crowd," She notes with a brief shake of her head that sends her curls bouncing. "Easy on the frowns, your face can freeze that way, you know. That's what my mum used to say at any rate." She continues with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Only when Milo hit you with a face-freezing charm." He contests, his voice slightly rusty as though with disuse.
She seems encouraged by this reply for some reason. "It's not healthy for you to stay cooped up in here like this." She ventures looking pointedly at him.
"You're not real." He repeats.
"Aren't I?" She asks, raising an eyebrow challengingly.
"No," He says. "But, I wish you were."
"I'm as real as you want me to be." She replies cryptically.
He reaches out to touch her face across the scant few inches that separate them with as shaking hand. His heart hammers in his chest. Just before he makes contact, the scene melts away and suddenly he's sitting up in bed surrounded by darkness with only a painful ache in his chest to serve as a reminder of what would never be.
"Fuck." Sirius exclaims into the oppressive silence of his bedroom. "Fuck."
When you're dreaming with a broken heart
The waking up is the hardest part
A/N This story will have short length chapters. It will also be a short story. :P Review!