In a Forest of Real Illusions, I'm Fooled
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy! Originally written for Morghen.
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"So take it easy
I'll make it so easy
You can lay your head down
And we'll leave it til tomorrow"
—La Roux, "Amour Love"
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There's that
clichédsaying
"Your past always catches up with you"
For you, it never meant much
Mum's always been that insane
Da's always had that warm laugh
& Lorc's always had a scheme up his sleeve
But then there's
y_o_u
You don't have anything to worry about, really
You're "Saintly Sander,"
something that always made Lorcan & Scorpius laugh
But when faced with reality,
you're "Scrambling Sander,"
because Real Life has
n_e_v_e_r
hit so hard
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They should've seen this coming,
even if it
was decades later
because once a Dark wizard,
always a Dark wizard
& owning a shop in Diagon Alley?
How absurd!
Draco painted a grand old target on his back that way
So it was
only a matter of time
before an old, no-name villain showed up
&& ZING!
Daddy Draco's gone
And so is poor Scor's whole world
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Scorpius came to his mates first
the t-w-i-n-s
But Lorcan couldn't stay
He scratched his head, got up, & left
because he never was one for drama
(hence his relationship with Roxanne)
But there Scor was,
shredded,
hollow,
&& wondering why this had to happen
(though the answer's plain as day to you)
You recall everything about your
Care of Magical Creatures class
Scorpius is a grieving wizard
He'll need…
-love
-attention
-a damn good pumpkin pasty
You work backwards
He looks a bit peaky, so you've got to feed him
result #1: he's got no a.p.p.e.t.i.t.e
(& you can't blame him)
but he thanks you for the effort
He looks so
d;e;s;o;l;a;t;e
so you provide him with company
He doesn't interact with you…
but he also doesn't push you away
Finally, you…
You understand why it hurts to
see him hurt
&& you ache more inside
but you'll give him time
Let him come to you
& then maybe it won't h!u!r!t so much
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It's just this one night
This one, broken night
(excluding the broken knight you are trying not to be)
& you've never,
N—E—V—E—R
felt so distant
so estranged
from him
But when that clock strikes twelve,
you'll still be there
because he's there
&& he's got to know that there are some good things l…e…f…t in this world
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You both hear the chime
It's now the Witching Hour
So you kneel beside him
Wrap you around him
Kiss his temple
& hold on as if you two are next
Because that embrace will ground you to
a b*r*i*g*h*t reality
That there is evil in this world,
but there is also
L O V E
& he touches your hand, because he both wants & needs it from you
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I hope everyone who likes slash and Scorander enjoyed this piece. :3 Haha, that cliché in the beginning was inspired by episode one of season six of Supernatural. :P I don't think that's the exact quote…but other fandoms have used it, too; really, it's just a saying. But this freeverse was kinda inspired from seeing that episode…so thank Supernatural. XD
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki ;3
2017 note: I guess I never mentioned it back in 2010 when I first posted this, but it uses some of the canon of the first Scorander, "Just My Way." Anywho. A Scorpius who is just a boy is the type of Scor I like to write best, and I guess that's always come thru in my writing. XD