firefly heart

Love is a fickle thing

Soaring from the

H

E

A

V

E

N

S

Or creeping up upon you when you're least expecting it.

It comes from nowhere

And everywhere

All at once

-x-

That's why you're so surprised

When you fall for {him}

[Scorpius Malfoy]

Who's made of ice

.cruel.

-x-

You don't think it's l/o/v/e

At first

You think your hormones are just

Raging

Or you're mistaking him for someone else

(how can that be?)

Because they're no one with

H

A

I

R

Or

E

Y

E

S

Like Scorpius and there's no with a

S

N

E

E

R

Or

S

A

R

C

A

S

M

Like Scorpius.

(and you've always hated those things about him.

Maybe you still do.

Maybe you just love him more)

-x-

(it's not love)

You decide, as you go to bed that night

[with thoughts of nothing but him]

-x-

(it's not love)

You decide, the next day

When your heartbeat starts

R

I

S

I

N

G

Faster than the sun when you see him.

-x-

(it's not love)

You decide, later

When his arm brushes against yours

[you can still feel the heat]

-x-

Because you've got a firefly heart stuck in a glass jar

Some days, it's on

(and you just want to

kiss him)

Some days, it's off

(because you can't like

Him)

And you wishwishwishwish sometimes

That someone could just

Open the l/i/d

-x-

You're on fire, firefly

Because he's

K

I

S

S

I

N

G

You right now

And it doesn't matter

That he's too [drunk] to remember this

Because you have now

And who cares about l/a/t/e/r?

But now is always followed by

l/a/t/e/r

and soon

l/a/t/e/r

comes around

and he's hasn't a clue

(and you're glad, right?)

-x-

Your family certainly would never approve of him

[this boy]

That's made out of ice

.cruel.

Never, never, never

Not even if it made you happy, which is

ALL

They want

Never, never, never

(maybe if you keep telling yourself that, someday you'll actually believe it)

-x-

You know you can't ever have [him]

So you flicker here and there

A burst of light

And another

But none of them are right

None of them feel like

H

E

Would to you.

None of them keep you

L

I

T

(flicker on, little firefly)

-x-

You Mum finds out.

{Albus}

"I have this theory," she says.

What is it, you wonder.

She answers without you even having to

Pose the question.

"You see Rose…"

And she spins you a tale

About a boy who liked a girl

But knew they couldn't be together

So he dated this o/t/h/e/r girl instead.

And he just end up hurting

The girl.

And she gives you a look.

You know what you have to do

[you are so much like you're father, your Mum says]

-x-

He k/n/o/w/s

Not that you like him

But about you

And your firefly heart

He thinks he'll just be another one

And you can'tcan'tcan't

Let him get away

And you know it's stupid

And pointless

But you tell him

All about your

F

I

R

E

F

L

Y

Heart.

And to your surprise, he b/e/l/i/e/v/e/s

(and he opens the jar)

A/N- For Camp Potter: Arts and Crafts, and for the Legendary Creatures Competition with Makara (someone who fell in love). For Paula, Jo, and Laura, because I know they all love Andrea Gibson. Hope you like it! Thanks for reading!