"There is no good and evil. There is only power, and those too weak to seek it."—J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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don't get him wrong
he loves her
but he wants to be strong
and so he might want power
a little bit more than her.
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she's just too needy
she wants him to buy her flowers.
and he's just too greedy
for power.
he can keep telling himself
it's because she's needy
but really he's just greedy.
it's not her
but he wants it to be her.
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he's craving
a little bit more than love.
her heart's aching
and he can tell it's time
to give her the shove.
but he can't.
he can't let her go because
he's got power over her.
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in the end
power had won
love had lost.
it seemed that he'd been done
with her
for a long, long time.
and so, in the end—
what end?
there was no end.
it was just a sad case
of a sad boy's struggle
with power.
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A/N: this is the beginning of a collection of thaluke angst.
this is slightly AU if you squint, but the most notable difference in this from canon is that luke wants power more than thalia. it's OOC, but i liked the idea, so...
thanks for reading,
-readersarethebestwriters
