Complicated
by
Eight Horcrux

Prompt: Complicated.
Words: 155


"So, would you like to attend the Hogsmeade winter street festival with me today?" asked Remus. They were stood outside the charms classroom, early as usual – accidentally on purpose.

"I can't," said Severus, fiddling with the clasp on his satchel. "Lucius Malfoy is visiting for the first year's initiation. It's a Slytherin thing," he added with a shrug.

"I don't like him. He's not pleasant from what I remember. Can't you cancel?" pleaded Remus.

"It's complicated," said Severus, shuffling away from Remus when he saw Sirius Black round the corner.

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Later that night...

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It's complicated…

He huddled near the fire that night, cradling his left arm to his stomach and watching the flames dance. His arm was black and burned; the feel of his jumper felt bruising to his skin. In his right hand he toyed with a tiny glass snow globe that Remus had owled to his room that night; things were much more complicated.


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