A/N: This is dedicated to my Angst Twin, BlueEyes444!

Happy belated birthday, Twinzilynikinsizzlebear ;)

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any Weasley-Potters, Malfoys or Lupins ) The OC's mentioned are mine ;)

play pretend and lock your heart away

Teddy's colours are always changing, yearning for the parents he never had

You're staring as he hugs that girl, locking your heart away in a glass box

And Dominique's a brokenhearted mirror image of who she used to be

Louis is trying to find himself, but he always was a little different, that boy

Molly is covering her scars in ink, because that's what writers do

Fred is playing a part; your box cracks as you watch him pretend to be his namesake

Roxanne is dreaming of fairytales; she always was a little damsel-in-distress

James is handsome and arrogant, a Marauder, but he's not Jamie anymore

Albus is trying not to be his father, but he's trapped himself into being someone he's not

Rose is believing in people, because that's what she does, but she can't believe in love.

Lily's still looking for her stars; can't she see her spirit reflected in his eyes?

Lucy's doing her d r e a m e r thing, and waiting for Lysander to open his e y e s

Hugo's smiling his sweet smiles, and looking happy, because he's innocent

||Teddy||Victoire||Dominique||Louis||Molly||Fred||Roxanne||James||Albus||Rose||Lily||Lucy||Hugo||

Honey, your family is breaking.

But slowly

[[ever so s l o w l y]]

it starts to get better

||Changing||Glass||Mirror||Different||Scars||Pretend||Fairytale||Marauder||Trapped||Believing||Stars||D r e a m e r||Innocent

Hugo's still smiling his innocent smile, but this time at little Risa Peakes

Lucy's still a d r e a m e r, but she's sticking up for herself

Lily's still searching for her stars, but she's s l o w e d down enough to look in his e y e s

Rose is still believing, and Scorpius Malfoy is teaching her about love

Albus is still trapped, but he's breaking free of his lies and pretending

James is still a Marauder, but he's starting to remember to be Jamie too

Roxanne is still a fairytale damsel, but Nicholas makes her distress just fade a w a y

Fred is still an actor who plays pretend, but Amanda's teaching him it's not so bad being yourself

Molly's still covering her scars up, but she's letting Louis in to help

Louis is still finding himself, but he's okay with the fact that he's different

Dominique is never going to be anymore than a mirror of who she used to be, but Jake's making her shine

But you and Teddy, babe, he's still changing, and you're still holding your glass box so it doesn't c r a c k

And everybody's whispering

And everybody's wondering

But they're never flat out saying it, no

No, all that happens is little miss brokenhearted holding you at night

Little different boy is shooting glares at mr always changing

Little miss writer girl is hiding her scars with quills sharper than talons

Little actor boy is playing his part, but he's hugging you, when you need it

Little miss damsel is distressed again, but it's for you this time

Little boy Marauder is still joking and laughing, but he's being Jamie for you

Little mr namesake is breaking his bonds & glaring at mr always changing

Little miss cynic is trying to unlearn love so she can blame mr always changing

Little miss spirit is frowning at mr always changing and choosing you

Little miss d r e a m e r is losing dreams in favour of fiery glares

Little boy innocence is more sadsadsad than smiles now

And honey, you cry and cry as you realise it's you and mr always changing who's doing this to them.

And princess, it's killing you.

So you pretend.

You pretend not to see Dominique's eyes flash with concern when you enter the room, or Louis shoot a reproachful glance at Teddy.

You pretend that Molly's not scaring you to death with her quills sharper than talons, and that it doesn't hurt that Fred is acting around you again.

You pretend that it doesn't bother you that Roxanne's eyes are full of sadness when she looks at you, and that it doesn't kill you that James isn't Jamie anymore, because you and Teddy showed him that opening his heart up to people hurts too much.

You pretend that you don't blame yourself when Al sinks into his traps again, and that it doesn't kill you that Rose has stopped believing in people.

You pretend that you haven't noticed that Lily's given up on her stars, and that it doesn't cause another crack in your glass box whenever you see Lucy staring angrily at the sky - where did your d r e a m e r go?

You pretend that your glass box isn't s l o w l y breaking when Hugo stares at you with those oh-so-perceptive eyes.

But most of all, you pretend that you don't love him

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[[Teddy Lupin]]

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Except, come on darling,

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{{mr always changing}}

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everyone knows you always have

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((little boy metamorphagus))

So go on, little glass girl, play pretend and lock your heart away.

But when that oh-so-fragile box b r e a k s...

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Don't let it get cut on the shards

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Jane xx