Dedication: For Kat. Who is just awesome like that.
Yes, this was meant to be her Christmas present, but I sort of … forgot about it?
Okay… I'm going to try free verse. I've never done it before and probably never will do it again, but oh well. I can at least say I tried. This is a Regulus fic, with a teeny tiny bit of unrequited Regulus/Lily.
Happy New Year, Kat!
Always the b a d brother,
the perfect Slytherin
Walburga's little d a r l i n g
But there's a r a y o f s u n s h i n e
a flash of red
(Gryffindor red)
a beauty that makes the painpressureloneliness
go away
U n r e q u i t e d love
hurts
(so does being hexed by your brother)
The D a r k L o r d s power
is the only thing to make him feel better
(he belongs here)
His mark burns and writhes
(like eternal fire)
But something goes wrong &&
with a cry of Crucio! he
S
C
R
E
A
M
S
and suddenly he doesn't belong anymore
So he sits and m o p e s at home
(hopes his mark doesn't b u r n)
Kreacher is the onlyone who talks to him
(his parents are disappointed)
But then it happens
(he knew it would eventually)
The mark burns and he cries out
(he doesn't want to do it anymore)
He knows now that he's going to die
He is e x p e n d a b l e
just another uselesspurebloodchildidiot
(no one will care anyway)
E v e r y t h i n g has gone wrong
Hands grabbingclutchingseizing him from the island
He's slowly disappearing
(he doesn't care anymore)
FIN