DISCLAIMER: All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling.
A/N: Another snippet from the cancelled fic "Sugar". Takes place on the same day as "Hate Every Beautiful Day" (a few days after Bella's wedding).
"Stop and stare.
I think I'm moving
But I go nowhere." -Onerepublic, "Stop and Stare"
-- Stop and Stare --
Bellatrix and the Dark Lord had just finished shouting at one another. Apparently their ideas about what was going on between them varied radically from each other. On top of that, he'd just revealed the fact that her husband was in love with her sister, which she had never actually realized until he said it. But now that she thought about it, it really explained a lot of things about the way her relationship with Rodolphus had deteriorated over the years.
She knew she should have ended the relationship when things started getting awkward between them, but she hadn't been ready to let go then. It was too late now. She was already married.
Struggling to control her temper, she ground out through gritted teeth, " Why, if you knew all that... why, if you wanted me for yourself... why did you let me marry him?"
"Because I thought that's what you wanted!" he snapped. Not that he understood why she would want such a thing. Of course, their communication had been rather lacking during all of this, as the fight just now had proved.
She closed her eyes and leaned back against the wall. She didn't look angry anymore, just tired and sad and a little bitter.
"Funny, that's what I thought I wanted, too."
-end-
A/N: Yes, I've written the actual argument. But it contains a lot of details from "Sugar" that won't be mentioned in any of these little pieces.