Snuffed
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy! *Note: This follows "Growing Pains," so you might enjoy this more if you read that first.
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"And the spirit of love
is rising within me
talking to you now
telling you clearly
the fire still burns"
—Depeche Mode, "Insight"
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Hasn't it been long enough?
You waited
& waited
w_a_i_t_e_d
How many years will go by until
she's ready to love again?
&& you've wished
& wished
W!I!S!H!E!D
that she'd look your
way
Because you've been a steadfast friend
(though others said it was weird)
And you've been at her side as no one else was
(stranger still, as her sons are older than you)
& you can read her as he couldn't
(which shouldn't even matter now, as he's gone)
But things are
cHaNgInG
in ways of which you're
not too sure
She'll hold your gaze a
little l…o…n…g…e…r
She hugs you a
bit t_i_g_h_t_e_r
& when she lifts her brow from your comforting shoulder
she hesitates near your face
a moment more
than she probably s.h.o.u.l.d
&& every time these things happen,
your heart swells to ten times
its size
& the room, whatever it is,
gets loads warmer
And her eyes just seem
that much more
P*I*E*R*C*I*N*G
Then it's
over
She breaks the stare
Her arms leave you, taking warmth with them
& her face drifts so easily
from yours
As crazy as she can be,
(IS)
she knows where the line exists
It's not just for her deceased husband
It's for the
barriers
that exist
because of all the stupid
"family history"
(& really, isn't that a problem for some of your cousins' and siblings' love lives?)
But you know her smarts
It's impossible that she doesn't know now
your f_e_e_l_i_n_g_s
Yet, in some way, you…
don't m i n d
It's one obstacle…that's kind of been pushed
OUT of the way
So now you'll have to wait & see
She reacts too much to you,
so you can be patient
Things will fall into place (hopefully)
But you're happy she understands
Your love can't be demolished that easily
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Oh, man… Cross-gen is so delicious. I truly adore Louina. There's this gentle innocence to them that makes it so sad yet real (at least for me, *lol*). I hope I conveyed Louis' feelings well—Merlin only knows what's really going through Luna's mind! Anyway…
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :D
2017 note: 7 yrs later, and I'm still a sucker for gentle romances…bittersweet tho they may sometimes be. c: