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This is for Zombie Reine, who wanted a Harry/Voldemort drabble with the prompt 'Could you repeat the question?' Naturally, how could I refuse? (It is also for Jayby and tat, who wheedled me to post it. ^_^) Please review, and I hope you enjoy!~
You know how these things just sort of start, and, well, you don't know where you're going, but you carry on anyway?
This was one of them.
Sometimes, Harry thinks he's a bit mad, but still he searches through library upon library, reading all the books about Voldemort that he can get at (and, god, the librarians all think he's reading about himself, so eventually he starts using polyjuice potion and they leave him alone), trying to imagine what might have been.
It's like... there's this part of him that's missing. And now it's gone, even though he knows it was foul and evil and broken, he's torn apart without it. He's not himself anymore and it hurts.
Ginny sits across from him in the café, nattering away. She swims in front of his distracted vision, shouting until her voice penetrates his clouded mind. "Harry, did you hear what I just asked you?"
"Sorry," Harry mutters dully. "Could you repeat the question?"