A/N: This is my freeverse entry for M&MWP competition! Let us take a moment to thank the lovely TamariChan for betaing, and when you're done here have a hop on over to her fics and tell her how amazing she is.
He was the first man
to /pay/ you.
Fresh
out of Hogwarts
he said,
come, boy.
My animals need keeping.
And you turned
k c a b
saw your mother
(child on her hip,
child in her arms,
child at her feet)
and the chipped
s-i-l-h-o-u-e-t-t-e
of home.
And you said
yes.
-x-
He was the first man
to /shock/ you.
You could see his wife
standing behind him
and
he loves her
(you thought)
but you see him
turn away from her touch
look away from her gaze
run away from her lies
and he tells you
you don't
always
get what you
want
in life.
And he kisses you.
-x-
He was the first man
to /kiss/ you.
His lips were chap/ped
and they felt like
^^^blades^^^
-Cold, cool, metallic-
but you were still
f . l . y . i . n . g
because he was
strong
strong
strong
And he (wanted) needed you.
-x-
He was the first man
to /show/ you
a dragon.
He said,
come, boy,
look at this.
But you were (young)
b-b-barely eighteen
and it was the worst thing he could have done.
You fell in [LOVE].
You watched the
***FIRE***
curl and TWIST and dance
through the night sky.
And he stood
beside you.
The flames lit up
every
– line –
and
w /r /i /n\ k\ l\ e
of his face and you,
brave little Charlie,
you were scared.
Too f a r, you'd
F
A
L
L
E
N
Too /f a r/ this time.
He didn't look at you.
Didn't speak.
And it was the worst thing he could have done
Because you were still in [LOVE]
And so you decided rightthere
To spend your life
(in his shadow)
On a
dragon's
\Back/
'Cause he was the first man
To /break you/r heart.
-x-
The night of the dragons
He looked at you,
-eyes of steel, eyes like
warmed metal-
and he said, enough.
It was (1) one (1) word
and you had seen it
c-c-coming
But it still hurt.
Because he was the first man
-the first man
-your first man
and you watched him walk home
to his wife.