taste of frustration
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! Originally written for EveryShadeOfDeath.
- ^-^3
"It's been seven hours long
And your shadow still hangs on"
—La Roux, "Fascination"
Shadows&shadows&bags under eyes
They're things they have in common
(but maybe that bugs Scab to begin with, because he can't stand having another him in the w_o_r_l_d)
D.a.r.k.n.e.s.s. is much more
EvIdEnT
in Draco, though
It c-c-clings to him like a burial [shroud]
That kid's never gonna get back the :)c_h_i_l_d_h_o_o_d(: of which he was
ROBBED
Scabior, on the other hand, e~m~b~r~a~c~e~d
his darkness a long time ago
(a miscreant's misspent youth)
&it's taken him all this t-i-m-e *tictoc* to adjust&
now that he's found himself in a position of
gAiN
He's. So. Screwed.
{Agh, Draco, you've got the l/o/v/e/l/y gray eyes of a wounded animal}
Scab rather liked reporting to Malfoy Manor
—a day-to-day chance to glimpse those gray eyes—
Draco's stare began lingering on the Snatcher in passing
~perhaps that red streak in his hair was like a
F
L
A
R
E
&&Draco just c_o_u_l_d_n_'_t tear his eyes away~
{Oh, Scabior, you're a damned magnet to Draco's +p-o+l-a+r-i+t-y+}
Scabior was the "leader" of the Snatchers in front of Draco
(Greyback could go sCrAtCh someone, for all Scab cared)
Draco was not as w:e:a:k & did not /cower\ at the Dark Lord's name when Scabior was in the room
(Merlin, wouldn't it be nice to think he could draw on Scab's obnoxious confidence?)
B-U–T
There was a d.I.f.F.e.R.e.N.c.E.
between being friendly with Scabior
&&with
"being ;]f_r_i_e_n_d_l_y[; with Scabior"
& Draco knew that line was .::not::. to be crossed
{And, really, plenty of people had already ?questioned? by now
that Draco had let H_a_r_r_y off so easily
several
times
before}
So where did it leave them?
In a room full of captives&&a half-arsed attempt to escape?
Ah, if only A*u*n*t*i*e Bella hadn't lost her temper
(but that was the real chance)
oUtSiDe
(((cold)))
»damp«
• w_e_a_k •
Draco found Scabior
[u_n_c_o_n_s_c_i_o_u_s]
&&Scabior had had enough
the Snatcher's ploy was no more
"Now or never, Draco"
A nod—a lean—a whisper
and Scabior thought Draco would cave…
But apparently he was not as persuasive as he thought,
for all he got was the ghost of a kiss & a pitiful excuse:
"…but, my family…"
So Scabior left
he fought
he survived
&&he lived with a permanent s_c_o_w_l on his face, the taste of Draco
(of bitter ¤f_r_u_s_t_r_a_t_i_o_n¤)
lingering on his tongue…
&&heart
- ^-^3
Aww… I think Draco should seek out Scab postwar… Sequel, anyone? ;D Hope you enjoyed it, Shade.
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :}
2017 note: Ah, yes. I like the freeverse quite a lot, and I do recall there ended up being a sequel, in the form of "Easy Way Out," followed by "singing in the rain." I rly couldn't let the idea go. XD
