Tea for Two.
A Rainbow Project Story.
Author's note: I was delighted to write this oneshot, I have always wanted to explain Bellatrix's depth of character and the suffering that her decisions inevitably caused her. I hope you all enjoy, it is very short but did not need to be extended for mere word count. Please note that this story has already been submitted as chapter 19 in a series of character sketches known as the Rainbow Project at the Reviews Lounge Profile.
Bellatrix made tea for two. Handed one to her husband and one to the Dark Lord; black with two sugars, just as he like it.
Black hair spilling over blood red silk, Bellatrix stalked fears and desires in the in-between hours, old loves and old regrets are neutralized now. Frozen like muggle photographs in the deep recesses of her mind, the old staring helplessly into the new. She lazily flicks her wand at family portraits, erasing the smiling faces of someone who was once her sister. She lies on wilted sheets, caressing her dark mark like the hair of a lover, unable to conceive a child in her constant state of hatred. A life filled with corroding envy, unspeakable desires and violence, never holding onto anything yet always letting go. A perfectly manicured hand controls the wand that ends countless lives, envious of the way the dead still live amongst their loved ones, while she alone tiptoes a path that could not be considered living.
Finding pleasure in the misfortune of others, there would be no happiness in this life, only deep cravings of unease. Stealing a glance toward the sky, the rain has stopped its downwards spiral, yet Bellatrix cannot see the rainbow stretched amongst the pewter and cobalt.
Bellatrix made tea for two. Handed one to her husband and one to the Dark Lord; black with two sugars, just as he like it.