title: once upon a time
pairing: teddylily
for: my virtual sisterinlaw, and one of my most favourite people ever, squishy [EllaBethh] – happy birthday, dearest! sorry about not being able to get the domscor up in time – hope brian isn't too upset.
note: slight swearing, some sexual implications – nothing too terribly offensive – unless you're, like, ten, in which case, gtfo this site, dears
…
I don't care for your fairytale,
You're so worried 'bout the maiden,
Though you know she's only waiting on the next best thing
-Sara Bareilles, Fairytale
once upon a time,
there was a beautiful girl named
p-r-i-n-c-e-s-s-l-i-l-y
.
one day,
princess lily
fell in love
with the handsome
prince theodore
.
(oh wait, scratch that)
((this is the story of teddyandlily, silly girl))
(((not some cliché fairytale)))
.
once upon a time, there was a
b i t c h
her name was
L I L Y L U N A P O T T E R
and she ruled the world
.
[or, most of the world]
.
she reigned under a rule of terror
and broke hearts for a living
[because that's what beautiful people do]
.
but, somehow, there was one couple that she could
nevereverever
b-r-e-a-k
[hello, teddyandvictoire]
.
some people were just too damn perfect
[blue (turquoise) and yellow (blonde) make slytherin green, baby]
and lilylunapotter can't stand
perfection
[in others]
.
but bottle up those emotions, darling
you can't let the world watch you
f-e-e-l
.
because, um, hello?
bitchy princess
feelings
hell to the no
.
she tries the usual
[low-cut tops and flirty grins]
and the unusual
[charming her hair blonde]
the expected
[cleverly mascara-ed crocodile tears]
and the unexpected
[real, proper, angsty teenage girl tears]
.
[n-o-t-h-i-n-g-w-o-r-k-e-d]
.
until, one day, scorpius malfoy, of all people, invites him to his seventeenth
and in a haze of
alcohol&drugs&peppermintkisses,
she finds herself pressed up against one
teddy remus lupin,
[not that either of them can tell at the time, as the firewhiskey's definitely settling in]
and she's lost in a flurry of
skinteethlegshands
[sex]
.
and for a few weeks, that stranger means nothing at all to her
[just another one, yes?]
until she finds herself looking at two little pink lines
and a toilet filled with vomit
[oh fuck]
.
and all of a sudden, little
lilylunapotter
isn't so innocent-looking anymore, isn't she?
.
she's lost in a whirlwind of
apologies&tears&anger
and, right now, it seems like all anyone is ever saying is
s-o-r-r-y
.
(I never meant for it to happen!)
(I swear, mum, I don't know who the father is!)
(I can't believe I was so stupid!)
.
and she's filled with memories of
f-l-a-s-h-i-n-g-l-i-g-h-t-s
broken bottles
turquoise hair
[shit]
.
so one dull, overcast morning, she shows up at his doorstep,
and proceeds to empty her stomach at his feet
[oh, hello there]
.
there's the usual
"hi"
"hello"
"how are you"
before she finally comes right out with it
.
teddy, the baby's yours
.
there's a string of reactions after that
[it starts with silence]
[then disbelief]
[then rage]
[terror]
.
and poor victoire, poor poor victoire
she comes home to a panda-eyed cousin and a furious fiancé
and all she can do is
c-r-y
(she's smothered in apologies, but it just doesn't matter anymore)
.
"please, victoire, it meant nothing"
"we never meant for this to happen"
"take me back"
(no)
.
they all go their separate ways then
[victoire keeps the house]
[teddy rents a flat]
[lily goes back to hogwarts]
.
and, fuck, she can't take the humiliation
but it's a lesson learned, isn't it?
she faces the taunts and jeers,
and the triumphant looks
because, dammit,
lilylunapotter just got
thrown
off of her
throne
.
and every night, she sits at the window, with her wand at her wrists
c-o-n-t-e-m-p-l-a-t-i-n-g
whether or not to do it
[she never can]
because everybody knows how much lilylunapotter adores herself
[only, not so much anymore]
.
lilylunapotter is
w-o-r-t-h-l-e-s-s
[homewrecker]
[whore]
[slut]
lilylunapotter is
n-o-t-h-i-n-g
.
until, one dreary afternoon
a little brown owl shows up at her window
(tap-tap-tap)
bearing a message from one
turquoise-haired bachelor
.
Meet me at the Three Broomsticks this Friday.
Love, Teddy
.
[LOVE, TEDDY]
.
and she goes, heart filled with hope and joy and love
but she's met with cold, angry hatred
(listen, Potter, don't go spreading around that the baby's mine)
(nobody else needs to know)
(goodbye)
.
and she runs back to the castle with her heart
s-h-a-t-t-e-r-e-d
and
b-r-o-k-e-n
[poor, lost little lilylunapotter]
.
and for a while, her life is nothing but
shambles&ruins&pain
.
all until one fateful day in the corridors after exams
"someone peed!" shrieks a first year
"the slut's going into labour!" cackles a sixth year
"floo st. mungo's" orders a teacher
[and there goes lilylunapotter, center of attention once again]
.
the damn thing takes thirteen hours to come out
[and lilylunapotter has never been happier to just f-a-l-l-a-s-l-e-e-p]
.
when she wakes up, there's a b-l-u-r-r-y mess of blue and red in front of her
"mum? dad? james?"
and she's surrounded by hazy confusion
.
when her vision finally clears, standing in front of her is one
t-h-e-o-d-o-r-e-r-e-m-u-s-l-u-p-i-n
carrying her baby
[her baby]
.
and he's smiling and waving, and all she can say is
"what the hell are you doing with my baby?"
.
he shoots her a puzzled look, one that quite clearly screams
c o n f u s i o n,
but he covers it up by brushing a soft kiss against her lips
.
"I love you, Lily Luna Potter."
.
and there it is
that defining moment
the whole damn reason she pushed a fucking watermelon out of her body
[him]
.
teddy remus lupin
.
"I loved you all along"
[had she ever stopped?]
.
they name the baby Ella
Ella Beth Lupin
[no namesakes, no living-up-to-the-name]
just her
[perfection]
.
victoire surprises them all by showing up a year later to ella's first birthday with one
professor longbottom
holding her hand,
and a glittering engagement ring on the other
and there would normally be a chorus of "what the fuck?" here,
but honestly,
after the teddyandlily debacle,
it's sort of a tradition to screw the family over every year
Holy fuck. That was six/seven pages on Microsoft Word. Longest freeverse ever, methinks.
You and Brian had better enjoy this, Squishy. I MADE IT HAPPY FOR YOU.
And, it might have something to do with the fact that it's two in the morning, but I'm really getting into Lily's character, and I'm thinking that I definitely wouldn't ever have accepted Teddy that easily. As said in one of my delirious reviews, Teddy was so cold. Like, uh, ice.
Wait a second…
It's two in the fucking morning.
I have school.
Shit.
Review?
-Drishti
