A/N: I asked my brother for a pairing to write about, and he suggested Harry/Pansy, so…

Character Versatility Challenge - prompt: Pansy Parkinson


HER

Her heart is locked away
behind a steel veneer,
a padlock of indifference,
and she's swallowed the key
so no one will find it.

Her glare is piercing like Medusa's;
let those before her become stone
ere her fury tip out and freeze them
and craft them into fragile sculptures
ready to be broken.

Her mind is as razor sharp
as a knife forged by goblin artisans
prepared to cut down her foes
with haunting words and fake smiles
luring them in for the kill.

But her decisiveness is like clockwork;
she knows exactly what she wants
and will pursue it like a hound
who has caught scent of a target
and cares not what others think.

And her loyalty is a formidable thing,
fierce and unbreakable and true;
she'd move mountains for her friends
as if they were mere molehills
awaiting relocation.

And her feelings are real,
albeit hidden away;
they spark and flare and flood
like an environmental barrage,
natural and tangible.

Barbed words and looks protect her soul
like briars exacting a fearsome toll,
so he knows he has to endure her shit
to find the key, and her heart with it.

HIM

He's like a spooked mare;
startled thrice, now hesitant
to let in anyone new
lest they get hurt or maimed
or killed in his stead.

He's the renowned poster boy
for the Muggle-born revolution,
still swarmed by relentless reporters
whenever he's in the public eye,
even now the battle's won.

He's as naïve as a babe;
looking for the good in everyone,
unable to understand
how people can be so evil
and so willing to cause pain.

Yet he is as perceptive as a hawk
swooping overhead as it looks
for food on the faint forest floor;
he can see things no one else does,
and his instincts are razor sharp.

And he chases normality like a Snitch,
fast and elusive but worthwhile;
he's determined to catch it
and hold it and savour it
now and forevermore.

And his heart is full of love
and, somehow, innocence;
despite all they've been through,
he's kept his sense of wonder and life
like a treasure in the rough.

Fame and peril lick at his heels,
wanting to make him one of their meals,
and she knows she needs to show her grit
so he feels that it's safe to commit.