AN: Welcome to my maiden voyage, I guess! I'm yet to figure out characters and pairings, etc out in my head. So for now, at least, it's just a free for all.
LorcanLucyLysander
There's beauty in this madness.
Do you still feel like you know what you're doing?
'Cause I don't think you do.
Better Than Revenge - Taylor Swift
They brew Amortentia in Potions one day and he asks with a coy smile what it smells of to her. She bats her eyelashes at him, takes a steady breath and tells him what he wants to hear.
Hot chocolate at midnight, autumn leaves on the courtyard cobblestone, the ages pages of your silly Runes text and that broom closet on the fifth floor.
Life with you, Lorcan.
He buys it. Because she's Lucy and she shouldn't need lie, right? Because he's Lorcan and he's all about black and white and not make believe (pretending). They're Lucy and Lorcan, Lorcan and Lucy, and they've been here (in this love) two years strong, right?
Of course, darling.
And they work (they really do), with his charm and her wit, her desire and his sense and reason. It's a balancing act that they've gotten down to a fine art and she's not about to tip the scale for some ... unfounded fantasy.
He says it's real, this thing they have. And he should know, he's all about reality.
But as he carries her books from the classroom, she turns her back ("I'll just vanish this and catch up in a second") and takes a deep breath. It hits her with full force, and she can't help but think that this is real (and something like magic).
Coffee in the morning, sunshine on spring grass, the subtle notes of leather and broom straw and Quidditch change rooms after practice.
Stolen (one-sided) moments with the other brother.
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You spend so long on a tight rope trying to hold your balance and eventually, you start to wonder what life would be life if you just let yourself f a l l .
She knows Lysander's the one they think odd and distracted, with a dreamy smile on his face and his head in the clouds.
But she knows, if she let him, he'd catch her.