I Caught Myself

by Lamia of the Dark

Oneshot. When Bellatrix tells the Dark Lord that Rodolphus proposed to her, Voldemort has an irrational urge to forbid the marriage...

DISCLAIMER: Harry Potter belongs to JKR. The song "I Caught Myself" and its lyrics (in bold italics) belong to Paramore.

~ I Caught Myself ~

You've got it, you've got it
Some kind of magic
Hypnotic, hypnotic

She knows she can't lie to me, so she doesn't bother hiding her nervousness.

"Rodolphus asked me to marry him," she says.

I have no idea why she is telling me this... Then I realize she seems to be seeking approval.

I forbid it.

I just barely manage to stop myself from saying it out loud. She deserves her happiness, and all the other things I will never be able to give her.

Instead, I say with forced calmness, "Congratulations."

Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself from saying something I should've never thought of you.

-end-

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