A response to the November 5th Prompt of the Day on the Hogwarts Online Forum.
Prompt: "Love the way you lie", with extra quote "Even angels have their wicked schemes and you take that to new extremes, but you'll always be my hero even though you've lost your mind." (Rihanna in "Love the way you lie" [Part II])
Mine.
Of course you'd shrug it off, on a good day. On a bad day you might as well just curse me.
I'll take it with a smile, dear.
I know the truth after all.
Dazzling beauty, you used to be the femme fatale everybody yearned to have. Still you can draw every eye in a room, but they are scared as well as charmed, by now. Your newly regained beauty is sparkling with insanity, wild. They could never handle you.
(everyone feels that you've lost your mind)
I can, and I'm the only one – you know this as well as I do. After all, we are similar, you and I. Beautiful, dedicated, passionate, and crazy.
I challenge you. I turn you on. I make you laugh. I fight you back. And I'm not even afraid to hurt you.
This, my sweet, is what you're looking for.
You are my hero and my doll, my lover and my child, and I can be anything you need and still remain myself. I'll never bow to you; I won't ask for a heir; I don't expect you to act logical and I don't mind your pretty lies.
Oh, perhaps you don't lie to our Lord. (you say you want to kill your blood-traitor sister) But to everyone else, your words have never been anything meaningful. (you say you hate me) One needs to watch your acts, your eyes to know the truth. (but they always look away) You can't fool me, but you need to fool yourself, and this I can accept. (and I'm not scared of you. Even though you are)
Even angels have their wicked schemes and you take that to new extremes, but still I love the way you lie.
Don't bother, my love. I'll always be your accomplice, and you'll always need me around.
After all, no one loves a fallen star.