Here's chapter 1, folks! I know it's short, but they do get longer as the story progresses. Something just didn't feel right about continuing this one. Chapter 2 will be up very soon though so don't be too impatient! :)
Also, since I forgot before, none of this stuff belongs to me except the plot. If I were J.K., I'd been making millions off selling this, not publishing it online. (This is for the whole story.)
CHAPTER 1:
Hard Love (Hollerado)
Your ring was in my pocket,
Either lost it or I hawked it,
I don't know.
I don't regret those nights alone,
When I let the stories take control
Like a slow fall.
And those times I mighta called on you,
Crying or just kidding,
I was high.
Hermione didn't know when the love disappeared from her marriage. She didn't know when things changed. She didn't know when the sex became meaningless, or when he grew violent, but she supposed it might have always been that way.
They had fallen in love in the middle of a war, and their passion for each other had been equally as fiery. But then the war slipped to the back of their minds as kids, jobs, and responsibilities slipped to the fore. Maybe that's when the passion fell away from their marriage. Maybe that's when she grew resigned. Maybe that's when he grew angry. Now, they ignored each other — rather, Hermione tried to ignore him. But he was always looking for her, looking for her faults, looking for a reason to lash out.
Hermione didn't know if she could take it much longer.
