Title: Powerless
Rating: K+
Warning: Jealousy, Angst
Note: Written for the "Stratified Agate Competition." Prompt: Write about one member of your pairing experiencing jealousy. Inspired by the song "Siberia" by the Backstreet Boys… seriously… don't judge me.
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Charlie didn't like Oliver. Yes, he was a good quidditch player, and as the captain of the Gryffindor quidditch team, Charlie could appreciate his talent, but that still didn't change the fact that he felt threatened by the Scottish boy. He never was good at dealing with jealousy.
He didn't like that Percy and Oliver shared a dormitory, alone, since they were the only two Gryffindor boys in their year, and he didn't like that Percy spent most of his free time with Oliver, even going so far as to ditch him for the younger boy.
He didn't like that Percy looked at Oliver with affection shining in his eyes. His little brother would deny it, but Charlie wasn't a fool. Percy had feelings for his roommate, and from the way the brunette kept staring longingly at Percy, Charlie knew that those feelings were not as unrequited as Percy believed them to be.
Charlie would never tell him. He was too selfish. Percy was his. They had been so happy together. He didn't understand what changed. How had Oliver, this quidditch-obsessed kid who had nothing in common with Percy, been able to crash into their walls and destroy everything they had built together?
Percy still claimed to love him, and he still kissed Charlie gently whenever they were alone, but Charlie could feel him pulling away – away from him and towards Oliver. It hurt. He wanted to forbid Percy from spending time with the other boy, but he knew that such an ultimatum would only backfire on him. He just didn't know what to do.
It felt like he was constantly having a panic attack. He knew that he was holding on too tight, afraid to lose what they had, and eventually something was going to break, but he couldn't stop himself. His mind was telling him to loosen his grip, but his heart was screaming that he couldn't just stand aside and watch as Percy fell in love with someone else.
He wanted to make it clear that Percy was his, but their relationship had to stay a secret. It left Charlie feeling hopeless and terrified. He was losing the one person that held his heart, and he was powerless to stop it. He would love Percy until his last breath, and the thought that Percy might not feel the same way was like a knife to the chest.
So Charlie didn't like Oliver. He didn't like him because Percy liked him too much, and he didn't like him because the other boy was stealing Percy away from him without even realizing it. But more than anything, Charlie didn't like Oliver because Oliver was better for Percy than he was.
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A/N: Reviews are always lovely.
