Rating: K+
Characters: Vincent Crabbe and Ginny Weasley
Notes: Written for the 'We Are Never Ever Getting Together Challenge'
Blood traitor.
Death Eater.
He speaks it as a fact, nonchalantly.
She spits it out, disgusted, an insult.
He bows to the will of his family, the teachers, the Dark Lord.
She doesn't give in to anyone.
He fights because he is told to.
She fights for what she believes in.
To him, she's bizarre, fascinating and stupidly heroic.
To her, she's a thug and just plain dumb.
He watches her secretly, marveling at her mane of fire.
She does not even notice him, too busy with their little rebellion.
He pretends to hate everything about her.
She doesn't need to pretend.
He wishes she could be his.
She's Potter's, even though he's not here.
He knows he can't have her, so he decides to break her.
Bit by bit.
Scream by scream.
"Crucio!"