Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling. No money is being made.
Collection of related one-shots, in chronological order, pertaining to Barty and Harry.
Written for the Harry Potter Halloween Collection Competition
Prompt: 25 (object) Cloak/Cape
One More Day
For the first time since Harry had left, Barty felt something more than the nothingness that had threatened to drown him. He took off his cloak and his Death Eater robes and flung himself onto the bed. His Lord, his merciful Lord, had granted his request.
One day. He would just have to hang on for one more day and then he would he able to be with his Harry again.
He would be able to hold him and whisper to him that he loved him, like he should have done so many times before. He should have fallen asleep whispering how much he loved Harry, and woken him up telling him once more.
He had missed so many opportunities.
But he would make up for it. He would. He would spend eternity saying those three little words, making sure that Harry knew. And, hopefully, Harry would whisper them back.
That one time that Harry had so nonchalantly told him that he loved him was Barty's most cherished memory.
And the following day, his Lord would finally grant his request.
It was only right that the man who had separated them would be the one to unite them once more.