A/N: For the Monthly Het-tastic Drabble-athlon competition, January 2014.
jaggernaut
26: Mine
Barty did not remember Bella when he died, days later as an empty shell after the Dementors had swallowed his soul. He hadn't remembered her during the kiss either, or very much before that. Possibly, the last time he'd thought of her was when the Dark Lord had illustrated his plan to free his most loyal followers…
Bella barely noticed Barty's absence in the ranks when she finally returned. She certainly didn't remember him afterwards, when the war spread like the poison tentacles of a jellyfish. She didn't think of him at all when she tasted the blood of Hermione Granger (which he would have enjoyed oh so much). She didn't think of him when she withered under the Cruciatus, after her wand had been stolen, her vault broken into.
And she died without his name on her lips when Molly Weasley succeeded in striking her down.