Prompt: Fire

The Want

Lorcan's POV


The fire roared in front of me as I sat in the common room. I wanted to throw myself into it. I wanted to escape the pain and the misery that rampaged inside my heart. I didn't mean what I had said, and I wanted to apologize to Lucy so badly, but I knew she wouldn't except my apology. I wouldn't if I was her.

Then, she and Jennifer came in. Lucy looked as if she had drown in her own tears. She slumped in the same couch as I had, the one nearest to the fire.

"So…" I announced, attempting to stay aloof, "you'll need to choose a new partner for the end of term dance."