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Showtime, "Not So Bad" (Death Eaters)
Days of the Month, International Men Day (Write an all-male fic)
Count Your Buttons: "Please Don't Leave Me"- Pink, leather jacket
Love in Motion: LuciusRodolphus
"I'm always saying how I don't need you."
It's the same story every time they meet. A moment of passion, the feeling of everything being so right. Rodolphus loves these moments with Lucius. At least, he loves the way they begin.
His fingers ghost through Lucius' blond hair, a smile on his lips. He doesn't care how wrong this is. They both have wives and obligations, but, here and now, they can let their masks fall away.
"I love you." His voice is barely a whisper, almost as though he's afraid Lucius will hear him. Hell, maybe he is. This is complicated enough as it is; putting a name to the things they feel will only put a strain on what they have.
But he has to say it. Keeping it inside hurts far too much.
He feels Lucius grow rigid beside him. "It isn't right," Lucius says.
And that's when things always take a turn for the worse. The atmosphere between them changes, and Rodolphus can practically taste the sudden tension in the air.
"I have a wife."
"So do I," Rodolphus reminds him.
But it's too late. Everything is out in the open again, and he has no choice but to let it play out.
"Leave." Lucius is on his feet now. He folds his arms over his chest, and his hard gaze leaves no room for argument.
Rodolphus climbs out of bed, his heart heavy. He doesn't want to leave, but that's the way it always happens. "Fine," he says, snatching his leather jacket from where it's been thrown carelessly to the floor in the heat of their passion. "I don't need you."
The words hurt him to say, but he doesn't regret them. Rodolphus knows how this will end. It's always the same.
Even as he stalks out into the night, he knows they will be together before the week is out. Their love story may never have a happy ending, but it always reads the same. In the end, they will always find their way back to one another.
"But it's always gonna come right back to this."