Pairing: VoldemortLuna

Prompt: 559. Forbidden Fruit

Word count: 160


Forbidden Fruit

She was the forbidden fruit, the one he wasn't allowed to touch. Even to him she was too precious to break, too fragile. He kept her locked up, but he didn't touch her. He couldn't. She was too precious.

He'd go down to the cellar to watch her sometimes. He'd refrain from reaching out to touch her. The more he couldn't have her, the more he wanted her.

He laid awake at night thinking of her. He wondered what she was doing when he wasn't there. Was she scared? She didn't seem scared. She seemed… he wasn't sure of the word he was searching for. It wasn't in his vocabulary. He supposed it was calm; she seemed calm around him.

Not frightened. She wasn't afraid of him, and that made him want to be around her more.

Why wasn't she afraid?

And then she said it one day. Her answer to his unasked question.

"I feel sorry for you."

Oh.


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