9. The Essentials – Opium – YSL
Characters: Ron/Lavender
Word count : 281
Sixth year
In her eyes, he sees himself stronger. He's more handsome, more athletic. Something in her eyes makes this irritating inner voice shut up.
He catches his reflection in Lavender' eyes and it is appealing, almost soothing. In her eyes, he feels wanted.
Snog-worthy.
He happily destroys the last obstacles without looking back. The heady sensation of doing something against his inner voice gets to him. He thinks he will be able to turn back whenever he wants.
He lowers his head and smiles to her: he asks himself with smugness if she is waiting for him to take the lead. Soon enough, he does not think anymore. Her lips are on his and Lavender's tongue flicks in his slightly dry mouth.
He understands why snogging is so intoxicating. His sister was right all the way: he will never have the nerve to confide that to her. His feverish mind gets finally a grip on all the reasons why a bloke should want to provoke the encounters with a pretty girl's mouth.
Something about all this gets him to forget the rumour in the Gryffindor's common room. He forgets that Harry and Ginny are looking at him with stupefaction. He forgets that Hermione almost runs away. Something about snogging blurs reality: the very strict corners of his life smooth off. He finds himself in a hazy disposition.
An exhilarating feeling of triumph flourishes in him. He will press often his lips against hers to feel this fog again. But very soon, sooner that he would have thought, snogging Lavender is not merely enough to shut his inner voice. Snogging does not make him stronger.; it makes him weaker.
He starts to think the effect is fading out.