Bruises and Books
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19. red
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Marcus had a short fuse. Everyone in Hogwarts knew that. Percy had no idea why that meant Marcus had to take all of his aggression out on him. Over the years the violent aggression turned to bitter resentment and the bitter resentment morphed into passionate anger. The passionate anger then regressed to simply passion.
Percy never complained once. He had privately declared himself a masochist long ago. Marcus complained about Percy's compliancy all the time. Percy had never asked Marcus why he did it. This disappointed Marcus: he really wanted to explain his reasoning to Percy. Marcus only saw red when he looked at Percy. At first he thought that the red was anger and then he thought it was passion, but later he learned that the red was only the color of Percy's hair.
It bothered Marcus that Percy was never curious enough to ask.
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Here is the right place for this chapter. Sorry it was originally out of order.
Please let me know what you think. I've been having a crappy week and would like something to take my mind off of it.
