Fandom: Harry Potter
Main Pairing: Barty Crouch Junior/Bellatrix Black Lestrange
Side Pairing: Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Rodolphus Lestrange
Warnings: alternate universe; and het
Prompts: (Pairing) Bellatrix/Barty Jr.; (Setting) Azkaban; (Word) Attraction and (Word) Easy
Pure Ambition
006. Attraction
It was more than the words and policies that attracted him to the side of the Dark Lord. The man was charismatic and his magic was dark and seductive. Those called to Barty, but what really attracted him were the man's followers. He collected and branded beautiful and powerful people from influence families.
Barty knew he would join the Dark Lord when he leaned Bellatrix Black was on his side. He liked Bellatrix – had since he was a little boy. Wherever she went and whatever she did, attracted his attention – like a moth to a flame. Barty was dedicated to Bellatrix Black. As they grew older, Barty's attraction to Bellatrix grew.
Because of his attraction, Barty did what Bellatrix told him. If the orders came directly from Bellatrix, Barty would nod and fulfill them without a second thought. Therefore when Bellatrix decided to go after the Longbottoms after the Potter brat defeated the Dark Lord, Barty was quick follow. It was an easy plan: get the Longbottoms to reveal Potter's location or the Dark Lord's location.
It was a surprise to find himself thrown in Azkaban a few days later. Barty was arrested in front of his own father, the man looking on in shame and embarrassment. Following his arrest, Barty was escorted straight to Azkaban where he was thrown in a cell near Bellatrix and Sirius Black.
Barty spent the next few years, serving the efforts of the dementors. He watched as Bellatrix grew more insane by the day and her beauty slowly withered. As the years sped by, Barty questioned his attraction to Bellatrix. Why did he like her?
Count: ~300
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