Written for the Muggle Music class in Hogwarts.
Task 2 (Indie): Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division: Write about someone having marital problems.
Prompts (Use a minimum of 3): (phrase) Love will tear us apart/(location) Bedroom/(word) Respect
WC: 763
She watches as he changes his clothes, preparing himself to go to sleep.
The fight started in the kitchen because he didn't think about cleaning the dishes. Then, it continued in the living room, because she needs to be more easygoing.
Now, they are in their bedroom.
Things are quiet and she can't help but notice that it's not like it used to be. When they were minding their business, even if they weren't talking, it used to be a calm silence. They used to be comfortable around each other.
Now she's sitting on their bed with her back facing him.
She knows that they need to talk but she's so tired. So tired of trying, of arguing, of everything.
And he keeps acting like everything is fine when, in reality, is not.
Looking over her shoulder, she sees that he's almost done with his routine.
Laying down, she decides that she's not going to deal with him tonight.
.
She met him when she was 14 and he was 16.
He lived down the street, with his parents. He's an only child, just like her and they bonded instantly.
However, when she was 18, they had sex and she got pregnant.
They loved each other so it made sense that they should get married. So that's what they did.
However, after almost twenty years of marriage and three beautiful children, she's starting to realize that maybe they needed to reconsider everything that they've been through.
.
He can't remember when it started.
One day he arrived late from work and the screaming match started.
She thought that he was having an affair. He thought that she was crazy to even consider such thing.
Then, she was the one arriving late and he was the one accusing her.
After that, they were fighting because her perfume is too sweet, or he takes too much space on their bed.
Now they can't stand to be in the same room and he can't help but wonder when did it all go wrong.
.
"You're home early."
She's sitting on their bed when he enters the bedroom.
He sits next to her and she notices that he looks really tired. She has a feeling that it's not because of his work, but she'll not say anything.
"I was listening to this song today. It's called "Love will tear us apart", you know?"
She has a sad smile on her face. "Of course I do, Draco. I was the one who showed it to you."
He looks sad too and she knows where this is going.
"You know that I love you more than anything right, Hermione?"
He never calls her by her first name. Their friends thinks it's strange that they still call each other "Granger" and "Malfoy", but they only say that they're used to it. Besides, they only use their first names when it's something important.
She's glad that he knows that this conversation is important to them.
"I love you too, Draco." She holds his hand.
He looks down. "I love you, and I respect you and I'd do anything for you."
She looks at the window of their bedroom. "Yeah… But I don't think I can do it anymore."
He nods. There's not much to say after all.
"What happened?"
She shrugs. "Life, maybe? We can blame the fact that we got married too young, that we're working too hard but the truth is that I don't know."
He looks inside her brown orbs. "I think that love, our love, is not enough anymore."
She nods.
"I was afraid that you're going to think that I don't love you anymore" She can see the sincerity reflecting into his grey eyes. "It's the opposite, I need you to know that."
She smiles at him because there are some things that never change. His concern towards her feelings is one of those things.
They stay in silence and for the first time in a long time she doesn't feel bothered by it.
"Maybe we should be separed for some time, you know? To remember what's it like."
He nods again and she looks at his pained expression. She's sure that she's looking the same.
"Do you mind if we do that tomorrow?"
He looks like a lost child and her heart melts at the sight.
"Of course not."
He climbs on their bed and lies next to her.
She lies down, with her head on his chest, close to his heart.
"I just wished that the love we feel for each other was enough."
"Yeah, me too."
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