For: FallenAngel111586, again. =D
Day 21
On the twenty-first day of Christmas…
It's near-midnight, a strange time, when everything is still save the snow falling and clocks forget to chime.
It's midnight when she comes down, a time when the clocks wake up with a jolt and sleepy people awake abruptly, unable to remember their precious dreams.
It's one after when he finally speaks, with a quiet, "Hello."
It's ten after when they fall silent again.
It's half-past midnight, in a rare moment of speech, when she says, "Dance with me."
It's one in the morning when, with a surprised jerk, he realizes what they are doing and drops his hands. "No," he says, "no!" He is not a man to betray friends.
His voice is strong, hard, and she steps back. She is unused to no.
It's one thirty when he looks round and finds she's gone.
It's near-two, a creepy time, when winds begin to blow and the sun starts preparing for the day.
It's thirty minutes after two when he stands and stretches, his face drawn with the pain of refusing her.
Tomorrow, the cycle will start again.
(Remus/Lily)
Notes: This was really fun to write. I've started liking them better recently, and slowly, my love changed from unrequited to forbidden. (BTW, the person he'd be betraying is James, whom he knows likes Lily. Eh?)