A/N: As usual, for Louise, for the Ten to One Challenge, and thanks to mew-tsubaki for betaing!
Fred—passion
IV – Theatrically Pretending
where did you put your
p a s s i o n
boy?
that ~spirit~
you had?
that
j o y
that
HAPPINESS
that part of you
that was so
full of
l i f e?
it has been gone too long,
don't you think?
you can't just
sit there
stand there
walk there
as some kind of
zombie
because you are
alive,
right?
don't you see it?
what you've become
once you were
that sparkling
(glittering)
((living in a rush))
type of person
so alive
that almost everyone
was d a z z l e d
but now
NOW it is as if
you've turned
into some kind of
G h O s T
and that's it
isn't it?
you want to be
someone else
[so bad]
but you fail
you want to help your dad
so much that you've tried too
HARD
and b—u—r—s—t
but really
you can never
{neverevernever}
be
Fred THE FIRST
and you should know that
^^playing^^
him
only makes it
worse
because then he
[George]
[your dad]
[NOT YOUR TWIN]
has no one
a t a l l
and you'll just
twist
further&further
squirm so much
when you don't
succeed
that there'll only be
a sshhaaddooww
a 's'h'e'l'l'
left
so stop it now
before it's too late
be yourself again
go into that
wardrobe
find the box that has
Fred THE SECOND
written on it
open it
take out you
put it on
drop your drawn-up shoulders
let go of your gritted teeth
unclench your fists
be NO ONE but
F
R
E
D
(with teasing eyes and smiling lips)
WEASLEY
(brave enough to leave your precursor's footsteps)
THE SECOND
(like a new, updated version)