Seductress
By Nanaho-Hime
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
For ChallengeMistress87's Bellatrix Challenge
Rodolphus Damocles Lestrange could not honestly say he loved his wife, in the way one was supposed to love a wife. He supposed he did love her, in his own twisted way (certainly not in the conventional sense of the word). In any case, she had the ability to drive him crazier than any woman had managed to do.
Most would think he'd go on his own fair share of affairs (considering her perverse obsession with the Dark Lord) but she was more than enough (certainly more than enough).
In recalling his Hogwarts days, he could vividly remember her at her prime. She was beautiful, and sly, and ridiculously charming. She was the bad girl, every boy wanted and she had them all either frightened out of their wits, or wrapped around her little finger. Bella was infamous for her tendency to play around and break hearts. She was passionate and wild and unbelievably seductive.
Their courtship was incredible, beyond incredible. He could honestly say, years later, musing in Azkaban, that he had no idea what he was getting into. Bellatrix Black was on an entirely different level of mad, bloody mad, and he had loved every minute of it. Every minute of their time together had been spontaneous and dangerous, riddled with lies and mind games (never a boring minute).
That woman was the original seductress. No one could possibly hold a candle to her outrageous flirting methods. She was ruthless, and passionate. She loved fire, laughed at the sight of it. She danced in the rain, and rode thestrals. She was one of a kind, insane beyond words and human comprehension.
When they were married she did it out of duty to her family with no real love for him. Bella couldn't be tied down; she'd never truly loved anyone with the exception of her sisters and the Dark Lord. He was no different. They became partners more than anything else. They tortured together, and burned together, and she still drove him as crazy as the day they met.
When she is killed, and he is locked away for a second time, he thinks of her on occasion (after he is done with his bitterness). And sometimes he gives a toast to his wife and partner in crime, the crazy seductress, and the most maddening woman he's ever had the fortune (or misfortune) to meet.
A/N: I hope it was realistic enough, I'm kind of feeling iffy about this one :/ reviews would be love :)