Title: Sticks
and Stones
Characters: Peter, Voldemort
Rating:
PG
Author's Notes: Written for stiletto on
4-2-2005.
That voice doomed him. The Dark Lord talked to Peter for hours at a time about how right and just his cause was, and how the Order could never succeed. That pleasant tenor held the ring of inescapable truth. What else could Peter have done?
When he came back, Peter told the others he'd been tortured. It was an easy lie; the (self-inflicted) burns on his face were more than enough to convince everyone. When they applauded him, he knew he could never come clean. How could he tell them that they had broken him with nothing more than words?