- quotes - "all that glitters is not gold"
auction - first word: until
327 words, by google docs
Until now, Dean didn't realise exactly how the sun hits the roof of Shell Cottage when it sets. There's something about the way the sun sets on Shell Cottage that shoots Dean through the heart. There's a gold tint on the roof of the house that makes it look pretty but Dean doesn't think it's beautiful. Not at all.
Even now when he doesn't have to be on the run he still thinks that everything around him is dark and gloomy. He hates that feeling. He wonders if it'll ever go away. He looks at Bill and he looks at Fleur and he thinks maybe it won't. They have a nice marriage. They have a home.
And yet, they still have constant reminders about the war. They're harboring fugitives. How can they ever escape from that?
And now Dean feels guilty because he's just part of the problem. As long as he's here, they can't be free and safe from the war. They're probably not safe, though. Dean knows that none of them are safe. Especially his friends back at Hogwarts. Lavender. Pavarti. Neville. Seamus. His best friend.
How could he just leave them and try to come here and forget about the war?
And now Dean's wondering where his Gryffindor loyalty and bravery is. In the forest where he lost Ted Tonks, maybe. Shouldn't he be brave enough to go back to war, to stop just thinking about it in this nice little house in the middle of nowhere? He's not going to be safe here, no matter what he wishes. So shouldn't he be fighting, as long as he's going to die anyway.
Merlin, his friends probably can't even see sunsets like this anymore. He doesn't know what type of state they're in, but from what he's heard about what Hogwarts is like from Luna, they probably don't have much time for staring at golden sunsets on white houses.
Then again, maybe Dean is putting too much thought into the sunset. Maybe he should just appreciate the way the light hits the house.