Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. I'm just playing in her world.

A/N: Laptop broke; wrote a lot in my notebook, but couldn't update. I have a netbook now, though, so it's all good!

For: N/A

Title: Dangerous
Genre: Romance
Rating: T
Warning: Language
Pairing/Character: Remus/OC
Word Count: 493

"It's not you, it's me."

"Bullshit!"

Remus reached out a hand towards the blonde girl, but she flinched away from him. He sighed and dropped his hand, stepping towards her. She stepped back and avoided eye contact. "Em, it's not your fault, I'm serious. In two weeks, I'm going to back to the boarding school in Scotland – the one with the unpronounceable name, remember I told you about that? I'm going back there in just two weeks, back to my troublemaking friends and daily detentions. You're too good, too innocent, to be with a guy like me."

She sniffed and turned around, lowering her head. He took the opportunity to put a hand on her shoulder.

"Emily, please, just look at me. I'm too dangerous for you."

Emily looked over her shoulder and glared at him, eyes filled with unshod tears. "You said we'd last forever, Remus. You said that you'd write to me while you were away, and that you'd rush back in the holidays just to see me. You told me you loved me. You lied. I don't know what's right and what's real any more."

Remus pulled her around to face him properly, gripping her shoulders as he leaned down to her eye-level. "What's right is that this – us – is impossible. What's real is what we had. Do you understand that, Emily? I meant what I said. I did, do, and always will love you. But I'm too dangerous."

"You always say that! But what do you mean? How can you be dangerous – you're just a regular teenage boy!"

Remus let go of her, groaning as he pulled his hair in frustration. "I can't tell you, okay? I'm … I'm not allowed. But you see these scars? You don't talk about them because you don't want to make me uncomfortable, but you know damn well that they're there and I know you're curious about them. These scars … they're the reason – no, they're the cause – of my being dangerous, okay? Being dangerous gave me these hideous scars and bruises, and I just have to live with that. Just like I can't be with you any more, and we both just have to live with it."

"Once, I thought I wasn't special enough to deserve love," Emily said, looking up at Remus with wistful eyes. "A wise young teenager told me that true love knows no boundaries. That was when I realised I was in love with him, and I told him so, right that instant." The memory of that night flooded Remus's mind, his heart constricting. "You can tell me your secret. If our love has no boundaries, then stop building a fence that doesn't want to be built. Tell me."

Remus looked at her sadly. "I can't. Goodbye Emily." He turned and walked away without another word.

"I' don't know what's right and what's real anymore." - The Fear, Lily Allen.

A/N: I don't usually write OCs... I don't think I've ever written an OC into a fic before - well, not as one of the main characters. Did I do alright? *nibbles lip in worry*

Shameless Plugging: Three new stories have been posted, if you'd like to take a peek. A World of Possibilities (What if Harry shook Draco's hand in Philosopher's Stone?) and Blood Is All That Bonds Them (About the Black family) are drabble collaborations, while Dear Diary (Ginny/Tom) is a oneshot. (:

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