Word Count: 182
Challenge/Competition: 100 Different Pairings
Prompts: Candy
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Harry Potter, it's all JKR's..
Teddy/Lily - Choices
He slips the extra candy into her Hogwarts robes like he has done every year and then he sits because his thoughts aren't straight.
There's no words to describe what it is with Lily, because he knows he shouldn't feel what he does, he knows she's been like a little sister to him, he knows that the lines are blurred and he doesn't want to make her last year horrible for her.
Teddy is not selfish, he never has been and hopes to never be. So as much as he wants her, he will not ruin her – not more than everyone else already has.
Because he's okay slipping candy in her pockets and sending her cheerful owls, he's okay with fading into the background as long as he can prop her up in whatever trouble is causing her to fade.
One day, he'll be able to make sense of it. She'll be able to make her choice when he tells her, and that will be it. He can wait as long as he needs.
Waiting is all he ever does.