A/N: Written for the Freeverse Frenzy Competition, poem 5, for the Pairing Set Bootcamp, pairing 5 – George/Angelina, for the If You Dare Challenge, prompt 539 – heart's truth.
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5. His Brother's Love
Why did he have to love her?
She looked at him
and saw his brother –
He knew
but Godammit he couldn't help himself
And yet
she was his brother's through and through
even if she had married him now,
carried his child…
a ghost of a child
they named after him
And he's so much like his uncle
they both half-heartedly trilled
and he'd give a cheesy grin
right back, never seeing
her glossy-greyed eyes,
his shuttered ones
He didn't even realise
that she was still in love with him
But he did know –
and how they could envy that childish
clarity –
that they loved each other:
the warmth that extended further
than the cold marble grave.