A/N: Written for the Freeverse Frenzy Competition, poem 13, for the Pairing Set Bootcamp, pairing 12 – Seamus/Laavender, for the If You Dare Challenge, prompt 847 – beyond all repair.
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12. Scars that are Reminders
They both had scars.
Hers, the scratches and bites
upon he neck.
His, the skin torn
from his face.
She went into cosmetics,
he into research.
She tried to mend his skin;
he tried to mend her soul.
She tried everything:
magic and not alike
until she was rid of most of them
but he caught her wrist in the end.
He wanted to keep some,
he said to her,
as reminders of what was
and what had become
And she mopped up the sweat
at his brow
and said the same
as he granted her her humanity
but failed to take the bite-marks
away.