Ficlet: "Night" & Five Drabbles (No Challenges)
Title: Night
Pairing(s)/Characters: Bellatrix/Antonin
Summary: Two shadows meet in the darkest of nights.
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 632
Genre: Romance, Drama
Author's notes: Written for alley_skywalker at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
Night had come fast, faster than expected, had quickly covered the world in a cold, sinister darkness. Nights weren’t the same since the war, had lost their secure, protective atmosphere but had become eerie instead, eerie and dangerous. None of the people would still go out at night, too afraid of the consequences, too afraid of being more vulnerable than ever.
But there she was, a shadow in the night, walking, almost floating through the streets, merging with the darkness. Nobody would’ve been capable of noticing her until it was too late. But tonight, she’d not care about Muggles or Mudbloods on the street, wouldn’t care about whom she’d encounter by accident, as long as it wasn’t him.
He was waiting for her, had been waiting for her all night, but escaping earlier than at this moment would have been sheer impossible. Her desire seemed to grow with every second, would slowly assume control over both, her mind and body.
Of course she was aware of the danger she put herself in, night by night, but there was no other option, not for him, not for her, not for them. Being together seemed sheer impossible, but for him, she’d take any risk. For the first time in her life she’d chosen love over anything else, for the first time in her life she’d chosen to follow her emotion.
He’s not good enough, her parents had told her, more than once, and more than once she’d screamed, shouted at them, but of course it’d been pointless. Purebloods never married for love, she’d been told countless times, a Pureblood’s feelings didn't matter. Feelings never mattered.
Not good enough. Of course he was good enough, just as good as her husband, his blood was just as pure as her own, wouldn’t the Dark Lord have accepted him as one of his most Faithful otherwise, would he have been killed just like he killed all of those, not worth claiming to be of magical blood.
More than once, she’d considered running away, just running away without looking back, but something had made her submit to her parents’ will, to marry the man they had chosen to become her husband, something had made her fall against a power, stronger than both, her will and her heart.
But had she run away, she’d never had the chance to find her true responsibility, would have never had the chance to serve him, to serve the Dark Lord, to help him make this world a better world, a world only for witches and wizards. And she could see him, still, still had the possibility to be united with him, still look into his eyes, still hold his hand, feel his lips on hers, yet in secret.
She fastened her pace, quickly turned into a tiny, dark alley, just to find him waiting for her at the end, a barely visible shadow in the night, just like herself. It could have been any other man, standing right there, but she knew it was him, recognised his silhouette, his statue, even recognised the sound of his breath.
“Bella, finally.”
His voice made her gasp, made her bite her lip as she grasped his hair, pushing his face close to hers, close and even closer.
“Antonin,” she breathed between kisses, long and passionate, feeling how he pushed her against the cold stone wall. For a minute they stood there, together, their bodies melded together as one. But then, then he loosened his grip for a moment, his eyes still resting on her, just like hers were unceasingly resting on him, as if she could lose him in the minute she looked away. Finally he took her hand again, and only a second later they disappeared into the night, leaving behind nothing but emptiness.
Title: Shut up and…
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"Reg! Stop it, we can't do that! What if they find out? What if they see us?"
"Let them!"
The redhead couldn't suppress a sigh; how reckless he had become over the months! Lily Evans and Regulus Black kissing right here, in Hogwarts' corridors - impossible! Mistletoe or not, she'd not even want to imagine the consequences, should they be discovered. Merlin, if any Slytherins caught them, or, worse, if Potter-
"Honestly, we should at least-"
"Lily?"
"What? I'm serious; I don't want either of us in trouble! Just imagine Dippet-"
"Lily Evans!"
"What?!"
"Will you do me a favor?"
"Are you kidding-"
"Shut up and kiss me."
Title: The Fifth Day Of Christmas
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"Will you marry me?"
"I beg you pardon?"
Regulus cleared his throat, brushing back a strand of his black hair. He looked up to his opposite, looked right into her bright green eyes.
"Lily Evans, will you marry me?"
He smiled widely at her, slowly opening the small black box in his hands to reveal one single golden ring, jeweled with countless tiny emeralds.
"I know, it's only one instead of five, but… I hope that this won't influence your answer?"
Lily would only open her mouth, just to close it again, opening it seconds later. "Of course I will!" she whispered.
Title: Errands
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
Nervously she paced around the room, glancing at the door over and over again. He should have returned hours ago, and now it had already gotten dark. She was hardly able to suppress a wince when she finally heard the door open, when she finally heard his steps.
"Regulus Arcturus Black! Where on earth have you been!" Lily shouted, causing him to laugh.
"Nowhere," he said, a wide smile on his face as he revealed a huge bouquet of red roses that he had hidden behind his back. "Just running one last errand. Why?"
Lily's eyes widened with surprise.
Title: Presents
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"Regulus! Merlin, what are you doing here?"
Lily's eyes widened with shock as she opened the door, just to find him standing right in front of her, looking right into her eyes.
"Merry Christmas to you, too, Lily."
She laughed, still overwhelmed by the surprise, waving her hand, symbolizing him to enter. "Excuse me…" she said, laughing again, shaking her head. "Merry Christmas, of course!"
"I just wanted to get you your Christmas present," he said, smiling back at her, laughing, too. He was obviously enjoying her reaction; his surprise had been a success!
"A present?" she asked excitedly. "What is it?"
"It's me."
Title: Home
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"You know," she whispered into his ear, her fingers brushing through his thick, dark hair. "The most beautiful Christmases are those at home."
He smiled at her, pulling her even closer into his arms as he finished his glass of red wine. "They are indeed," he replied. "But home isn't home as long as we're not together."
"But we'll never be apart again, will we?"
Slowly he shook his head. "Never," he whispered. They'd been apart for too long, for so many years… But now? Now they were together. And would always be.
"I love you, Reg."
"I love you too, Lily."
632/30 = 21,06 = 21
+ 3 drabbles x 3 = 09
= 30 points for Hufflepuff!
Pairing(s)/Characters: Bellatrix/Antonin
Summary: Two shadows meet in the darkest of nights.
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 632
Genre: Romance, Drama
Author's notes: Written for alley_skywalker at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
Night had come fast, faster than expected, had quickly covered the world in a cold, sinister darkness. Nights weren’t the same since the war, had lost their secure, protective atmosphere but had become eerie instead, eerie and dangerous. None of the people would still go out at night, too afraid of the consequences, too afraid of being more vulnerable than ever.
But there she was, a shadow in the night, walking, almost floating through the streets, merging with the darkness. Nobody would’ve been capable of noticing her until it was too late. But tonight, she’d not care about Muggles or Mudbloods on the street, wouldn’t care about whom she’d encounter by accident, as long as it wasn’t him.
He was waiting for her, had been waiting for her all night, but escaping earlier than at this moment would have been sheer impossible. Her desire seemed to grow with every second, would slowly assume control over both, her mind and body.
Of course she was aware of the danger she put herself in, night by night, but there was no other option, not for him, not for her, not for them. Being together seemed sheer impossible, but for him, she’d take any risk. For the first time in her life she’d chosen love over anything else, for the first time in her life she’d chosen to follow her emotion.
He’s not good enough, her parents had told her, more than once, and more than once she’d screamed, shouted at them, but of course it’d been pointless. Purebloods never married for love, she’d been told countless times, a Pureblood’s feelings didn't matter. Feelings never mattered.
Not good enough. Of course he was good enough, just as good as her husband, his blood was just as pure as her own, wouldn’t the Dark Lord have accepted him as one of his most Faithful otherwise, would he have been killed just like he killed all of those, not worth claiming to be of magical blood.
More than once, she’d considered running away, just running away without looking back, but something had made her submit to her parents’ will, to marry the man they had chosen to become her husband, something had made her fall against a power, stronger than both, her will and her heart.
But had she run away, she’d never had the chance to find her true responsibility, would have never had the chance to serve him, to serve the Dark Lord, to help him make this world a better world, a world only for witches and wizards. And she could see him, still, still had the possibility to be united with him, still look into his eyes, still hold his hand, feel his lips on hers, yet in secret.
She fastened her pace, quickly turned into a tiny, dark alley, just to find him waiting for her at the end, a barely visible shadow in the night, just like herself. It could have been any other man, standing right there, but she knew it was him, recognised his silhouette, his statue, even recognised the sound of his breath.
“Bella, finally.”
His voice made her gasp, made her bite her lip as she grasped his hair, pushing his face close to hers, close and even closer.
“Antonin,” she breathed between kisses, long and passionate, feeling how he pushed her against the cold stone wall. For a minute they stood there, together, their bodies melded together as one. But then, then he loosened his grip for a moment, his eyes still resting on her, just like hers were unceasingly resting on him, as if she could lose him in the minute she looked away. Finally he took her hand again, and only a second later they disappeared into the night, leaving behind nothing but emptiness.
Title: Shut up and…
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"Reg! Stop it, we can't do that! What if they find out? What if they see us?"
"Let them!"
The redhead couldn't suppress a sigh; how reckless he had become over the months! Lily Evans and Regulus Black kissing right here, in Hogwarts' corridors - impossible! Mistletoe or not, she'd not even want to imagine the consequences, should they be discovered. Merlin, if any Slytherins caught them, or, worse, if Potter-
"Honestly, we should at least-"
"Lily?"
"What? I'm serious; I don't want either of us in trouble! Just imagine Dippet-"
"Lily Evans!"
"What?!"
"Will you do me a favor?"
"Are you kidding-"
"Shut up and kiss me."
Title: The Fifth Day Of Christmas
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"Will you marry me?"
"I beg you pardon?"
Regulus cleared his throat, brushing back a strand of his black hair. He looked up to his opposite, looked right into her bright green eyes.
"Lily Evans, will you marry me?"
He smiled widely at her, slowly opening the small black box in his hands to reveal one single golden ring, jeweled with countless tiny emeralds.
"I know, it's only one instead of five, but… I hope that this won't influence your answer?"
Lily would only open her mouth, just to close it again, opening it seconds later. "Of course I will!" she whispered.
Title: Errands
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
Nervously she paced around the room, glancing at the door over and over again. He should have returned hours ago, and now it had already gotten dark. She was hardly able to suppress a wince when she finally heard the door open, when she finally heard his steps.
"Regulus Arcturus Black! Where on earth have you been!" Lily shouted, causing him to laugh.
"Nowhere," he said, a wide smile on his face as he revealed a huge bouquet of red roses that he had hidden behind his back. "Just running one last errand. Why?"
Lily's eyes widened with surprise.
Title: Presents
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"Regulus! Merlin, what are you doing here?"
Lily's eyes widened with shock as she opened the door, just to find him standing right in front of her, looking right into her eyes.
"Merry Christmas to you, too, Lily."
She laughed, still overwhelmed by the surprise, waving her hand, symbolizing him to enter. "Excuse me…" she said, laughing again, shaking her head. "Merry Christmas, of course!"
"I just wanted to get you your Christmas present," he said, smiling back at her, laughing, too. He was obviously enjoying her reaction; his surprise had been a success!
"A present?" she asked excitedly. "What is it?"
"It's me."
Title: Home
Pairing: Lily/Regulus
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Genre: Romance,Fluff
Author's notes: Written for sirmioneforever at rarepair_shorts Winter Fic Exchange!
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure, if you like :D (Tag with 'etoilecourageuse', please!)
"You know," she whispered into his ear, her fingers brushing through his thick, dark hair. "The most beautiful Christmases are those at home."
He smiled at her, pulling her even closer into his arms as he finished his glass of red wine. "They are indeed," he replied. "But home isn't home as long as we're not together."
"But we'll never be apart again, will we?"
Slowly he shook his head. "Never," he whispered. They'd been apart for too long, for so many years… But now? Now they were together. And would always be.
"I love you, Reg."
"I love you too, Lily."
632/30 = 21,06 = 21
+ 3 drabbles x 3 = 09
= 30 points for Hufflepuff!