Title:Ashes
House: Slytherin
Word Count: 100
Challenge: Songfics
Characters: Lucius and Draco
Author's Notes: Inspired by
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes by Modest Mouse Curls of smoke dance in front of Draco, pouring from colorless lips.
Like there’s a fire deep inside he’s slowly smothering.
The world is my ashtray
Pale orbs raise to meet the smoker's gaze.
Steel.
Unquestionable. The perfect example of control.
Always.
Our hearts pump dust and our hair’s all grey.
He pauses just outside his father’s crater.
Time threatens to crush Lucius but he can still weld the very air around him.
Lucius looks him over. Narrow body, bones like twigs under porcelain skin, cat-snub nose, that arrogant smirk.
He still has so much to learn.
He's almost sad the darklord gets to break him first.