Because I am determined to keep my archiving-before-new-year goal.
Title: Wishes
Author:
leopion
Rating: M
Word Count: 100
Notes/Warning: AU. Implied self mutilation. Originally written for
dmhgchallenge February 2011. The prompt was ‘Veritaserum’.
The day he was captured, Voldemort demanded his reason for betrayal. ‘Because I love her,’ the truth soared even before Veritaserum was forced down his throat. His mouth exploded with blood and pain, but it didn’t matter. He only wished his last words to her hadn’t been an insult.
The day they won, she found him half-dead in a dungeon cell. ‘I knew you’d come,’ his eyes told her before realisation dawned and her own eyes blurred with tears. But he was alive, and it was all that mattered. She only wished she could hear him insult her once again.