Balancing Act
Title: Balancing Act
Team: Spy for the Order
Challenge: My heart lies with the Order
Characters: Snape/Hermione
Time: The summer after HBP
Disclaimer: JKR owns almost all you read.
A/N: An experiment. Constructive criticism greatly appreciated!
Imagine: a tightrope suspended high above the Forbidden Forest.
At one end, a man: tall, angular, dark.
On the opposite platform, a woman. Curly hair frames a smiling face. Soft brown eyes seek his.
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Mother’s beloved son.
Three steps forward.
Misery at Hogwarts.
Forward two.
Takes the Dark Mark.
Back two.
One ply of the rope breaks.
Participates in Revels.
Back one.
Another ply unravels.
Mishears a Prophecy.
Back one.
Another ply shreds.
He repents.
Forward three.
He spies.
Forward two.
Dumbledore.
Nil.
He chooses love.
Forward five.
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They almost touch; fingertips brush.
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Voldemort uncovers a spy.
The rope breaks.
Team: Spy for the Order
Challenge: My heart lies with the Order
Characters: Snape/Hermione
Time: The summer after HBP
Disclaimer: JKR owns almost all you read.
A/N: An experiment. Constructive criticism greatly appreciated!
Imagine: a tightrope suspended high above the Forbidden Forest.
At one end, a man: tall, angular, dark.
On the opposite platform, a woman. Curly hair frames a smiling face. Soft brown eyes seek his.
********
Mother’s beloved son.
Three steps forward.
Misery at Hogwarts.
Forward two.
Takes the Dark Mark.
Back two.
One ply of the rope breaks.
Participates in Revels.
Back one.
Another ply unravels.
Mishears a Prophecy.
Back one.
Another ply shreds.
He repents.
Forward three.
He spies.
Forward two.
Dumbledore.
Nil.
He chooses love.
Forward five.
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They almost touch; fingertips brush.
********
Voldemort uncovers a spy.
The rope breaks.