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edenfalling) wrote2004-02-15 10:10 pm
edenfalling) wrote2004-02-15 10:10 pm
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[Fic] "Aftershocks" -- Harry Potter
This one's about Harry. Not much else to say.
[ETA: The AO3 crosspost is now up.]
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Aftershocks
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The funny thing is that in a way, he trusts Snape and Voldemort, the Dursleys and the Death Eaters more than he trusts his friends and Dumbledore. Hatred, at least, is honest. Nobody ever claims to know what's best for people because they hate them.
Only now Aunt Petunia seems to care marginally more than nothing, Snape has every right to hate his father, Voldemort sends lying dreams, and Draco Malfoy is Sirius's cousin. His hatred is twisted back on itself, back on him. But Dumbledore was still lying to him, and Hermione and Ron almost smother him sometimes, and how can he trust them, how can he tell them that all he wants to do is tear something apart, rip it into bloody shreds?
Sometimes he envies Remus, who can be a beast once a month without having to wonder what sort of person that bloodlust makes him.
He doesn't want to be human. But even hatred lies.
Now what should he trust?
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Inspired by the 2/15/04![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
15minuteficlets word #42: disguise
[ETA: The AO3 crosspost is now up.]
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Aftershocks
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The funny thing is that in a way, he trusts Snape and Voldemort, the Dursleys and the Death Eaters more than he trusts his friends and Dumbledore. Hatred, at least, is honest. Nobody ever claims to know what's best for people because they hate them.
Only now Aunt Petunia seems to care marginally more than nothing, Snape has every right to hate his father, Voldemort sends lying dreams, and Draco Malfoy is Sirius's cousin. His hatred is twisted back on itself, back on him. But Dumbledore was still lying to him, and Hermione and Ron almost smother him sometimes, and how can he trust them, how can he tell them that all he wants to do is tear something apart, rip it into bloody shreds?
Sometimes he envies Remus, who can be a beast once a month without having to wonder what sort of person that bloodlust makes him.
He doesn't want to be human. But even hatred lies.
Now what should he trust?
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Inspired by the 2/15/04
15minuteficlets word #42: disguise
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Sometimes he envies Remus, who can be a beast once a month without having to wonder what sort of person that bloodlust makes him.
Just- unbelievable. Really.
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It's always nice when one of the words intersects with something that's been on my mind for a while. I'm glad the results seem to work!