Ch4

“Those who are lost causes don't typically try so very hard for redemption.”
― blessdtoaster, A Hard Row to Hoe

“Granger, do you think my love for you is so fragile that something as simple as death could keep me from you?”
― Emerald_Slytherins, Secrets and Masks

“I'd let Theo decapitate a thousand of your muggle soldiers. He can display their heads on my mantlepiece if that's what it takes to make him feel whole again."
“Is that what will happen when Voldemort decides that I've outlived my useless?"
Her question seemed to take him off guard. His expression fell, the fake smirk crumbled as quickly as he'd forged it.
“Are you going to just stand there when he sends me to the gallows? And watch while he orders one of you to cut my head off?"
His eyes twitched, not quite a flinch, but it wasn't nothing either. “Are you going to hide behind your Occlumency walls while Theo parades my head around like it's a toy? Are you going to smile then?"
She wondered what his reaction might have been if his walls weren't up. Wondered what his expression might have been if he weren't protecting himself behind his icy shield. If the thought of her head being thrown carelessly around by his best friend might have been unsettling for him. If it might splinter that cold, dead heart of his, make him feel something for someone else who wasn't his family.If there were cracks, he didn't let them show.
His eyes were grey and lifeless. All traces of blue were snuffed out, along with the little shreds of kindness that accompanied them.
He looked her up and down, rolled his tongue on the inside of his cheek, and then he scoffed cruelly.
Despite the malicious mask he wore on his face, he spoke the next few words very softly. He whispered them, almost caressing her with each syllable, and Hermione didn't know if they were a threat on her life, or a vow to keep her forever.
“Do you honestly believe that I would let you go that easily?”
― Emerald_Slytherins, Secrets and Masks

“Maybe it just means you were raised by trees.

I don’t remember photosynthesizing to live.”
― starkidsftw, The Sapphire Princess