FICLET: Explosive (Severus/Barty, Jr.)
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rarepair_shortsTitle: Explosive
Character Pairing: Severus Snape/Barty Crouch, Jr.
Prompt: "of seismic proportions"
Rating: PG
Word Count: 340
Summary: "If this doesn’t relieve Barty of his wretched dreams, it seems that nothing ever will."
Author's Notes: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Link to Prompt Table: Link!
“How can you stand there and tell me that you blame him?”
“He tried to kill me, Lily!”
“He saved your life, Sev!”
“Because he had a change of heart at the last minute, I should be grateful to him?”
“Yes!”
“He was in the situation up to his eyes and only rescued me to save his own skin!”
“He still saved you!”
“He bloody well helped to orchestrate what would’ve killed me or else made my life not worth living!”
“Are you saying that Remus’s life isn’t worth living?!”
Evans and Severus only think that they’re alone during this argument. Most unbeknownst to them, Barty’s put himself behind a nearby corner, and he’s absorbing exquisite joy from this little row they’ve found themselves in.
“Yes, I think I rather implied that!”
Barty doesn’t even care what’s wrong enough with Lupin that it could’ve killed Severus or else made his life not worth living – given the time and sound of it, lycanthropy. All that matters is that, finally, Severus and his Mudblood are fighting, and that, this time, they might break up. Or whatever the more appropriate term is, since they were never really together.
“You’re so blinded by your fight with him that you can’t even thank him?!”
“Why should I?”
“He saved your life, perhaps?”
“For entirely selfish reasons. That doesn’t merit my thanks.”
An enraged groan. “You are abso-bloody-lutely incorrigible, Severus!”
“Just because you fancy him doesn’t mean that I should forgive him!”
Barty’s knees buckle under him and he sinks to the floor in utter ecstasy. Oh, but Severus will regret that. Oh, but he’ll be left behind and forced to love Barty only. The fight has a few last jabs, but Barty isn’t listening; his joy is too great to allow that.
Evans storms away in a right strop, and, dejected, Severus sulks back to the Common Room. Neither even notices that they were eavesdropped upon, they’re both so self-absorbed.
If this doesn’t relieve Barty of his wretched dreams, it seems that nothing ever will.
Character Pairing: Severus Snape/Barty Crouch, Jr.
Prompt: "of seismic proportions"
Rating: PG
Word Count: 340
Summary: "If this doesn’t relieve Barty of his wretched dreams, it seems that nothing ever will."
Author's Notes: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Link to Prompt Table: Link!
“How can you stand there and tell me that you blame him?”
“He tried to kill me, Lily!”
“He saved your life, Sev!”
“Because he had a change of heart at the last minute, I should be grateful to him?”
“Yes!”
“He was in the situation up to his eyes and only rescued me to save his own skin!”
“He still saved you!”
“He bloody well helped to orchestrate what would’ve killed me or else made my life not worth living!”
“Are you saying that Remus’s life isn’t worth living?!”
Evans and Severus only think that they’re alone during this argument. Most unbeknownst to them, Barty’s put himself behind a nearby corner, and he’s absorbing exquisite joy from this little row they’ve found themselves in.
“Yes, I think I rather implied that!”
Barty doesn’t even care what’s wrong enough with Lupin that it could’ve killed Severus or else made his life not worth living – given the time and sound of it, lycanthropy. All that matters is that, finally, Severus and his Mudblood are fighting, and that, this time, they might break up. Or whatever the more appropriate term is, since they were never really together.
“You’re so blinded by your fight with him that you can’t even thank him?!”
“Why should I?”
“He saved your life, perhaps?”
“For entirely selfish reasons. That doesn’t merit my thanks.”
An enraged groan. “You are abso-bloody-lutely incorrigible, Severus!”
“Just because you fancy him doesn’t mean that I should forgive him!”
Barty’s knees buckle under him and he sinks to the floor in utter ecstasy. Oh, but Severus will regret that. Oh, but he’ll be left behind and forced to love Barty only. The fight has a few last jabs, but Barty isn’t listening; his joy is too great to allow that.
Evans storms away in a right strop, and, dejected, Severus sulks back to the Common Room. Neither even notices that they were eavesdropped upon, they’re both so self-absorbed.
If this doesn’t relieve Barty of his wretched dreams, it seems that nothing ever will.
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Date: 2007-11-03 08:42 pm (UTC)I LOVE that Barty seems to be driven more and more mad with each ficlet, and that in spite of this, he's still able to keep a grasp on his sanity.
Guh. I'm really enjoying these.
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Date: 2007-11-03 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-06 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-07 04:24 am (UTC)Anyway. I hadn't actually thought about how Gollum-like Barty is, but he really gets there, in his own way. And I'm really glad that you like it. Thank you! :D ♥