Celandine's Chronicle (celandineb) wrote in cels_fic_haven, @ 2013-11-22 13:20:00 |
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Entry tags: | hp ficlets harry, hp ficlets tom, hp quill-it 100.3 |
HP ficlet: Part of the Collection [Harry, Tom, general]
Title: Part of the Collection
Author: celandineb
Fandom: HP
Characters: Harry, Tom
Rating: general
Length: 165 words
Summary: Slughorn's collection of photos includes one that surprises Harry.
Note: For quill_it, 100.3, prompt 3, "picture". For cruisedirector who asked for Harry & Tom Riddle, not shippy.
The picture stood on one of Professor Slughorn's tables, half-hidden behind another in which a beaming Slughorn stood with the McCormack family: Catriona and Meghan in their deep purple Pride of Portree robes, and Kirley holding his guitar.
Harry ignored the waving Quidditch players to lean forward and look more closely at the smaller photograph. A strikingly good-looking young man ran long fingers through his dark hair and smiled up at Harry. He looked familiar, somehow, but it took a moment for Harry to recognize Tom Riddle.
He picked up the photograph with trembling hands. For a moment he thought of dropping it, smashing the glass and damaging the image, scarring Riddle's handsome face. It would make this likeness from the past in some sense closer to the reality of Voldemort.
But Slughorn would notice. With a whisper of regret Harry returned the picture to its place on the table, wondering why Slughorn still kept it at all, much less where a visitor could see.