Beth H (bethbethbeth) wrote in hp_beholder, @ 2010-05-07 13:25:00 |
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Entry tags: | beholder_2010, fic, rabastan lestrange, rabastan/snape, rating:pg13, severus snape, slash |
FIC: "Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire" for janus
Recipient: janus
Author/Artist: leela_cat
Title: Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Rabastan Lestrange/Severus Snape
Word Count: ~3,200
Warnings: None
Summary: Duty takes Rabastan Lestrange down a path towards darkness, but it cannot steal away his dreams or his desires.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you to my lovely betas, angela_snape and eeyore9990. janus, thank you for the wonderful prompt and the challenge it set. I hope you have as much fun reading about these characters as I did writing them.
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Rabastan Lestrange stands in the back of the Great Hall of Hogwarts, wrapped in shadows and spells. He watches and waits, staying out of the battle that rages in front of him. There's little doubt in his mind about which side will win, even less doubt about whom he will lose.
His eyes feel desiccated and ravaged. If he ever had any tears, they were dried up by the years of following his brother down the path to the Dark Lord, then Azkaban, and back again.
Green light races from the Weasley woman's wand towards Bella, the Dark Lord's scream rises above the din, and Rodolphus turns his back on Shacklebolt to race to his dead wife. Rabastan bows his head. He cannot bear to watch what must happen next, the inevitable result of his brother's wedding day.