hphalloween_mod (hphalloween_mod) wrote in hp_halloween, @ 2010-10-31 18:31:00 |
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Entry tags: | !2010, #het, *rivertempest, ^harry/hermione, rating: r |
Halloween Treat for Kalina_Blue
Gift for: kalina_blue
From: rivertempest
Title: Carved In Its Skin
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Rating: Hard R
Warnings: Gruesomeness, blood, knife play
Summary: The first Halloween after the war ended finds Harry trying to put Voldemort behind him. Hermione, however, provides too easy a target.
Notes: I SQUEED when I got my assignment! Nothing like horror to get the 'blood' pumping. ;) Huge thanks to my betas, ssddgr and dusty273, both whom refused to be near me on Halloween. Cowards. kalina_blue, I hope you enjoy this!
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns everything Harry Potter. I make nothing from slicing up her characters this way.
The autumn day was crisp with the scents of leaves and wood-smoke, giving rise to the festive mood that Harry and Hermione were enjoying. Halloween was a scant day away and carving pumpkins the Muggle way just seemed the thing to do to celebrate the end of the war.
Tracing the pattern upon his orange gourd, Harry felt a chill snake up his spine that he hadn’t experienced in months, but shrugged it off as best he could. In hopes of dispelling the uneasy feeling that refused to abate, he turned his attention to his best friend, who was handling a rather large carving knife, deep in concentration.
The glint of the serrated blade sawing in and out of the orange flesh caused unwelcome thoughts to overcrowd Harry’s mind, and he struggled to concentrate on his own pumpkin. When Hermione popped out on the tip a section that was to be an eye, something finally snapped.
He could hear her screams fill the air while he sliced into her skin with his now bloody knife, but that wasn’t enough to stop him from creating his own brand of jack-o-lantern upon her body.
It wasn’t enough even when her cries ceased.