susan will mend your bones (bonafides) wrote in thispurgatory, @ 2011-05-01 16:20:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! 1998-february, ! incomplete, ! log, katherine bundy, susan bones |
Characters: Susan Bones and Katherine Bundy.
Setting: Saturday night, about 2am; Hufflepuff Common Room.
Rating: PG?
Summary: Susan can't sleep - what else is new.
Susan rubbed her eyes tiredly, shifting on the couch. A book lay open on her lap, still turned to the same page as it had been fifteen minutes ago. It wasn't unusual for her to find her way downstairs when she was unable to sleep, something that had been happening increasingly often. It was frustrating, to say the least. Juggling classes and IS duties and DA activities took a lot out of her, and while she certainly could have used the sleep, it was these things that also prevented her from getting enough rest. In the back of her mind there was a constant whirlwind of worries. About her father, from whose terse letters she had been able to discern that there was still trouble at the Ministry. About her family as a whole, her family name like a sword hanging above them and threatening to strike at any moment. About her friends, and all the secrets that she was forced to keep. About Theodore, who had made everything even more complicated than it had already been, but at the same time managed to be a small light in the darkness that this year had brought. And above all, about what would happen if the truth came out. It was all bubbling under her skin, and Susan felt like one of these days she might explode. Unguarded for once, Susan let out a heavy sigh that reflected all the troubles weighing on her mind, and reached for her book again. She wasn't in the habit of doing homework at this time of night, but there simply didn't seem to be enough hours in a day, and perhaps she could still get in a chapter of her assigned Transfiguration reading. |