His Screams Fill The Night

[daylyn]

Here's my first 100-word drabble. It was written with arrmaitee.


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His Screams Fill The Night

by

Daylyn

His screams fill the night.

The boy lies in the infirmary, pale in the moonlight; his lightening-shaped scar bleeding dark red.

Albus senses my approach. “Severus, how are…?” he falters.

I gaze into his cold, opaque eyes. I want to cry out… to make him taste Lupin’s spattered blood and witness my lover’s silent stoic stare as I bludgeoned him in service to the Dark Lord.

“Fine, Headmaster,” I reply instead.

“Severus,” he utters uneasily. “I didn’t mean…”

I walk away, unwilling to hear his false platitudes. He will never understand.

Only the screaming boy and I know the pain.

Comments

[riku-rocks.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is impressive. It's short and to the point, yet implies such powerful imagery and emotions. Well done.

[daylyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. It's really cool to get a comment on something I posted so long ago. This remains one of my favorite pieces because I'm quite pleased at how much pain and horror I managed to condense in 100 words.