Guilty By Association

A HariPo freeverse piece

by mew-tsubaki

Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy! Originally written for Morghen.

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"It's not so tragic if I don't look down." —La Roux, "As If By Magic"

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There was so much you could've done

You're the adult here (barely)

You're the one with experience (perhaps)

You should've stopped him

(Maybe)

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You've steeled yourself against such types

The boy toys

The bad boys

The smart ones

The "built" ones

But who could've guessed a merely

h-a-n-d-s-o-m-e one?

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It's fun to tease them all

But with him, you're

s…i…n…c…e…r…e

It's strange

You poke and prod with his brother & his friends

Yet you see a…lost

p~u~p~p~y

in those dark,

gray

eyes

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You hoped for the best

Really, you did

You hoped that his skulking around would stop

He'd get new

f_r_i_e_n_d_s

He could be the hero, not his brother

You thought you knew best

You listened & kept quiet

just to see his heartache-inducing smile.

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Now it's all blown to bits

&& p.i.e.c.e.s

He's gone, they're all gone

G!O!N!E

And in the end, he was a

h-e-r-o

& you still keep his "locket" a secret

…

Who can you blame but yourself?

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This pairing is too sweet! I think I have plot bunnies for them…

Thanks for reading, and please review!

-mew-tsubaki ;)

Thanks as always to Morghen for beta'ing! XD

2017 note: I find most Regulus ships intriguing, tbh. But I remember kind of running with this idea with Rosmerta back in 2010… :O