firefly heart
Love is a fickle thing
Soaring from the
H
E
A
V
E
N
S
Or creeping up upon you when you're least expecting it.
It comes from nowhere
And everywhere
All at once
-x-
That's why you're so surprised
When you fall for {him}
[Scorpius Malfoy]
Who's made of ice
.cruel.
-x-
You don't think it's l/o/v/e
At first
You think your hormones are just
Raging
Or you're mistaking him for someone else
(how can that be?)
Because they're no one with
H
A
I
R
Or
E
Y
E
S
Like Scorpius and there's no with a
S
N
E
E
R
Or
S
A
R
C
A
S
M
Like Scorpius.
(and you've always hated those things about him.
Maybe you still do.
Maybe you just love him more)
-x-
(it's not love)
You decide, as you go to bed that night
[with thoughts of nothing but him]
-x-
(it's not love)
You decide, the next day
When your heartbeat starts
R
I
S
I
N
G
Faster than the sun when you see him.
-x-
(it's not love)
You decide, later
When his arm brushes against yours
[you can still feel the heat]
-x-
Because you've got a firefly heart stuck in a glass jar
Some days, it's on
(and you just want to
kiss him)
Some days, it's off
(because you can't like
Him)
And you wishwishwishwish sometimes
That someone could just
Open the l/i/d
-x-
You're on fire, firefly
Because he's
K
I
S
S
I
N
G
You right now
And it doesn't matter
That he's too [drunk] to remember this
Because you have now
And who cares about l/a/t/e/r?
But now is always followed by
l/a/t/e/r
and soon
l/a/t/e/r
comes around
and he's hasn't a clue
(and you're glad, right?)
-x-
Your family certainly would never approve of him
[this boy]
That's made out of ice
.cruel.
Never, never, never
Not even if it made you happy, which is
ALL
They want
Never, never, never
(maybe if you keep telling yourself that, someday you'll actually believe it)
-x-
You know you can't ever have [him]
So you flicker here and there
A burst of light
And another
But none of them are right
None of them feel like
H
E
Would to you.
None of them keep you
L
I
T
(flicker on, little firefly)
-x-
You Mum finds out.
{Albus}
"I have this theory," she says.
What is it, you wonder.
She answers without you even having to
Pose the question.
"You see Roseā¦"
And she spins you a tale
About a boy who liked a girl
But knew they couldn't be together
So he dated this o/t/h/e/r girl instead.
And he just end up hurting
The girl.
And she gives you a look.
You know what you have to do
[you are so much like you're father, your Mum says]
-x-
He k/n/o/w/s
Not that you like him
But about you
And your firefly heart
He thinks he'll just be another one
And you can'tcan'tcan't
Let him get away
And you know it's stupid
And pointless
But you tell him
All about your
F
I
R
E
F
L
Y
Heart.
And to your surprise, he b/e/l/i/e/v/e/s
(and he opens the jar)
A/N- For Camp Potter: Arts and Crafts, and for the Legendary Creatures Competition with Makara (someone who fell in love). For Paula, Jo, and Laura, because I know they all love Andrea Gibson. Hope you like it! Thanks for reading!