𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗜𝗜𝗜 ━━ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 127. tom marvolo riddle
( song for part I: as good a reason — paris paloma
song for part II: can't catch me now — olivia rodrigo )
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( cara's note: a lot is happening in this chapter, keep an eye out for POVs & placement. it's confusing so feel free to ask questions... PLAY THE SONGS! )
˗ˏˋ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈 ˊˎ-
HOGWARTS october, 1981
𝗛𝗢𝗚𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡. Within a blink of an eye, she was not heavily alerted or feeling threatened at heart from all risks, Scarlet simply felt blissed out. This boarding school brought that side of them, always, a place full of memories of a time where they did not care about anything.
When they were just a couple of youngsters with no clue of how tough the real world is.
After all Bridget had been through, to the world, she was a mere porcelain doll covered in crimson blood... but to Sirius, she was his world.
To Sirius, she was the girl whose hand he reached for throughout the wizarding war. The hand that had the dark mark engraved on it, the hand that shot curses and punched mirrors and walls and broke noses and drew blood— even in possession of all the sins in the world, her hand would always be the one Black holds onto.
Now, she decided to intertwine their fingers and vow to never let go, vow to cherish him as though he drew the entire canvas of glittering constellations above their heads.
Autumn leaves fell upon her perfectly styles hair, a diamond tiara set on her head.
The chilly air flushed her arms, and she rubbed the exposed area of her skin where some scars littered. Scarlet pushed that uneasy feeling away by forcing funnelled air from her mouth, a cloud of frozen condensation in the form of O twirling in the air.
