Harry Potter One Shots

Scorbus: "Living Without You"

Albus's POV

Details: This interaction takes place their fifth year, after Scorpius and Albus have been dating for a while.

The original song Scorpius "covers" is by Beth Crowley. It's the song "Living Without You" from her "What You Need" album. All rights belong to her, and it truly is a beautiful, heartbreaking song. I hope you enjoy <3

(I recommend listening to the song while reading the lyrics.)

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11:15am
Rose: albus severus potter

Albus: It wasn't me!!!

Rose: no, you idiot
what did you do?
wait
tell me later
this is far more important

Albus: What is it?

Rose: it's about your boyfriend

Albus: Okay...?

Rose: you know youtube, right?

Albus: Rose, I was the one who INTRODUCED you to Youtube.
So yes.
I do.

Rose: whatever
i think scorpius has an account

Albus: Really?

Rose: yeah
it looks exactly like him
did you know he could sing?
because
bloody hell

11:20am
Albus: Send it to me?

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I wait a moment before a link pops up on my phone screen, the preview not giving anything away about the account. I click on it and wait for my phone to load Youtube, mentally cursing the slow wifi in the dungeons as I plug my earbuds into the muggle phone.

The channel's screen finally loads and I don't even have to look closer to know it actually is Scorpius. The banner at the top of the account is a string of cute pictures of him, including ones with a piano I didn't know he had. There's no way he can sing though... right? Without too much thought, I click on his most popular video. The one with 20k views.

The title flashes on the screen. Living Without You: cover by The Scorpion King. Of course that dork uses the name as his user. The screen fades in from black to a very familiar face sitting at a piano. I can recognize it's his room from the color of the walls, the same leafy-green he's had them painted since first year. Scorpius starts playing the piano slowly, elegant fingers dancing nimbly over the keys, and I nearly drop my phone in shock.

((Start the song now))

"I walk alone. Pace up and down the streets we used to know..." he starts singing and my heart nearly stops. I turn up the volume so I can catch every syllable.

"'Cause our house no longer feels much like a home," a sad smile twists across his lips as he plays, "It hasn't for a while," I listen to the song in awe, never having heard a voice as clear and full of emotion as his. Why would he hide something as beautiful as this?

"I hum along. Listening to all your favorite songs!" his voice softens, "Close my eyes and just imagine you're not gone," the piano part picks up pace, "Remembering your smile," the video pans around him for a second, showing off streaks of natural light crossing over his face.

"I write you letters you will never read. Paint you pictures you will never see," he sings, "In all my life I never thought I'd be," Scorp takes a sharp breath I can almost feel inside, "Living without you."