Post by rachy on Oct 31, 2011 22:24:06 GMT -8
Title: Married Life
Rating: PG
Prompt #:#6: Fantasy
Word Count: 303 words.
Summary: Married life isn't all what it's cracked up to be, according to James.
“’S not like I thought it would be.”
“Married life?” Sirius asks, a sardonic twist to his mouth. James nods, taking another sip of his Firewhisky.
“Lil giving you the ol’ ball and chain?”
James gives him a hazy glare, aiming a kick at his legs and instead jostling the bar stool. Sirius snickers.
“No. ‘S not married life, either. That’s perfect.”
Sirius snorts. “You sure you haven’t given Lily a Confundus charm?”
“No.” James draws out, emphatically. “It’s everything I ever imagined. I, just, when I finally had Lily, I thought everything would just be set. Wouldn’t be any problems or nothing. I’d have gotten everything I wanted, and the girl of my dreams was real. She loved me, she promised herself to me, she betrothed and vowed herself to me, she meant it when she said I love you and she barely ever gave me that look she gave me in school all the time unless I put my socks on the coffee table.”
“Women.” Sirius huffed. “So what’s the problem then?”
“Everything else has gone.”
“Your shag life?”
“Merlin, Sirius, I mean it. Everything else has gone down the sink. It’s like my life did a Wronski Feint and my marriage is the only bit that pulled up in time. We’re happy, but we’re in a war. We’re in hiding, but the seclusion’s not too bad.”James sighs, and downs the rest of his glass.
“My life is perfect. I’ve got everything I’ve ever wanted. And people are dying all over the place and that perfect life I have feels like I’m in a dream when everything else feels like it’s the bit that should be the dream. It’s like I’ve got one bit right so everything else is just wrong. It’s not fair. We’re just happy. And we shouldn’t be.”
Rating: PG
Prompt #:#6: Fantasy
Word Count: 303 words.
Summary: Married life isn't all what it's cracked up to be, according to James.
“’S not like I thought it would be.”
“Married life?” Sirius asks, a sardonic twist to his mouth. James nods, taking another sip of his Firewhisky.
“Lil giving you the ol’ ball and chain?”
James gives him a hazy glare, aiming a kick at his legs and instead jostling the bar stool. Sirius snickers.
“No. ‘S not married life, either. That’s perfect.”
Sirius snorts. “You sure you haven’t given Lily a Confundus charm?”
“No.” James draws out, emphatically. “It’s everything I ever imagined. I, just, when I finally had Lily, I thought everything would just be set. Wouldn’t be any problems or nothing. I’d have gotten everything I wanted, and the girl of my dreams was real. She loved me, she promised herself to me, she betrothed and vowed herself to me, she meant it when she said I love you and she barely ever gave me that look she gave me in school all the time unless I put my socks on the coffee table.”
“Women.” Sirius huffed. “So what’s the problem then?”
“Everything else has gone.”
“Your shag life?”
“Merlin, Sirius, I mean it. Everything else has gone down the sink. It’s like my life did a Wronski Feint and my marriage is the only bit that pulled up in time. We’re happy, but we’re in a war. We’re in hiding, but the seclusion’s not too bad.”James sighs, and downs the rest of his glass.
“My life is perfect. I’ve got everything I’ve ever wanted. And people are dying all over the place and that perfect life I have feels like I’m in a dream when everything else feels like it’s the bit that should be the dream. It’s like I’ve got one bit right so everything else is just wrong. It’s not fair. We’re just happy. And we shouldn’t be.”