The explosion comes when James is half a block away, with his house in sight.
Milk. He’d left because they were out of milk. He put on a strange face and said he’d be right back.
Did James kiss Lily before he left? Would he have a chance to again?
He watches as the upper right corner of the second story vaporizes—Harry’s room—and he runs. He doesn’t recall making the decision to run, but he’s already at the front door and running up the stairs—
But he can smell it. Sense it. The leftover decay of destruction. The twinge of fresh death.
For the space of a breath, James hopes. Lily is a strong fighter. She had her wand. Maybe, possibly, he hopes…
James can see the spill of red hair on the ground before he even gets all the way to Harry’s door. He can hear Harry crying now, so he doesn’t hesitate even when his heart freezes knowing what he’ll find when he opens the door.
For the briefest moment, he touches the skin of her cheek. Still warm, though all the life has been sapped out. His fingers brush her freckles, time stops in that moment, but James moves on. He has no choice.
He grabs Harry, shushing the small boy and shielding his face from the body of his mother—as though James could still save Harry from this now. He leaves the house without a backwards glance at Lily. He can’t, now. Not while Harry is still in danger. Lily wouldn’t want him to, but James feels like he’s leaving half of himself on the floor with her.
James looks back at the house, one last glance, before he apparates away. He touches the tips of his fingers to his lips, a brief goodbye to everything he has ever called home.
@jilymicrofics word: home
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Red Son gazed upon the Monkie Boy and Dragon Girl in awe, tears of joy welling in the demon's eyes at their offer.
Red Son: "Of course, I will join in on your crusade to extort civilians all a crosses the city!"
MK: "Well I wouldn't call it extorting..."
Mei: "We usually call it trick or treating."
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Being a big fan of ‘Death Note’ I had to make a post for this insomniac detective that has an addiction to sweets.
(Not my art. Please tag og creator if you know them.)
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