Prompt #502 – Blatherskite – Family – slashluv18 – Harry Potter

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Title: Family
Fandom: Harry Potter
Prompts: #502 – Blatherskite
Warnings: Infidelity
Pairings: Remus/Mary
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 781
Summary: Mary has to come to terms with the truth.

Mary's POV

I look around the kitchen. The recipe's gone. I knew I had placed it right on this counter, planning to bake Remus's favorite triple chocolate brownies. They're too sweet for me, but Remus absolutely adores them. It looks like I won't be able to make it, though, because now the much needed recipe is gone.

With the full moon being tonight, I wanted to have the treat ready for him for when he dragged himself to the house tomorrow.

I sigh. Maybe there's something else I can make for him.

MD ~ MD

It's three days later, and it's twilight. Remus is a no-show at home so far, and I'm worried. I feel as if Remus is keeping something from me, and I hate that.

I want a family with him one day, but it won't happen if I'm unable to trust him.

I leave the cottage and head to the woods where Remus likes to hang near with some of the folks from the town. He always told me he felt safe there due to the wolf inside of him, but with how many secrets there are, I'm not sure if that's the truth.

When I get there, I see three people - a bunch of blatherskites - huddled around a plant, most likely discussing the properties of it, as I recognize them as Herbology enthusiasts, but Remus isn't among them. I venture a little further into the woods, knowing there isn't much danger within them during the daytime.

I hear giggles and I follow the sound. Who could find something to giggle about within woods? Nothing can be that funny.

It doesn't take me long to find them. The girl wears bright red lipstick, and where some girls might look like a clown with it, it suits her. Her dark hair curls around her shoulders as he runs her fingers through it.

I clench my fists as the two of them flirt, neither realizing they're no longer alone in their secret hideaway.

"Your arms are so strong,"

He smirks. "All the better to hold you with."

I close my eyes, outrage and hurt both swelling within me. I have heard enough. Part of me wants to take flight, hide away from the plain truth, but the other part of me wants to hurt him. And I know the key is to point out all of his imperfections and how lucky he was to have me.

"Remus!" I growl softly, but with his acute hearing, I'm heard.

He looks at me, eyes wide in shock. "Mary, I can explain –"

"Don't bother," I interrupt. "It's all perfectly clear to me. How can it not be?"

"I had so many reasons to leave you, but I stuck by you. Even when your self-pity became tiresome, even when you complained about how hard you life was, I stuck by you. When my family threatened to disown me because I was dating a werewolf, I stood up for you and our relationship because us meant everything to me. And this is how you pay me back for my loyalty? By running around with this..." I gesture wildly to the glaring girl. "Slag? Did I really mean that little to you?"

Remus didn't look at the girl who tried to cling to his arm in order to get his attention. His gaze was focused solely on me. "I love you."

I scoff. "If this is how you treat someone you love, I would hate to see how you treat someone you hate."

I turn around, ready to leave now that I said my piece. He grabs me, though, preventing me from moving.

"I'm sorry. I know I don't deserve you, and I guess I was making sure you'd break up with me. I love you so much, and –"

"And nothing," I whisper, my heart breaking. I know Remus has always had a negative outlook of himself, and I'm not surprised he made a self-fulfilling prophecy happen, but that doesn't excuse his actions. He cheated on me. He broke my trust, and nothing could ever make that better. "It doesn't matter the reasons. Instead of accepting that I love you, you made a choice and because of it, we're through. I want you out of the house, and I never want to see you again.

I do my best to forestall the tears as I run out of the woods. Part of me hopes he'll try to get me to forgive him, but deep down, I know he won't. His belief that he doesn't deserve happiness or love will stop him. Just like it always stops him.

Our relationship is over, and I'll have to move on somehow.