Fics like Blood and Roses

Harry stops short, unsure of what to say or if it’s another hallucination (he had a lot of those for awhile, right after the soul piece was removed). Voldemort is barefoot, wearing only a plain white robe; no wand. It takes him a minute to realize the irony; that’s also the only thing Harry has dressed in for over a month now. ”Aren’t you supposed to be in prison?” he asks finally, settling on satisfying his curiosity over giving a dramatic monologue about justice and vengeance and evil never triumphing. He might want to save that, in case the Ministry expects him to give a speech at the execution. Voldemort holds a white rose, petals just barely edged with red—the exact colors of his own skin and eyes—to his nostril-slits and inhales deeply, closing his eyes for a moment. ”But Harry,” he says when they’re looking directly at each other again, the corners of his lipless mouth turned up in bemusement. “This is a prison—or didn’t you know?” After Dumbledore’s death, the Ministry wages war the way corrupt governments always tend to do. Purge XL prompt: “Remember who the real enemy is.”

Fics like Blood and Roses

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