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andieblack:

Andromeda blinked. She couldn’t tell if Bellatrix was kidding, but she could hardly believe her sister would study up on what was expected of her. After a momentary pause, she nodded, smiled, and agreed: “Shocking.”

She remained silent for a bit longer than she wanted, only to pipe up with, “What are you getting Cissa for Christmas?”

“Maybe jewelry? I don’t know. Would that be boring? I was thinking some pretty pearl earrings, the dangly sort?” Bella held her fingers up to her earlobes and wiggled them back and forth to illustrate.

#c: andie

rodolphusxander:

Rodolphus laughed. “You’ve just hit the nail on the head, haven’t you. I respect you, Bella, but I was also married off before I turned eighteen. So, forgive me if duty or not, I wasn’t quite ready to settle down.”

Bellatrix’s shoulders slumped somewhat. Aside from the humiliation she was facing, her joints were feeling particularly achey that day. Her spine twitched selfishly under her skin. She had thought that if she appeared stubborn and ready for a fight, she would feel the same, but she was wrong. She was in no mood to listen to shouting or to shout back.

“Fine. You know what? I don’t care. I do care, but it’s not worth it. You’ll always have some excuse.” She sat on the bed, her energy gone, zapped out as quickly as it had invigorated her minutes before. “I don’t want our marriage to be built on arguments. You’re my friend. I don’t want to end up resenting you. Does that seem like a reasonable way to feel?”

#not taking off a mask but running her hands through her hair #c: rod

andieblack:

“Why do you write to mum? You can see her any time.”

“I’m not judging. Everyone’s done it.”

“No, no, no, I was re-reading old letters. Thought I should refresh my memory on what exactly is expected of me. There’s one or two useful bits of information in them, isn’t that shocking?”

#c: andie

andieblack:

“What have you been reading, Witch Weekly?”

“Mum’s letters, actually. Yours look to be quite the opposite of hers, although I’m assuming you aren’t writing to me. That could explain it. And I’ll have you know I’ve never read Witch Weekly in my life.... Except for that one copy I flipped through while I was out at the shops, but that was only because there was a long line and I was bored!”

#she's in such a like #stable mood #c: andie

rodolphusxander:

“And you’re looking for what exactly? An admission of guilt? A heartfelt apology? Or perhaps you want to hear that she meant nothing, that it was nothing but meaningless sex. As though it was nothing but a momentary lapse of judgement, perhaps a drunken mistake?”

Bellatrix laughed, but it was cold and disingenuous. “I thought you knew me better. I’m not ‘looking for’ any of that bullshit. All I ask is that you respect me, Rod, I’m your wife, for fuck’s sake. I know that may be a difficult concept to grasp, respect and decency may be too much to demand from you since you’re so young and immature, but I will demand it.”

#c: rod

rodolphusxander:

“What’s what?”

“Shall I list everything? Shall I lay it all out for you to look over and think up an excuse? ...I think I will, I could use a laugh.” Bellatrix began to pace, maintaining eye contact with Rodolphus all the while. “I’ll start by stating the obvious: You’re missing half your clothes, the bed’s all fucked up, and it smells pretty...” She abruptly stopped and sniffed the air. “Pretty sweaty, to put it mildly. Then, of course, there was the giggling and the rustling and the occasional scream of someone being tortured, or fucked, or both. All of that plus the high heels clacking--” She fully enunciated the word-- “down the stairs and out the door, which clearly opened and closed, all of which I was able to hear from the first floor.” She paused, catching her breath. “What do you think, darling? I’d say that was pretty good.”

#pls ignore the blonde in the back #c: rod

“What’s this, then? Hm?”

@rodolphusxander

#as carolyn wilkes once thought #nothing good comes of bella's hm's #she like heard a noise and was like #this is it #and ran and slammed the door open #c: rod

andieblack:

“Hey!” Andromeda rolled her eyes at her sister’s dramatics, catching the parchment as it fell. “I’m both boring and school aged, what else would you expect from me?”

Bellatrix shrugged. “Better? More interesting letters containing intriguing scandals worthy of such an important family?” She rolled her eyes and laughed. “I don’t know. I’ve probably been...reading too much, I don’t know.” Bellatrix sat near her sister and leaned on her elbow.

#c: andie

andieblack

“You just love to read over my shoulder, don’t you.”

belladruellalestrange

“Only when it’s...” Bellatrix took the letter from Andromeda’s hands. Scanning the page, she sighed dramatically in disappointment. “...Boring, school-age bullshit. How anticlimactic.” She dropped the letter over Andie’s head and paced a few steps away.