Young Barty who watches flames flicker in the fireplace with silent awe. At home, in the common room, at fire pits at outdoor events. The fire is warm and it draws him in.
Barty who accidently makes potions and things he transforms explode into flame, when he isn't focused. He is brilliant and has mastered every spell thrown his way; but if there isn't focus, it will fail and fall into literal flames.
Barty who lights his cigarettes with a lighter, nearly everyday. Sometimes while smoking he'll open the lighter and just watch the tiny flame as it moves.
Barty who in 4th year, late one Friday night, touches that small flame of his lighter. Who lets that little bit of fire graze his skin. The first time, it was just his fingers. Then it was arms. Then it was his legs.
Barty who joins the Death Eaters in 6th year, grinning at his Master as the mark is burned into his skin, the burn hardly hurting, as he's grown used to the pain of heat.
Barty whos magic burns. Barty who lights houses and businesses on fire; he has committed more arson than almost every Death Eater combined. Barty who's favorite and perfected spells all relate to fire and explosions.
Barty who watches as Evan is murdered by Alastor Moody. Barty, enraged as he cradles his lover, who screams and cries in the middle of the forest. Who's magic explodes from him, burning down the forest they're in. Many Aurors die; only some escape, but with major burn injuries.
Barty who killed his father in rage and revenge, then burnt his body to ashes, leaving only some bones which he transformed to an animals to hide his tracks.
Barty who always had that flame in his heart. Barty who's flame burned strong, no matter what happened to him, until it was stolen along with his soul.
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