a snake and a coward ––– alek and peter
"You’re scared," Alek pointed out, "You’re too scared to do anything to me. You won’t hurt me. I’ll hurt you though. I’ll hurt you without a second thought." He flicked another cutting curse at the Gryffindor, laughing as he did so. "You don’t scare me, Pettigrew. There’s nothing you can do without your little friends here. I know you too well. You’re too much of a coward to do anything against me, and we both know it."
Of course, if Pettigrew did attempt to fight back, Alek would probably leave him alone. It depended on how strong the attempt was, and how much Alek was hurt afterward. He was no coward, but he knew when to pick a fight and when to walk away. There were already enough curses flying around that he had to dodge, he wasn’t going to purposefully fight someone that could injure him. But he doubted Peter would be strong enough to do anything to him now. He knew Peter was weak without his friends, and that Peter would never stand up for himself. The boy in front of him was as good as dead. and Alek might even use the opportunity of the chaos to kill him. Wouldn’t that be fun?
Like a wake-up call, the cutting curse caused Peter's urge to survive and get out to grow, and after letting out another noise of pain, he decided to run. Alek's words echoed in his mind, repeating like a mantra, as he turned around. Hexes flew through the air, and Peter was in all honesty having a hard time figuring out what his next steps would be, as running itself was hard.
Peter was not entirely sure what was a bigger chaos; his head or this pub. Was him not wanting to hurt Mulciber a good thing? Shouldn't he want to hurt him for what he did to his friend? While Peter's morals had always been questionable — he had, after all, taken part in bullying in Snape — he was now absolutely lost, not knowing what option was the right one. His mind was a raging mess, to put it easily, fuelled by fear and a whole bunch of other negative emotions. Running really did seem like the best option, the most logical one, and so Peter pushed himself to focus on the crowd and getting through it, rather than contemplating if his decision was right.











