「 𝐟𝐭. 𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. 」
he couldn’t really explain it ; how nauseating it started to feel , crimson painting his hands one minute , and colorful markers staining them the next . he was dancing on a line between life and death . you see , rabastan grew accustomed to watching the life leave someone’s eyes . rigor mortis was a word he knew well . the monster would easily shut down , forgetting all those bullshit emotions but then saoirse and malachy would laugh and suddenly he was thrown back into the present . he was getting whiplash . still he showed up . it was like clock-work ; rab never broke a promised meeting . so after saying goodbye ( hesitantly , as it would seem ) , he shut the door and turned to leave , his gaze steady after noticing the middle black daughter . “ andromeda , ” he replied . his gaze fell down to the items in her grasp and he couldn’t help the curiosity that sparked in his eyes . “ you’re still here . ” it was surprising to say the least . he figured she would have rushed off the moment the funeral was over .
and it meant she knew . so his gaze narrowed not with the intention of being rude , though rabastan could rarely control that distinction . but was she aware of the parentage ? harper adored andromeda , so it would make all the sense in the world that she would tell her . but would she tell her family ? did she even speak to her family anymore ? rabastan left the funeral too early to notice , and he didn’t care much for gossip .
“ shame , ” he smirked , a light scoff falling free . “ you were home free . ”
「 𝐟𝐭. 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤. 」
andy had never understood what her best friend saw in rabastan. to andromeda, he was just a reminder of the trapped feeling that had grown like weeds inside her ribcage and choked her lungs and stopped her voice. rabastan lestrange was bad news.
❛ — i’m here for harper, ❜ she said bluntly, though that was clear enough from the fact that they were standing outside harper’s apartment. she left the implications unsaid: i’m not here for you. i’m not here for my family. she was here for harper. and so, it seemed, was he. without his family’s knowledge, she was sure. there was no way the other lestranges knew of their two bastard heirs in that apartment, born to a blood traitor, no less. but andromeda knew. not that she’d breathe harper’s secret to anyone, of course, but he didn’t need to know that.
how delicious it felt, having power over him.
❛ — don’t waste time worrying about me, rabastan. i’m sure you’re a BUSY man. ❜ she should’ve really just gone inside, but that stupid smirk and scoff tugged at the old bitterness that had taken root inside of her. ❛ — and i’m just a blood traitor, after all. ❜










