@viiolentminds // FLASHBACK: the wedding party of bellatrix and rodolphus lestrange, 31st of October, 1974.
the slow, melodic tunes of the live band can be heard faintly in the distance, though evan doesn’t seem to notice. he’s standing leaned against the railing on the small balcony, a cigarette placed between his lips, his gaze completely cold, lifeless. all emotion ( be it anger, resentment, disappointment ) has seemingly been erased, no longer existing. he snaps his fingers, lighting his cigarette. pretends not to notice when HE appears next to him --- rodolphus lestrange is about the last person evan wants to see right now, anyways. so he stands like that for a while. blowing smoke into the night air, arms crossed over his chest. refusing to say a single word. eventually ( after what seems like an eternity ), he dares a look at his former friend. cloudy eyes are still dead, revealing little of what he thinks of this spectacle. but he does speak. “you’re missing the party,” he says, and takes another blow on his cigarette. the smoke feels comforting against his tongue, dulling his senses. making all this a little more bearable ----- as if he didn’t know all along that this day would come. it had always been the inevitable end, no other future in sight. to think anything else would be irrational ---- and evan may be many things, but he is not that. “you should go back inside before my dear, dear cousin starts to miss you. never know what that one will do next.” another breath of smoke leaves his lips, and he refuses to meet rod’s gaze. instead, he’s staring off in the distance, his eyes seemingly locked on something intangible. voice is lowered when he speaks again, becomes a little raspy, uneven. he hates himself for it. “we’re not doing this. just go.”












