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Mixed Signals

By: arcessita
folder Harry Potter › General
Rating: Adult ++
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Mixed Signals

Thanks to adinkra for the challenge, and to hp_workshop (on LJ) for helping me polish it.

Title: Mixed Signals
Characters/Pairing: Bellatrix/James possibly one-sided UST
Rating: NC-17 for masturbation
Word Count: 228

She hated him, she really did. She hated his Gryffindor popularity, the way the whole school seemed to melt over him. She hated the glances he sent her way, the ones she could never determine were condescending or appreciative.

She heard things, too. She\'d found out from one of her spies that he had called her a slut, just because she\'d let Rodolphus go down on her in the Charms classroom last Halloween.

Who was he to know she\'d slept with one boy, and only after he gave her his mother\'s ring and promised her a permanent arrangement?

Bella hated herself for watching him, for noticing him across the Hall. She hated herself more because she couldn\'t help the way her breath hitched when he ran his fingers through his hair. She would finger her Mark those times, and it made her wet to think how forbidden he was. She wanted to possess himke hke him.

Sometimes at night, when the other girls were asleep, she\'d imagine catching him in the hallway, forcing him to the floor. She\'d scratch him and grind down on him, and bite that place on his neck that teased her every day. Quickly and quietly, she\'d come, bucking against her own hand, at the look on his face, the one she\'d hate herself for imagining later, of—

She hated him. She really did.