Title: The Wall
Pairing/Fandom: Harry/Hermione, Harry Potter
Rating: G
Genre: Drabble (100 words), Angst
“You don’t understand,” he says.
“I can if you would let me.”
He bows his head, staring down at his hands, shrinking further away into the shadows.
“I’m trying,” you say.
“I know,” he whispers.
You try. To some extent, he tries. But it’s the same trivial game where nobody wins.
“Harry...” a voice says from behind you, quiet, timid, soft. A blur shoots past you as a girl with bushy, brown hair rushes by and both their voices lower into hushed whispers and secrets.
And as you sigh and leave, you think nobody wins, but you don’t believe it.