Sirius/Hermione drabble

[tattooedsiren]

Title: Touch
Ship: Sirius/Hermione (if you squint your right eye and tilt your head you might see some Harry/Ron/Hermione *grins*)
Rating: PG
For: letmypidgeonsgo



Touch

If he simply reached out his hand he could touch her. He could feel her skin beneath his, he could feel the blood pumping through her veins, he could feel her pulse quicken from the contact.

But he won’t. And he never will.

He contents himself with watching her. He knows how lucky he is to even be in her life at all, to witness such beauty and strength and spirit on a daily basis. And that the smiles and laughs she has occasion to give him are special and priceless.

She is blissfully unaware, and that’s the way he likes it. The truth could only cause all sorts of problems and this is the best way. Their friendship is the best cover he could ask for. He can talk and watch and laugh without anyone being any the wiser.

He sometimes wonders how it was he ended up here. How is it that a man falls in love with someone who is literally young enough to be his daughter? What makes him cross that line from like to lust to love?

If he ever falters in his resolve, if he ever wonders what might happen if he reached out and touched her, all he needs to do is look at Harry and his willpower returns. He could never do that to his godson, his family. He is not yet that low.

Only a fool would try and penetrate the triangle those three have forged for themselves and he is no fool. He watches her, watches her with them, and his heart flares with jealousy. How is it she can look at them like that and not him? Doesn’t she know that the simple gestures she gives them, a hand to a knee, a lingering hug, a peck to the cheek, breaks his heart?

It’s late and time for bed. She brushes past him on her way upstairs, smiling and wishing him a goodnight, and it would be so easy to reach out and touch her. But he doesn’t. Instead he says goodnight and watches her follow them upstairs, sighing heavily as they go.

Comments

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

Cool. =D

I dunno, I've never been huge on the Sirius/Hermione thing.

OMG I actually wrote 'squid' instead of Sirius. HEHEHE.

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I like Sirius/Hermione, but I'm not a huge fan of it either. I'll read it if I stumble across one that looks interesting but I dont seek it out.

Squid. Heehee.

[letmypidgeonsgo.livejournal.com]

::sigh::

♥

and yes, i saw the trio being hinted at, you sly thing you ;)

thank you! ::smooch::

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Is it weird that I only realised the implied Trioness when rereading it? :O)

Thanks for reading. I'm glad you liked it.

♥ ♥

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

i can deal with this kind of sirius/hermione, because he had all those years stolen away in azkaban. emotionally he's not that far off hermione's age.
i can not deal with him acting on it though.

so i thought this was lovely, with his loyalty to harry coming into play as well.(particularly as i managed to squint right and caught the beloved trio)

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading. I do like the whole restrained, longing Sirius/Hermione so I'm glad you liked it too.

I cant help it - I love the trio too much not to include them as often as possible. :O)

[star2954.livejournal.com]

Beautiful hun! :)

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thanks sweetie. :O)

[isis-uf.livejournal.com]

Lovely in its repressed angst. Nice job.

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thankyou. :O)

[khuu-khuu.livejournal.com]

Ooo, nice work with the angst. :)

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I try. :O)

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thankyou very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :O

[dropofmoon117.livejournal.com]

This was my introduction to Sirius/Hermione and it's exactly how I would imagine it on Sirius's side.

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. :O)

[iamshunpike.livejournal.com]

This is bitter and sharp and... you managed to capture the slightly desperate feeling of the situation without going into *OMGXTREMEANGST* territory at all. It's sweet and sad without being hopeless — that's a really fine line and you just toed it.
I liked the fic a lot, it gave me that wistful kind of rainy day feeling. Good job! (Not to mention this is one of my favorite ships when it's written right — some fics just come off creepy or contrived.)
Adding to memories. :)

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. I quite liked how this turned out so I'm glad you enjoyed it. :O)