mhalachai | Round V of Ficlette Fiasco II -- one Inevitable ficlette

A Harry/Micah ficlette for the Ficlette Fiasco II. (master list found here)

Title: Quiet
Characters: Harry, Micah, Anita
Disclaimer: All Anita Blake characters belong to Laurell K. Hamilton. All Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling. I am only borrowing them for a short while and am receiving nothing.
Author's Note: For

empathic_siren. A stream of consciousness set in the Inevitable universe, as one confused teenager hears things he wishes he couldn't. Set about a week after the last published chapter of Inevitable

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Hermione once told me that you can learn more from your enemies than from your friends.

I don't know if she's right; I don't think Malfoy has anything to teach me, but maybe she meant that people who don't like you can teach you things. I think that's what's happening with Micah.

He's not glaring at me anymore, which is a start. Anita's been taking me to work with her a bit, so we're spending some time together, but Micah doesn't mind that. But I saw him looking at Anita tonight as we drove up to the house, and it reminded me of how Ron used to look at Hermione. Like he didn't believe she was his.

Micah was more touchy than usual. At dinner, he kept touching Anita's hand, or face. I don't know if she noticed it or not; some days I'm not sure what she notices. But I'd just been getting into bed, when I heard them. They must have left their door open, so the silencing charm on their room wasn't working, but I could hear everything they were saying, or rather, what they weren't saying.

It's not possible to sleep when they're doing that, that's why I asked Anita if I could put a charm between her room and mine in the first place. I stared up at the ceiling, listening to Anita being enthusiastic as usual, and I wondered if Micah left the door open on purpose.

I'm not a total idiot, contrary to a lot of people's assumptions back home. I know that no matter what I might wish for, Anita's never going to notice a kid like me. Micah knows this, he has to.

I cast a silencing charm on my own room, and the noise mercifully stopped. It took me a while to fall asleep, though.

Micah's shown me a lot, like how to handle crazy lycanthropes, and stuff that I can't put into words about what's happening to me. But under it all, I have this feeling like he's only putting up with me because Anita wants me there. I don't know if he sees the way she looks at him sometimes, with a whole bunch of emotions that just make me uncomfortable, mostly because I can't begin to understand what she's thinking.

I wonder if anyone will ever look at me like that.

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Aw, this makes me want to hug Harry . . . and incidentally smack Micah for being obtuse.

Yes, Harry could use a hug. Or something *ahem* Personally, I think Micah's still smarting from that whole betrayal comparison.

i adore harry. this is such a hard situation for him because he's a teen and being around a sucubus and so much sex while changing into something that emphasizes the instincts... it's difficult. he doesn't mean to but in, but it's like a dog who twitches at the smell of meat. he isn't going to steal it, but he can't help but take notice and interest. it's hard that everyone is against him. he has that same problem at home and i feel bad for him that he's trapped in the middle of it here, too.

of course, overthingking it like this means you did your job brilliantly. i love it. well done.

I think he'd take interest even if there wasn't the werewolf thing: he's a teenage boy. But yeah, it's all rushing in on him. Compare this to his school, and the desexualized environment of the Dursely's house, and it's a total change.

Feel free to overthink -- I do it all the time with this story.

you know the mark of a good fanfiction author when you want to write fanfiction of the fanfiction, lol. but I know what you mean about harry. going from zero to anita... yeah. that's a bit for a proper british teen boy to take in.

Hey, fic away if you want. I'm always curious as to how others see the Inevitable universe.

To say Harry's out of his league isn't doing justice to the phrase, I agree :)

i might just have to do that. i need to brush up on my anita anyways, lol.

Heh. Now I've a mind to write Micah/McGonagall. ("Heeeere, pussy pussy pussy...")

This felt so very real. Not just to Inevitable but to the AB universe in general. It's nice to see Harry growing up with all the uncomfortable moments that entails.

Thank you. It's just another of those little movements in the story, that don't really have a place in the narrative, but does pad out the story, I think.

Oh, wiffle. Makes me want to hug him, the unappreciated sweetie. Very nice summation of their interactions as well. I must run off to find more of these ficlets- I seem to be missing a few.

He does need a hug. Or maybe to not be a teenager anymore, but only time will take care of that.

If you're looking for this round of ficlettes, the master list is at http://www.livejournal.com/users/mhalachaiswords/92546.html

Aw, Harry. Like the others, I just want to hug him. To be going through what he is would be so confusion. Very well done.

Thank you. It's hard, being tossed into a very different life. But I think he'll be okay in the end :)

This was great! I loved it. There's such tension between Micah and Harry in the "real" fic--nice to see it played out here. And, nice to see this particular insecurity of Harry's brought to the fore. Such confusion, such forlorn innocence. Very nice.

Thank you. He's at a particularly hard part of his life (ignoring the magical threat of death).... being a teenager sucks for almost everyone.

I'm not a total idiot, contrary to a lot of people's assumptions back home. I know that no matter what I might wish for, Anita's never going to notice a kid like me. Micah knows this, he has to.

Heheheheh. Poor Harry's an alpha who doesn't quite realize it yet. Of course Micah's going to feel threatened by him. And he must sense, in a way that Anita is trying to deny, that Harry does feel sexually attracted to Anita -- and that the longer Harry is there, and the more adult Harry becomes, the more likely it will be that, Anita's vows aside, Anita and Harry will finally act on their mutual attraction.

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