A/N: Hello, hello! ) It has been a long while since I posted anything in the HP fandom, but I recently took to this pairing again and decided to post a series of drabbles . As usual, this is not Pottermore compliant, so if you don't like it, don't read it… It is also not entirely DH and HBP compliant, you've been warned.
Disclaimer: I will only say it once for all the drabbles: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its character, they are all J. K. Rowling's intellectual property.
Felis et Ursus
Beautiful: He had never seen such beauty before…
Rating: K+
The first time they met, Minerva McGonagall was sitting on the train to Hogwarts. Rubeus Hagrid, then first year, was looking for a seat that would both accommodate his size and enable him to make some friends before school began. He had always had some difficulty at making friends, whether because of his height or because he was slow on the uptake.
He had just opened the door and stepped into a new corridor when he saw her. He had never seen such beauty before: black shiny hair held up in a ponytail, lovely pale complexion, soft pink lips, and fabulous green eyes guarded by severe glasses.
Her three friends, visibly excited by the new term, could not contain themselves, and their antics visibly amused her: a fond smile had turned her lips upward while she kept reading the enormous volume sitting on her knees.
He did not know how long he stood there, basking in the sight of her, but one of her friends – he would later learn it was Augusta Longbottom – eventually noticed him and nudged her with a mischievous smile before asking what he was doing there, and making space for him in their compartment.
Minerva had raised her head and blushed under the boy's gaze, while his cheeks became the proverbial red. A little embarrassed, the boy sat next to her and her friends Rolanda and Augusta grilled him teasingly…