Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Sadly, I will not miraculously gain ownership of Harry Potter in the future, either, so this disclaimer applies to all drabbles in this collection.
Author's Note: This collection will contain various drabbles, written for various reasons - as gifts, as challenge/competition fics, or just because inspiration strikes. They will not be part of the same universe/headcanon, although there may be similarities in the way I portray characters.
This particular drabble is written for the Globetrotter Competition (Amsterdam - write about artistic inspiration) and the 335 Pairings Challenge (Rose/Dominique).
Muse - Rose/Dominique
Dominique is beautiful, and all Rose wants to do is draw her.
Rose doesn't even sketch people, usually. People are difficult, and she doesn't like the way that the little details - the intricacies of their faces, the way they hold themselves, the look in their eyes, the curve of their mouths when they smile - are the hardest part. But there's something different about Dominique. It's like she's a muse. Whenever Rose sees her - or even thinks about her for long enough - she comes up with so many different sketches she wants to try. Dominique curled up with a book, Dominique dancing in the rain, Dominique all dressed up for Victoire's wedding.
Her sketchbooks become filled with Dominique, and she keeps them even more private than they were before. Nobody can see the drawings of her cousin - imagine the things they would say, the things they would assume, if they saw how many there were?
Rose doesn't want to hear them say those things. Hearing the words spoken aloud - 'Do you fancy your own bloody cousin, Weasley?' - would make it so much more real. Until that happens, she can try and force her thoughts of Dominique to the back of her mind, and she can pretend that Dominique is only her inspiration, her gorgeous, unreachable muse.