Authors Note: This is a drabble I wrote for the lj community ASS_LDWS. This is week six's entry which couldn't be over 400 words, but other than that, was promptless.
Albus walked down the hall determined to hold his head high no matter what. It's what his father told him to do and Albus trusted him; he'd endured enough animosity during his school years that Albus considered him a sage on dealing with bad press.
Though, Albus was angry that it was considered "bad press" to come out. Not that he had meant to come out but when you get caught snogging the lips off of Scorpius Malfoy by Frieda Skeeter it was bound to get out.
Worse than the fact that everyone now knew his sexual preference was the fact that Scorpius hadn't talked to Albus since the incident which was a week ago. He could have used Scorpius' support, this week had been the week from hell.
When he entered the Great Hall for lunch he made a beeline for James, Lily, Hugo and Rose. He knew he'd at least always have his family to back him up.
He was halfway across the hall when he heard a voice call out his name. Albus winced and expected, not for the first time this week, for someone to come up and start a confrontation. Instead, he turned and saw Scorpius walk up to him.
Not able to conceal his surprise he turned and asked, "What do you want?"
Looking guilty and embarrassed Scorpius asked quietly, "Would you sit and have lunch with me?"
Regaining his composure, Albus glared and said, "Sure you're not too embarrassed?" Scorpius sighed and looked down at the floor.
"You know what it's like Albus, I already get enough attention around here about who my dad is. Unlike yours, mine isn't all good. It's hard enough with people hating me for something my dad did without being gay added on top of that. I got scared but…" Scorpius looked up into Albus' face pleadingly, "You're worth it. I'm sorry it took me a whole week to figure it out."
Albus could see that the past week had taken its toll on Scorpius. He was sporting a black eye and he had an angry red cut on his upper lip. People had mostly just left Albus alone due to who his dad was.
Aware of all the eyes on them, Albus leaned in and gave Scorpius a chaste kiss on the cheek and smiled, "Lets get out of here before we start a riot."