Mulled Wine
A/N: Hello! This one shot is written for day eight of the Countdown to Christmas Drabble / Oneshot Competition (link can be found in my bio)
Prompt: Mulled Wine Scented Yankee Candle
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the Harry Potter series nor am I making any money from writing this, just having a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
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"Again?"
Draco had been wandering the Manor, as he was prone to do on the first day of holidays. The place just had a more homely feel, wandering through the Hogwarts Castle just couldn't deliver the same satisfaction. And the carpet felt much better under his bare feet than stone.
But he'd stumbled upon his mother in one of the lounges, who was in the process of lighting seven candles above the fireplace. Her head turned to him with a face that looked ready for a confrontation before she realised it was Draco and she grinned before turning back and continuing along the row.
They've been fighting again. "Perhaps it's time you tried a new scent?" Draco asked, his voice as daring as it could be when speaking to his mother.
"Of course not." Finished, with the candles, she turned her whole body to her son and brushed her simple robes as though they'd gotten dusty from standing near the open fireplace (but of course they wasn't, and the fireplace was charmed against it). "What's wrong with mulled wine?"
"Nothing." It's not the smell of my grandfather hitting you, it's not the smell of tight clothes and standing straight, it's certainly not the smell of those lovely visits from Aunt Bellatrix. He smiled at her as she closed her mouth and took a deep breath, her arms spreading out like wings. She really did love that smell. "Nothing at all."
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