A/N: Originally posted on LJ and AO3. I honestly tried to go to the pure fluff, but my brain had to add that pinch of potentially dark undertone. Of course. The 'layer' of this drabble was supposed to be the snow, or some blankets but no, it was the emotional layers Marcus found himself in. And the sky lol. Happy reading regardless!
Within Grey Skies by KatieFlint
"It's snowing outside," Katie motions to a window in the dungeon hall. At ground level, its already drowned in heavy white flakes.
"So? There's still plenty we can practice in here."
Katie rolls her eyes, pushing the incorrigible Slytherin captain. Always one thing on his mind,
"You promised."
"I did," Marcus returns easily, well versed in smoothing the ruffled coat of his lioness, "And we will. But this is hardly the weather for it love."
Katie's not particularly in the mood to listen but as she gazes outside the window, she can't help admitting his covers sound awfully comforting.
"We'll go out as soon as the sky clears," Katie decrees and Marcus isn't one to waste an opportunity. Especially not with a lioness like her.
He shouldn't be giving her flying instruction, or helping her with potions, but Marcus has always been a terrible student. He knows seeing her is wrong for the both of them, but being up in the sky with her makes him forget the troubles of the world down below.
No purebloods and mudbloods, no Gryffindor and Slytherin. No family name to live and die by.
Just him, Marcus, and a girl named Katie Bell.
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