Response to "Reading a Muggle Romance Novel" drabble prompt. Part 1 of a 5 part related series.
All characters and their origins property of J.K. Rowling. Hermione is 18 or older unless otherwise stated.
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"Well, well, well," Sirius teased, chuckling as Hermione tried to grab her book back after he snatched it out of her grasp mid-sentence.
Panicking and thinking fast, she whipped out her wand, only to be immediately disarmed by the older wizard. Her face flushed in anger and humiliation, knowing the horrible ribbing she was in for.
"Let's see..." Sirius grinned as he flipped through the pages of the Muggle romance novel, scanning for the good parts.
"Ah! Here we go," he cleared his throat and Hermione cringed, nearly begging him not to proceed. Trashy novels were one of her few shallow indulgences, sort of junk food for her brain. She knew better than anyone what crap they were, but it irritated her to no end to hear Harry or Ron recite the dirty passages in their tittering and mocking tones, giggling nervously and immaturely about it.
She grit her teeth and braced herself for more of the same as Sirius circled her, his look calculating and somewhat dark.
She was not, by any means, prepared for the silky baritone that began reading aloud to her, his voice soft and hot against her ear, describing in detail how the hero in the book slowly raked his tongue over the heroine's nipples, biting softly, his mouth traveling down to the moist juncture of her creamy thighs.
The words rolled out of him in a seductive purr, and Hermione felt her blood quicken and her eyes lose focus as her insides tightened hotly.
