There will be three short stories about Rose and Scorpius, between love and friendship. I hope you'll enjoy them. And yes, I know these are very short, but that's because they were meant to be drabbles at first.
ElieNP
Departure
She watched his back and cried, hard, because she knew he wouldn't allow himself to do so.
Albus' hands were on her shoulders, but in spite of his presence her sobs didn't weaken. She wasn't expressing her own pain through these tears.
"Rose, go to him or back to your room but don't stay like that," Albus gently whispered in her ear.
"He will... he will..." she sobbed. "He will reject... reject me..."
Albus gave her back a little push. "He needs you more than anybody else."
"But," she turned her reddened eyes to him. "But I-"
"Go to him," Albus cut her off. "Right now he'll even reject me, not you."
Rose took a step forwards, then eventually walked closer to the young man. She stretched her hand out but didn't dare touch him.
"Scorpius?" she hesitantly called.
Neither did he answer nor did his posture change. Her fingers brushed his shirt. "Scorpius look at me."
He shook his head.
"Scorpius," she pleaded. "Scorpius look at me."
Her fingers grabbed the white cloth. "Scorpius."
He suddenly pulled her into his arms. Rose immediately responded to his embrace. She was surprised to be wrong. Scorpius did allow himself to show his pain, his tears were simply less obvious than hers.
"I'm there Scorpius," she soothingly whispered. "I'm there."
His hold tightened around her. "I didn't think... I didn't think it'd be so... so..." he stammered.
Rose squeezed her eyes shut. She was suffering with him. She wouldn't say such things as "It's all right." or "Everything will be okay." because she'd be lying, and Scorpius didn't need one of his best supports to lie to him at such a time.
"I didn't think it'd be so ha-" His voice failed him.
Her heart broke. All she could do was to be there for him, to listen to him and to comfort him as well as possible. All she could do was to be his friend. All she could do was to lend him her shoulder and to cry with him. All she could do... wouldn't chase his pain away.
"I'm sorry," she suddenly apologized. "I'm so sorry." She felt so helpless!
Scorpius buried his head in her neck. "You've nothing to apologize for."
"Of course I have to!" she cried. "Narcissa is... your grandmother is... she left and I can't do anything to help you! I'm crying when I should be comforting you!"
He surprised her by kissing her skin. "You're wrong," he whispered. "You're the only reason I can still stand."
Rose sobbed harder. "You-"
"Can you hold me a little longer?" he gently cut her off. "Tightly, please."
Her fingers wrinkled his shirt in agreement.
"Don't leave," he murmured against her skin.
"I won't leave," Rose promised with hesitating a second. "I won't leave you."
"You'd better not," he warned her, "because, Rose, I... I... can't say it right now but I..."
"Don't force yourself. I'm there and won't leave so take your time."
He kissed her neck again. "Thank you."