Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. All rights go to respective owners.
A/N: Happy Pride month, everyone! This collection will contain 30 unrelated drabbles, each featuring different couples/characters/sexual orientations/gender identities. The word count will be about 100-300 words — but for this collection, I'm not going to play by any hard rules. If the word count is a little bit more, I'm not going to care too much.
Valentine's Day
Millicent tightly clutched the card, her hands shaking violently. She hated Valentine's Day, and she absolutely despised Lockhart. But if his stupid idea meant that it was more freely accepted to be exchanging Valentine's Day cards, then she wasn't going to complain — much.
They were all standing outside the Charms room, waiting for class to start, when she decided it was now or never. Walking up to her crush — Merlin, she is so pretty! — she suddenly broke out into cold sweats.
Why is she always talking with Tracey and Pansy? Millicent thought in a panic. Maybe I should wait until she's alone— Crap! No, we already made eye contact. It's too late!
"You alright, Millicent?" Daphne asked kindly. Pansy was smirking at her, while Tracey just looked amused, in a knowing sort of way.
Millicent honestly meant to reply. She had practiced everything she wanted to say in her head over and over again. Now that she was in the moment, however, her mind had gone blank.
Letting out a strangled screech, she shoved the card into Daphne's hands and promptly fled. Laughter rang in her ears, as she ran down the corridor — Charms class completely forgotten.
As she turned the hallway, however, she caught one last glimpse of the other three Slytherin girls. Tracey was arguing with Pansy, as the other girl continued to shriek with cruel laughter. Daphne, however, was silently reading the card, a small smile on her lips; she was blushing.
Millicent thought that just maybe the embarrassment was worth it.
Next time though, I'm using actual words when I talk with her.
A/N 2: These two together are actually one of my favorite rare pairings!
Prompt (Thirty Days of the Gays [challenge] — Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges): write a drabble about an orientation in the gsd community every day in june. because the world needs more. this means that you can write anything from gay, to bi, to lesbian, to ace, to trans, to everything but straight.
Queer! Millicent Bulstrode (also, Socially Anxious! Millicent)
[word count, not including title and author's notes: 267]