So yeah, now summer's started and I've got some free time, I've decided to try and improve my writing skills with drabbles. I've been on a LilyJames kick, so this collection's going to be comprised of that pairing, unless otherwise specified.
This first one was written just tonight. Give it a try, and I hope you enjoy. (":
Bundled
By Kimmy
In the morning, when he descends from his dormitory, she's reading a book in the slightly sagging armchair by the fire. It isn't a school-assigned book as far as James can see, so he concludes it must be one of the muggle paperbacks her mother sends, crammed in between the homemade fudge and the horrendous plaid jumper Lily "forgot" to pack before she left for school.
Lily loves the paperbacks more than anything she owns; she told him so one morning, too early, they both silently decided, to have another row. It comes from her mother's private collection, she continued, and every time she turns a page, she catches a whiff of the honeyed candles her mother keeps perpetually burning.
She's more than halfway through the book now, James sees, and as he observes, she turns another page of the well-worn paperback, a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. From his spot on the boys' staircase, he watches as she draws the book to her nose, closes her eyes, and inhales deeply. When next she opens her eyes, she catches sight of him, and James wipes away the admiring smile on his face, expecting, as always, her reprimand.
But there's no reprimand this time, and her smile never loses a hint of cheer as she says, just loud enough for him to catch, "It smells like home."
Most of the drabbles will be like this -- not really concentrating on the romance in their lives, but the lives in their romance; mostly because I can't write romance for crap. I'll give it a try every once in a while, though. After all, the whole purpose of writing these is to improve my skills.