an: all prompts will come from 'The Prompt of the Day' topic on the RoseScorpius fans forum.


already taken

other prompts used: "don't you dare"


"Just go and talk to her, for Salazar's sake."

Scorpius cast a look at Kier Zabini, wolfing down his seventh piece of bacon. In as many minutes – ugh. And it still had fat on it.

"Rose Weasley isn't someone you just go and talk to, Kier," he told the dark-skinned boy exasperatedly.

"Why? Because she's hiding two extra heads underneath that bushy mane of hers that try and talk too?" He grinned as his hand reached out to grab the pot of coffee a little way down the table half-full of chatty Slytherins. The Great Hall buzzed with the activity of mostly the upper years who had a whole free weekend stretching out ahead of them.

Scorpius quickly lunged across the pick up the coffee pot and place it out of Kier's reach. "You've had three cups already, that's not such a good idea. Have you ever thought of decaf?"

"Is that like, your pet name for Weasley?"

Scorpius rolled his eyes.

"No, it's a Muggle thing, it's like coffee –" But Kier had already tuned out, surprisingly focusing her attention on Rose Weasley at the Gryffindor table.

"Who's that?" he asked, as a taller boy sat down next to Rose and started up a conversation immediately.

"Um, Lewis Macmillan, I think, from Hufflepuff. He's in the year above." Scorpius scowled without realising he was doing so as he watched the pair. He looked positively dull next to Rose's vibrant red curls. Now they were laughing together. Laughing. How dare they?

"What the hell is a Hufflepuff?"

Scorpius stared at his friend. "Kier, you're not serious? It's the house founded by Helga Hufflepuff, their animal is a badger, they've won the Quidditch cup three times consecutively so far, their common room is –"

"Yeah, yeah." Kier waved at him vaguely to shut him up. "You know, you two would look better together than those two."

"What, me and Rose?" Scorpius squeaked.

Kier frowned. "Mate, what are you, a mouse? Just use the Malfoy charm and sweep Weasley off her feet. Well, if you can – are you still shorter than her?"

"I can't, Kier! She's… she's already taken."

"If you're not man enough to do it, I'll just go and talk to her for you myself –" Kier started to stand up, and Scorpius nearly toppled backwards off the bench grabbing Kier's sleeve and yanking him back.

"Don't you dare! Here, Kier –coffee!" Scorpius held up the pot coaxingly. Kier's eyes went wide, making him look like a puppy, and all other thoughts were wiped from his mind.

"Oh my wizard God, am I allowed some?" he asked, almost disbelieving. Scorpius nodded encouragingly, and Kier pounced.

"Hey Scorp, can I copy your Potions homework's later?" Kier asked as he chugged down the coffee like it was his lifeblood.

"Uh, I promised Al he could yesterday," Scorpius said, his eyes wandering over to Rose and Lewis again. "It's already taken."


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