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Hogwarts: Criminology
Task 9 - Use the dialogue, "Consent is sexy."

HPFC: Pairing the Character
Week 5 - Kingsley Shacklebolt
Paired with Narcissa Malfoy

HPFCP: Rubiks Cube Challenge
Blue - resilience

Sexiness

Pairing: Kingsley/Narcissa

Muggle!AU

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"The resilience of a novel's heroines is absolutely amazing. It never ceases to impress me. She goes through Hell, and she's strong for it by the end of 350 pages, give or take," Narcissa mused, closing the book after she read the last word on the last page.

Kingsley arched an eyebrow as he stood up and put his handgun in the safe after finishing with its standard cleaning. "I don't understand your love of trashy romance novels."

Narcissa laughed. "It's mindless. A nice break from reality and the stress of reality."

"What happened to this heroine?"

Narcissa looked down at the cover of a beautiful woman in a sheer nightgown. A muscular man with bulging biceps in ripped sleaves stared back her. "She was date raped at a party. And she fell in love with the police officer working her case."

Kingsley sighed. "I wish you wouldn't read stories like that. You know how I feel about anything that doesn't make rape appear as bad as it is. Most authors don't even research how hard it is to overcome it, and yet, everything is wrapped in a nice tidy, little bow by the last page. It's not realistic."

Narcissa had heard the speech before. "Don't take it so seriously. It's fiction."

"Exactly," Kingsley said. "Women think the stories of a girl's triumph and falling in love after being brutalized is sexy. In my opinion, consent is sexy."

Narcissa knew Kingsley saw many things as a police officer. Sometimes, it was hard to find the happy man she had fallen in love with. But he had the biggest heart and wanted to save the world, and she could never be sorry about that.

She stood up, placing her book aside. "Do you know what I think is sexy?"

Kingsley stared at her. "What?"

"You."

He cupped her cheek. "And you are the sexiest creature I have ever seen."

"Let's not talk about such sad things for a little bit?"

His answer was to lean down and kiss her.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her body to his chest. Maybe she could cut back on those novels if it bothered Kingsley so much. After all, she had her own handsome police officer with bulging biceps. Why did she need to read about a fantasy one?

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