A/N: In this instance, it will be another (sort of) platonic pairing because even if I have to tweak Canon/the characters here and there, I don't wish to mess around too much.
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When she had first met Cygnus Black (Cygnus Black the Third, mind you), she had been struck by two prominent characteristics:
Never before had she seen someone who resembled a swan so much as Cygnus.
Never before had she met such a subtle, and yet competitive, perfectionist.
It was rather infuriating in the beginning, to fake a smile for Druella's sake. She rather detested Cygnus, yet those two first thoughts about the boy were not enough to act untolerating.
Fortunately, he didn't seem to care much about her either.
This certainly wasn't one of her more pleasant friendships acquaintanceships. However, for Druella's sake, it would suffice.
Possibly.
Maybe.
Hopefully.
She couldn't guarantee anything, after all, if he made some sort of wisecrack about the "trivialities of Transfigurations". Nobody could get away with insulting her craft.
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A/N: It's certainly shorter than normal, but I think it what I have imagined for their relationship.