Challenge: Fire the Canon's Character of the Week Drabble Competition (week 2), on HPFC
Characters: Adrian Pucey, OC (Lauren Smith)
Prompt: Beyonce's Love on Top
Word count: 200
A/N: Inspired by several lines of the song, which I don't like at all:
"I can see stars all the way from here/Can't you see the glow on the window pane?"
"Every time you touch me I just melt away."
"You're the one that gives your all/You're the one I can always call/When I need you make everything stop."
This was originally going to be romance, but it became more about what he does for work - he works with children who are sick and dying, trying to comfort them as best he can - than about potential romance between him and 'Miss Smith'. So there.
Adrian smiled to himself, closing the book. It was a muggle love story, but he didn't mind. It was the little girls' favourite. She reminded him of Saffron, like all the sick kids he worked with. He would move mountains for any of them, if they asked.
If only he could make them better.
"I can see the stars from here."
He jumped up quickly, careful not to wake the now sleeping child. "What do you want?"
"To compliment you, Mr Pucey. You - you really give them everything."
He recognised the woman now. She was a muggle, maybe old enough to be in university. She had a sadness about her that was ethereal, a sadness he knew. She'd lost someone recently. Judging by the hand on her stomach, a child. And he knew the child - Lucas Smith. A muggle boy. Two. Died as a result of cystic fibrosis.
"No need, Miss Smith," he said, approaching her. "I work here for them. Not for thanks."
"You lost someone. We can depend on you."
"Yes." He didn't explain further. He had no chance, distracted as she took and kissed his hand.
"Please don't go." She was beginning to cry.
"Okay."