Disclaimer: Neither Fred nor Roxie nor Scorpius belong to me, JK Rowling owns them all.
"I'm dating Scorpius Malfoy."
The words had echoed distantly in his brain, and all he remembers doing is staring, first at his sister, and then at her boyfriend, gaping in undisguised shock. His sister? His baby sister, his Roxie? She had a boyfriend—and not just any boyfriend, but Scorpius Malfoy? The boy was two years older than her, a Slytherin, and a….a Malfoy!
It's not even that Scorpius is her first boyfriend. Roxie is very pretty, though he refuses to admit it, because after all, she's his baby sister! But she's always had guys staring at her, flirting with her, asking her out. He never liked those boys. He supposed it was simply his big-brother instinct, to protect from the boys who'd break her heart.
Ironically enough, she was always the one breaking their hearts. Even if she'd cry over them, she was somehow, always the one to break up, end the relationships. He knows that, and it's a good thing too, because if any boy ever broke up with her, you wouldn't be able to find them without a powerful locater spell and a very large shovel.
But the urge to jinx Scorpius Malfoy isn't just because he's dating his baby sister. It's because he's a Malfoy! And he's a Slytherin, and he likes green and Roxie loathes the color! And Roxie is a Gryffindor and her uncle—their uncle—died because of the man Scorpius's father and grandfather happily served!
Well, maybe not happily. Uncle Harry is always careful to tell them that some of the Death Eaters only joined to save their families, and Draco Malfoy was one of them. But that doesn't really matter, because this is Draco Malfoy's arrogant, spoiled, rich little Slytherin of a son, and Roxie can't be dating him!
All right, so Scorpius isn't spoiled or arrogant. He's rich though. And a Slytherin. And he's been dating his baby sister for three years. And they're happy together as well. And he supposes he really shouldn't have lost his temper at that first encounter when she told him he was her boyfriend, but he feels Roxie more than made up for it—after all, what Gryffindor wants to go around colored green and silver for an entire week?
Still, he never actually thought they'd stay together. He thought it was just a phase, that they'd break up sooner or later. It took a chance encounter, during Roxie's fifth year, after he's graduated and come back to Hogsmeade to have fun with his cousins who were still at school.
He sees them walking into a small clearing, just outside of Hogsmeade and, without thinking, he follows. They're holding hands, and both seem perfectly content to walk aimlessly, chatting about everything and nothing. He would have thought they'd be snogging by now—they were alone, supposedly, and they were both hormone-driven teenagers, convinced that they were in love…why wouldn't they be making out? Roxie would probably think it was romantic, snogging on the damp grass, with a slight breeze and an afternoon sun.
But they don't kiss. They've been dating a whole year, but they don't kiss. They do sit down on the grass and continue talking, occasionally picking up a daisy and plucking the petals off. He's not quite sure what they talk about, because the conversation is fast-paced and teasing and flirtatious, and some of the things Roxie spoke about were enough to make not only Scorpius turn the color of his girlfriend's hair, but himself as well.
It was the flower, he would think later, that changed his mind about Scorpius. Because he certainly had never thought of giving his girlfriends a simple little orange snapdragon. But to Scorpius, it seemed as natural as breathing, leaning over to pluck the colorful flower and tuck it behind Roxie's ear, where it clashed violently with her fire-bright hair, but neither of them seemed to mind.
He had been confused at that time, why such a simple gesture would make his baby sister smile so sweetly at Scorpius, or why it would make her lean over to whisper something softly to him, before sealing her lips over his. And he had been waiting for the snog throughout the whole date, but he realizes something when it finally happens.
His little sister's in love. With Scorpius Malfoy. And he's okay with it.
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