Disclaimer: The world and characters of Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. Prompt for this one is "enamoured".
x. her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
"Hey, sweetie pie, you made it!"
Zacharias still thinks it's crazy that her eyes light up like that just from seeing him. Before he can say hello, he's pulled through the door and into the kitchen.
"Sweetie pie, you'll be nice to my parents, won't you?" She looks at him with big pleading eyes and he sighs.
"I'll try, Lucy. But could you please, please stop calling me sweetie pie? It's ruining my reputation," he says, half-serious but with softened eyes to let her know he's not mad.
"Of course," she agrees with a giggle. "All that street cred you get from being the Minister's assistant, I'm just wrecking it! No one will think you're tough now."
"Shut up," he says, laughing.
Lucy gives the door to the parlor a lingering glance.
"It'll be fine," Lucy says, but he's unsure whether she's talking to him or herself. She steps up on her tiptoes to smooth down the top of his hair and lays her head on his shoulder for a moment.
"I'm so in love with you," he says, the words slipping out as he looks down at her. He almost takes them back- it's the first time he's said that he loved any girl- but he means them.
Her eyes light up again. "I'm so in love with you, too," she says and then grins. "Sweetie pie."