For the Harry Potter Christmas Collection Competition.
Prompts: (creature/being) Reindeer
(colour) Maroon
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"What is it that you are drawing, Albus?"
"This is a reindeer, Aunty Geeny."
"A reindeer, is it? And what colour are you going to fill in it?"
"Maroon."
Ginny smiled at the little kid.
Ginny and Draco were spending a day at the Potter household. Hermione was pregnant for the third time and she appreciated the much needed break from household work that Ginny had granted her.
Suddenly, James snorted from behind.
"Reindeers don't exist, let alone maroon coloured."
"Yes they do, don't they Aunt Geeny?"
"Yes they do, Al. Everything that you believe in exists."
James opened his mouth to say something, but Ginny interrupted him.
"James, why are you not playing with Uncle Draco?"
Suddenly James' eyes lit up as if he remembered something.
"Oh yes, Aunt Ginny. That's what I came to tell you. I know a biiiggg secret."
He widened his arms to show just how big the secret was.
"Oh? And what is the secret, Jamsie?"
"I just found out that… Uncle Draco is scared of cockroaches."
"FOR THE LAST TIME, JAMES, I AM NOT SCARED OF COCKROACHES. I JUST HATE THEM."
Ginny and Albus both burst out laughing as a flushed Draco ran after a delighted James.
Ginny knew how much Draco loved kids. He longed to have a son and a daughter of his own, so he can be the dad his own father never was.
But maybe, just maybe, a kid wasn't in their destiny.
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