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The Pirate Battles - Prompt 1

Acrostic-y Challenge - T = Triumphant

Triumphant

The scene was ready, Dean thought, as he nibbled on the end of his paintbrush. He struggled to tear his gaze away from where Ginny was sitting at the Common Room window. She had agreed to be in his painting, happy to sit wherever he wanted, but he insisted she sit back where she had been and continue to read the book.

Finally he had memorised the sight, and turned to the blank white canvas, hoping he would be able to make Ginny as perfect in the picture as she truly was.

His eyes moved between the girl and the painting, adding the smaller details that he had missed. When he stepped back, he realised just how dark it was outside, and wondered how long Ginny had been sitting there, posing for him.

"Gin," he began, setting a charm on the canvas so the paint dried quickly. "I'm finished."

She glanced up, looking slightly surprised. "How did it turn out?" she asked.

"Perfect," he replied with a smile. He leaned in, his lips brushing her cheek for a second. "Thank you."

...oOo...

Ginny headed along to the small show that the art class were putting on. She looked at some beautiful (and some awful) pictures, but nothing in her eyes stood out. As she came to the end, she noticed Dean talking to Seamus, not noticing her approach.

She turned to look at the picture. She knew that Dean was amazing, but he was drawing a picture of her, so she didn't expect too much.

She hadn't expected the way the canvas was brought to life by Dean. The way the sun setting in the picture looked just as it had when she had glanced up from the window, and she almost didn't recognise the girl in the window. Certainly that wasn't her?

Is that how Dean saw her every time he looked at her?

As he came over, arm slipping around her waist, Ginny knew that his picture would win.

...oOo...

Dean walked over, a triumphant smile on his lips. "I did it!"

"Did what? Ginny asked, looking up from the table with a smile.

"I won. My painting won. You helped me, so this is for you. The prize was a gift certificate valid for anywhere in Hogsmeade."

He held out a gift certificate, but Ginny shook her head.

"It was your painting, you keep that!"

Dean hesitated, realising that Ginny wouldn't take it. "How about we split it?" he suggested. "Saturday in Hogsmeade, we can go out for something to eat or something."

Ginny grinned. "I'd like that," she replied.