A/N: Andromeda and Rabastan go on a date. Andromeda/Rabastan. For Sam.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
This was the most awkward date Andromeda had ever been on. Since Bellatrix's engagement to Rodolphus, their mothers thought it would be just darling if their second-borns were to get along as well. Andromeda was sure they were already planning a wedding between them with how ecstatic they had been.
She looked over at Rabastan. He was just as handsome as his brother, save for the long scar above his right eye, and was truly a gentleman. However, what made the date awkward was they had never actually spoken to each other in their lives before tonight.
"So, what do you like to do?" she asked, trying to break some of the tension as they waited for the waiter to return with their meals.
Rabastan looked at her, his eyes softening as he recognised her attempt at making this situation less of a disaster. "I work with my brother in our father's footsteps to-"
Andromeda shook her head. "No, not your brother or your father, not what do you do. What do you like to do?"
She saw him pause as he thought and she wondered if she would need to help him along before he said, "I like to read a lot, getting lost in a whole other world."
Andromeda smiled. She felt that desire as well, and reading gave her a taste of being someone else, if even for a moment. They lapsed into easy conversation about their favourite books, authors and topics, as they dined and by the end of the night, they were both laughing.
"Andromeda, you are a fascinating young girl," Rabastan remarked as they stepped out of the Floo into her living room.
"You're not so bad yourself," she said.
"We should do this again," he said. He took her hand and placed a kiss on her knuckles. "But we can forget the luxury and the pretences."
Andromeda nodded. "Yes, that would be lovely," she said as he stepped back through the green flames.
