.

absortus : swallowed up, overwhelmed, engulfing.


He chose vanilla, because it's the plainest flavor, and although he would never admit it, the choices under the chilled glass overwhelmed him.

Maeve got a chocolate sweet drizzled with caramel and sprinkled with cashews.

He watched his creamy confection slowly melt in the glass dish.

Maeve broke the silence. "Do you know of a vanishing room in Hogwarts?"

"A what?" He gave the ice cream a despondent little stir.

She shrugged. "Just a room that appears sometimes and has…things in it."

He sneered. "Things? My, how descriptive."

She rolled her eyes. "I suppose I'll take that as a no."


Edited by the period-patrolling renaid.