muggle!au
for meet cutes day 5 - a is rushing and b calls after them "you dropped something" and a dropped something they never wanted anyone to see
for 366 words - stupid
331 words by google docs
He's late. Scorpius is late. He hurries down the street, not quite running, because that would make him sweat, but going at a pace that far above normal. He's already late for class, and he has a presentation that could make or break his grade.
Luckily, his last name is more near the center of the alphabet, so he's probably won't be late for his own presentation, but he'd rather still not risk it.
"Hey!" someone behind him calls, and Scorpius ignores it, figuring it's not for him. "Hey, blondie!" Scorpius stops at that. "You dropped this," the person says, sounding much closer.
Scorpius whirls around and sees a guy with brown hair and striking green eyes standing there, holding his hand out. And in his hand is —
"That's not mine," he says, cringing at the lie. Because the guy is holding out a notebook with One Direction plastered on the front. Scorpius is a twenty-one year old in the year of 2027, not a twelve-year-old girl in the year 2012.
Except the notebook has his stupid presentation notes in it, and it's a really big presentation, and he should just suck it up for one moment.
The guy looks thoroughly amused, still holding out the notebook.
"It fell from your arms," he points out, and Scorpius cringes again.
He can do this. He can admit to owning a One Direction notebook that he impulsed bought because Niall was his gay awakening. He can do this.
His face burning, he takes it from the guy. "Thank you," he says, sincerely. "I'm Scorpius."
"I'm Albus," Albus says, a smile still dancing on his lips. Scorpius looks up at the sky to avoid looking at how much Albus wants to laugh. Having the notebook back reminds him of what he's actually supposed to be doing, though.
"I should go," he says, looking back down and jutting a thumb behind him. Albus nods.
"I'll see you around," he says.
Scorpius hopes he does.
