Title: Prise de Fer

Pairing: Seamus/Draco

Disclaimer: You know it, I know it. The entire Potter-verse belongs to the Lady Rowling, and writing this earns me nothing but harmless amusement.

Author's notes: Not that I'm expecting reviews…this isn't a work of literary brilliance by any means…but I'd love to hear from people their opinions of Seamus/Draco, and ideas of what can be done with them together. Just because.

Also, Seamus is damned Irish. And I wouldn't mind him sounding Irish. But there's a limit. I'm compromising between J.K.Rowling and Margaret Mitchell.

Chapter 5: Fausse Attaque

"Miss me?"

"Humph."

"That much, so? I was only by Dean, and…"

"Oh, your boyfriend?"

"No, I'm single. And…"

"Just to put the record straight, Finnigan, whatever you thought you heard that day, you didn't."

"You mean about me Ma? Don't worry, breaking your face got me over that."

"You know what I mean."

"Fine. But, seriously, if you ever want to talk about what I didn't hear, I'm your man."

"You revolting…"

"You know what I mean. So…Plants. Pots. A regular party."

"Look, you take those, I'll take these, and you can leave me alone."

"Sure, Malfoy. I'll take the most of them, so I will. No problem. Doesn't bother me at all."

"Good."

"I'm thinking they should plant shamrocks all over the school grounds. I mean, not only does it look grand, but have you seen the magic you can work with a genuine four-leaf clover? Maybe that would be the new favourite punishment: hours in the fields hunting four-leaf clovers. I wouldn't be minding that one bit."

"Did you listen to a word I said?"

"I did not, actually. I was busy not listening, just in case I heard something I didn't hear and you needed to be threatening me again. Now, where was I? Ach, right. Sprout's shoes. Does it not seem like she has a different pair every day? I'm wondering has it something to do with the gardening being a bit mucky, or she's actually matching them to whatever she's wearing under her robes. Maybe her underwear? Not that I want to ask Sprout about her underwear, but maybe Neville…"