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If Scorpius Malfoy could list one thing he truly loved about Lily Potter, it would be the fact that she had the best nick names for him ever. The last time he counted, she was at fourteen different ways of saying his name. That included the basics that everyone else would call him; 'Scorpie' or 'Scor'. But there were also interesting the ones like 'Scorpikins' or 'Malfobops.' Sometimes he just didn't know what to answer to next.
His very favorite was definitely 'Scorp.'
"You know you're the only person who ever bothers to keep that 'P' in my name when you shorten it." He would tell her.
She always replied the same way: "What wrong with a 'P'? I think it adds to the word, makes it stand out."
That logic always made Scor laugh. How could his name need more personality. While other kids had normal names, he was named after the stars. Doesn't that stand out enough?
No one ever knew what the real reason behind her keeping the 'P'. Some just thought she forgot to write the whole name and read it later, making it stick in her mind. Others just thought she wanted to be different. Scor only knew that it was his favorite, even if he'd yell at anyone else who called him that. The nicknames were from Lily, and only Lily. The one thing he loved the most about her.
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