day 28, auction 3 OVERWRITE - gift fic for the amazing amazing angel MWAH (scorose and kidfic)
321 words by gdocs
Scorpius is being dragged to one of his father's work events, again. It's very boring, in his opinion, and he hates that his father makes him dress up in a suit and tie just to see other boring, rich men talk about boring, rich men things together.
Scorpius doesn't even last five minutes at his father's table before getting bored and wandering away. He's looking for something exciting in the room, anything more exciting than boring, rich men. His tie, also, feels like it's suffocating him, so he unties it and lets it sit, draped over his neck. It's not as if any of the men actually like ties. They actually probably hate them just as much as Scorpius does!
"Your tie isn't tied," a voice calls, and Scorpius whirls around, expecting to see some snobby adult staring down at him. Instead, there's a girl there, around his age, nine. Despite the fact that she's the same age as him, she looks as snobby as any of the rich adults here, with her arms crossed across her chest as she stares at Scorpius, obviously judging him.
"I'm aware," Scorpius says cooly, frowning right on back at her. The girl's wearing a black dress laced with sparkles and he's sure it can't be any more comfortable than his own suit. What excuse does this girl have to act like she's better than Scorpius? In fact, she looks even more uncomfortable than him, with her red hair tightly pinned up and faint makeup across her face.
The girl looks Scorpius up and down, considering him for a second.
"I'm Rose," she says finally, sticking her hand out towards Scorpius. Scorpius regards it for a second, because he's used to adults wanting to shake his hand, but not kids.
"Scorpius," Scorpius replies, finally deciding to just go for it and grab her hand back.
Maybe he can actually make a friend at this thing.