366 prompt: Hush

The Valentine-Making Station - Text Me: Write a Muggle!AU.

Stratego - Write a story based off of the generic romantic comedy plot. The pair cannot end up together. I was a bit stuck on this, but just went with the meet cute idea from basically 90% of rom-coms.

Not So Meet-Cute

Unrequited Harry/Ginny, brief Harry/Draco

Harry pushed open the door of the newsagents. He headed over to the counter, grabbing a bar of dairy milk from the selection underneath the counter. "Can I have ten Superking black and The Sun?" he asked.

The cigarettes, chocolate and newspaper were handed over, and Harry took them and handed his money over. He turned, almost bumping into a redhead.

"Oh, sorry," he said, smiling politely at the girl. She returned his smile.

"That's okay," she replied. Harry nodded and turned to leave the shop, and the girl moved to the counter.

The next stop was to pick up some lunch, and Harry headed over to Greggs as he did every Saturday morning. He grabbed two sandwiches from the top shelf and a couple of drinks, before moving to join the short queue. In front of him was the same redhead from the newsagents.

The girl turned to smile at him, and Harry smiled back politely, before looking away. He focused on the front counter where all the baked good were, along with the cakes.

"Two sausage rolls and a box of chocolate ring doughnuts," Harry decided, as he reached the front. He handed over the money, took the carrier bag, and turned around, only to find her gone.

The last stop for Harry was the nearby supermarket - the main reason for him coming out. Sunday dinner would be a roast and the meat needed to be as fresh as possible. So that meant coming in the day before for it.

He glimpsed red in the distance and saw the girl heading to the supermarket also. What were the chances that they would end up in the same queue again?

Pretty high, he assumed, heading in the same direction.

He was getting tired of it all. These meet-cutes weren't cute in the slightest. In fact, they were down-right annoying. He knew that once they met in the supermarket queue which would no doubt be longer than the others, she would try to engage him in conversation.

He wasn't wrong, but thankfully the next queue opened up and Harry took the opportunity to slip to the front of that queue. The girl moved too, but someone else got there before her, and thankfully that person was in the way of the conversation.

...oOo...

The blond looked up as Harry walked into the room.

"What meat did you get?"

"Gammon. They had just put it out this morning. Do you want a sausage roll?"

Draco grimaced at the sight of the greasy bag. "No, but I'll share the doughnuts with you," he replied. "Was she there again?"

There was a short hush before harry sighed and rolled his eyes. "Yeah. I think she assumes if she continues to go into the same shops as me, she'll get my attention. Maybe I should switch my routine, or go out earlier next Saturday?"

"Or I'll come with you," Draco replied with a smirk, reaching for the cigarettes. "Let her see that you're not available."

500 Words

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