A/N: Hey everyone! So this is going to be a collection of stories of different characters and pairings, just for a bit of fun and to broaden my horizons a bit. These won't all be romantic. Some will be platonic and some familial. Basically, this is going to be a really diverse collection in all aspects, and I hope you like it. :D

Disclaimer for whole collection: I do not own Harry Potter (sigh); it belongs to JKR.

W/C without A/Ns: 493

Picture Perfect

Colin/Gabrielle (Friendship)

Colin stumbled through the crowds, his camera pressed to his eye the entire time for fear that he'd miss something if he lowered it for even a second. He'd quickly learned that events at Hogwarts – especially ones where Harry Potter was involved – were golden opportunities for stellar pictures.

As he reached the lower deck, Colin bumped into someone.

"Do you mind? Per'aps you would see where you're go-eeng eef zat infernal camera was not een front of your face ze 'ole time!"

Colin gasped, immediately recognizing the voice of the Beauxbatons Champion.

"I'm so sorry!" he babbled, pivoting on the spot but still not lowering his camera. Upon reflex, his finger pressed the shutter.

"Qu'est-ce que tu fais?" A small voice asked.

"Huh?" Colin finally lowered the camera.

"What are you do-eeng?" Fleur asked as she crouched and hugged Gabrielle, who was rubbing her eyes in an attempt to re-adjust after the camera flash. A cascade of shimmering silver-blonde hair fell gently around her back.

"Woah," Colin said absently as he looked down at his Muggle camera's picture log. They were un-moving, but that didn't make the accidental image any less spectacular.

Fleur must have been in the process of drying Gabrielle's hair with a hot-air charm, though it was impossible to tell that this was the case in the picture. Gabrielle's face was bowed and central in the bottom of the frame; her eyes closed and her hair blowing outwards in all directions, the ends cropped off at all sides. The young girl looked angelic, mysterious and ethereal. The way the blonde locks rippled in the magical breeze only enhanced the natural and spontaneous effect of the image.

"That's it!" Colin gasped. All these years he'd been setting up his photos; either positioning himself to get a particular angle or moving his subjects according to where the light was. Whilst the resultant pictures were very good, they lacked that special quality that this one had.

He glanced at a shy-looking Gabrielle.

"Er…" He began speaking, but realised that the girl wasn't fluent in English, and he knew very little French. "Would you mind if I took some more pictures of you?" he asked excitedly, gesturing to his camera and at Gabrielle.

"Quoi?" she frowned.

Colin gestured to his camera again hopefully, but Gabrielle ended up misunderstanding. She took it from him and snapped Colin's picture, giggling when she saw his baffled face afterwards.

She handed the camera back and struck a pose, indicating that it was his turn to take her picture.

"Not exactly what I had in mind but okay," Colin held up the camera, waiting until Gabrielle grew impatient and dropped her stance before pressing the shutter. This time Gabrielle was caught in the middle of turning, her eyes gazing off into the distance and her hair curved across her front in a blonde sheet as she moved.

"C'est parfait!" He grinned.

"Merci," Gabrielle beamed back, doing a little curtsey.

A/N: Completely new pairing for me but I quite like how it turned out. Please let me know what you thought :D

See you for the next story. If you'd like a story written for you please review with a pairing I can work with!

This first one was written for: Birthday comp [November - Characters - Write about Colin]; Globetrotter Drabble comp [Amsterdam - Write about artistic inspiration]; Pairing Diversity challenge [picture perfect]; Prompt Mania challenge [random - hair]