A/N: Percy is starting to see Dolores in a different light.
Submission for:
The 5 Drabbles Competition: Percy/Dolores. Prompt: lipstick
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Their image was all over the tabloids. Percy could only thank Merlin that there were way more important things to be published in the Prophet than Mrs Umbridge's your lover and his family wouldn't be seeing it.
However, things changed. He had already spent most of his time near her as her assistant, but now she sought him out in the corridors, held his hand during meetings and fed him when they had lunch.
He found himself getting used to this new routine and he wondered if he had become so starved for public acceptance, to be considered something of worth, that he was beginning to like the affection. Dolores cared for him and he found himself thinking about her more and more.
"Excuse me, Mr Weasley," Thomas said as he walked past his desk, jarring him back to reality.
"Yes?" Percy asked, annoyed that someone had caught him.
"You've got a little something," the man said while gesturing to his collar with a free hand. "Right here."
Percy stretched his lapel to get a closer look at a bright pink lip-print. His face turned red as Thomas laughed. "Dolores does tend to love that shade of lipstick, doesn't she?"