A Pink-Tinged Moment
Sometimes, Sirius was the palest of pinks, like the scar that ran below his left ear, a faint tear in his armour. He would always hide it behind his thick black curls; it was like he had convinced himself that it didn't even exist. But Marlene had caught glimpses of it when he had let his guard down. The one time she asked about it, his lips turned as thin as the scar and his eyes as pained. He didn't answer and she never asked again. But her eyes would always seek another glance at the pink hiding behind the black.
Sirius was, at times, the hot pink braided bracelet that he always wore on his right wrist. It had once been a bright red, probably to flaunt his Gryffindor loyalty in front of his Slytherin relatives. But with time, the crimson bled out, revealing the hidden bright pink. However, she doubted that he had even noticed the colour change. He would anxiously fiddle with it when nervous about a tricky prank; he would mindlessly munch on it when bored in Binn's class; he would harshly tug on it when secretly annoyed at his friends. Sometimes, his fingers would gently brush against the hot pink when he looked at her. Marlene never knew what it meant.
Sirius Black was the warm pink blushes, accompanied by that hopelessly cocky grin. It was like a soft kiss of untouched boyhood innocence, which he had miraculously preserved through all these years. Surrounded by the cold horrors of war, the pink shone like a bonfire, chasing away the dementor-like despair. It felt like a warm caress of past memories against her flushed skin; it felt like a fiery kiss of future dreams against her quivering lips.
Black might be the life that his parents had given him at his birth. Red might be the journey that Hogwarts had gifted him at his Sorting. But the man behind these colours was pink - a shade as warm, bright and generous as his kind heart. So when Sirius asked Marlene her favourite colour, the answer tumbled out of her lips.
"Pink."
She froze, both surprised at her own answer and scared that he would see the meaning behind the one word. Sirius merely mumbled something about "girls" and walked away. He didn't ask why.
Somewhere inside her, she wished he had.
Written for 5 Drabbles Competition Round 3
Pairing: Sirius/Marlene and Prompt: Pink
Written for Blackinnon Competition
Level: Yellow (no prompts)
Written for Unusual Pairings
Pairing: Sirius/Marlene
Written for Prompts Galore Challenge
Prompt: Tricky
Written for Greek Mega Mythology Challenge
Prompt: Write about beauty being in the eye of beholder