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Untouched

Scorpius glared sullenly at the plain white wall across from him in the front hall of his apartment. Lily, meanwhile, worked quickly on her task of shoving into his long winter coat and wrapping a thick, woolen scarf around his neck. She seemed so excited about what they were about to do, yet she refused to tell him what exactly it was that they were doing. It was almost midnight on a Saturday night and Scorpius had just wanted to sleep, or just cuddle with his girlfriend.

'Done!' she proclaimed and stepped back to admire her work. Before Scorpius could say a single scathing remark, she had grabbed his hand in one of her own smaller ones. She led him out of the door and towed him down the stairs. They reached the empty London street in minutes and Lily automatically turned left, dragging the reluctant Scorpius along in her wake.

'What are we doing?' he whined as she kept a swift pace, the chills of the new winter seeping into every gap that it could find. Lily looked at him quickly, her cheeks flushed bright pink, and smiled.

'You'll see. It's a surprise.' She then proceeded on her way once more. Scorpius sighed, shook his head and followed along obediently.

He certainly was surprised when she led him straight into the local park and let go of his hand, running swiftly over to the empty swing and jumping onto the ice cold seat. Scorpius traced her trail in slower steps and came to stand behind her at the play equipment where she sat still and patiently. He put his hands to the small of her back and started to push her forwards gently; the rocking motion only letting her move a foot or so at most away from his own slightly shaking body.

'Swings? Is that why we're here?' he asked, still confused and slightly cranky. Lily shook her head from side to side, the light from the nearby streetlamp causing her brilliant red hair to shine with fiery light. She looked into his eyes with a mysterious expression glancing across her pale features.

'Noooo... You need to be patient. Watch.' She commanded. Scorpius ceased rocking her and Lily decided to lean backwards into his larger frame. He draped his arms lightly around her and rested his chin gently on her shoulder. He stared into the black-grey cloud that was tonight's sky. Scorpius puffed out a breath of hot air near Lily's ear.

'What am I watching for?' he asked her. Lily giggled amusedly.

'Shhh... Just... Watch...' Scorpius rolled his eyes impatiently and tried looking harder, trying to find what she was obviously seeing that he couldn't.

'Wha- ohhh...' Comprehension dawned on him as he saw it at last. A single speck against the cloudy sky, soon joined by others in a mystifying and complex dance from the heavens. Lily giggled as pieces of white settled onto her hair and clothes. Scorpius watched as, together, the multitude of miniature white things joined together to create a thin blanket of snow upon the already icy hard ground; pure, mystifying and utterly beautiful; a wonder of nature. But most of all, it was so bare and untouched by the things that surrounded it; nothing bad seemed to be able to, or allowed to, harm it. It reminded him of Lily, His precious little Lily, who was now lifting her cold flushed face to the sky in pure joy as randomly scattered snowflakes landed all over her still. 'Snow, eh?' Lily grinned at him.

'Told you it was a good reason not to sleep.' Scorpius smiled a quirky smile at her and shook his head.

'An excellent reason.' He leaned down and kissed her lightly on the nose before pulling her tighter to his body while the thin layer of snow that covered everything continued to grow.