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Title: Candyman
Author: kalina_blue
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 173
Summary: Draco and Hermione's daughter has been listening to Muggle music.
Warnings: Post-DH, EWE
A/N: This one is the Halloween drabble for nu_luba. She prompted me with 'Candyman' by Christina Aguilera. Thank you, eloquentquill, for your excellent suggestions.


He's a sweet-talkin', sugar coated candy man

Draco stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the softly sung words. He wasn't a big fan of Muggle music to begin with, but his wife's taste in music seemed to be particularly bad—even for a Muggleborn. However, while he grudgingly tolerated Hermione's obscure music preferences, this was just too much.

He had lips like sugar cane

Draco stared at his four-year-old daughter, singing quietly to herself while sorting through the load of candy she had harvested during the previous night's trick-or-treating.

Sweet sugar candy man

Rationally, Draco knew that his sweet, innocent princess thought that the song was about candy. He also knew that he only had a few more years before he needed to clear a patch in the manor's rose garden to hide the bodies of potential boyfriends.

He's a one stop shop, makes my cherry pop

A sweet-talkin', sugar coated candy man

That did not help at all, though.

He's a one stop shop with a real big uh

"Hermione!"