Word Count: 206
Challenge/Competition: 100 Different Pairings
Prompts: Gryffindor
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Harry Potter, it's all JKR's.
Note: The prompt of 'Gryffindor' was used by me using a Gryffindor trait - pride.
Astoria/Cormac - Blinding
"You," she shouts angrily, pushing him with both hands, "Are so bloody proud," she pushes him again, more forcefully this time, "That it blinds you!"
He throws his hands out in front of him in question. "This is how you're choosing to react? Really, Astoria? Because I don't think that is the problem at all."
Shooting him a fierce look, she replies, "Yes, Cormac, because no one needed to – not like that!"
"No one needed to what? Find out about us?" He raises an eyebrow; taking a step back from her now she'd practically squared up to him.
"Not by you yelling it to the whole of the Courtyard and everyone surrounding as if I'm some sort of prize!" she yells back.
He shakes his head. "You're not a prize and you're not an object. You're a person and the person I love. We don't have to hide anymore, Astoria, that's something to be happy about!"
"It won't be, not when my family find out." But she considers him, and she just can't help but melt a little. She can never keep her jagged edges around him, and she sighs, "I love you."
Cormac just smiles and it's all she needs.
AN - I have to admit, I was actually going to abandon this. But, the deadline has been moved back, so I should actually have time to do it! Hope you're all enjoying so far, pretty please review/favourite/alert, and of course, request pairings. :)