Pairing: FredCormac
Prompt: 663. Frozen Ground
Word count: 229
Frozen Ground
"What a tosser."
"Yeah… idiot."
"Every year, and never gets on the team because he thinks he could play and win by himself."
"Hm, yeah."
"You okay, Fred?"
"Yeah, why?"
"You just don't seem to be hating on McLaggen as much as usual."
"Well, it's kind of tiring, I guess. Er, I'll see you back in the common room."
Fred left his brother and trenched across the icy Quidditch pitch to where Cormac McLaggen had just landed. Every year he tried for the team and every year he was denied a spot from one captain or another. He tried for whatever position available at the time, and would be in a grouchy mood for the rest of the month when the team list went up and he wasn't on it.
"Er, so I thought you were pretty good out there." Fred spoke with an awkwardness he hadn't felt before. McLaggen was just so… muscly.
Cormac huffed. "Yeah, well try telling that to your captain."
Fred nodded. "I did."
Cormac had little appreciation for the compliment. "I'm better than them all!"
"I know."
"And I work harder and –"
"I know."
"I'll keep practicing and then they'll have to –"
"Why don't you come inside from the cold instead?" Fred held out his hand, and Cormac looked at it, bewildered.
"This ground is frozen," Fred continued. "Come on, let's go."
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