Happy Halloween, worksofstone!
Trick or Treat!
LiveJournal username: mihnn
Prompt: Pumpkin
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 378
Draco found Halloween as much fun as attending a solo class with McGonagall. He didn't understand the need to dress up, nor did he understand the need to decorate, nor did he understand the need to scare one another. If people wanted to get scared, they could bloody well think back to the days when the Dark Lord was running rampant and making people 'disappear'. Hermione, on the other hand, loved Halloween and therefore, Draco had no choice but to tolerate it.
As per her instructions he decided that the first Halloween following their wedding should be special. If she wanted to see bats and ghouls and hideous dead people, then that was what he intended to do. However, as a novice to all things scary, he thought of employing the help of two of the scariest people he knew.
In retrospect, Potter and Weasel turned out to be more troublesome than helpful, even if they did somehow manage to lend a reluctant hand to ensure that he finished decorating in time. Weasel quite enjoyed handling the candy and tricks while Potter insisted that there was nothing more ‘Halloween’ than pumpkin. Following their examples, Draco got everything ready and when his wife walked in after a hard day’s work, he held out his arms proudly with a small scowl on his face (he was selfless, after all; that’s never easy to be) and waited patiently for her shock, awe, happiness followed by a long night of shagging to show her appreciation.
Hermione looked around from the carved out pumpkins, the pumpkin pie and the pumpkin juice to the hideous pumpkin faces that decorated their sitting room and pursed her lips mockingly.
“Too much pumpkin,” was the only thing she said.
Growling, Draco tackled her before hauling her over his shoulder and marching her to their bedroom, quite enjoying her musical laugh as she pointed out that he really needed to consult her to get Halloween right next time around.
Draco didn’t care; they had a lifetime to get Halloween right. He just wanted to hex Potter and Weasel the next time he saw them.
But for now, all he could think about as he dropped her unceremoniously on their bed was how much he wanted his Halloween treat.