Halloween Gift for Goddessvicky
Gift for: goddessvicky
From: calembours
Title: wings on your feet
Characters: Draco, Ginny
Rating: G
Summary: Don't make bets with professional Quidditch players.
Notes: HAPPY HALLOWEEEEN
The screech of a cat rips through the silence and both racers take off from the chalked start line in the dirt. Ginny is a blur between the evergreens, needle and thread in the midnight dark, following the path made by candles mounted on poles. The inside of her grin tastes like Quidditch leathers, crisp almost-frost air, and the last touch of pumpkin wine that she was served at dinner.
At the next turn, Draco speeds past her, his triumphant laugh whisking past and into the trees. He's older (they're older) but they still have this in common, even after the years. He still has some tricks, but Ginny's a Harpy - dangerous and keen, and devastatingly versatile. He stays ahead of her for the next two turns before she loses him the moment they drop down to the forest floor.
She pulls out of a spiral that makes Draco holler approval, and blows across the finish markers with a gust of speed that drowns the candles out. Draco's not even trying anymore when she doubles back to meet him, and they coast to a stop together underneath a rock outcropping.
"I just like the challenge," he says.
Says she, "I just like winning your booze."