Clean Teeth
Harry Potter, G, 250 words. Gen. 'Cause devjoe thinks I post too much bandom fic.
Mr. Granger met his wife in a library. They were both studying for exams, and saw each other amid the stacks so often that Mr. Granger knew his future wife's major, favorite author, and study habits before he knew her name. He also knew that she too planned to become a dentist, and that was what gave him the courage to approach her and introduce himself.
They taught their daughter good oral hygiene practices as soon as she was old enough to grasp a toothbrush. When she was a little girl, they bought her novelty toothbrushes with her favorite cartoon characters on them, because that was what she wanted; when she was older, they bought her high-quality toothbrushes in sensible solid colors, because that was what she wanted.
When she left for Hogwarts, they bought her an expensive electric toothbrush with four different heads. She brought it back over Christmas break, telling them she couldn't use it because Hogwarts had no electricity. It stayed in the bathroom at home, and she used it over the holidays. She brought her old toothbrush to school instead, the one with the extra-firm bristles.
By her third year, Hermione could cast cleaning charms well enough that she no longer needed a toothbrush at school. Of course she still used her electric toothbrush at home over holidays, because she wasn't allowed to do magic yet.
The year she turned seventeen, she stopped using toothbrushes altogether, and Mr. Granger no longer understood his daughter at all.
Mr. Granger met his wife in a library. They were both studying for exams, and saw each other amid the stacks so often that Mr. Granger knew his future wife's major, favorite author, and study habits before he knew her name. He also knew that she too planned to become a dentist, and that was what gave him the courage to approach her and introduce himself.
They taught their daughter good oral hygiene practices as soon as she was old enough to grasp a toothbrush. When she was a little girl, they bought her novelty toothbrushes with her favorite cartoon characters on them, because that was what she wanted; when she was older, they bought her high-quality toothbrushes in sensible solid colors, because that was what she wanted.
When she left for Hogwarts, they bought her an expensive electric toothbrush with four different heads. She brought it back over Christmas break, telling them she couldn't use it because Hogwarts had no electricity. It stayed in the bathroom at home, and she used it over the holidays. She brought her old toothbrush to school instead, the one with the extra-firm bristles.
By her third year, Hermione could cast cleaning charms well enough that she no longer needed a toothbrush at school. Of course she still used her electric toothbrush at home over holidays, because she wasn't allowed to do magic yet.
The year she turned seventeen, she stopped using toothbrushes altogether, and Mr. Granger no longer understood his daughter at all.