"Chasing Fairies" and "Legacy" (Scorpius & Draco, PG)
"Chasing Fairies" (Scorpius & Draco, PG, 100 words)
Phoenix_flies prompt: Childhood, writing_game prompts "reprieve" and "sheltered"
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An eight-year-old ran around chasing fairies away from their comfortable perches on the honeysuckles. The boy's cheeks were stung red from the wind, and the face beneath flyaway blond hair was gleeful.
“Be careful with their wings, Scorpius!” Draco called out as his son darted behind a birch tree.
Draco thought their move away from Britain was for the best. He had wanted to give his son a happy childhood sheltered from ugliness.
There were hardly any boys Scorpius' age in this secluded Wizarding community. But surely that's better than being spat on in Diagon Alley for being a Malfoy.
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"Legacy" (Scorpius & Draco, PG, 100 words)
Phoenix_flies prompt: Book, writing_game prompts "unfinished business" and "legacy from a friend"
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“Scorpius, don't touch that!”
Scorpius retracted his hand. “Is it another cursed book, Papa? Grandma said you shouldn't leave them lying around.”
Draco raised an eyebrow at his son's bossy tone. “I bet Grandma also said good little boys shouldn't snoop around their father's study.”
The six-year-old pouted.
Picking the book up with reverent fingers, Draco said, “A...friend left this for me. The notes he penned between these pages are invaluable.”
Scorpius’ eyes rounded. “Does it have all sorts of brilliant hexes and curses?”
Draco smiled. “Tell you what-I’ll let you read it when you receive your Hogwarts letter.”
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Both drabbles are set in the Anna and the King plotbunny universe (F-locked), tentatively titled "A Wizard and His Son" =)
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Phoenix_flies prompt: Childhood, writing_game prompts "reprieve" and "sheltered"
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An eight-year-old ran around chasing fairies away from their comfortable perches on the honeysuckles. The boy's cheeks were stung red from the wind, and the face beneath flyaway blond hair was gleeful.
“Be careful with their wings, Scorpius!” Draco called out as his son darted behind a birch tree.
Draco thought their move away from Britain was for the best. He had wanted to give his son a happy childhood sheltered from ugliness.
There were hardly any boys Scorpius' age in this secluded Wizarding community. But surely that's better than being spat on in Diagon Alley for being a Malfoy.
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"Legacy" (Scorpius & Draco, PG, 100 words)
Phoenix_flies prompt: Book, writing_game prompts "unfinished business" and "legacy from a friend"
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“Scorpius, don't touch that!”
Scorpius retracted his hand. “Is it another cursed book, Papa? Grandma said you shouldn't leave them lying around.”
Draco raised an eyebrow at his son's bossy tone. “I bet Grandma also said good little boys shouldn't snoop around their father's study.”
The six-year-old pouted.
Picking the book up with reverent fingers, Draco said, “A...friend left this for me. The notes he penned between these pages are invaluable.”
Scorpius’ eyes rounded. “Does it have all sorts of brilliant hexes and curses?”
Draco smiled. “Tell you what-I’ll let you read it when you receive your Hogwarts letter.”
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Both drabbles are set in the Anna and the King plotbunny universe (F-locked), tentatively titled "A Wizard and His Son" =)
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