DRABBLE: Of Curses, Literal and Otherwise (Zacharias/Marietta)
Title: Of Curses, Literal and Otherwise
Character Pairing: Zacharias/Marietta
Prompt: achromatic blur
Rating: PG
Word Count: 456
Summary: She should be binding Cho Chang already, yet instead she is once again talking to Zacharias Smith, a curse more unfortunate than any spell could conjure.
Author's Notes: The fourth of the series.
Link to Prompt Table: http://briony-tallis.livejournal.com/77461.html
Zacharias leans over and nudges Marietta's shoulder. "Partner with me," he says simply, his expression oddly blank.
Marietta hesitates, glancing over at Cho. She is watching Harry Potter's best friends, Weasley and Granger, who are arguing about something. "Why?" Marietta asks, turning back to Zacharias. "Haven't you got a partner already?"
Zacharias shrugs. "No one seems to be leaping at the opportunity." He smirks at her. "For I am so loved amongst the Gryffindors."
"Don't act so persecuted, Smith," Marietta snaps, placing a hand upon her hip. "There are Hufflepuffs here, too; I'm not colourblind."
Zacharias rolls his eyes and moves closer, tugging gently on the edge of Marietta's robes. Marietta stiffens, eyeing him carefully and fighting the urge to slap his hand away. How dare he put his fingers on her, even so indirectly? Zacharias Smith is the most irritating person Marietta knows right now, except for perhaps Cho, who is still not looking at her supposed best friend.
"They've got their partners," Zacharias says darkly, glaring across the room. Marietta follows his gaze to the Hufflepuff contingent of "Dumbledore's Army" (a ridiculous name if Marietta ever thought of one). They are clustered together in a corner, already practicing Body-Binds on one another, and Marietta feels a twinge of annoyance at the sight of it. She should be binding Cho Chang already, yet instead she is once again talking to Zacharias Smith, a curse more unfortunate than any spell could conjure.
"Petrificus Totalus," Marietta says in response, flourishing her wand, and Zacharias Smith falls to the floor with a satisfying thud. Marietta leans over him; he is frozen in place, characteristically scowling up at her, and she laughs at the sight of it. Briefly, she even considers leaving him this way; he's certainly more appealing when he's silent. Zacharias is even rather handsome from this angle, actually. Marietta frowns at the thought and waves her wand over him, muttering the counter-curse. She can't leave him frozen if she's going to be having thoughts about it.
"I wasn't ready," Zacharias snaps, climbing awkwardly to his feet. "Stop taking your Cho frustrations out on me."
"Stop talking about Cho, and maybe I will," Marietta replies sharply, taking a defensive stance as Zacharias prepares to cast his own spell.
"Stop thinking about Cho and I swear I will," Zacharias says, with a flick of the wrist. For a moment, Marietta can't tell what's harmed her; disoriented, she doesn't know if the achromatic blur of the world spinning is caused by a literal curse, or merely by the sheer amount of heartbreak in the sound of Zacharias Smith's voice.
In the end, it doesn't matter; she finds herself lying, stunned, on the floor of the Room of Requirement anyway.
Character Pairing: Zacharias/Marietta
Prompt: achromatic blur
Rating: PG
Word Count: 456
Summary: She should be binding Cho Chang already, yet instead she is once again talking to Zacharias Smith, a curse more unfortunate than any spell could conjure.
Author's Notes: The fourth of the series.
Link to Prompt Table: http://briony-tallis.livejournal.com/77461.html
Zacharias leans over and nudges Marietta's shoulder. "Partner with me," he says simply, his expression oddly blank.
Marietta hesitates, glancing over at Cho. She is watching Harry Potter's best friends, Weasley and Granger, who are arguing about something. "Why?" Marietta asks, turning back to Zacharias. "Haven't you got a partner already?"
Zacharias shrugs. "No one seems to be leaping at the opportunity." He smirks at her. "For I am so loved amongst the Gryffindors."
"Don't act so persecuted, Smith," Marietta snaps, placing a hand upon her hip. "There are Hufflepuffs here, too; I'm not colourblind."
Zacharias rolls his eyes and moves closer, tugging gently on the edge of Marietta's robes. Marietta stiffens, eyeing him carefully and fighting the urge to slap his hand away. How dare he put his fingers on her, even so indirectly? Zacharias Smith is the most irritating person Marietta knows right now, except for perhaps Cho, who is still not looking at her supposed best friend.
"They've got their partners," Zacharias says darkly, glaring across the room. Marietta follows his gaze to the Hufflepuff contingent of "Dumbledore's Army" (a ridiculous name if Marietta ever thought of one). They are clustered together in a corner, already practicing Body-Binds on one another, and Marietta feels a twinge of annoyance at the sight of it. She should be binding Cho Chang already, yet instead she is once again talking to Zacharias Smith, a curse more unfortunate than any spell could conjure.
"Petrificus Totalus," Marietta says in response, flourishing her wand, and Zacharias Smith falls to the floor with a satisfying thud. Marietta leans over him; he is frozen in place, characteristically scowling up at her, and she laughs at the sight of it. Briefly, she even considers leaving him this way; he's certainly more appealing when he's silent. Zacharias is even rather handsome from this angle, actually. Marietta frowns at the thought and waves her wand over him, muttering the counter-curse. She can't leave him frozen if she's going to be having thoughts about it.
"I wasn't ready," Zacharias snaps, climbing awkwardly to his feet. "Stop taking your Cho frustrations out on me."
"Stop talking about Cho, and maybe I will," Marietta replies sharply, taking a defensive stance as Zacharias prepares to cast his own spell.
"Stop thinking about Cho and I swear I will," Zacharias says, with a flick of the wrist. For a moment, Marietta can't tell what's harmed her; disoriented, she doesn't know if the achromatic blur of the world spinning is caused by a literal curse, or merely by the sheer amount of heartbreak in the sound of Zacharias Smith's voice.
In the end, it doesn't matter; she finds herself lying, stunned, on the floor of the Room of Requirement anyway.