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Title: Flamingos
Author Vegablack62
Wordcount: 199
Rating: Gish
Characters: Neville/Hannah
Summary: Neville and Hannah talk about their school days.
Author's Note: I wrote this for the Nosmutforyou challenge. We were to pick a pairing and justify it in less than 200 words, which is a lot harder than it sounds. 200 words allows for only one moment to express who the characters are and what they feel for each other. I decided to choose a moment that had only canon elements, though in my personal canon, Neville and Hannah have a lot more to connect them. This is early in the romance.
Neville handed McGonagall’s letter back to Hannah. She’d been offered a chance to take her NEWTS and didn’t know what to do.
“I was a prefect and a good student, but I can’t take exams. I fall apart.”
A smile pulled at the corner of Neville’s mouth.
“Go ahead laugh. You remember our OWLS and those damn flamingos, everyone does.”
“I loved those flamingos. They’re the reason I didn’t get a Troll on my Transfiguration OWL."
She cast him a skeptical look.
"Really, he said. "One of them grabbed McGonagall’s glasses and ran. I was terrified of that woman until I watched her chase a giant pink bird, demanding it stop making a fool of itself and hand over her property. That was better than a Ridikulous spell.”
Now, Hannah’s lips quirked into a smile.
“I almost thanked you then. Maybe I should now.” He kissed her. Her mouth, curved by her smile, slowly matched his. His lips brushed her neck and then he whispered against her ear, “I’d win a "Most Embarrassing Moment in School" contest against you every time.”
She cupped her hands around his face and kissed his lips. “I love you,” she said.