Drabble: Ron/Hermione
Title: Code Puce
Rated: PG-13
Words: 495
Prompt: And for once in her over-planned, good-girl life she just didn't give a damn.
Author's Note: Written for hp_humpdrabbles about two months after the prompt came out. Dedicated to ozma_katiebell whose story "Interdepartmental Cooperation" gave me the idea of the Ministry being monitored. I told you I was going to write a drabble . . . It's just taken a year or so. ;)
Thanks to kit_the_brave for the title! :)
Hermione re-read the letter in her hand to make certain she understood it correctly. She had been appointed Director of the Magical Law Enforcement Squad! And she was the first Muggleborn Director ever. Hermione had wanted this job for years, and while she had dared to hope, she hadn't really thought . . . She had to tell Ron.
Hermione hurried down the corridor to the lift, anxious to share her amazing news with Ron. The lift door opened, Hermione got on, trying hard to keep from bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet in her excitement. She never thought the Ministry lifts were slow, but she did now. It was only a couple of floors, but it seemed forever.
Finally, she reached Ron's floor. She hurried out, but crashed into a person entering the lift.
"Hermione?"
"Ron! I was coming to find you!"
"You found me." Ron smirked.
And for once in her over-planned, good-girl life Hermione just didn't give a damn. She pulled Ron into the lift with her, waited for the doors to close and hit the stop button. She kissed Ron while struggling to unclasp his robes.
"Hermione, what are you doing?"
"Shagging you in the lift, that's what I'm doing. I'm the new Director of MLES, and we're celebrating."
Ron managed to get hold of both of Hermione's hands to stop her. "I'd love to, but we can't."
"What? You were the one before who wanted to . . ."
"I know, love, but that was before I knew about Code Puce."
Hermione stared at Ron blankly.
"Alarms sound in the Auror office if anyone removes clothing in the lift or in offices . . ."
"They what? How do you know? I've never heard about Code Puce."
"It's in the Procedural Manual for Aurors . . ." Ron trailed off, blushing.
"Well, that's wonderful that you read the procedural manual as you know I've always said . . . why are you blushing?"
Ron sighed and rubbed a hand over his face. "I only read it after I was sent to issue an official warning to Code Puce Perpetrators."
"A warning . . ." Hermione's brows knit in concentration. "They sent you to interrupt a couple while they were . . ."
"Yes. Favorite way for the department to break in new Aurors."
"Was it Percy and Audrey that you were sent to warn?"
"Yeah, but how did you figure that out? I promised I'd never tell."
"I've always wondered why Percy offered us his flat for our first time. You blackmailed him, didn't you?"
"I didn't blackmail him! Audrey offered before I had the chance to say anything. Not that I would ever have told on them, but why turn down such a great offer?" Ron grinned.
"Why do they have such a stupid rule, anyway? I'm going to work to change that."
"That's my girl." Ron hit the lift's start button. "We'll celebrate tonight."
Hermione cuddled against Ron's chest. "So who did Harry get sent to catch?"
"Believe me, you do not want to know."
Rated: PG-13
Words: 495
Prompt: And for once in her over-planned, good-girl life she just didn't give a damn.
Author's Note: Written for hp_humpdrabbles about two months after the prompt came out. Dedicated to ozma_katiebell whose story "Interdepartmental Cooperation" gave me the idea of the Ministry being monitored. I told you I was going to write a drabble . . . It's just taken a year or so. ;)
Thanks to kit_the_brave for the title! :)
Hermione re-read the letter in her hand to make certain she understood it correctly. She had been appointed Director of the Magical Law Enforcement Squad! And she was the first Muggleborn Director ever. Hermione had wanted this job for years, and while she had dared to hope, she hadn't really thought . . . She had to tell Ron.
Hermione hurried down the corridor to the lift, anxious to share her amazing news with Ron. The lift door opened, Hermione got on, trying hard to keep from bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet in her excitement. She never thought the Ministry lifts were slow, but she did now. It was only a couple of floors, but it seemed forever.
Finally, she reached Ron's floor. She hurried out, but crashed into a person entering the lift.
"Hermione?"
"Ron! I was coming to find you!"
"You found me." Ron smirked.
And for once in her over-planned, good-girl life Hermione just didn't give a damn. She pulled Ron into the lift with her, waited for the doors to close and hit the stop button. She kissed Ron while struggling to unclasp his robes.
"Hermione, what are you doing?"
"Shagging you in the lift, that's what I'm doing. I'm the new Director of MLES, and we're celebrating."
Ron managed to get hold of both of Hermione's hands to stop her. "I'd love to, but we can't."
"What? You were the one before who wanted to . . ."
"I know, love, but that was before I knew about Code Puce."
Hermione stared at Ron blankly.
"Alarms sound in the Auror office if anyone removes clothing in the lift or in offices . . ."
"They what? How do you know? I've never heard about Code Puce."
"It's in the Procedural Manual for Aurors . . ." Ron trailed off, blushing.
"Well, that's wonderful that you read the procedural manual as you know I've always said . . . why are you blushing?"
Ron sighed and rubbed a hand over his face. "I only read it after I was sent to issue an official warning to Code Puce Perpetrators."
"A warning . . ." Hermione's brows knit in concentration. "They sent you to interrupt a couple while they were . . ."
"Yes. Favorite way for the department to break in new Aurors."
"Was it Percy and Audrey that you were sent to warn?"
"Yeah, but how did you figure that out? I promised I'd never tell."
"I've always wondered why Percy offered us his flat for our first time. You blackmailed him, didn't you?"
"I didn't blackmail him! Audrey offered before I had the chance to say anything. Not that I would ever have told on them, but why turn down such a great offer?" Ron grinned.
"Why do they have such a stupid rule, anyway? I'm going to work to change that."
"That's my girl." Ron hit the lift's start button. "We'll celebrate tonight."
Hermione cuddled against Ron's chest. "So who did Harry get sent to catch?"
"Believe me, you do not want to know."