Fic: England vs. Spain (Draco/Hermione)
Title: England vs. Spain
Author: kalina_blue
Rating: PG
Prompt Set: 100.1 (Draco/Hermione)
Prompt: 14. Heaven
Word Count: 332
Summary: Hermione and Draco's first public appearance.
Warnings: Post-DH, EWE
A/N: Written for the sixth challenge of the third round at dramione_ldws. The movie was Bull Durham. The drabble had to include Quidditch and be set at a World Cup. Thanks to L for the idea.
"I thought for sure England would get their arses kicked out of the championship in the semi-finals. Bulgaria has such a strong team these days, much better since they played the Cup last time. We were lucky Wood spotted the snitch before Krum did," Draco said excitedly, pulling Hermione through the crowd. She had trouble keeping up with his longer strides.
"Though luck alone won't be enough to win against Spain," Draco continued. "Merlin knows that Spanish Quidditch team wants the Cup. They haven't won a Quidditch World Championship since 1856. Mind you, England hasn't won since 1948 either, so it's about time we bring home the Cup."
"Draco can't you stop talking about Quidditch for one second? Aren't you worried at all what everyone is going to say about this?" Hermione fretted, indicating their joined hands.
Making their first public appearance as a couple at the Quidditch World Cup had been Draco's idea, although Hermione had initially agreed that it was a brilliant plan. All her friends were crazy about Quidditch, and there probably was no better time to tell them that she was dating their arch nemesis than when they were in Quidditch heaven.
However, now that they were actually at the stadium, bound to run into someone they knew sooner rather than later, Hermione was nervous. What if the Quidditch induced bliss wasn't enough to make everyone accept her relationship with Draco?
"Don't worry about it," Draco assured his girlfriend confidently. "Nobody is going to notice us while the game is still on; their attention is going to be on the pitch. And once England has won even Potthead and the Weasel won't care who you're dating."
"And if England loses?" Hermione asked, whispering so that the England fans surrounding them wouldn’t hear and accuse her of blasphemy.
"Well, in that case," Draco replied dryly, "you better be quick to point out to them that while I might be a Slytherin and ex-Death Eater, at least I'm not Spanish."