sansa1970 (sansa1970) wrote in adventdrabbles, @ 2008-12-10 14:45:00 |
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Entry tags: | contributor: sansa1970, dec10, fandom: harry potter, prompt10, year: 2008 |
Dec 10, Harry Potter, Teddy/Scorpius, Everything Unsaid
Title: Everything Unsaid
Author: sansa1970
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Teddy/Scorpius
Rating: PG
Words: 244
A/N: Links to previous parts: 1 ll 2 ll 3 ll 4 ll 5 ll 6 ll 7 ll 8 ll 9
Nostalgia had a way of making memory better than reality. Teddy recalled the Christmas Scorpius spent with them – the year the older Malfoys went on holiday to celebrate twenty years of thinly-veiled, mutual tolerance. What's one more underfoot? Ginny kept saying, but her smile never reached her eyes. Subtlety was no more the Weasley claim to fame than acumen was the Potter's. Al, James, and Hugo remembered the late night talks, the antics, the stocking-making debacle. Teddy remembered shielding one small, scared boy from everything that wasn't said.
Of course he'd kept the stocking.
"You hung it up," Scorpius said from the doorway. He came forward and flicked the tiny jingle bell sewed to the red velvet. "And what would you like Santa to fill it with?" he teased.
"Oh, you know, all the usual. Integrity, moral fiber, a modicum of courage." Some self-respect wouldn't be amiss.
Scorpius tsked. "You're supposed to ask for things you don't have."
The compliment warmed him through. Bugger the self-respect then. "You're chipper this morning." He'd expected dark-smudged eyes and a mood to match. Pacing all night would do that. "You didn't sleep much."
Scorpius flicked the bell again. "I was thinking. Past due, wouldn't you say?"
He would, but wouldn't throw salt in the wound by admitting it out loud. "What about?" That seemed a fair question.
Scorpius tugged the stocking from its hook and folded it against his chest. He sighed before meeting Teddy's eyes. "About you."