Who: Eileen Snape and Merope Gaunt
Where: village tea room, The Steaming Pot
What: A chance encounter between two women.
Rating: G
Complete: No.

The last time Eileen had sat in this quaint little tea room, most of the village inhabitants were in the city, attending the Yuletide ball. She had imagined it a tiresome event, most likely filled with strange faces with whom she would have been expected to engage in idle small talk. She had been glad that the tea room owner had remained and kept this little house open.

Eileen sipped her tea, the cup and its saucer the only items on the small table. The weather would have quickly cooled her cuppa had it not been under a warming charm, but she had always liked the combination of cold winds and hot tea.