sassy_cissa (sassy_cissa) wrote in slythindor100, @ 2007-06-10 18:18:00 |
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Original poster: enchanted_jae
Title: Crash Course
Author: enchanted_jae
Pairing: H/D
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Fluff
Word count: 400
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Author's note: This is a belated birthday gift for sesheta_66 who asked for Harry explains a Muggle appliance to Draco. I also managed to work in Challenge #54 for slythindor100, which was a list of 15 words. We had to use at least 8, and I managed to use 12 of them.
Summary: Draco gets a crash course in coffee makers.
Harry pointed to the appliance on the counter of the rented banquet hall. "Draco, would you please plug that in?" he requested.
Draco looked up from where he was laboriously making a CONGRATULATIONS, HERMIONE! IT'S A GIRL! sign, using Muggle poster board and a wizarding quill. "What is it?" he asked with a small frown.
"It's a coffee maker," Harry replied. "You can get that going while I blow up these balloons." He reached for a pink balloon and fit the end over the helium tank, then filled the balloon and allowed it to float to the ceiling to join the others.
"Why do I get stuck with the plebian job of making coffee?" Draco sneered.
Harry paused in the act of filling a white balloon to glare at him. "We promised Molly that we would help decorate and get ready for Hermione's shower. It was the least we could do, seeing as how you refused to go to the baby's christening ceremony." When Draco remained silent but for a huff, Harry continued, "The guests will be arriving soon, and I can't do everything. Now, come here, and I'll show you how to use this."
Reluctantly, Draco went to stand next to his boyfriend. Harry showed him how to pour the water in and measure out the coffee grounds. "Pay attention," he chided when Draco's gaze drifted to the balloons bobbing about the ceiling. "You can't just dump a random amount of grounds in here--you have to be precise." Harry finished that, then closed the lid and instructed Draco to push the button on the front of the appliance.
When the coffee maker began to burble alarmingly, Draco jumped back and came perilously close to falling into the gift table. Face pale, he watched the machine nervously for a moment to be sure it wasn't going to attack. "Why must we go through this ritual?" he snarked.
"Because Molly asked us to make coffee for the shower," Harry patiently explained. Draco's expression grew peevish, and Harry steeled himself for the next outburst.
"Then why don't you make the bloody coffee, and let me blow up the balloons?" Draco demanded.
Harry crossed his arms and pinned his boyfriend with an accusing glare. "Because when I let you blow up balloons for Ron's stag party, you kept inhaling the helium!"
~end~
Additional disclaimer: This author does not advocate inhaling helium, as potential side effects include falsetto voice, headache, and possible dain bramage. Please seek medical advice before inhaling helium.