Prompt: Die Hard
Word Count: 100
Die Hard was a standard thriller, albeit with a grubbier than usual hero. The students were fascinated by the skyscrapers – most Wizarding children were raised in the country or in historic areas of provincial cities – and the screening was perfectly normal until the leader of the terrorists attacking Nakatomi Plaza appeared on screen.
The NEWTS class noticed first, then a handful of the first-years. The teachers were next, and by halfway into the film almost the entire audience had stopped paying attention to John McClane in favor of staring at Hans Gruber, then at Severus, and then at Gruber again.