Prompt: Queen’s Speech
Word Count: 100
“Your family listen to the Queen’s Speech?” Severus murmured as Septima led him into the parlor. “Seems a bit – “
“Cliched?”
“Unexpected for an old family. I’m not sure even the Weasleys bother,” he said before she could point out that not every old family agreed with the Bulstrodes or the Goyles.
Septima raised her chin a notch as they joined the rest of her family round the wireless. “It’s a bit boring sometimes, but it’s just as much tradition as your friend Malfoy raising those albino peacocks.”
“You have a point,” he whispered back, and gently kissed her hand.