I'm kind of drowning with the advent fic I'm writing (I realise I do not have the discipline to keep chipping away at the same fic every day), so here's a snippet from that, which someone has advised me was unexpectedly amusing.
"That was relatively painless, wasn't it?" Harry said bracingly as they exited the Quidditch stadium.
The air was crisp and the ground was covered with a new blanket of snow, which must have fallen as they were inside the weatherproof stadium. The whiteness of the snow shone off Harry's face and seemed to make him glow against the brilliantly blue sky. It was almost enough to make Draco forget about the absolutely appalling match they'd just witnessed. Almost.
Draco was unable to hold back a snort. "If you're talking about Wilkinson's pathetic attempt to distract the Holyhead Keeper by balancing a Bludger on his head, I'd have to politely disagree. That has got to be one of the more ghastly Quidditch accidents I've had the misfortune to witness. And did you see the Seeker? Weaving around the hoops like she was drunk. Honestly."
"Well, there's that," Harry admitted, "but I was kind of referring to the outing as a whole. It was relatively painless coming here with me, wasn't it?"
Draco's eyes met Harry's. "There is that."
-- from 'Tis the Season (http://slashedsilver.livejournal.com/tag/25%20days)
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"That was relatively painless, wasn't it?" Harry said bracingly as they exited the Quidditch stadium.
The air was crisp and the ground was covered with a new blanket of snow, which must have fallen as they were inside the weatherproof stadium. The whiteness of the snow shone off Harry's face and seemed to make him glow against the brilliantly blue sky. It was almost enough to make Draco forget about the absolutely appalling match they'd just witnessed. Almost.
Draco was unable to hold back a snort. "If you're talking about Wilkinson's pathetic attempt to distract the Holyhead Keeper by balancing a Bludger on his head, I'd have to politely disagree. That has got to be one of the more ghastly Quidditch accidents I've had the misfortune to witness. And did you see the Seeker? Weaving around the hoops like she was drunk. Honestly."
"Well, there's that," Harry admitted, "but I was kind of referring to the outing as a whole. It was relatively painless coming here with me, wasn't it?"
Draco's eyes met Harry's. "There is that."
-- from 'Tis the Season (http://slashedsilver.livejournal.com/tag/25%20days)