These drabbles were written for the hp_ass100 LJ community. Characters/Pairings: Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy (in case you can't tell)


Title: Nightly Meanderings
Challenge: 001 - Word Prompt: Beginnings

It’s three o’clock in the morning, and Albus isn’t really supposed to be outside his common room, but James, the bastard, stole all his books and put them in the kitchens and he hurries through the hallways and, shit, there’s someone in front of him, but he’s going too fast to stop-

“Oomph,” someone says. Albus frets as he sees blonde hair and realizes it’s one of the new Slytherin prefects in his year, though he’s forgotten the name.

“Sorry,” Albus gasps and runs off before he can get in trouble, but he glances back once before he turns the corner.


Title: Second Meeting
Challenge: 002 - Word Prompt: lookout

“Look out!”

When Scorpius turns around, he sees a stray spell hurling towards him and thinks, rather hysterically, ‘oh, shit,’ as he realizes that can’t make it out of the way in time and, for heavens sake, he’s only fifteen and he’s a prefect-

“Agh,” he grunts, as he’s thrown to the floor and out of the way forcibly. Albus Potter hovers over Scorpius, his face pale.

“Sorry!” he cries, and Scorpius remembers a late night patrolling and a famous face glancing back at him.

He barely restrains an amused smile. “We’ve got to stop meeting like this,” Scorpius muses.


Title: Awkward
Characters/Pairings: AS/S, appearances of Lily, James, and Rose

Song Prompt – "The Cure; Let's Go To Bed"

Albus can’t look anyone in the face after the incident in the hallway, when he had somehow ended up on top of the infamous Scorpius Malfoy. The same Scorpius Malfoy that, apparently, had been there that night.

Somehow, the fact that the other boy had been there makes the fact that he’d done it even worse – Albus doesn’t know why. Whenever he sees Scorpius (surprisingly often, considering they’re in two different houses – Albus is beginning to think it isn’t a coincidence), his face burns, his heart beats faster, and his brain fails him.

He knows that his feelings are real.


Photo Prompt

“What are you doing to that squirrel?” Albus gasps. He’s pretty sure that it’s along the lines of animal cruelty, and he starts to reprimand the group gathered around when he’s interrupted.

“Creevey! Rogers!” Albus turns, and is annoyed with himself as he has to fight down a blush when he sees Scorpius Malfoy.

“Ten points from Ravenclaw,” Scorpius snaps, and carefully gathers the small, furry creature in his hands.

The other boys walk off, grumbling, but Albus stays to watch Scorpius set the squirrel free, and Albus is delighted and surprised to see the gentle smile on his face.


Poem Prompt – H.P.Lovecraft's The Messenger

When Albus looks at Scorpius, the Potter boy's face always brightens up and he smiles at him.

It frightens Scorpius just how much seeing that makes his day. He’s pretty sure he likes the other boy more than appropriate, and he’s surprised. Scorpius supposes this is a ‘crush’ (it’s not love, he thinks, love can’t work that quickly – can it?), and he ignores the little flutter in his stomach as Albus sheepishly asks him for help with Potions.

He says ‘yes’ and he hopes that he’s not the only one hearing the subtext behind their conversation.

I like you.

Ditto.


Word Prompt – Why?

“I don’t get it,” Lily complains, “Why would Albus choose to spend time with him instead of us?”

“Mm-hm,” Rose says, distractedly, as she scribbles notes in the margin of a textbook.

“I mean,” Lily continues, “We’re family! Scorpius Malfoy is just... nobody!”

“Mm,” James agrees absentmindedly as he grooms invisible twigs not in line with his broomstick.

Lily pouts. “You’re not listening to me!” she whines unhappily, “Don’t you care about Albus?”

James shrugs. “I’ve accepted the fact that my little brother wants to throw himself to the wolves,” he answers.

Rose hits him.

“Just kidding,” James adds quickly.



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