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rarepair_shortsTitle: Of the Balance Between Reason and Public Snogging
Character Pairing: Zacharias/Marietta
Prompt: discreetly indiscreet
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1080
Summary: The corridor just outside the Great Hall is filled to bursting with people, and Marietta is startled out of her wits by Zacharias spinning her around and planting a sloppy kiss on her cheek.
Author's Notes: The seventh of the series.
Link to Prompt Table: http://briony-tallis.livejournal.com/77461.html
Cho bursts through the door with a sigh loud enough to draw the attention of every student in class. "I'm having such a wonderful day!" She is flushed and beaming.
Marietta isn't entirely sure how to react to this shockingly happy version of Cho Chang. "Well, that's lovely," she says, and means it, for Cho is beautiful when she smiles. "Had a good Christmas, I take it?"
Cho laughs brightly and takes a seat beside her friend. She leans in close and lowers her voice to a whisper. "I've got a date with Harry." She lets out a girlish squeal.
Marietta frowns. "Lovely," she says, echoing her earlier response, though this time it completely lacks happiness. "I'm sure you'll have a perfect time."
"Oh, I hope so." Cho looks nervous. "Do you think he likes me, Marietta?"
"One can only hope." Marietta rolls her eyes and is infinitely grateful when class begins.
Zacharias corners her later on, after dinner. The corridor just outside the Great Hall is filled to bursting with people, and Marietta is startled out of her wits by Zacharias spinning her around and planting a sloppy kiss on her cheek. "You'll never believe what I've learned today," he whispers in her ear.
"Don't do that," Marietta hisses, shoving him away from her. Her face is burning,and she looks around in alarm. "Merlin, we're in public."
"Oh." Zacharias is furious; his fists clench as he glares at her. "It was only all right when everyone had gone home for Christmas, then. Now that the holiday is over, you can't possibly be seen with me."
"That's not it," Marietta replies, looking away from him. "We just have to be discreet. For modesty's sake."
"You mean for Cho's sake," he accuses her. "Have you told her how you spent your holiday?"
She swallows and peers into the Hall. Cho is talking to some seventh year Ravenclaw from their Quidditch team. Zacharias pinches Marietta's arm, and she shouts, slapping his hand. "No, all right? I haven't told her. But it's for your own sake. She hates you, with good reason."
"Because I dare to look Potter in the eye instead of falling to my knees in worship? He's only a boy, you know. And you're ruining my surprise right now."
"Look, I know that," Marietta says, touching his arm. She looks at him, and her heart is hit with a pang of longing. She sighs. "Just tell me what you learned today," she says desperately. She realizes, quite suddenly, that she doesn't hate Zacharias Smith. Perhaps she never did. "You seemed so happy about it just a moment ago."
Zacharias's glare begins to fade slowly. "Someone's been forced into taking Remedial Potions."
"Snape's giving Remedial Potions? Merlin, who could possibly be so bad?" Zacharias is outright grinning now, and Marietta's eyes widen. "Not Potter, surely?" He nods, and Marietta laughs despite herself. "Well, well, perfect Potter in Remedial Potions."
"Isn't it horribly entertaining? The way he struts about in DA meetings, you'd think he'd have top marks in everything. But Remedial Potions! It's glorious."
"Zacharias, why do you hate Potter so much, anyway?" Marietta feels her face heating up again. "I mean, you know why I dislike him."
He frowns at her, and his eyes are dark and frightening. Marietta feels a chill go down her spine. Zacharias is such a whirlwind, changing emotions at the drop of a hat. It's dizzying. "But you must know," he says. "I thought I'd made it pretty obvious."
Of course she knows, but the name has been so far from her thoughts lately. Cho has been focused on Harry. The reminder of the reason, the reason for all of this, makes her stomach turn. This sickness is followed immediately by a rush of hot guilt. "Cedric."
"He stole Cedric's glory. He stole Cedric." People walk around them, but Marietta is not thinking of being in public anymore. Zacharias shakes with wrath, and Marietta is frightened of him, frightened and entranced. "Cedric won that Tournament, and Cedric should have walked out of the maze. I don't know if I believe Potter's story, but either way it's his fault Cedric is gone. He killed that boy."
"I don't know if he did all that," Marietta says quietly, biting her lower lip. She hates Cedric more than anything, for his hold over the two people she cares about. It is a thing she cannot reason, the lure of Cedric Diggory. It makes her angry.
"He did it whether he meant to or not," Zacharias insists, and grips her hand so tightly it hurts. "I don't know what happened, but Cedric should never have died. He was the strongest person I knew." His gaze softens suddenly, and he pulls Marietta closer. "Before I met you, anyway."
The words bring a mortifying tear to Marietta's eye, which she wipes away quickly. She sighs and looks around them, then slowly leans in and presses her lips to Zacharias's face. He catches her cheek and turns to meet her with his own mouth, and the two of them are suddenly kissing in the middle of the busiest corridor in Hogwarts. They've already gotten much better at this than they were at Hogsmeade Station, and Marietta finds that she doesn't terribly mind snogging in public, after all.
"You still wish to be discreet?" Zacharias asks her. His eyes dance with a mixture of emotion, so powerful that Marietta can barely look into them without a rush of goosebumps sweeping over her skin.
She nods, and his face falls. "Discreetly indiscreet, that is," she tells him, and he beams at her.
Of course, kissing in the corridors is frowned upon by the Professors, but the resulting loss of house points isn't such a big deal. "Ravenclaw could stand to lose a few, anyway," Zacharias says later, with a rakish grin. "Shrink their bloated heads a bit."
"Bloated heads! Do I look like a Gryffindor?" Marietta asks him. Zacharias laughs riotously.
"And just what is so funny?" Cho is waiting for Marietta to partner with her in the day's DA lesson, and she frowns so prettily at Zacharias that Marietta almost feels bad for laughing. Almost.
"Nothing," Marietta says with a grin. Zacharias winks at her as she moves away, and Marietta does not get a single spell right for the rest of the evening. She is thinking of kissing, and for the first time, Cho Chang is not the subject of the fantasy.
Character Pairing: Zacharias/Marietta
Prompt: discreetly indiscreet
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1080
Summary: The corridor just outside the Great Hall is filled to bursting with people, and Marietta is startled out of her wits by Zacharias spinning her around and planting a sloppy kiss on her cheek.
Author's Notes: The seventh of the series.
Link to Prompt Table: http://briony-tallis.livejournal.com/77461.html
Cho bursts through the door with a sigh loud enough to draw the attention of every student in class. "I'm having such a wonderful day!" She is flushed and beaming.
Marietta isn't entirely sure how to react to this shockingly happy version of Cho Chang. "Well, that's lovely," she says, and means it, for Cho is beautiful when she smiles. "Had a good Christmas, I take it?"
Cho laughs brightly and takes a seat beside her friend. She leans in close and lowers her voice to a whisper. "I've got a date with Harry." She lets out a girlish squeal.
Marietta frowns. "Lovely," she says, echoing her earlier response, though this time it completely lacks happiness. "I'm sure you'll have a perfect time."
"Oh, I hope so." Cho looks nervous. "Do you think he likes me, Marietta?"
"One can only hope." Marietta rolls her eyes and is infinitely grateful when class begins.
Zacharias corners her later on, after dinner. The corridor just outside the Great Hall is filled to bursting with people, and Marietta is startled out of her wits by Zacharias spinning her around and planting a sloppy kiss on her cheek. "You'll never believe what I've learned today," he whispers in her ear.
"Don't do that," Marietta hisses, shoving him away from her. Her face is burning,and she looks around in alarm. "Merlin, we're in public."
"Oh." Zacharias is furious; his fists clench as he glares at her. "It was only all right when everyone had gone home for Christmas, then. Now that the holiday is over, you can't possibly be seen with me."
"That's not it," Marietta replies, looking away from him. "We just have to be discreet. For modesty's sake."
"You mean for Cho's sake," he accuses her. "Have you told her how you spent your holiday?"
She swallows and peers into the Hall. Cho is talking to some seventh year Ravenclaw from their Quidditch team. Zacharias pinches Marietta's arm, and she shouts, slapping his hand. "No, all right? I haven't told her. But it's for your own sake. She hates you, with good reason."
"Because I dare to look Potter in the eye instead of falling to my knees in worship? He's only a boy, you know. And you're ruining my surprise right now."
"Look, I know that," Marietta says, touching his arm. She looks at him, and her heart is hit with a pang of longing. She sighs. "Just tell me what you learned today," she says desperately. She realizes, quite suddenly, that she doesn't hate Zacharias Smith. Perhaps she never did. "You seemed so happy about it just a moment ago."
Zacharias's glare begins to fade slowly. "Someone's been forced into taking Remedial Potions."
"Snape's giving Remedial Potions? Merlin, who could possibly be so bad?" Zacharias is outright grinning now, and Marietta's eyes widen. "Not Potter, surely?" He nods, and Marietta laughs despite herself. "Well, well, perfect Potter in Remedial Potions."
"Isn't it horribly entertaining? The way he struts about in DA meetings, you'd think he'd have top marks in everything. But Remedial Potions! It's glorious."
"Zacharias, why do you hate Potter so much, anyway?" Marietta feels her face heating up again. "I mean, you know why I dislike him."
He frowns at her, and his eyes are dark and frightening. Marietta feels a chill go down her spine. Zacharias is such a whirlwind, changing emotions at the drop of a hat. It's dizzying. "But you must know," he says. "I thought I'd made it pretty obvious."
Of course she knows, but the name has been so far from her thoughts lately. Cho has been focused on Harry. The reminder of the reason, the reason for all of this, makes her stomach turn. This sickness is followed immediately by a rush of hot guilt. "Cedric."
"He stole Cedric's glory. He stole Cedric." People walk around them, but Marietta is not thinking of being in public anymore. Zacharias shakes with wrath, and Marietta is frightened of him, frightened and entranced. "Cedric won that Tournament, and Cedric should have walked out of the maze. I don't know if I believe Potter's story, but either way it's his fault Cedric is gone. He killed that boy."
"I don't know if he did all that," Marietta says quietly, biting her lower lip. She hates Cedric more than anything, for his hold over the two people she cares about. It is a thing she cannot reason, the lure of Cedric Diggory. It makes her angry.
"He did it whether he meant to or not," Zacharias insists, and grips her hand so tightly it hurts. "I don't know what happened, but Cedric should never have died. He was the strongest person I knew." His gaze softens suddenly, and he pulls Marietta closer. "Before I met you, anyway."
The words bring a mortifying tear to Marietta's eye, which she wipes away quickly. She sighs and looks around them, then slowly leans in and presses her lips to Zacharias's face. He catches her cheek and turns to meet her with his own mouth, and the two of them are suddenly kissing in the middle of the busiest corridor in Hogwarts. They've already gotten much better at this than they were at Hogsmeade Station, and Marietta finds that she doesn't terribly mind snogging in public, after all.
"You still wish to be discreet?" Zacharias asks her. His eyes dance with a mixture of emotion, so powerful that Marietta can barely look into them without a rush of goosebumps sweeping over her skin.
She nods, and his face falls. "Discreetly indiscreet, that is," she tells him, and he beams at her.
Of course, kissing in the corridors is frowned upon by the Professors, but the resulting loss of house points isn't such a big deal. "Ravenclaw could stand to lose a few, anyway," Zacharias says later, with a rakish grin. "Shrink their bloated heads a bit."
"Bloated heads! Do I look like a Gryffindor?" Marietta asks him. Zacharias laughs riotously.
"And just what is so funny?" Cho is waiting for Marietta to partner with her in the day's DA lesson, and she frowns so prettily at Zacharias that Marietta almost feels bad for laughing. Almost.
"Nothing," Marietta says with a grin. Zacharias winks at her as she moves away, and Marietta does not get a single spell right for the rest of the evening. She is thinking of kissing, and for the first time, Cho Chang is not the subject of the fantasy.
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