It was Valentine’s Day. For Albus and Scorpius it had never meant much, really. First of all, neither of them had ever dated anyone - until now, of course - and therefore had never been on romantic Valentine’s Day dates, either - until today, of course.
For them, Valentine’s Day usually meant just doing something simple and nice, like playing Exploding Snap and eating way too many sweets until they felt sick. It meant taking a short break from school work and having a little fun together. Scorpius, always the geek, had taught Albus during their first year that “in some countries, Valentine’s Day is actually called Friends’ Day!” and that had always been their excuse to spend the day together even though, for the rest of the kids at Hogwarts, it meant snogging their significant others behind tapestries and sending and receiving elaborate Valentine’s Day cards. The amount of cards Scorpius had heard singing Celestina Warbeck songs was ridiculous.