one moment, she was simply walking to class, carefully holding her
books in place, quietly & quickly moving between classmates, f l i c k e r s
of people she knew, and those she could not be bothered to. the next, she
was being jerked violently backward, and turning — greeted with the face
of draco malfoy, in all of his bitter & unkind glory, her eyes focusing on the
the slight smile on his features, confusion darting across her own, as she
simply lets his hand hold onto her arm, simply allows him to drag her to the outdoors, her eyes expectant — her heart DEMANDING, but her words
are stolen from her lips, unsown & unpicked before she has a chance to
speak. questions bloom, and she is almost ready to speak them — her eyes
meeting his as her lips part, but silence is her sentence, as it is from his
hands that her curse is brought.
D R A C O F U C K I N G M A L F O Y then takes it upon himself,
to cure her of the coldness in her heart, to destroy the hope and the brief
joy she cannot deny she gets from his presence, with a simple twist of
gravity. water. water is being poured over her head & it does not seem to
have an ending, water is soaking into her clothes and her boots and her
socks, a BRUTAL reminder of how foolish it was that she found herself
in the company of such a boy. she simply stands still, fuming, as he adorns
everything with the cold taint of ice — destroying what she had of body
warmth. she’s still standing in the same spot minutes after, two eyes simply
finding [ his ] and holding them there. eventually, she’ll reach up to push
some stringy hair off her face, glaring at the snow-haired boy.
perhaps there is an amusing side to thus, and simply watching him will
bring about such an idea. the very thought —- ! draco malfoy, standing in
front, simply watching her right back, not moving, either.
❝ and what, may i ask —- did i do to
deserve such a warm welcome, draco ?❞
she really likes saying his name, but he doesn’t need to know that.
INSTEAD, she’ll offer him a sort of scraggly curve to her lips, a brief but
warm smile —- before she’s bending down, scooping up snow and she
finds herself chucking it at him, feeling briefly breathless, briefly infinite,
as draco malfoy, the idiot, gives her the first taste at what forever feels like.
ASTORIA GREENGRASS caught Draco's attention & nothing
g o o d ever came out of that. She was doomed. Now, when
someone, like in Astoria's case, caught the Slytherin Prince's
attention, he made it his goal to get their attention right back,
However, he needed to be clever with it, he needed to get inside
her impenetrable mind that needed the correct implement to
hack into. It was a tricky mind, yes, for when Draco spoke to her,
it seemed quite certain she was made of ICE.
That's precisely
where got this w i ck e d idea from. With a giddy heart like that
of a child on Christmas day, he found he already knew what
present he would get this morning where the sun finally broke
through the clouds that had blanketed the skies for a whole week
as spring started to come through. However, the snow remained
stubbornly across the grass, the slush only adding to student's
uttermost dismay as they slipped.
Draco found the girl whose eyes
made him think the sky was captive in her irises walking down the
corridor. His nerve was unfathomable and unshaken as his long-
fingered hand went out, snatched her arm and tugged her back.
He wondered if she caught the glint in his eye as he lead her where
the light wind blew on their faces. There is a hesitation, though no
words were said, before he goes to a bucket he conjured earlier, filled
with w a t e r ----- it was only nature's doing to make it so cold , twice
as brutal. He grabbed it, hoisted it up, and dumped it on the top of her
dark hair. Flicks of water kissed his own face and splashed on the
front of her robes but as he watched her hair sink down like black
seaweed in front of her face, he let out a jolly laugh before moving
his feet backward. There was a pause when she simply stared at
him.
A MOMENT OF WORRY--- SHE WAS GOING TO GLARE AND
TURN ON HER HEEL, AND LEAVE,
MAKING HIS EFFORT POINTLESS.
However, she doesn't do that.
Her voice comes out first, a teasing
tone laced with i r o n y , causing him
to smirk and raise his shoulders in a playful shrug.
❝ You see--- that's a good question.
Perhaps you just needed a proper
gift, you know, to say --❞
However that finish was going to end through parted lips and a bright
grin, the world may yet to find out. For it took a second to say them,
a bit captive by the curve of her lips that was a sight for sore eyes on
Astoria's face that so far had been so perfectly MASKED not with falsehood,
but with a hard expression. She had a nice smile, he figured, even when
she was cursed with wet hair and her clothes wrinkled down her front.
IT WASN'T THE SMILE --- it was the snow she decided quite abruptly to
take into her dainty hands and crush against the sharp features of his
face. Seeker's instincts tell him to dodge but he could only put up his
hands a second too late, s t u n n e d that Astoria Greengrass had it
in her. He spat, swiped hands down his face ( through the melting ice
still remained on the sides ) and grinning once more.