prompt 3: pink
for @hinnymicrofic [293 words] f/f gender au/post hogwarts
i'm late but i needed to write this for myself.
Hallie blinks as she stares at the pink monstrosity on her bed: a lump of tulle and taffeta that she remembers explicitly not agreeing to.
“GINNY!”
Ginny pops her head in with a smile on her face. “Oh good, you’ve found it!”
“I seem to recall that I’d be the one in black and you’d be the one in pink,” Hallie says poking at the silver crown peeking out from under the gown.
“Well,” Ginny starts as she walks into the room fully.
“And, I’m the one who already has black robes. It’d make more sense if I-”
“Those robes fit me just fine and I can’t wear that,” Ginny says. “I’d look ghastly. The pink would clash horribly with my hair.”
Going as witches wasn’t a question when they had started discussing Halloween costumes for this year. Hallie had also been under the impression that her going as Elphaba was a given, but apparently, her girlfriend had changed her mind and conveniently forgot to tell her until it was too late.
“I’m the least Glinda person there is,” she argues.
“And I’m the most?” Ginny’s arms are crossed and she looks unimpressed by Hallie’s half-baked argument. Because, really, if anyone was more like Glinda it would be Lavender Brown who had been in Ginny’s house at Hogwarts.
“Well, no,” Hallie trails off.
“And you won’t even have to curl your hair. It’s just for one night, Hal.”
–
She puts on the dress and Hallie hates to admit it, but Ginny had been right. Switching roles made much more sense. She looks like a fucking ethereal pink bubble and she kinda loves it.
The megawatt smile on Ginny’s face, when she looks at the pictures later that evening, is a really nice bonus.
