Drabble: A Real Struggle

[alisanne]

Title: A Real Struggle
Author: alisanne
Pairing/Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy.
Word Count: 100 x 3
Rating: PG
Warning(s): None.
Challenge: Written for mixandmatch100/mixandmatch100's prompt# 45: Struggle.
Beta(s): sevfan and emynn.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.


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A Real Struggle

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“I’m struggling to come up with a legitimate explanation for finding you gentlemen in this position.” Headmistress McGonagall eyed Harry and Draco. “What are you doing?”

Harry coughed. “Er, we’re, um, waiting for you.”

“Yes,” chimed in Draco. “Professor Binns indicated you wished to see us.”

McGonagall raised an eyebrow. “While I did send for you, I hardly expected to find you…entangled beneath my desk.”

“Right.” Harry did his best to tuck in his shirt as unobtrusively as possible. “Well you see, I dropped something, and as my vision’s not the best, Draco was…helping me locate it.”

“Exactly!”

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McGonagall’s lips twitched. “Ah.”

Draco cleared his throat, reaching for a button and handing it to Harry. “Found it!” He stood up. “Your struggle’s over, H-Potter.”

“Oh? Oh! Yes, thanks a lot, Malfoy.” Harry slipped the button into his pocket. “I appreciate your help.”

Draco hummed. “Anytime.”

McGonagall smiled faintly. “If you’re done, may I have my desk back?”

Flushing, Harry and Draco crawled out from under her desk, standing up.

“I asked you here to discuss inter-house cooperation and fraternity this year,” she continued. “Although it seems you’ve got a head start.”

“Headmistress—” Harry began.

“So never mind. Dismissed.”

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“How embarrassing,” muttered Harry as they exited McGonagall’s office.

Draco snorted. “She’d no clue what we were doing.”

Harry gaped at him. “Didn’t you see the way she was smirking at us? Of course she knew!”

“Oh please. She’s so old she probably has to struggle to remember what it’s like being young.”

Harry ducked his head. “I dunno. Another few moments and I would have been naked, and then there would have been no doubt what we were doing.”

“Admittedly, that would’ve been harder to explain.” Draco smirked. “Although maybe next time we’ll just say we’re…fraternising.”

“Next time?”

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Comments

[smallhobbit]

Oops! Would you mind if I wrote a McGonagall/Snape follow up?

[alisanne]

LOL. Oops indeed. :)
And go for it! I look forward to reading it. :)

[smallhobbit]

Here: https://100words.dreamwidth.org/100008.html

[alisanne]

Love it! <3

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. And thank you for reccing it - I woke up to see several lovely comments :)

[alisanne]

You are most welcome. <3

[alisanne]

And people on LJ like it, too (although they often won't leave comments on DW).
Feel free to reply in my journal. :)

https://alisanne.livejournal.com/2007553.html

[smallhobbit]

Thank you for the offer - I've done so :)

[milotzi]

Lovely

[alisanne]

Eee, thank you! :)

[kelly_chambliss]

This is delightful -- the wry, understated humor, so many fun details left to the imagination (which make them all the more effective), the build-up to the perfect ending. I can just see and hear all of them. And Harry's inventive excuses -- you've got to give the boy credit for trying at a time when his wits were probably just the slightest bit scattered.

[alisanne]

Thank you!
*nods* Harry was a bit off his game there, understandably. :)
And silly Draco, who really thought he was fooling Minerva. *shakes head*