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icarusChristmas Lilies
by Icarus
The Weasley family home sparkled with Christmas decorations. Harry, Ron, Fred and Percy sprawled out on the couch, too full (or in Fred's case, tone deaf) to join the rest of the family caroling. A couple last Christmas presents were brought out from under the tree.
"You open yours first, Percy." Harry nodded, handing him a rather heavy, paper-wrapped box.
Percy struggled with the Muggle wrapping paper for several minutes.
"I give up. How does it open?"
"It's taped. You just rip the paper," Harry explained.
"Ah." Percy meticulously tore the paper. "Though I don't see how they can reuse the paper if it's ripped."
"You don't." Harry shrugged, and watched Percy eye the box with a slight puzzled frown.
"Tsk-tsk," Percy shook his head, "wasteful."
Fred snickered. "And to think Dad's missing this..."
Ron craned his neck to see without actually getting up. "What is it?"
A slightly embarrassed smile lit Percy's face as he read: "'A desktop lily pond... soothing sounds for the busy office...' Thank you." His eyes met Harry's briefly, and the smile threatened to break into a grin. "Now open mine."
Harry already had Percy's gift in hand. He flicked the magical wrapping points and then tore the paper off the tiny box. It was the sort of velvet box you got from a jeweler. "Oh no..."
"Now, now, don't jump to conclusions," Percy admonished. But he looked smug.
Inside the box was a pair of silver cufflinks. Set with an embossed image of water lilies. Harry blushed and grinned, and then shook his head. "They're nice."
His eyebrows flicked up at Percy, and they both struggled not to laugh. Percy's ears turned pink with the effort, while Harry beamed.
Fred glanced suspiciously from one to the other. "Since when do you two exchange presents?"
Ron shook his head, though he still refused to move from his comfortable slouch. "All right. That's three years in a row now. What is up with all the water lilies?"
"It's an inside joke, Ron," Percy said smoothly. He set the miniature lily pond gently on the floor.
"Yeah. You, er, had to be there," Harry added. Though he looked rather sheepish as he slipped the box into his pocket.
Finis.
by Icarus
The Weasley family home sparkled with Christmas decorations. Harry, Ron, Fred and Percy sprawled out on the couch, too full (or in Fred's case, tone deaf) to join the rest of the family caroling. A couple last Christmas presents were brought out from under the tree.
"You open yours first, Percy." Harry nodded, handing him a rather heavy, paper-wrapped box.
Percy struggled with the Muggle wrapping paper for several minutes.
"I give up. How does it open?"
"It's taped. You just rip the paper," Harry explained.
"Ah." Percy meticulously tore the paper. "Though I don't see how they can reuse the paper if it's ripped."
"You don't." Harry shrugged, and watched Percy eye the box with a slight puzzled frown.
"Tsk-tsk," Percy shook his head, "wasteful."
Fred snickered. "And to think Dad's missing this..."
Ron craned his neck to see without actually getting up. "What is it?"
A slightly embarrassed smile lit Percy's face as he read: "'A desktop lily pond... soothing sounds for the busy office...' Thank you." His eyes met Harry's briefly, and the smile threatened to break into a grin. "Now open mine."
Harry already had Percy's gift in hand. He flicked the magical wrapping points and then tore the paper off the tiny box. It was the sort of velvet box you got from a jeweler. "Oh no..."
"Now, now, don't jump to conclusions," Percy admonished. But he looked smug.
Inside the box was a pair of silver cufflinks. Set with an embossed image of water lilies. Harry blushed and grinned, and then shook his head. "They're nice."
His eyebrows flicked up at Percy, and they both struggled not to laugh. Percy's ears turned pink with the effort, while Harry beamed.
Fred glanced suspiciously from one to the other. "Since when do you two exchange presents?"
Ron shook his head, though he still refused to move from his comfortable slouch. "All right. That's three years in a row now. What is up with all the water lilies?"
"It's an inside joke, Ron," Percy said smoothly. He set the miniature lily pond gently on the floor.
"Yeah. You, er, had to be there," Harry added. Though he looked rather sheepish as he slipped the box into his pocket.
Finis.
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Date: 2003-07-11 11:26 am (UTC)I love Harry's little scare when he unwraps the box. Especially funny when I realised he's 16 here (right?), which makes me wonder a little what he'd have done if he had jumped to conclusions and answered before opening it.
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Date: 2003-07-11 11:39 am (UTC)It's wonderful to find another Percy author out there, Haku! I loved your Harry/Percy drabbles. Have you considered doing some longer pieces?
~Icarus
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Date: 2003-07-11 12:47 pm (UTC)It's wonderful to find another Percy author out there, Haku!
Please, feel free to call me Cassie if you'd like.
I loved your Harry/Percy drabbles. Have you considered doing some longer pieces?
*loves being loved* I do have one longer P/H fic started, That Most Lonely Thing (http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1377319) but I was stupid enough to think to myself 'Hmm, it's so close to OotP coming out that I'll wait and read it before posting the next chapter so I can see if I can fit some book five canon in there.' And then I got hopelessly bogged down, hacking off pretty much everything I'd already written to write new book five Percy stuff, before realising that canon hopelessly muddled later plans. *sighs* So now I've started rewriting again following my original plans, with just the occasional tiny bits of canon that don't mess anything up.
So basically, chapter two kicked my ass but good and it's all JKR's fault. *snorts* I'm sure you can tell I'm a bit stressed about it.