So back in December, I picked up a couple of books full of writing prompts in the discount section of Barnes and Noble and thought it would be fun to share a prompt a week on the Harry and Ginny Discord. Just as a little something to encourage writers or those who are thinking about writing to get creative. This week’s prompt was: “You hate your best friend’s new partner. They are besotted. Do you pretend to like them or come clean?” This is what I came up with.
Harry looked at one of his best friends and sighed. “Are you really going to see him again tonight?” he asked, not really expecting any sort of answer. “I mean, he’s hardly the sort you would usually associate with.” He looked around the room. “Although I suppose there’s something to be said for proximity.”
A cool breeze blew in through the open window, raising the small hairs on on the back of Harry’s neck. He heard soft rustling as Pigwidgeon flew into the Hogwarts owlery, a mouse almost as big as him clutched in his beak.
In front of him, Hedwig hooted in owlish delight, her yellow eyes seeming to gleam brighter as her tiny owl suitor landed on the floor, dropping the morsel in front of her perch. Swooping down, Hedwig snapped up the mouse in her sharp beak, throwing her head back to swallow it whole. Harry could have sworn that Pigwidgeon swelled twice his size with pride.
“Fine,” Harry said as the tiny owl snuggled up to Hedwig as she preened her snowy white breast feathers with her beak. “If he makes you happy.”
Hedwig looked at him, fixing him with her golden gaze and blinked once. “I, uh, guess I’ll leave you to it, then,” Harry said, wondering if this was how fathers of newly dating daughters felt. He left the owlery, looking back at the happy couple once more.
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