Drabble For JustPinkPastel's Muse

[teddy_radiator]

justpinkpastel is a loving, generous, gifted friend who constantly encourages me in every way. She is part cheerleader, part Greek chorus, part sounding board. This little drabble came to me yesterday, and I would like to dedicate it to her for her constant enthusiasm.

Name: Moste Potente Potion
Pairing: SS/HG (implied)
Length: 100 words
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's what he does best...
Disclaimer: These characters are the property of JK Rowling and Warner Bros. This piece is not meant in any way to infringe any copyright laws. I own nothing but the tears I will cry in July.

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He watches, checking for any change in temperature, colour, consistency, flavour. He has patiently stirred, adding each ingredient in the right measurement, at the right time in the right order. Shimmering, simmering, rising to the boil.

 

Each twist of the wrist, each turn of the rod, is timed from years of practice; the brew is more powerful now than when he was a nervous, callow man, attempting this recipe for the first time.

 

She is heady as Amortentia, invigorating as Pepper-up and as perfect as Felix Felicis. Now he feels her, ready for him, potent; a tonic to be consumed.

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Comments

[tally1302.livejournal.com]

Me too re crying like a baby! But I think the whole group of us will be so it won't be so bad. Mind you we'll probably set each other off...

Word has it that certain characters get better deaths though so I'm keen to see that. If they have to die, at least they can die with dignity.

My problem when writing is dialogue. I grew up in theatre so my dad's theory is that that's why I tend to take to writing dialogue. Pages and pages of dialogue. It might be nice dialogue but even the best gets boring after a while - Waiting for Godot a case in point. Usually in the editing stage I have to go through and chop entire conversations out.