Drabble: Her Leading Man: Part 1 & 2

[ceredwensirius]

Title: Her Leading Man; part 1 and 2
Author: ceredwensirius
Written For: grangerblack100
Challenge:Hermione reads a Muggle romance novel
Rating: G
Pairings: Hermione/Sirius
Word Count: Part 1: 279, Part 2: 167
Summary: Hermione and Sirius enjoy a typical evening at number twelve, Grimmauld Place.
Author's Note: Slight bit of a continuation to Self Pity and Cinderella. I am using these drabble prompts to help flesh out some ideas I have for a long one shot. The end product may resemble nothing of these musings, I don't quite know yet how it all works together. Split into two parts because I really am trying not to go over the 300 limit.

Her Leading Man: Part 1
Another evening closed softly over number twelve, Grimmauld Place, finding the inhabitants at the end of a nightly ritual. Gathered quietly in the drawing room, they sipped tea and read from their chosen material; Harry and Remus with the Evening Prophet, Tonks humming over the plot of a good mystery, Sirius pondering over an article in Transfiguration Today, Ginny making notes on a fertility potion and Hermione quietly sighing over a handsome leading man.

The two married couples eventually called it a night and left the unattached singles to their own devices. When Sirius stretched out on the couch, placing a pillow behind his head, Hermione's gaze crept over the top of her book to take him in. Long legs encased in tight blue jeans, his feet poked out the bottom and he was wiggling his toes. With a quiet sigh, her eyes trailed up to his form fitting grey T-shirt with 'Property of Gryffindor Lions' emblazoned on the front. Well muscled arms covered in soft, black hair poked out of the short sleeves, leading to strong hands with long, careful fingers which curled around the pages of his magazine.

When a finger turned a page, Hermione caught herself gawking at him. Refusing to draw comparisons between Sirius and the broody, raven haired protagonist in her Muggle romance novel, she shook her head to clear it of the less than entirely respectful thoughts. Excusing herself to bed, she stood up to leave Sirius in the drawing room, giving him no clues to her current leanings where he was concerned. Whoever had captured his heart was a lucky lady in her opinion and assumed it must be going passably well as his mood lately was slightly improved.

Her Leading Man: Part 2
"How are things going with your lady love?" she asked, paused by the door which led out of the drawing room.

"Oh, you know, I catch her ogling me from time to time but I haven't made my move yet," he replied. She couldn't quite place why the look in his eyes made her feel slightly anxious, warm even.

"I'm glad to hear she appreciates you, too," she said softly, turning away to leave as she filled with a sense of disappointment.

"I'm not sure if she is ready to hear of my feelings for her," he confessed. "I'm afraid she'd run away and not give us a chance."

"That's silly, Sirius," replied Hermione. "Just tell her how you feel."

"I will. Sleep well, Hermione."

Something in his tone sounded vaguely amused but the smile on his face was content somehow, genuine and pleased. With her book clutched in her hand she climbed the stairs, thinking of the leading man in her novel who now bore an uncanny resemblance to Sirius.

Comments

[ilexx.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you know, I catch her ogling me from time to time but I haven't made my move yet,"

Uncontrollable giggling awesomeness right here.

The scene setup in Part 1 is so gentle and detailed. I like.

And now we know that she's clueless to his affections so far - I'm glad it took a few scenes to figure it out, because otherwise I'm afraid it might have been a little too angsty. Making it clear later rather than off the bat helps ease the reader into the surroundings more, if that makes any sense. I'm kind of abstract tonight - sorry.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

This will eventually tie in to a number of my drabble and I've got several pages written out of stuff that happens first.

The romance will be slow, I think, it sort of depends on where I'm led because this is basically directionless and I'm just letting the characters and prompts write it for me.

I'm trying to be strict with my POV's. It is either Sirius or it is Hermione. I may let everyone have say before it is all over. I've been wanting to explore Harry but only in terms of his reaction to their affections. Harry in my mind is far more mature than he is sometimes written in fanfic.

I'm glad that line amused you. I liked it too. He's basically telling her he caught her red handed but won't embarrass her. He thinks too much of her for that although she will put it together at some point.

I'm glad it isn't overly angsty. I mean there is angst here but I don't want to stir it up too much.

[karmasslave.livejournal.com]

well done, great use of prompt i like how u made it continue.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We'll just have to see where next week takes them.

[lakshmi-black.livejournal.com]

This was very good, it's good to see the old Sirius back, all confident and sneaky after that down period.

"Oh, you know, I catch her ogling me from time to time but I haven't made my move yet," I laughed out loud. Great drabbles.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

This story has completely taken up residence in my mind and seems to be all I can write for the moment. This morning while I should have been working I wrote this steamy scene where he was teaching her to play pool and using it as a form of seduction. By the end of the scene she still doesn't but she is all out of sorts however everyone else knows.

LOL! I'm supposed to be working on Breathe!

[disby.livejournal.com]

Oh you made my day!!!
I've been having such a lousy day...it being a Monday is not helping matters either.
November is always a busy month, especially this year...and I just ended up paying almost as much as the actual cost to a bunch of stuff I'm having shipped! I hate the system!!!!
I still have so many commitments until the end of month and my laptop's antivirus needs to be updated which means that there is more money to be spent...and I must throw a party to my colleagues...and....well I'm pretty sure that I'll be broke by the end of the month, just to mention a few of the worries on my mind!!

So this was such a breath of healthy mountain air to a person who was almost getting suffocated!!!!THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

[disby.livejournal.com]

I mean he's so sweet.....so considerate of her feelings and so secure about the whole thing that he;s willing to take it slow and pace out the entire courting process.............I wish I get a Sirius for my birthday!!!!:(

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

In Self Pity and Cinderella he was unaware of her feelings. A few things happen in between that scene and this one although I'm not sure what but he doesn't want to scare her off. He was pretty rough on her in Self Pity and so now he's trying to get closer with measured careful steps. I spent the morning writing out a scene where he uses a lesson teaching her to play pool as her 'platonic' friend but also manages to leave her a near quivering mess. It was great fun to write!

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you Monday is so dreadful. I understand the broke part. My truck is going to take $600.00 dollars to fix.

I had a question. You mentiioned once that you occaissionally beta. Do you like doing that? I'm asking because my beta isn't doing beta work anymore. She's sort of left fanfiction. I've been working on the edit of Innocence before I post it to Granger Enchanted and wondered if you'd be interested in doing that?

[disby.livejournal.com]

Thanks for understanding...

Sure I'd love to beta...although I'm pretty busy this week and I'll only be able to do the work on weekends...if you're not in a hurry, mail me at disby_sd4@yahoo.com with further details:)

[padfootslover.livejournal.com]

These were really wonderful. For some reason in my mind he's been tampering with her novel so the lead male resembles him more than originally laid out in the book. I'm not sure why, but it seems like something Sirius would do; although, I'm sure he's not and I'm just letting my imagination run away with me.

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting, mischievous and utterly Sirius thing to do. Maybe he did tamper with it...

I just love hearing alternate interpretations to things that I write because it means my writing has sparked your imagination which is such a nice compliment.

[billeblacklupin.livejournal.com]

ok wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy late to comment have been distracted lately. However I still need to say it was an awesome story. I can't wait to see her reaction when he finally tells her