Ver Y Much Inspired By The Deleted Swing Scene From Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Or Whatever It's Called - Tumblr Posts

Mafalda turned, and Tonks was nearly dangling out of the swing, her head tilted, eyebrows raised in concern.

“What happens to you?”

Tonks laughed softly, pushing off a little, the swing creaking gently back and forth. “I know us Hufflepuffs don’t look like much, but I can defend myself. I’m an Auror, you know, I’ve got three years of training.”

“I don’t mean you’re not capable, I just mean—” Stupid, stupid Veritaserum. “I don’t want anything bad to happen to you when I inevitably make a mistake.”

A loud, sudden dragging sound told her that Tonks had pulled herself to a stop.

“It’s like when you fly up to the rings and throw the Quaffle,” she said, voice earnest. “You don’t think about missing the hoop, because you won’t.”

Now, a laugh escaped Mafalda.

“You’re not really trying to make a Quidditch analogy, are you?”

“You were a Chaser, weren’t you?”

Mafalda flushed, her hands growing warm against the cold metal chains, and hoped the moonlight would hide it. “You noticed me?” She’d hardly thought Tonks — a popular, charming older student — had been all at aware of her existence.

“Of course I noticed you.”

She held Tonks’s gaze for perhaps a little longer than she should have, something strange and warm snagging in her stomach, just in the place a Portkey would.