Drabble: We All Scream

Title: We All Scream
Fandom: Harry Potter
Word Count: 200
Pairings: Sirius/Lily
Written for: ff.n's HP Fanfiction Challenges Forum Drabble Tag - Sirius/Lily; tongue

There was daub of ice cream on the tip of Lily's nose.

Sirius couldn't stop himself staring, though when Lily demanded, "What are you looking at?" he muttered something nondescript and turned his attention back to the parchments they were supposed to be studying. It was Order business--urgent--which demanded their immediate attention as Order business always did. He hadn't meant for her to cast the cone aside when he came in, hating as always that he'd had to interrupt her meager leisure time. Now Sirius tried to pay attention, but the bit of ice cream demanded his concentration as he tried to decide what flavour of ice cream could be on her nose. At first glance it appeared vanilla-white, but if Sirius looked close enough, he thought he could make out a blush of pink, making for dozens more possibilities.

At last he couldn't take it anymore. The mystery was driving him mad and there was only one sensible solution: turn into a dog and lick it off.

"Padfoot!" she squealed, holding up her hands in defence against further attacks.

Sirius let his tongue loll out in an approximation of a canine smile.

It was strawberry ice cream.