The young lady, and her delicate insistent hands - oh how familiar he was with that sort! - did seem very insistent that he come away from the fireplace so he did as he was bid. Mostly to be gentlemanly but also because he had deduced that kicking at the fire would likely get him nowhere.
His patent leather shoes slipped in the dust as he turned, momentarily unbalancing him, and he took hold of her arm to steady himself. She was warm and terribly, terribly soft. Much more pleasant an aspect than the promise of snowy streets beyond. Was he even near his home? Perhaps he ought to apparate?
"Thank Merlin it was floo," he said, stooping over her shorter and infinitely pleasing frame, speaking low as though they were not the only people present. "I would hate to think I was stepping upon a cherished pet or worse yet a family member."
His patent leather shoes slipped in the dust as he turned, momentarily unbalancing him, and he took hold of her arm to steady himself. She was warm and terribly, terribly soft. Much more pleasant an aspect than the promise of snowy streets beyond. Was he even near his home? Perhaps he ought to apparate?
"Thank Merlin it was floo," he said, stooping over her shorter and infinitely pleasing frame, speaking low as though they were not the only people present. "I would hate to think I was stepping upon a cherished pet or worse yet a family member."
![[Image: SJUIcj7.png]](https://i.imgur.com/SJUIcj7.png)
Indecently attractive set by MJ