Art? (H/D, G)

[sesheta66]

Title: Art?
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Challenges: slythindor100's prompt #79 - "Art," dracoharry100's prompt #52 - "Soul" and my GJ 100_prompts table 063 - "Moon"
Summary: Draco behaves himself ... most of the time. But sometimes the temptation is too hard to resist.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.


Harry entered the local art gallery, an excited Draco by his side. They had been there countless times before, but Draco never tired of it.

"But it's all the same stuff!" Harry whinged.

"There are a few changes," Draco insisted as they wandered the well-worn galleries again.

Harry felt a wave of ... something pass by him, but when he looked at Draco, the blonde was engrossed in a painting. Harry looked at that something pond by that famous French somebody or other, wondering how people found this interesting.

A gathering crowd by a plain landscape in moonlight caught his attention.

"It touches my soul," one woman said. Another woman was mopping tears from her eyes. Children stood gaping. A man was blinking furiously, clutching at his chest.

Harry frowned, wondering what on earth was going on. No one had ever reacted that way before. He heard another sniff, but this time it was coming from his other side, from Draco. Who was still staring at the pond. With his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

Harry looked from Draco to the growing crowd, back to Draco again. He surreptitiously pulled out his wand, casting a silent Finite Incantatum. The crowd dispersed almost immediately.

Earlier that week ...

Draco changed the channel; the end of the Muggle news was on, and there was an article about "paintings" that sold for hundreds, even thousands of pounds. Done by a dog. Draco watched the dog scratch away a surface layer of paint to reveal colours placed underneath by its owner. Muggles were truly gullible. They called that art!

Harry rounded on his boyfriend. "What did you do to them?"

"To them, nothing. The painting, however ..."

Harry glared.

"C'mon Harry," he chuckled, wiping tears of mirth from his eyes. "The Muggles sometimes just make it too easy!"

Comments

[svgurl.livejournal.com]

Oh Draco ... how I love thee. Him and his slytherin ways. This one made me giggle ... a lot.

thanks for writing & sharing!

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[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hee! Sometimes he just can't help himself.

And hello yummy, leather-clad Tom! *drools*

[tweeney.livejournal.com]

Harry looked at that something pond by that famous French somebody or other...
LOL! Oh, Harry. I hear ya on that one!

And Draco polishing his Slytherin skills is always a pleasure. :D

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Harry isn't the biggest art lover in the world, that's for sure.

Every once in a while, Draco has to do something a little naughty. Well, besides with Harry in the bedroom, of course. ;)

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

LOL!

I love this Draco!:D

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hee! You know, as 'reformed' as he might get, I still see him wanting to flex his wizarding muscles every once in a while ... I suspect Fred & George would have found this amusing too. :D

[thrnbrooke.livejournal.com]

Oh Draco! Tooo funny!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hee! He couldn't resist.

[winter-june.livejournal.com]

Heheheh, brilliant prank! It's twins Weasley's worth. Slytherins can be adopted, but not tamed!

On other themes, about my last email, did I delete something from you? *still freaking*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon.

No worries. I checked my sent mail & I hadn't sent anything to you since. No Ron ficcage missing. You may stop freaking. Breathe ... breathe.

Oooh! I wanted to do (I know, I'm insane) a "Kickoff" for the Wizard of the Month. Any chance you could mock up a flyer of sorts (I see that as being done on parchment for posting in store fronts, at news stands, etc. to advertise the mag)? I can send you the text tomorrow, which will include the year's worth of Wizards, already determined.

*smooches*

Awesome

[dirty-darella.livejournal.com]

Draco the prankster, I love it!
Great piece.

[winter-june.livejournal.com]

*stops freaking* I suppose this is the reason everyone insist I keep the photo-torpedoes launching codes in a different email address

And of course, I'll try my best with the flyer! Send it when you want (I swear I don't delete anything else without triple checking it)

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hee! Good plan!

I'd like to get the flyer done this afternoon, then work on Ron #2 to send to Mel for her approval. Hopefully, I'll have Ron #2 to you tomorrow (Thurs) your time, and Ron #3 to you Friday your time. Then Ron #4 sometime over the weekend.

Thanks ♥

Re: Awesome

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thanks.

[gurliemoviegeek.livejournal.com]

Once a Slytherin, always a Slytherin! :D
I'm just happy that Harry wasn't too upset!

*giggles*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Draco has many Fred and George references in his back pocket, just in case. He didn't harm anyone, really ... more like a practical joke worthy of WWW. *nods*

[valkyrie17.livejournal.com]

I think Draco and I are on the same page regarding the crap that passes for art (especially that "painted" by dogs, elephants, chimps and babies)and the gullible fools that get worked up over it:)
Loved this:)

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was totally having Draco channel my wtf thoughts about that type of 'art' ... I recall the dog 'paintings' being on the news, and just rolling my eyes at the people that bought them. Some days I'm tempted to have my kids slap some paint on canvas and name it something obscure to get people 'thinking'!

Thanks. :)

[favole-sprite.livejournal.com]

*Mwahahaha* Draco is so evil, the poor muggles! ^_^ And of course Harry knew who to point the finger at!

The crowd disbursed almost immediately. - Did you mean dispersed? Disburse is to pay out, disperse to scatter.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Yes, I did. In fact, I looked at it when I read through it. Then again. And another time for good measure, thinking, "There's something not right about that." But I had a nattering teen in the background distracting me, which required I stop what I was doing. Later, in my tired state, I ended up forgetting that I meant to do something about it and I posted it. *headdesk* Thanks. *giggles* - I suppose they could have all started paying money to Draco for his trouble, but yeah ... I meant dispersed.

[valkyrie17.livejournal.com]

A woman in England did that a couple of years ago. She entered her very young child's "art" in a competition and it did very well (might have won, I think). Then she revealed the "artist"...and they were taken aback, but recovered quickly and insisted the child was a prodigy!!?!! What gets me more than the crap pased off as art is the pretentious twits who rave about it and imply that anyone who dislikes it (which is anyone with a modicum of taste) is a Philistine.

[raggedyanndy.livejournal.com]

hee hee hee, that's awesome. gotta love draco.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Yeah ... I was hoping that came across here, that they were being a bit pretentious (with it touching the soul).

I find the same sometimes when people analyse a book or poem and say, "This is what the author means" when it's not that obvious. My son gave me an example from his English teacher, and my reaction was, "Wha?" Even after pondering it for a while, I totally could not get whatever the hell it was she seemed to think the author meant. And I consider myself pretty good at English.

I told him he could bring something of mine in for her to analyse, and then I could tell him if I REALLY meant that or not. He got a maniacal look on his face (he hates English, and isn't all that impressed with his current teacher). Heh.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Yup, yup! :D