Drabble: Caffeine of Choice

[mysid]

Title: Caffeine of Choice
Author: mysid
Prompt: caffeine at sirius_remus100
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Disclaimer: All four belong to J.K. Rowling.

Caffeine of Choice

James and Peter were traditionalists. They liked their caffeine in the form of tea, thank you very much. Although James would occasionally add lemon and honey, Peter firmly preferred milk and sugar.

Sirius's new favourite was coffee. He said that tea was for society matrons, offered primarily so they could show off their family china and monogrammed silver. Coffee was for the young and rebellious, like the disillusioned American expatriates in a Muggle novel he'd read. (Remus suspected that Sirius simply enjoyed ordering it "strong, hot, and Black.")

Remus allowed his friends to argue while he savoured his hot chocolate.
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Comments

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

(Remus suspected that Sirius simply enjoyed ordering it "strong, hot, and Black.")

*snicker!*

[onehundredmoons.livejournal.com]

This is lovely! And strong, hot, and Black, indeed! ;)

[kawaii-tenshi27.livejournal.com]

Brilliant as always! I'm a tea and hot chocolate girl myself - don't drink coffee at all - but I wouldn't mind something else that's 'strong, hot, and Black' (though, of course, I would never dream of taking him away from Remus). :D It really depends on the tea, though, what you put in it. Black tea requires milk, green tea often needs a bit of sugar, herbal teas are wonderful with honey and sometimes a bit of lemon. ::nods wisely::

[ishonn.livejournal.com]

I truly enjoyed all of this, but — predictably — the strong, hot, and Black particularly caught my attention ;-) Not just because it's so funny, but also because it's such a Sirius thing to say, and such a Remus thing to notice. It's amazing, really, how you captured some of their characters in this single notion.

Lovely work, thank you for sharing!

[cosmiko-ling.livejournal.com]

"Strong, hot and Black" was an ingenious line! I loved it! Very suitable choice drinks for everyone else too. ^^

[marinliliz.livejournal.com]

I liked the character-defining drinks, it really does seem to fit them all so well: the lemon-honey bittersweet tea for James; the traditional English tea for Peter, the ever sweet and comforting chocolate for Remus, and as you and Remus put so well the strong, hot, and Black. for Sirius. Lovely.

Well, that's it for today, I've read all your drabbles, next I'll move onto the fics>.<. Sorry to clutter up your inbox.