Desperate Measures by the_dragon_childe

Summary: Gilderoy Lockhart is five years out of school and still a nobody. He's so worthless that even his best friend, who rules the press, can't seem to make a story out of him. A despicable idea comes to mind, one that he's been resisting... but it's foolproof, and he's starved for attention. She wants a story? He'll give her the story of a lifetime. [Light humour, Lockhart/Rita]
Ratings: 1st-2nd Years [ - ]
Category: Other Pairing
Characters: None
Warnings: None
Challenge:
Serie: None
Chapters: 1 Completed?: Yes
Wordcount: 1156 Viewcount: 1918
Published on: 09/09/08 Updated On: 09/20/08

Story Notes: All right, so this was actually my first entry in a writing contest on the HP.com message boards, where each of us was given a song and a random word to work with, based on what we put down for our favourite ships. I was given the word 'indecent' and the song 'Black-Hearted Woman' by the Allman Brothers. Anyone familiar with the song might pick up that I fixated on the line 'Well I'm going out to find a new way babe, oh, to get back into your game.' Also, there are references to a [second-place-winning] drabble I wrote on the MNFF forums in which Lockhart and Rita were established as childhood friends, and they'd essentially set each other up - Lockhart charmed Rita's quill, and Rita gave Lockhart the idea to use memory charms to his advantage. =)

1. Chapter 1 by the_dragon_childe [ - ] (1156 words)