"Well, you know what they say about men with large egos," the man said jokingly with an over-exaggerated wiggle of his eyebrows. It was fun, just messing around with Sophia like he used to. So many things had changed when he'd graduated from Hogwarts, and Scorpius couldn't have been more pleased that he was finally starting to get them all back. First Albus, now Sophia. He man was almost tempted to take his old dorm mates out for drinks! On second thought, perhaps that wasn't the best idea. They hadn't exactly parted on the best of terms.
Scorpius only just refrained from rolling his eyes at mention of the Marriage Law. "Naw," the wizard admitted with a smirk, "I used to pass those cases along. I pulled the emotional wellbeing card, since I was subject to the law myself. Now people have just stopped bothering, since it's not like the Ministry has ever lost," he told Sophia with a shrug and a slightly bitter twist of his lips.
"Congratulations," the Malfoy heir said with a slightly raised eyebrow, "that's quite impressive." He'd always known that Sophia would be successful, one way or another, but he'd never expected it to happen quite so quickly. Normally the man would be a little jealous in the face of someone else's success like that, but really, Scorpius could never see himself in anything anywhere near a healing profession.
"You will not be thanking anyone," the blonde said, suddenly serious. He was sure that Mairen knew a little about how he used to be with girls from the whispers that had floated around the office, but she certainly didn't need any more confirmation than that. "Mairen's brilliant," the man admitted with a small smile, "she's an intern in the law office, and we met through working a case together. We were, uh, paired by the Marriage law, but were actually together before that, so." Never had the man been so sheepish in front of the Gryffindor.
"Look, Sophia, you know I'm not the feelings type. But, well, if I can find someone," the man stopped talking for a moment, as if unsure exactly how to continue. "Just, you never know, okay?"