PADMA/CRABBE YAYYY :D

Aww, Padma is sweet :3 I liked her helping Crabbe and how she can see that there's more to him than "Malfoy's dumb crony" (that is the singular of "cronies", right? o.o? ). The juxtaposition of her friendship with Crabbe and Parvati's friendship with Lavender was also interesting... I don't know whether you did this intentionally or not, but I liked that Parvati has this great, open friendship where they never stop talking to each other and Parvati has this closed-off, secret friendship where they barely talk to each other at all...

If I might offer a suggestion, I think - though the flashback style was interesting - that this story might have worked better if it just told the story of Padma and Crabbe meeting without the framing device of them being in Madam Malkin's... that suggestion is sort of an extension of "show, don't tell", I suppose. :P

Overall, I enjoyed this story and this charmingly odd pairing! n_n

I actually chose to read this because of the pairing. I thought it was interesting! :)

I didn't catch any grammar or spelling mistakes, so you are officially amazing! :D I really think this is an interesting concept. I like the line "He wasn't the brightest to ever exist, but he wasn't dumb either."! I really, really like this line because ever since I started writing fanfiction, I have discovered that I love delving into characters and pulling out little pieces that should exist.

Great job! I really enjoyed it! :)

-Gency

This was an odd pairing, but I suppose I can see where it comes from. Crabbe and Padma are often overshadowed by siblings/friends and so a connection between them is at least understandable and relatable. This story was also realistically written; they weren't head-over-heels in love with each other, but there was some mutual connection between them, like they're drawn together. So, good for you for making it work.

...you just wrote Padma/Crabbe. You are far braver than I, my dear.
Your writing is lovely and both of them are very in-character. There are barely any errors, too, which is nice- 'You're turn' should be 'Your turn', but other than that I didn't see anything.
I'm judging this competition too. Good luck! :)

It's an odd pairing, but I like is so far. I wouldn't mind more than just the two chapters!