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fortheloveof-sebastian · 1 year

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Lovebirds

Pairings: Sebastian x F!Reader

Summary: You almost miss curfew (again) coming back from a study session with Sebastian. The gentleman he is, he walks you back to your common room and his feelings for you accidentally slip out.

Warnings: kissing, fluff

Word Count: 1.1k

A/N: For some reason I just really love the idea of Ominis being the disgruntled mother of the friend group having to deal with you and Sebastian’s shit. Mommy Omi.

Not gonna lie this one put me in my feels.

I intentionally didn’t specify a certain House in this oneshot. It probably doesn’t work as well if you’re in Slytherin, but then maybe just imagine Sebastian is walking you to the girls side😉

The rosiness of Sebastian’s freckled cheeks reminds you of the wintery dusk settling behind you, backlighting Hogsmeade and the snow-covered wilderness. A cold wind cuts through your school cloaks and, without thinking, you lean closer into Sebastian’s side as you both laugh. Naturally, his arm falls around your shoulders, and you walk like that into the castle.

“Well, it’s about time,” came Ominis’s cutting voice. “I thought I was going to have to send out a search party.”

Ominis emerges from the shadows.

“Ominis.” Sebastian presses a hand to his chest. “Were you worried about us?“

“Be still my heart,” you say, pretending to swoon.

Ominis clicks his tongue. “I was more worried that I would have to venture out at an untimely hour to drag you back. Who knows what shenanigans you two get up to, I should never leave you alone.”

The three of you scurry up the grand staircase.

“We asked you to come with,” Sebastian points out. His arm leaves your shoulders, and there’s a twinge of disappointment in your chest.

“Well, I don’t need to study last minute,” Ominis declares hauntily.

Sebastian rolls his eyes.

“No studying actually happened,” you say. “Your integrity would’ve remained intact.”

Ominis scoffs, and you and Sebastian snicker in response.

You did have all of the intentions to study for Potions. But once you picked up the necessary ingredients from The Magic Neep for practice, the sun began to sink and a chill set in, and you shuffled into The Three Broomsticks together. Sinora ended up plying you with new variations of Butterbeer she was experimenting with, and Potions quickly fell to the wayside.

You actually had been laughing earlier because Sebastian had a smudge of foam on his upper lip, and he playfully nipped at your thumb when you went to swipe it away.

“I’m not spending another detention with the likes of you two,” Ominis says. There’s a curl of affectionate amusement in his voice. “We ought to get to the common room before someone catches us.”

Sebastian says, “Go on without me, Omi.”

“Are you not coming?”

“I’m going to drop off my fellow delinquent here,” Sebastian tells him. “Make sure that she doesn’t run into anymore trouble without me.”

“I’m fine, Sebastian,” you say.

“Well what kind of gentleman would I be if I let you go alone? All kinds of frightful things traverse these hallowed halls.”

You tap the side of your chin. “I can’t remember, was it you or me who won our duel?”

“I was going easy on you,” Sebastian chides. “You know, being a gentleman and all.”

Ominis waves a hand. “I’m leaving, I don’t have the energy to discuss this duel again. Goodnight, Y/N. Don’t lose your way, Sebastian, I don’t want to hear you bumbling your way into the room again.”

Sebastian and you watch Ominis’s retreating form, and the crimson glow of his wand.

“He loves us,” he says.

“How could be not?”

Your conversation lulls into comfortable silence. Even with your history of banter, you also enjoyed the moments when you weren’t talking, just walking together in your companionship.

The last handful of students were rushing by. Shadows had begun to stretch and take form on the tiled floors.

Finally you approach the entrance to your common room, and you’re reluctant to leave Sebastian. You turn to him, hoping to steal just a few more seconds.

“Tomorrow’s Potions class should be interesting,” you say.

Sebastian shrugs. “We’ll be fine as long as we don’t sit by Garreth again. Class might be a touch boring, but much less explosive.”

“I had a good day with you,” you blurt. Your desire to elongate these late fleeting moments backfires, and you feel your cheeks burn. Did you really just say that?

“I did too,” Sebastian says, softly, and gratefully without a stitch of taunting in his voice.

You mutter the password and the entrance opens. You step inside, one foot in and one foot out. “I guess this is goodbye.”

“Yep.”

“I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Yep.”

“Sleep tight,” you add. You haven’t budged.

Sebastian smiles. Casually, he says, “Goodnight, Y/N. I love you.”

His face spasms, and for the first time you think you see a light dusting of color cover his cheeks. You freeze, then, invigorated, say, “You love me?”

“Well, um, yeah,” Sebastian awkwardly replies. He coughs a little. “You know we were just talking about how Ominis loves us and perhaps my mind was still there. I didn’t mean anything by —”

You climb down and interrupt Sebastian’s nervous rambles by grabbing the front of his robes. He blinks at you in rapid succession, mouth ajar, obviously still fumbling for an appropriate response to accidentally confessing his love for you.

“I love you too, Sebastian,” you tell him.

You’re not sure who kisses who first, but soon he’s captured you with his mouth, pressing it firmly against yours. Faintly you taste the trace of Butterbeer, which makes you smile. In response Sebastian moans softly and then draws you in closer, deepening the kiss. Your fingers slip into his hair. This moment is everything that you’ve wanted and more and —

“OOO KISSY KISSY!”

A familiar blur of color soars overhead. Instantly, Sebastian and you tear apart, slightly out of breath and pink-cheeked.

Peeves circles back around and makes a face. He sings:

“What do we have here?

A pair of lovebirds

Caught in the act, oh dear

Kissing like they have no fear!”

He cackles, high pitched and splitting, the sound ringing through the halls.

“Oh, bugger off, Peeves,” Sebastian snaps. “I’ve had enough of you.”

“Caught red handed, in this moment of bliss

A moment like this they surely won’t miss

But it’s not a secret, they can’t dismiss,” Peeves continues to bellow, laughing devilishly.

You grab Sebastian’s arm. “Don’t bother giving him the time of day. He won’t quit.”

Sebastian looks back at you, and his face softens.

He sighs. “I’m afraid you’re right.”

“I tend to be quite often, yet people are always surprised.”

Sebastian chuckles, then pulls you in for a hug. Your cheek ends up in the crook of his neck, and the feel of him is so warm and safe and good. Peeves resumes his mocking but you both ignore it, and in good time he leaves to wreck havoc elsewhere.

“Told you,” you say.

“Say it again.”

You raise a brow. “Told you?”

He smiles again, and rolls his eyes. “No, what you said before. I want to hear it again.”

You rack your brain, then realize what he means. Your heart pounds. Mirroring his smile, you lean in and whisper, “I love you, Sebastian.”

#fanfic #hogwarts legacy #ominis gaunt #sebastian sallow #harry potter #first kiss #sebastian sallow x reader #peeves the poltergeist #butterbeer

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medusasdaughterwrites · 1 year

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HBO Harry Potter reboot this, diverse cast that, LGBT rep this, marauders that... Guys, JKR is an executive producer, she's gonna keep it exactly like her books. As much as I would love a black Hermione and a Desi bisexual Harry and canon wolfstar and an explicitly gay Dumbledore and everything, this is JKR we're talking about. Let's all face the truth, she's pushing for this reboot because she's mad the original cast is pro trans rights and wants to erase them from hp pop culture. The biggest difference might be Peeves being included.

(I'm keeping my hopes down because I'm tired of JKR crushing them)

#harry potter #harry potter hbo max #hp reboot #hp marauders #wolfstar #black hermione granger #desi harry potter #peeves the poltergeist

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anxiousnerdwritings · 1 year

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Lovegood sister reader sleep walks into professor Snape’s potion room late at night just to make some tea change my mind 👁👁

I can totally see this but instead of tea they boil some Gatorade and Snape just allows it. It becomes an odd but wholesome nightly ritual for the two but Lovegood!Reader has no recollection of it, meanwhile Snape gets to gossip and talk freely, he also sits contently and listens as the Reader goes on about whatever nonsense is on their mind. Luna has probably sleepily followed her sibling on a few of these sleepwalking outings.

There have even been a few occasions where McGonagall has wondered upon Lovegood!Reader and Snape’s nightly interactions and has joined them herself, allowing herself to indulge in the wholesomeness and relaxation of it. I really imagine the Reader just having a very light and airy atmosphere about them that leaves those around them feeling weightless and relieved, taking whatever hardships and stress off of whoever.

Peeves has also made his appearance at a number of these get togethers. At first, Snape and McGonagall were very against him having any part of these nice and relaxing moments but to their surprise he was on his best behavior. It’s the only time they’ve ever seen him calm and quite. But once these moments are over, Peeves is right back to his usual chaotic self. Also, he’s totally the one who escorts Lovegood!Reader around in their state of sleepwalking, instructing the where to go or he just sits back and lets them hon their own way but he stays by their side all the whole.

Dumbledore has also joined in on a handful of these little interactions, bringing some sweets here and there much to Minerva’s dislike of him giving sugar to the sleepwalking Reader thinking it will only cause them to be up and sleepwalking around even more than usual.

#anxious answers #yandere severus snape #yandere minerva mcgonagall #yandere peeves #yandere harry potter #yandere harry potter concept #yandere concept

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severussnapemylove · 6 months

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Y/N; "I ran into traffic on my way here."

Severus; "You live upstairs."

Y/N; (points to Peeves toppling suits of armour down the staircase)

#incorrect quotes #severus snape x reader #severus snape #reader insert #harry potter universe #peeves the poltergeist

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dqbbiegallaqher · 3 months

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Harry Potter underrated in his own series

#he’s literally my fave 😭#ESPECIALLY in the books #also how tf do know Mattheo Riddle but not peeves?#this was prompted by me re-reading the books #harry potter #harry james potter #hjp #hp

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ephemerasnape · 6 months

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A Moment Alone (Audio)

Sebastian seeks a private moment, believing that he and Ominis are the only ones with any knowledge of the Undercroft.. But there's someone else who knows every square inch of the castle.

EXPLICIT AUDIO 18+

Mast*rbation / Crack / Voyeurism / Smut

More where that came from!

#sebastian sallow #sebastian sallow smut #hogwarts legacy smut #hogwarts legacy #harry potter hogwarts game #ai audio #the undercroft #sebastian sallow audio #sebastian sallow ai #peeves #peeves the poltergeist

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noahmullariii · 19 days

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a much too whiny rant about fic icks

I die a little every time pup, cub or Prongslet comes up in a wolfstar raising Harry (together or separately) fic. especially cub - it makes literally no sense????? are you sure it's Remus John Lupin I'm reading about??? it's his evil doppelganger, I'm telling you. I'm not even sure I could stomach that word ironically.

Prongslet is fine in moderation, I guess, but only as an inside joke, only coming from Sirius and only when Harry's a smol bean. but when it's Prisoner of Azkaban compliant I wanna claw my eyes out.

it's even worse when those terms are used not just in dialogue but in Remus or Sirius' internal monologue as if pup and cub are Harry's freaking pronouns or something. my cub, my pup, cub did this, pup did that... just call him boy or kid or his name for god's sake. I once saw sprog pop up and was delighted cuz at least it's actually british slang.

and don't get me started on Hadrian(us) James Orion Potter-Black (which is just... why the fuck would James give his son the name of his best mate's horrible father AND the last name of his horrible family?? and why would Lily agree to that?) who's simultaneously Lord Potter, Black, Peverell and Slytherin (and, sure, I have a visceral reaction to aristocracy wank in general but even ignoring that - the last 3 literally make no sense since "Lord Black" is Sirius until his death; and both Peverell and Slytherin lines bled into other families ages ago. so being a Potter automatically means you're descended from Peverells as well as being a Gaunt - from Slytherin. and the last of those is Tom Riddle Jr. but that wouldn't make any Potters "Lord Peverell"s or any Gaunts/Riddle "Lord Slytherin"s. those last names are dead. smh).

but, uh, this tangent technically has nothing to do with my initial complaints, it's just that at some point I started thinking of this naming stuff in tandem with nonsensical nicknames as they began appearing in fics together. which is a double homicide, truly.

and look, I definitely understand the desire to make Harry's original name something else cuz it fits nicely with POC Potters headcanon and Dursleys being racist dicks about it, but... Hadrian? I mean, it's not really a big deal when the fic mentions it being his full name but both narration and characters still refer to him as Harry for short - that makes total sense. however when after the name reveal Hadrian replaces Harry completely, it feels super weird and uncanny, making it hard to identify Harry's character in the story altogether.

although I guess you should all knock me off my high horse for being the biggest hypocrite ever, cuz I myself have a headcanon for Harry's name, even if it's less elaborate than Hadrian. also less Roman? that's another thing I don't get - if you want to create a better connection between Harry and his roots, why choose a name of a Roman emperor for a desi kid? since he's usually explicitly desi in all the Hadrian fics. so it's not that I have a problem with renaming him, per se, I just don't understand the choice of Hadrian.

for example, I recently read a fic where he was Pakistani and his name was originally Hami, which is a very nice idea, actually, and makes total sense for such headcanon. mine is Hari btw (हरि in Sanskrit), since I headcanon Potters as Indian, but I didn't come up with that name myself - just saw it somewhere a couple years ago and fell in love. I think it's actually a pretty popular hc now? anyway, it's closer to Harry than any other name I've seen and has so many beautiful meanings that resonate with what I think James and Lily felt towards their son. so yeah, I'm one to talk, boo me.

now, I probably should shut up since this rant has been entirely too negative already, but while I'm on the topic of icky names/nicknames I should circle back to wolfstar cuz gods know I'll never be brave enough to talk about this particular pet peeve in its own post.

Siri, Remu and Remy make my blood boil. Siri could be kinda cute when it's a silly childhood nickname from Regulus, but if any marauder or Lily calls Sirius that - immediate death. Si and Re are a teensy bit better in moderation and if used ironically, but still stab me in the chest. a couple times for good measure. the only somewhat acceptable short form of any of their two names for me is Rem, albeit with a stretch and only because it's an actual version of the name Remus in Catalan and Russian. I know I'm being way too dramatic about this (just like with all of my previous points) but I just don't understand the need to shorten their names. at all. they're only 3 and 2 syllables long and so mystical on their own that any shortening just makes them simultaneously more nonsensical and less remarkable.

both characters literally have established quirky nicknames in canon that you can play with and even shorten to Pads and Moons if you want. Sirius is not a digital assistant and Remus is not the main character from Ratatouille. stop this madness.

plus James is right there. his name has a ridiculous amount of diminutives - Jamie, Jimmy, Jim, Jam, Jem, Jay and even Jimbo if you're into that. why strip Remus and Sirius' magical names of their charm if you can have fun with common names? but I digress.

at the end of the day, my pet peeves are mine only and I should live with them in fragile peace. this post is a personal rant first and foremost and if you disagree, I'm genuinely happy that you enjoy the things I can't. fandom is a playground and we can all find some fun in different corners. I'd also like to point out that I'm not trying to take a jab at fic writers who use any of the aforementioned terms, names or diminutives. I'm only one person, so if I stop reading your work because of my petty biases, it's only my loss and not your problem. hundreds of other fans will enjoy it instead. so keep doing what you love and writing those characters however you want, it's your right!

so yeah, writers and readers - don't take it personally and have your fun! don't listen to me being mean! I'm just making my fandom experience way too convoluted for my own good.

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charmedimsure · 8 months

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Sebastian: Hey, Clopton, I need a recommendation for a good restaurant. It's MC's birthday and I want to do something... Nice.

Everett: Ooh. Do you want like, classic, romantic? Or gastro-sensuous?

Sebastian: Ugh. Never mind.

Garreth: I know those categories. You guys are talking dates. Here's what you do: Invite them over, order some fancy take out, throw it in a pot, and act like you cooked it. I got the idea from yahoo! Answers.

Sebastian: Dude, I'm not gonna buy a pot. We're not married.

Ominis: Mm-kay, you know what time it is? Because my hoodie does.

Ominis: *turns around to show his hoodie says "time for Ominis' opinion"*

Garreth: Huh, look at that.

Ominis: I have either two or four words for you. Drag queen. Dim sum.

Amit: You're talking about this Friday night? Everything's gonna be booked. We're only 72 hours out and we're still in the brainstorming phase? You gotta postpone.

Everett: You can't postpone a birthday, Amit. But, if you can't get a reservation, you can always go home and shampoo their hair.

Garreth: Please stop always recommending that.

Everett: Well, it's always romantic.

Peeves: *floating by* You can go to the top of the astronomy tower, that's very romantic.

Sebastian: Hm. Maybe I will.

Peeves: You can pee on the whole school from up there.

Sebastian: Come on!

#source: brooklyn 99 #hogwarts legacy #hogwarts legacy shitpost #hogwarts legacy incorrect quotes #sebastian sallow #garreth weasley #ominis gaunt #everett clopton #amit thakkar #harry potter #peeves #peeves the poltergeist

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headcanonandburn · 1 year

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HP headcanons from redit

Percy was undermining the Death Eater controlled Ministry from within. He forged documents to help Muggleborns and other victims of Death Eater persecution, and sometimes stole and destroyed other papers that ordered arrests.

Dobby and Kreacher were the first ever non-humans to be awarded the Order of Merlin. Harry places the medal at Dobby's grave.

Ginny didn't really have friends among the Gryffindor girls in her year, her female friends are from Quidditch as well as Hermione and Luna.

Harry, Ron and Hermione forgive Xenophilius Lovegood for trying to sell them to the Death Eaters. Out of respect to Xeno, they don't tell Luna the truth.

After the battle a prize for the best seventh year Potions student is set up, and it is named the Severus Snape Medal, in honour of Hogwarts' bravest Potions master.

Peeves was active in the Hogwarts resistance during Deathly Hallows, and helped create chaos for the Carrows.

#hp headcanon #headcannons #headcanon #harry potter headcanon #percy weasley #pro severus snape #severus snape #hp headcanons #pro snape #peeves the poltergeist #house elves #dobby the house elf #ginny weasley

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jazzstarrlight · 6 months

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On a scale of 1-10, How ticked off do you think Rowling would get if she saw this?

It's just a funny lil quick fill up that inspired me early in the morning. Too early if you ask me. Another sleepless night.

If I should make a cleaner version and define the lines better, let me know in the comments if you'd want to see that. J.K Rowling may be a monster, but the fans of the books/movies should not be punished for the crimes and ideals of a single writer. Daniel Radcliff (a.k.a-the FACE of hary potter) would agree.

But yeah, comment bellow, Starrlight's! This post won't be up forever.

#harry potter #wizarding world #lgbt #pride #lets peeve off jk rowling #on a scale of 1-10

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destielblamscilesinfinity · 4 months

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Reading the Harry Potter series again, fuck JK Rowling. Her nasty views and actions won't stop me from enjoying them. Mundungus Fletcher is such a bad influence on young witches and wizards but I love him anyway.

And despite Rupert Grint being the perfect Ron, I think I'm gonna watch the Max series when it comes out. Just to see if they get in more of the story. Like Peeves, Firenze, Mundungus, Dobby being a house elf at Hogwarts, Winky, (although they shouldn't do Spew if it truly is a metaphor for any kind of civil rights movements) etc. Ahhh, Aberforth, Arianna, show us Dumbledore's family. If they did already I apologize, only saw the last two movies once and it's been since they came out.

Of course, it won't be as gay as the books make it out to be. *cough* Drarry, *cough* Wolfstar....

#harry potter #jk rowling #rupert grint #mundungus fletcher #drarry #aberforth dumbledore #arianna dumbledore #dobby #peeves the poltergeist #Charlie weasely #bill weasley #Fred Weasley lives goddamn it

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maraudersarethebest1 · 8 days

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Things from the Harry Potter books that should've been in the movies

1. Peeves

2. Mcgonagall offering harry a biscuit after he yelled at umbridge

3. Lee Jordans quidditch commentary

4. Badass Ginny from the books not shy awkward Ginny from the movies

5. Sirius and Remus telling harry abt his dad

6. Remus asking Harry to be Teddy's godfather

7. Percy apologising to his family before TBOH

8. Harry using the crutiatus curse after carrow spits on mcgonagall

9. Harry sass (mainly "there's no need to call me sir professor")

10. Dobby in goblet of fire and order of the phoenix

11. Weasley twins swamp prank

12. Mcgonagall being a badass bitch absolutely destroying umbridges self esteem

13. Pettigrews death scene

14. House elves fighting in TBOH

15. Kreacher being nice to the golden trio

16. Arthur and lucius' fight in flourish and blotts

17. S.P.E.W

#harry potter #hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #marauders #minerva mcgonagall #peeves the poltergeist #weasley twins #Sorry its such a long list 😅

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maeglinyedi · 1 year

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Here's a pet peeve of mine. Stories where something drastically changes about Harry yet everything that happens to him stays exactly the same during his school years.

I love AU's. I love what-ifs. I love seeing how things would go differently if something was different about Harry.

Yet I just read (well, read the first 10 chapters then skimmed the rest) an AU that had wonderful potential and ended up rehashing every first year canon detail.

This Harry had a different biological father, yet this changed nothing about him except that he didn't look like James. He's still the same little impulsive fool sorted into Gryffindor and he's also still incredibly talented at Quidditch somehow, even though his new biological father isn't either of those things.

This Harry had many more friends in multiple Houses, yet everything happened the same. Hermione and the troll, Norbert, catching the snitch in his mouth, the confrontation with Quirrell....everything was the same.

WHY EVEN WRITE A FUCKING AU WITH A DIFFERENT HARRY IF YOU'RE KEEPING EVERY FUCKING THING THAT HAPPENS TO HIM THE SAME?

At this point you might as well not put all that energy into writing a long-ass fic and point readers to the first book instead, because there wouldn't be that much of a difference in the reading experience.

This rant is brought to you by my frustration of finding yet another story with tons of potential that turned out to be an almost exact copy of the first book, plot-wise.

WHY???

#my post #my thoughts #my rants #pet peeeeeeve #pet peeve #harry potter fanfiction #harry potter

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anxiousnerdwritings · 1 year

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You know, I don’t think Lovegood!reader would even notice she’s a ghost until someone else pointed it out to her

Yeah, I could definitely see that. Everyone else is horrified and distraught upon seeing their now translucent darling floating around them like it’s a typical Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, Lovegood!Reader is completely oblivious to everything happening around them (like usual), they could even be floating atop their own body and wouldn’t even question it. They probably think it’s an out of body experience and in a way it technically is.

While everyone is a mortified, sobbing mess, Peeves is the complete opposite. He couldn’t be further over the moon now that the Reader has become a ghost. He can’t wait for all the mischief they can really get up to now. Although, he’s made himself even more of a deplorable and despicable figure to everyone at Hogwarts. Now he mainly just has to deal with the other ghosts specifically keeping the Reader safely away from him and his chaotic nature.

#anxious answers #yandere peeves #yandere harry potter #yandere harry potter concept #yandere concept

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gracexthoughts · 1 month

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of violent delights chapter 3

a tea party

31 October 1995- 15 years after the sacrifice of James and Lily Potter

Euphemia's POV

The first two months of term have passed mostly with ease. My schedule has been packed with classes, Quidditch practices and the dreaded prefect rounds. Riddle and I perform our rounds as quickly and with as little communication as possible. Since our argument the first night, we barely speak to each other. Riddle seems to be saving his antagonism for outside of prefect duties, preferring to make snide comments in the halls and classrooms rather than while on duty.

Quidditch has been another trial all together. It's our captain's, Oliver Wood, last year and he is desperate to win the Quidditch cup. We are playing the first match of the year next weekend against Slytherin, our biggest rival, and if we don't win I fear Oliver may never recover. He's had us on the most rigorous training regime for the last month and I wake up most mornings more sore than ever.

Today, however, the castle is serene and calm as most of the student body is off in Hogsmeade and celebrating the holiday. Harry has been despondent most of the day. Since Uncle Vernon neglected to sign the permission slip for Harry before we blew up Aunt Marge and ran away, he has to stay in the castle while all his friends are out shopping and having a great Halloween. I offered to sign it myself but according to McGonagall I am "not yet Harry's guardian" and therefore ineligible. I tried the "I have been taking care of him more than out Aunt and Uncle ever have" approach but she wouldn't hear it since I'm not even 18 yet. So Harry is stuck at Hogwarts.

Hoping to make Harry feel better, I stayed in the castle with him; although, I know studying in the library on a Saturday really was the last thing he wanted to do. I watch him as he sits across from me, his divination textbook open but untouched in front of him. "Hey, you know what? Screw studying. Lets go grab our brooms and run some drills outside on the pitch," I say, closing the textbook in front of me. Harry turns his gaze from staring out the window to me, slightly more interested than before.

"Really? I thought you have an essay to finish," he says, skeptically.

I shrug, pushing books into my bag and standing. "Its not due for a few more days. Besides, we have to crush Slytherin next weekend, don't we?" I ask, walking backwards away from the table, my best mischievous smirk on my face. "Come on! Chop chop!" Harry smiles and stands, pushing is books sloppily into his bag and following me out the door, both of us laughing. As we walk through the halls, Harry and I talk about Quidditch and what drills he wants to run until a voice calls out, "Harry? Euphemia?" I take a few steps back to see Professor Lupin walking through his classroom towards us. "What are the two of you up to? No Hogsmeade today?"

"No sir, we're just leaving the library," I say casually, assuming a teacher would try to stop us going to the pitch without supervision. Harry's expression sours again and he looks down at his feet.

"Ah, well why don't you come in? Harry, I've just gotten a grindylow for next lesson," Lupin says kindly, stepping back and walking through the classroom towards his office at the back of the room.

"A what?" Harry questions, following Lupin, his interest in Defense Against the Dark Arts distracting him momentarily. I set my bag on one of the desks and follow after them.

"It's a water demon," I say, "There's some in the Black Lake, isn't there?" I ask as Harry eyes the horned, green creature contained in a tank in the corner.

"Quite possible, although I had this one shipped in. You learned about them already?" I nod.

"Yeah, we did those third year as well. Although Professor Quirrell didn't actually bring one in," I chuckle.

"Would you two like a cup of tea?" Lupin asks, as he looks around, presumably for a kettle.

"Sure."

"All right," Harry and I speak at the same time. He looks at me, wondering how long I think this will take and I shrug. We can go to the pitch later still. Harry and I take a seat at the chairs Lupin has across from his desk as Lupin taps his wand on the kettle, filling it instantly with hot water.

"I only have tea bags currently, although I daresay you're quite tired of tea leaves," Lupin says, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, eliciting a smile from me as he hands me a chipped tea cup.

"How'd you know about that?" Harry asks, taking his own cup from the professor.

"Professor McGonagall told me. Are you concerned about it?"

"No," Harry responds quickly, telling me he's lying. "Professor, can I ask you something?"

"Of course, you can ask me anything," Lupin says, sitting in his desk chair.

I watch Harry as he considered Lupin for a moment before speaking up, "Why did you stop me from facing the bogart?" Harry had told me about that first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, where a bogart had turned into a dementor in front of Harry, but I hadn't realized it had been bothering him so much.

Lupin raises his eyebrows, leaning forward on his desk. "Well, I would have assumed that obvious; I assumed it would take the shape of Lord Voldemort." I watch Lupin, surprised not really by his answer but that he actually said Voldemort's name. Almost no one dared to say his name, even 15 years after his death. It was always "You Know Who" and "He Who Must Not Be Named."

"Well, I guess I thought of him first but, then I remembered the train and I..." Harry sets his tea down on the desk, watching it as if he fears its going to run away.

"I'm impressed, Harry. That suggests that what you fear the most is fear itself. Quiet wise of you." I smile at Harry who looks quite stunned by the professor's comments.

"I-is it normal? For people to faint?" Harry asks hesitantly, glancing at me, "Or to... hear things?"

"Well, dementors force us to relive our worst memories. Pain becomes their power," Lupin answers carefully.

"We heard our mum," I say, "both of us. Just before..." Lupin studies me for a long moment, his eyes sad and heavy.

"Mia, do you- do you remember what happened that night?" He asks very slowly, carefully.

"No... at least, I don't know if what I remember is what happened or what my brain has made up from my dreams and from what we've been told," I shift in my seat, looking down at the cup in my hands. I've had the same nightmare for as long as I can remember, being woken up and taken into a nursey. Placed in the crib with a baby with dark hair and green eyes, our mum looking down at us, and then screaming as a green light covers everything. "Godric, I just realized today is the anniversary," I blurt out, feeling guilty for not remembering sooner. My fingers find the ring on my left pointer finger, twisting it around with my thumb. The ring was left with us when we were given to out Aunt and Uncle, along with a wristwatch and a letter to the Dursleys. Harry and I always assumed they had belonged to our parents but we've never known for sure. The office is silent for a heavy moment and I start to fear that I said too much, admitted too much to this near stranger.

"You know, the very first time I saw the two of you, I recognized you immediately. Not by your scars. You are the near spitting image of your parents, the pair of you. And you both have Lily's eyes." Harry's and my heads both shoot up at the man. People often spoke of our parents, how brave they were and how wonderful their sacrifice was but very few ever really claim to have known them. "Yes. Oh yes, I knew your parents," Lupin speaks gravely, a strange pain and mourning in his voice, "Your mother was there for me at a time no one else was. She was a singularly gifted witch, and always unfailingly kind. She could often see the beauty in others even when they could not see it themselves. James, your father on the other hand, he had a certain talent for trouble, we'll say," Lupin chuckles slightly, mindlessly tracing one of the scars on his hand.

"Yeah, I've heard that about him," I chuckle.

"Rumor has it he passed that particular talent onto both of you," which causes all of us to laugh, "You're more alike them than you know, and that is a very good thing," Lupin says, gently, a small but warm smile on his face. Harry opens his mouth to say something but before he can there is a knock at the door. "Come in," Lupin calls. Snape steps into the room carrying a goblet of something that is smoking, and narrows his eyes at Harry and I.

"We'll leave you, professors. Thank you for the tea," I say, setting my cup down and pulling Harry up. Lupin smiles at us before we leave. Snape follows us to the door, closing it sharply behind us. Once we are back in the hallway, I look at Harry with a mischievous smirk. "Race you to the pitch?"

"You're on!"

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"Its going to be great! We picked up some Butterbeer and Firewhiskey today and some Ravenclaw is going to DJ!" Fred says, rapid fire catching me up on the plans for the party tonight. Fred and George like to fancy themselves the party planners for the school and always, always throw a party on Halloween.

"Freddie, that sounds great," I chuckle, as we walk back from the Halloween feast to the Gryffindor Dorms.

"Party of a lifetime, Mia," Fred chuckles, throwing his arm around my shoulders and pulling him into me, causing me to laugh.

"Oh I have no doubt," I chuckle as we round the corner to the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Fred and I slow our pace, eyes falling on a crowd gathered around the entrance. "The hell?"

"Mate, what's going on?" Fred asks Oliver who is standing towards the back of the pack. Oliver shrugs, trying to look through the crowd. I untangle myself from Fred and push my way through the crowd, towards the front. Finally I step to the front and my blood runs cold. The portrait where The Fat Lady normally presides over the entrance to Gryffindor Common Rooms is completely shredded. The magic portrait is still for the first time that I've ever seen, leaving the dorm inaccessible. I step towards the portrait, examining the tears in the canvas, trying to figure out what could have done this. Did a creature get into the castle? It's certainly not the first time something has gotten in where they shouldn't be. But there is no damage anywhere else. When a troll was let into the castle a few years ago it destroyed nearly everything it encountered. A realization hits me and my stomach twists. I turn sharply, startling the students behind me. "Go find Dumbledore," I say to a younger student before I push my way back through the crowd.

"Mia! What's going on?" George asks, having joined Fred and Oliver at the back of the group along with Alicia, Angelina, and Lee.

"Someone attacked the Fat Lady. Have you seen Harry?" I ask quickly, scanning the corridor for my brother.

"What? Who would do that?" Angelina says, craning to look around the crowd.

"I have to find Harry," I say starting to move down the hall before a hand wraps around my arm pulling me back.

"Mia, slow down. What's going on? Why do you need Harry?" Fred says, holding me to prevent me from leaving on my own.

"I don't know but something is in the castle and they targeted the entrance to Gryffindor Tower!" I say trying to pull my arm from Fred's grasp.

"No, if there's something in the castle, I'm not letting you go off alone. It's not safe."

"Fred, stop! I need to find him," I say, getting frustrated. I finally pull myself from Fred grasp and turn to see Harry, Ron and Hermione walking towards us down the corridor. "Harry!" I yell, rushing towards him, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he says, clearly weirded out by my concern.

"Mia, what's going on?" Hermione asks, eyeing the crowd in the corridor.

"Nothing good," I mutter. Just then, Dumbledore appears followed by Lupin, McGonagall and Snape and Flitch, the crowd parting around them.

"Oh my," Hermione mutters behind me as the portrait comes into view.

"Mr. Flitch, round up the ghosts and start searching all the paintings for the Fat Lady," Dumbledore orders.

"Oh you could try!" Cackles Peeves, the pranking poltergeist, from above; looking very pleased with the chaos below him.

"What do you mean?" Dumbledore asks calmly, almost daring the ghost to taunt him.

"She's a horrible mess, you see. Running around on the third floor blubbering horribly," Peeves says, his voice oily in the absence of his cackle.

"Did she say who is to blame?"

"Oh yes, Sirius Black. Nasty temper on that one, Professorship."

Harry and I exchange a tense look and a ripple of fear passes through the rest of the crowd. Maybe Mr. Weasley was right after all...

A/N: These scenes are kind of a mix of what happened in the book and the movie but I hope it still makes sense. I really wanted to have the moment talking about James and Lily from the movie as its always been one of my favorites so I hope I did it justice. Also, I just couldn't cut out Peeves.

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