#eugenia x dorcas

[murderoushagthesequel]

OH EUGENIA ZABINI AND DORCAS WERE FRIENDS? FRIENDS.

too late theyre lesbians and dating

oops

oh yes ofc, i'm sorry. you're very right. my bad <3

(kinda hate this???? idk i hope you like it!)

First Sight

"Dorcas Meadowes!" Professor McGonagall calls from the front of the Great Hall. Dorcas shakily makes her way up to the platform, sitting down on the small wooden stool and refusing to make eye contact with anybody. The oversized hat is placed on her head, covering her eyes and a loud voice suddenly booms through her head.

"Ah, a tricky one here," the hat says, and Dorcas finds herself shaking even more. "There's a lot of wisdom here, great potential. Yet still, a strong sense of cunning and ambition. You could go great places. Hmm." The sorting hat muses on whether to put Dorcas in Ravenclaw or Slytherin eventually settling on...

"Slytherin!" Cheers erupt from the Slytherin table as the hat is lifted off Dorcas' head and she scurries over to the empty seats on the end. She keeps her head down for most of the sorting, vaguely hearing a few names she recognizes from the train. And then there's only one left.

"Eugenia Zabini!" Professor McGonagall calls out. Dorcas looks up to see a very pretty girl, indeed, walking up to the stool with confidence. Her skin is a few shades lighter than Dorcas' and her hair is hidden behind a tightly wrapped blush-colored scarf. Dorcas feels inexplicably drawn to her. After only a few moments, the hat calls out

"Slytherin!" and Dorcas feels oddly self conscious as the girl, Eugenia, walks over and sits right down next to Dorcas.

"I'm Eugenia, but you can call me Genie if you want!" she says, offering a hand. Dorcas feels both her cheeks heat up, not knowing why, and she suddenly feels all jittery.

"Um, I- uh, I'm Dorcas," she says quietly, taking Eugenia's hand. She has a very strong handshake, she notes, which makes her feel a bit safer amongst this sea of the unknown. After Dumbledore gives his speech and dinner is served, Dorcas and Eugenia find themselves talking about anything and everything as the world falls away around them.

Later that evening, their prefect, Narcissa Black, guides them down into the dungeons, which somehow don't feel so cold and dark, holding Eugenia's hand. They find themselves in the same dorm, windows looking out into the Black Lake, fish and strange creatures swimming by.

"Hey, um, Genie?" Dorcas asks, shuffling towards the bed Eugenia's chosen for herself. The dungeons are rather the opposite of her warm, comforting room back home.

"Yeah, Cas?" she replies. Dorcas feels butterflies at the nickname.

"Can I sleep over here tonight?" Oh my god, she can't believe she asked that. Eugenia probably thinks she's really weird and a scardy cat and-

"Sure!" Oh. Well then.

//Six years later, as Dorcas lies in that same bed, curtains closed, clothes on the floor, playing with Genie's hair, she smiles. Genie always says it's a story to tell the grandkids. Perhaps she's right.

NEARLY HAD A MELTDOWN BECAUSE I SAVED IT TO MY DRAFTS AND IT DISAPPEARED (i found it but) that was almost really bad <3

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