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15 Questions Tag (OC edition)
Tagged by the lovely @meerawrites here and @void-botanist here. Thank you both💜
I'm leaving it as an open tag.
I've done it for Anthea and Erya, and also Rilna, so let's go with... Ianim and Gullin? I think it's more fun doing it in pairs.
The list of questions is at the bottom.
You meet with them in Gullin Greenbird's spacious quarters, hiding your surprise at how easy it was to arrange the meeting. The Prince Successor didn't have any reservations about it either.
Gullin's orderly serves you a refreshing, chilled white wine and leaves you be. You take an armchair, while the two Swords sit side by side on the settee - Gullin lounging comfortably with his arm stretched over the settee's back, and Ianim sitting more primly, while still at ease.
Are you named after anyone?
Gullin snorts.
"No idea." He eyes Ianim, belatedly remembering that the prince should technically speak first. Ianim doesn't look offended.
"No, I'm the second child, so my name doesn't need to follow any patterns, and I didn't feel the need to pick a name different to the one my guardians used to call me when I was a child," he says.
2. When was the last time you cried?
Gullin fails at containing a wry smile. He nods towards Ianim and says:
"He was reading late into the night again, and he was sobbing over a book."
Ianim shoots him an unhappy look.
3. Do you have kids?
"Maybe one day," Ianim says softly.
Gullin shrugs and shakes his head.
"Elements, can you really picture me with kids?"
4. Do you use sarcasm?
Ianim looks pointedly at his friend.
"I certainly don't do it as often as someone."
5. What's the first thing you notice about people?
Gullin's lips twist in a wry smile. Ianim pokes him in the side before he says a word.
"Behave," he hisses before addressing you: "I'm not sure if it's the first thing I notice, but I try to pay attention to how honest they are."
Gullin mutters under his breath.
"Their looks," he answers eventually.
6. What's your eye colour?
Gullin speaks first:
"I claim it's brown. Someone claims it's green."
Ianim shrugs easily.
"It depends on the light," he says with a sidelong look. "My eyes are blue."
Gullin confirms with a nod.
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
"Happy endings," Ianim says immediately.
Gullin waves his hand.
"Nah, I'd rather pick a scary movie. It's more fun."
8. Any special talents?
Gullin turns to his friend, overly curious. Ianim glances at him sheepishly.
"I guess I know the way of the Winged Riders, if that counts?" Encouraged by your questioning hum, Ianim elaborates: "I can ride across the skies, like the Winged Riders in the old tales. It's... it just takes some practice, but it's a skill that can be learnt."
Gullin rewards his answer with a grin.
"As for my talents, where do I start?"
You just about catch Ianim muttering:
"Humility is certainly not one of them."
9. Where were you born?
Ianim hunches his shoulders, and his smile falters.
"Ianim - at the greathouse. I'm from the City of Light," Gullin answers for both of them.
10. What are your hobbies?
"Gullin, please don't answer this one," Ianim says quickly. "I enjoy reading. And music."
Gullin looks at him like a puppy that's been denied a treat.
"I was gonna say: sparring, with the Heavy Infantry. What did you expect?"
Ianim's blush is hard to miss.
11. Have you any pets?
Ianim perks up.
"I've got a horse. His name is Cloud, and he was sired by Grandfather's Ray, his Sword Spirit."
Gullin listens to his ramble with a small smile. When you look at him questioningly, he just shakes his head.
12. What sports do you practice?
"Vaulting and horseback fencing," Ianim answers immediately.
"Don't really have time for sports," Gullin drawls.
13. How tall are you?
"5'10, 5'11, thereabout?" Gullin wagers.
"5'9, I think," Ianim says.
14. Favourite subject in school?
Ianim answers first:
"I always enjoyed literature, but I think it was in part because I had so much prior knowledge. I'm afraid the same goes for almost all other subjects at the Academy. It felt nice to be good enough at something, you know?"
Gullin rests a hand on his shoulder for reassurance.
"For me it was engineering. Mind you, I'm crap at actually making the stuff, but learning about it was fun."
15. Dream job?
Ianim chuckles.
"Anthropologist," he admits, then notices Gullin's frown of confusion. "I believe it would involve a fair bit of travelling and talking to people about their lives. It sounds nice."
Gullin accepts that with a shrug.
"I honestly don't know. I'm fine with what I do. It pays enough to have some fun in the evenings, and it's something I can brag about."
Days of Dusk taglist (please message me to +/-): @acertainmoshke @another-white-hole @poetinprose
List of questions below:
Are you named after anyone?
2. When was the last time you cried?
3. Do you have kids?
4. Do you use sarcasm?
5. What's the first thing you notice about people?
6. What's your eye colour?
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
8. Any special talents?
9. Where were you born?
10. What are your hobbies?
11. Have you any pets?
12. What sports do you play/have you played?
13. How tall are you?
14. Favourite subject in school?
15. Dream job?
#15 oc questions#get to know my oc tag#tag game#writeblr#writeblr tag game#gullin#Ianim#days of dusk
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Get to Know My OC Tag - Hermes Edition
No one tagged me this time. I just really like this method of introducing my characters, and I wanted a chance to talk about Hermes from my superwip The Magician and Ms. Psychic!
Before I get started, I'd like to leave this as an OPEN TAG for anyone who wants to talk about their characters. Don't be shy about tagging me! I love hearing about other people's characters!
Also, this is a part three in this character interview series (you can find part one with the Magician HERE and part two with Ms. Psychic HERE), but the context isn't actually That Important to understanding the interview.
So, without any further ado, say hello to my favorite speedy baby Hermes!
A white blur zooms past the camera so fast the news anchor's papers go flying off his desk. A young teen boy in a white tracksuit and matching motorcycle helmet skids to a stop in front of Ms. Psychic just before she has a chance to step out of view from the camera.
"Sorry I'm late!" His voice comes out so fast it's a little hard to understand him. "Dad wouldn't let me leave until I finished my geometry homework, but I got here as fast as I could!" He bounces up and down on the balls of his feet excitedly. "Where's the Magician?"
"I already chased her away," Ms. Psychic says. "But, uh..." Her voice trails off, and she gestures towards the camera.
Hermes looks towards the camera, then around the room. "Oh, whoops. I made a real big mess."
He moves so fast the cameras only register him as a white blur until he stops to place the news anchor's stack of papers back on the desk.
"There you go," Hermes says. "Sorry for interrupting you. I'll get out of your way."
"Wait." The news anchor holds up a hand to stop him before he runs off again. "I'd like to interview you, if you don't mind."
"Sounds fun!" Hermes spares a glance towards Ms. Psychic. "Um... if it's okay with you."
She hesitates, then nods slowly. "Just be careful."
"Of course." Hermes gives the camera a little wave as he sits next to the news anchor. "Let's do this thing!"
1. Are you named after anyone?
"I named myself after the Greek god Hermes!"
2. When was the last time you cried?
"I don't think he actually meant it, but..." Hermes hesitates. "My dad won't stop comparing me to my sister, and I just... it gets to me sometimes, you know? I mean... how am I supposed to live up to that?" He gestures vaguely towards Ms. Psychic behind him.
3. Do you have kids?
"Dude, no. I'm fourteen."
"Right." The news anchor clears his throat, embarrassed. "Sorry. I should have skipped that one."
4. Do you use sarcasm?
"Sometimes, I guess."
5. What's the first thing you notice about people?
"Just their mood, I guess. I mean, even with supervillains, I can usually tell if they're... like... actually trying to hurt people or if they're just having a really bad day."
6. What's your eye color?
"They're brown."
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
"Happy endings, definitely. I especially love musicals with lots of fun songs to bop along with."
8. Any special talents?
"Other than the super speed?" Hermes thinks about it for a moment. "My dad's been teaching me how to cook, and I'm pretty good at it already if I do say so myself."
9. Where were you born?
"Right here in Metrovale!"
10. What are your hobbies?
"Oh, you know... fighting bad guys, playing video games, all that fun stuff."
11. Have you any pets?
"I have a dog! He's the best boy! Hold up." Hermes pulls his phone out of his pocket. "I can show you-"
"No pictures," Ms. Psychic interrupts.
"Oh, right. Sorry." Hermes slips his phone back into his pocket with a sheepish smile. "I guess you're just gonna have to trust me when I say he's the cutest golden retriever ever."
12. What sports do you play/have played?
"I was gonna try out for the track team, but my dad said that wouldn't be fair to the other kids. I mean, I guess he has a point, but come on. I wasn't gonna go that much faster than everyone else."
13. How tall are you?
"My dad says I haven't hit my growth spurt yet."
A moment of silence passes.
Hermes slumps down in his seat with a little sigh. "I'm five foot even."
14. Favorite subject in school?
"I like art class. I'm not very good at it, but it's fun."
15. Dream job?
"I'm gonna be either a superhero or a paramedic. Something where I can help keep people safe."
"And that was the last question," the news anchor says. "Thanks so much for joining me."
"No problem." Hermes waves to the camera as he jumps to his feet. "Bye, everyone! It was nice talking to you!"
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Get to Know the OC Tag
Was tagged by @mysticstarlightduck (check it out here) Haven't done one of these in a while, so thanks! 😂😁
Giving a quick no-pressure tag to @maplewrites @words-after-midnight @gummybugg @sleepyowlwrites @agrimedena-drax @concealeddarkness13 @adie-dee
I know I've done one for Rod, and since Kashi has gotten some character development lately, let's see if she's up for actually answering some questions.
[Kashi sits down across from you with a thud and folds her arms. She leans back in the chair with a sigh that sounds half like a warning rumble, tilting her head back enough to seem disinterested but still keeping you in view. She gives every impression of being a wolf in human form, relaxed but with an intense feeling of danger worked into her very presence. You both figured her human form would make it easier for her to answer questions, but the narrowed gaze and posture make you wonder if this was a good idea.]
Are you named after anyone?
I don't know. My parents named me right before they were killed, and the pack allowed me to choose the rest of my name once I earned my place among them. I changed a bit of it after I ran away to hide myself. So if I was, the knowledge of that lies with the bodies of those who birthed me and them alone.
When was the last time you cried?
[She narrows her eyes. Emits a slight warning growl in her throat.] Possibly when was led to believe my sister was dead. She followed me into a dangerous situation and someone I trusted back then told me she didn't make it. [She gives a small shrug.] I assume those were tears. It might have been blood of my prey. I was so numb I am not sure if I would have known the difference. [You're not sure if you believe her, but you decide to move on.]
Do you use sarcasm?
Only on a select few. I prefer people to know when I'm insulting them. [Someone in another room yells that it's not true and she loves sarcasm, Kashi growling in response but stays seated.]
Do you have kids?
[She stiffens. Growls. Readjusts her seat.] I did. Next question.
What’s the first thing you notice about people?
If I need to shove a knife into them or not.
What’s your eye color?
Brown.
Scary or Happy Endings?
Satisfying. [Same voice from before yells that she's a sucker for happy endings, she just won't admit it.] Alyssa!!(*)
Any special talents?
Does surviving count? [Same voice nearby yells that if you get her drunk enough she'll try and headbutt a mountain and actually got about halfway through one once when Kashi spins in her seat and yells:] Alyssa amri!!
Where were you born?
[She sighs. Readjusts her seat again.] I was born in a cave at the foot of a temple in a world you have never seen. It was in the territory of the Onishiki, on a world you would call Elewna.
What are your hobbies?
Murder. [The same voice - likely this Alyssa person - yells at her that that's not a hobby. She turns around in the chair and shouts back.] Alyssa yaiharaiki!! Ononia ikisara! [You hear laughter and some answer before Kashi snorts and turns back around with her arms folded.] I do enjoy a good workout. And a good run across the country. Apparently I also pick up strays and keep them safe. Does that count?
Do you have any pets?
No.
What sports do you play/have played?
There was one I enjoyed back home. It was essentially boat racing, but anything went and you did it on mostly frozen waters. That and the pack had a hunting game that I always excelled at. Anything that had an element of skill and target practice I've...probably done.
Favorite subject in school?
We did not...do school. But we had lessons as cubs all through our growing back home. I enjoyed learning of magic. And legends.
Dream job?
[She stares at you for a moment, as if lost in thought or memory. There's a slight sadness at the edges of the look, and when she speaks the hard edge to her voice has been sanded away.] The one I had ripped away from me.
[She shakes her head, the hardened edge brought back to the front. She asks if this is done, and when you say yes she is on her feet and out the door before you can say anything more. Soon enough you hear the sounds of a kind of yipping laughter and something crashing before Kashi chases someone that looks very similar to her through the room and out the other side.]
*Alyssa is her younger sister. And essentially what she was saying was in their native language and translates to:
Amri=I have claws and will use them
yaiharaiki = Shut up
Ononia ikisara = I will come over there and bite your ear
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me when the emotionally repressed character is revealed to have had something happen in their childhood that was completely out of their control but changed them in a way they can never come back from
#text!#did post this on twt but this belongs on the crying about characters website#and yeah this is about jarchivist and also marc spector in the mk show#idk it hit me yesterday that they were EIGHT AND NINE!!!!!!! when their respective thing happened and that ruined me#like it wasn't their fault but they think it is!!! GOD!!!!!!!!!!#holds those autistic bi men close to my chest#should've never smoked that shit* (*took my brother to a cave/read that book)#now im irrevocably changed* (*tied to the shittest god possible/destined to be the antichrist)#edit: this is getting a bit of traction so pls know that blorbo tagging and oc tagging is SOOO encouraged#thank you to the person who added the flaming text miles edgeworth thats so funny
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kitty of some sort
#been doodlin...#oc#original art#cat#illustration#digital art#artists on tumblr#only rly drew these to satiate my desire for a long skirt. one day i will find u#edit: RAGHHHH the last one feels so plain i wanna add more to it... oh well.... just know its not to my Standards >:T#edit edit: WOWIE ty for all the love on this one!!!! and to everyone saying gender in the tags. u get it u get it <3 <3 <3
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some epilogue vibes (an excuse to draw some hugs. and my durge so many times)
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#bg3 spoilers#baldur's gate 3 spoilers#wyll#karlach#astarion#shadowheart#lae'zel#minsc#jaheira#durge#oc: noon#anyway as said attempting to tag late game stuff more just in case#spoilers in the tags also bc i'm gonna ramble lol ->#i'mm😔having played embrace durge for most of the game all the sweetness punched me in the face (affectionate) like girllllll lol😔😭<3#tho let wyll be hugged damnit >:(#(i wonder if they added wyll hug in the new patch? doubts i don't trust like that but huge if they did)#also idk why minsc got that ending lmao. i didn't even know there were diff outcomes just found out looking for his ref for this pic LOL#i helped nine fingers and the guild helped in the endfight?? idk what happened but godspeed my guy#also loved jaheira's ''good to see you please for the love of gods remember to never have kids''#minsc in the bg: ''i'm getting executed tomorrow💯💪''#also i didn't even know why karlach glowed blue then looked it up like oh😭😔🥺 ohhhhh
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Born for the t-shirt and jorts combo, forced to wear wizard robes.
#art#illustration#artists on tumblr#artwork#original character#oc#dungeons and dragons#drawing#my art#digital art#shirt design#shirt#dragonborn#dnd#wizard#wizardry#wizardposting#magic#wizard shit#food#dnd art#dnd character#dnd oc#art tag#zoltan swizzlestick#no i dont know where hes getting them either
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clumsy
pairing: Sebastian Sallow x f!MC
word count: 9,1k
summary: sebastian is clumsy
cw: fluff, mutual pining, idiots in love, two really stubborn idiots in love to be exact, sir cadogan guest appearance, anne and imelda are the gremlin best friends every girl needs, smut (18+ ONLY), oral (f. recieving)
a/n: or: two stubborn brats make things more difficult than they have to be. I've been working on this for a MONTH more or less, ever since I drew the sketch that inspired it🫶 (I'm the world's slowest writer)
The first time Sebastian Sallow interacted with her after the fateful events of their fifth year, he fell for her.
Quite literally.
Maybe fell on her is more aptly put - Sebastian Sallow is not one to mince his words or say what he doesn't mean, after all. But, in the years to come, he always insists that he fell in love in that moment.
It was inexplicable. One moment, he was walking around, perfectly content with his loveless, boring life, and the next, his every waking moment was painful. Nobody had ever told Sebastian that being in love would physically pain or consume him so.
It all started like this: one moment, he's walking (well, striding) to Crossed Wands. Fine, he's running. Running late already, for the first meet-up of his last year. But - he isn't to blame for being late. He needed to check on something in the library - during his Transfiguration lesson, he had a hunch about something Professor Weasley had said in passing, and of course he had to go and check to see if he was right before he could even think about besting Leander in the inaugural duel of the Crossed Wands season but now, with how late he is - how many minutes ago had it started? - oh, Merlin, it's already been ten whole minutes and what if they've started without him (not that he can blame them) and -
Sebastian is abruptly pulled out of his thoughts when he collides with a strange obstruction in his way. He was just checking his father's old pocket watch, had only looked away for a split second and he could have sworn that, unless he was mistaken (which he never is), there wasn't a statue in the middle of the suspension bridge. And yet, he has run headfirst into something or someone, and now they are both flying through the air, books whirling around them in a flurry of pages and Sebastian unconsciously puts his arms out to grab her before they hit the ground and now he's holding her tight against him and they land with a loud, ungraceful thud, but at least she's not hurt.
Sebastian shakes his head to clear it after the impact that - miraculously - doesn't seem to have been as bad as it could have been, all things considered, and -
He freezes.
What has he done?
He's pressed up against the most impossibly lovely person he has ever seen quite possibly in his life, holding her tightly in his arms as she glares up at him in indignation, a faint flush spreading across her cheeks, making her face glow. Is this what the muggles mean when they say that they were struck by Cupid's arrow? Her hands scrabble uselessly at his chest as she tries to extricate herself from his grip. It's useless. Sebastian is completely frozen in place as he stares down at her, and he can feel his own face heating up at his inability to get off her. What's wrong with him?
"Sebastian," she repeats, and this time her voice registers in his brain. He realizes she has been talking to him this whole time, and as he stares at her face without comprehending - he couldn't have a coherent thought right now even if he wanted to - he sees her eyes dart quickly down, looking at where their bodies meet before she brings them back to his face, a deeper blush coming over her. "You -"
Oh, Merlin. It's her. He blinks and it's like the fog has cleared from his mind - almost, but-not-quite - and he realizes who he has unceremoniously crashed to the ground with him. The spines of the textbooks they are lying on top of dig into the arm that's pinned under her body and his other hand...he realizes (to his almost-horror) that to any students or professors walking by, it would seem as if they were caught up in quite the scandalous extra-curricular activity because his other hand is actively caressing her breast. Well, that's how it would look to any passerby, anyways.
Because there is no way he would be caught dead in such a compromising position with her.
The two of them haven't spoken since the events of their fifth year - the Year-That-Shall-Not-Be-Remembered-or-Acknowledged - and he had been perfectly content with his plan to continue this strange sort of ignoring that they had played all last year. Both of them pretending that they hadn't become impossibly close after only knowing each other for a few months - a closeness that he had gone and ruined by not knowing when to quit. All he had known to do back then was push push push because why couldn't she see things the way he had? The betrayal he had felt when she had gone behind his back to find her own way to cure his sister, and that one stupid word uttered in the heat of the moment, had caused an irreparable rift in their relationship and he would not allow himself to think about how much he missed her. Still misses her.
Just like he will not think about the fact that she is pressed beneath him in a compromising position, her chest rising and falling rapidly as she glares up at him in indignation. He continues to stare at her. Maybe his mouth is agape. She's stopped trying to get out of his grip and is resting her hands on his chest, seemingly waiting for an opportunity to push him off of her.
"Sebastian. Your hand," she repeats. "You're -"
Finally his idiot brain decides to wake up and Sebastian realizes with horror just how aroused he is at the moment and how did he never see her like this before? He gets up in a flash, pushing her back against the pile of books they're lying on top of, wondering if he can subtly adjust his robes without her realizing and then he makes the very grave mistake of looking down at her and she's still very much red-faced, propping herself up by her elbows and she looks so disheveled and lovely lying on top of the pile of books.
His idiot brain has now woken up completely, and how is it possible for one hormonal, eighteen-year-old wizard to be so embarrassed? He knocked her to the ground, pushed her further back in the books in his desperate attempt to get away from her, and now all he can think about is how to hide his arousal. Shameful, really. Sebastian quickly crouches down to help her pick up all of the books but she shoves him away and glares at him with an annoyance that he's never seen before.
"I can do it myself, thank you very much," she says with a huff, gathering everything they spilled up into her arms. She grabs the book Sebastian is holding out of his hands and he inhales sharply at the touch of her fingers grazing his.
Did someone - Garreth, maybe - spike his pumpkin juice with Amortentia during lunch? It's the only explanation he can think of as he stares blankly down at her. How else would he find her so beautiful, so breathtaking, when the last time they had interacted, Ominis and Anne had had to act as intermediaries for the two of them?
"Well," she says finally, slinging her school bag over her shoulder once all of her books have been unceremoniously shoved inside of it, "it's been...nice seeing you again, Sallow. I hope you had a good summer holiday."
And with that, she quickly turns and walks away in the direction she had been coming from, leaving a very confused Sebastian behind. He watches her as she walks away and her long, swishing braid is the last thing he sees before the door closes behind her at the far end of the bridge.
Eventually, he gathers his wits and wanders away.
He does not go to the first Crossed Wands meeting that afternoon after all.
She has not had a full-night's sleep since he somehow cursed her mind and her thoughts a week ago, and she can feel herself slowly slipping into insanity. A curse is the only answer that makes sense, the only thing that gives a conceivable answer to all the wicked dreams she has been having since that moment, dreams that cause her to wake up sweaty and breathless and needing him in the middle of the night in a way she has never felt before. She has been an absolute mess, a disastrous version of her normally quite put-together self, and she is not happy about it.
He's sitting next to her now - they were partnered up by the evil Professor Onai in their first NEWT Divination class of the year - and she's holding herself rigidly, arms tight across her chest, in an attempt to not accidentally touch him. Lately, every single time they make fleeting eye contact across the table during breakfast, or when they pass each other in the hallways, a shiver runs down her spine at the unfamiliar look in his eyes and she has to avert her eyes before it's too much.
Divination has never been a favorite subject of hers - too impermeable for her tastes. She is only taking it at the NEWT level because, during her career counseling with Professor Ronen at the end of her fifth year, he had said that if she wanted to be an Unspeakable she couldn't just work with logic (a preposterous thought, but as a sixteen-year-old she hadn't seen any recourse in arguing with the Ministry's requirements). She supposedly needs to get comfortable with the intangible as well. It doesn't mean she has to enjoy it, though: she doesn't, and never will. The Divination classroom is dark and stuffy, tucked away in one of the highest towers of the castle, and the nauseating smell of incense always coats her nasal cavities long after the class has finished. She finds her thoughts getting muddled in the haze of candle smoke and swirling orbs on the shelves around her - magic somehow always feels thicker up here - and the presence of a certain someone whose knees keep brushing hers under the tiny table they're sharing, a certain someone who has - improbably, inconceivably, impossibly - hit a growth spurt that summer and now towers over her and had encompassed her completely when he knocked her to the ground, isn't helping her concentration at -
"This week, we are going to review everything we learned together last year," Professor Onai says, after the class had rearranged itself based on her instructions. Sebastian shoots a look at her as she shakes her head in an attempt to clear it and sits up straighter. She hopes that Onai's lecture will help her concentrate and clear her mind a bit. If she has something to focus on, to try and think of and remember, it will be better than him. Anything would be better than Sebastian. Onai gives an appraising look to each table before continuing her speech. "As your NEWTs are at the end of the year, we need to make sure you are as prepared as possible. Open your books to page two-hundred and thirty. Today we're going to review the art of palmistry. I should hope that you do not need the aid of your textbook to help interpret the lines in your partner's palm but in the case that you do -"
She chances a glance at Sebastian before getting out her copy of Divining the Undivinable from her bag and wishes she hadn't. He looks uncomfortably big sitting on the tiny tea chair across from her, barely any hints of the boy who had completely swept her away two years ago visible on the sharper planes of his face. When had he - had they - grown up?
Sebastian Sallow was - is - charming, and that had been her downfall. She had successfully avoided his charms the year before, and she wasn't going to let that happen this year, no matter how much her body rebelled against her mind and resolve. Because, as she reminds herself, Sebastian Sallow is also manipulative, and cold-hearted, and selfish.
"Well," she says archly, opening her book. She will not look at him. "I suppose I am still quite ignorant of the practice of Divination, so do forgive me if I have to double-check my readings in the textbook."
He says her name as she opens the book, and she ignores him. He says her name again. She continues to ignore him. He grabs the book from her hands and puts it the correct way for her. She was looking at it upside-down. Her cheeks heat up and she continues flipping through the pages, as if nothing has happened. She finds page two-hundred and thirty. She pretends to be interested in what she sees.
(Divination is unfortunately not interesting.)
Oh, fine.
"Do you want to start, or should I?"
These are the first words she has voluntarily spoken to him - not including the events of last week, which do not count as they were most decidedly not voluntary - since he called her ignorant a year and a half ago. He somehow looks surprised to see that she has addressed him, and for some reason this fills her with rage and a strange sort of confidence. Why shouldn't she be able to talk to him?
"Here," she says, putting her hand out towards him, palm up, ignoring the strange fluttering feeling in her chest when he gently grabs it with one of his. Sebastian looks up at her, waiting for her to continue speaking, and were she not looking at him so intently she would have easily missed the bob of his throat as he swallows nervously. "Show me how it's done."
Her breath catches in her throat at the small, mischievous smirk he shoots to her before he bends over her hand and gently starts tracing the lines on her palm with the fingers of the hand that's not holding hers in place. His touch is feather-light and somehow soft, despite the roughness of his fingers as they drag over her palm. Every nerve in her body seems to have moved to wherever he touches and all of the bravado and anger she had just felt is quickly melting away. When she finally finds her voice, she hates how soft and breathy it sounds. She can't look away from the sight of his larger hands caressing hers.
"Well? What do you see? Do you remember the different lines? Because I -"
She falters. The murmurs of their classmates blend together in the background and the dim lights of the candles...the hazy, thick atmosphere and his proximity and the barely there touches of his rough fingertips on her sensitive palm are altogether too overwhelming and she needs to get out of there. She's supposed to be angry with him. Furious, even. Holding this grudge has been the only way she has been able to have any sort of power over him this past year, and yet...all she can think about at the moment are the sinful dreams she's been having lately where he presses her against a wall, desperately kissing her lips, her neck - even she knows that there has to be more to it - but what?
Sebastian blinks as she snatches her hand away like it's been burned and - oh, Merlin - she shoves the textbook back into her schoolbag and almost knocks the candle on the table over and wouldn't it be awful if she had started a fire? But she can't think about any of that now in her haste to just get out of the claustrophobic Divination tower.
Vaguely, she can hear Professor Onai asking her if everything is fine and she's not sure but she thinks she mumbles something about needing to go to the Hospital Wing - that's a good enough excuse to leave, isn't it? - but then she hears his voice, deep and cutting through the fog in her mind -
"Don't worry, I'll take her and make sure she gets there fine." A muffled response from their professor and then his voice, just as clear as before. "No, I don't know what happened..."
She hears him calling her name as she flees down the spiral staircase, almost tripping over her feet in her rush to get away from him, but he catches up quickly, reaching out to grab her arm in an attempt to slow her down. She stops running immediately - she supposes her traitorous body wants to see what he has to say, or maybe it just wants to bask in his intoxicating proximity. He crowds her space, and she sees that unfamiliar look in his eyes again. So very different from the cold disdain she had seen the last time she had been this close to him, during the argument that had ended their friendship.
"Let go of me," she whispers, but there's no conviction in her voice as she gazes into his deep, brown eyes. He can tell she doesn't mean it and doesn't make any move to listen to her. Why can't she hold on to the rage? A muggle quote about anger floats through her mind: Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. What a sweet poison her anger at Sebastian had been, while it lasted. She tries telling herself that he must still feel the same as the evening he had called her ignorant (ignoring the small voice in her head that reminded her of the letters of apology he had sent (that she had burned without reading), the times he had tried to get Anne or Ominis involved and apologize for him) - because why couldn't he just tell her himself? Maybe she had shut down any and all attempts he had made to repair the rift that he had caused in the first place, but she had been right to be so angry with him.
But oh, Merlin, he's getting closer to her, and she can now clearly see the freckles dusting his cheeks and nose and forehead and then before she knows it, his hand is sliding up her arm, leaving goosebumps everywhere he touches and then he's caressing her jaw with his rough thumb and he pauses. Her eyelids flutter closed as her head tilts towards him - she couldn't stop herself even if she wanted to (what does she want?). She can feel his warm breath ghosting over her lips and she has the improbable, ridiculous thought - how is he remembering to breathe? - before he speaks. His lips brush against hers with every soft word and a deep shiver runs through her body.
"I," she hears him say, his voice so, so low, "haven't been able to think since last week."
That's all she needs to hear, the brush of his bottom lip against hers all she needs to feel, to push her into closing what minuscule distance there is between them and then his lips are on hers and it's better than anything she's been imagining. His mouth is soft against hers, insistent, and her hands go up to grip the collar of his plaid jacket to make sure he doesn't go away or disappear on her.
She knows she's behaving wantonly, snogging Sebastian Sallow in the middle of the hallway where anyone could come across them, but third period has only just started and besides, she has had a week of restless nights being tortured by thoughts of him. A week of a few hours of sleep found here and there. Just one kiss should be enough to help her get over these strange feelings, right? She only feels like this because having him lie on top of her after he crashed into her - that satisfying weight of him - the friction of his thumb brushing against her nipple - had made her realize just how stupid she had been, holding this grudge against him for -
She whimpers in protest but it quickly turns into a moan as his mouth moves away from hers and down to her neck. He pulls at her tight collar desperately - she hears some seams ripping - to give him better access to it, and she finds herself arching her back and pushing her body closer to his as he nuzzles her neck with his nose before giving it open, sloppy kisses. When he hears her, he moves back to kissing her, greedily capturing every breathy moan that comes out of her mouth, but the noises coming from him are matching hers, and at the sound she feels an unfamiliar clenching deep in her stomach. Her fingers come up to his hair, going through the silky curls over and over - how are they as soft as his lips? - and he slowly pushes her back until she's sandwiched between his warm body and the cold stone of the wall behind her.
He lets out a low, frantic growl as a hand goes to grip the back of her head, holding her in place as he slants his mouth over hers. He tastes like cinnamon and...like something forbidden. What has gotten into her? She hates him, and yet...
They have abandoned any pretense of propriety - had they ever even been trying? - by this point. His tongue swipes across her lips and then she is completely lost to him, to every sensation of his mouth, and tongue, on hers. His large hands - the wicked hands that had been caressing her palm and had caused this whole mess in the first place - have moved to her waist and are pulling her even closer to him. When he pulls away briefly, she whines in protest, opening her eyes to glare at him. The sight of him, flushed and breathless, his eyes wide and pupils dilated - must match her own appearance because she sees the same hunger she feels in his eyes. She has never seen Sebastian Sallow so disheveled, but she finds she quite likes it and tugs on his curls with a whine. He obliges eagerly, bringing his mouth back to hers.
She's pressed as tightly against him as she can possibly be, and yet it still isn't enough. Her back arches once again, trying to find something, and then he slots one of his knees between her legs. She moans at the friction caused by his movements, can feel an unfamiliar slickness forming at the juncture between her legs, and this seems to spur him on further as his kisses get more desperate and sloppy. She moves against his leg, trying to relieve some of her discomfort, gasping into his mouth, when -
They freeze. Even if they are fully, completely, absorbed by...whatever this is, they can't ignore the strange, metallic clanking sound coming from their left. Sebastian pulls his head back from her slowly, reluctantly, breathing heavily, and looks over to see what the noise is. She wants to, but all of a sudden the horrifying reality of what they've been doing sinks in and oh god what if the noise is a person? Someone who has now seen her in what might possibly be the most mortifying moment of her life - desperately snogging Sebastian Sallow - and she finds she can't look over. She tucks her head into his neck to hide her face as she listens.
"I demand that you get away from her at once, you knave! Cease your attack!"
The voice sounds vaguely familiar, but she's certain that it doesn't belong to any of her classmates. He almost sounds...medieval, but -
"I made haste when I heard sounds of distress coming from down the hallway," the voice continues, "and it appears I have arrived not a moment too soon!"
She brings her head away from Sebastian's shoulder but still refuses to look over at whoever is speaking, instead choosing to stare at Sebastian's face. He's still deliciously flushed from their snogging, still breathing heavily, but now he looks terribly confused. His brows are furrowed, mouth opening and closing as he tries to come up with a response to the outrage currently being directed at him.
The unknown man is continuing his diatribe, almost not even stopping to breathe as he gets more and more worked up, and she hears some more clanking as he reaches a particularly exciting moment in his rant. Sebastian looks increasingly confused, but still shields her with his body, not moving away from her at all despite the accusations.
Her curiosity gets the better of her and she peeks over to see who it is.
The man who has been reprimanding Sebastian so boldly is none other than Sir Cadogan. Although she's never interacted with him directly, she often hears him yelling at his pony as she passes his portrait on her way to Divination. The knight is standing between two witches having tea, who are glaring at him quite angrily as he gesticulates wildly - every movement of his sword comes dangerously close to their display of cakes and sandwiches and it looks like he has already broken some plates. His armor is ill-fitting and loose on him, which explains the terrible noise.
"You rascally knave! I assure you that you do not want to find out what will happen to you if you do not unhand the fair maiden."
He brandishes his sword again, and the woman closest to him quickly snatches her tea cup away to save it from being broken as well. "Come now, Sir Cadogan," she says, exasperated. "Can't you see that these two are in love?"
The other woman joins her protests, nodding vigorously. "Yes, exactly that. Leave them be!"
"Nonsense," he exclaims. "I too have succumbed to my baser instincts on occasion and I can assure you that this is decidedly not what is occurring."
As Sir Cadogan continues to alternate between lecturing her and Sebastian, and directing his two attention to the ladies who are defending them, she looks back to the boy in question. Sebastian is looking down at her, a bemused smile on his lips and she feels a twinge in her chest. His face is still so close to hers that if she wants to, they could be snogging again with barely any effort and her eyes briefly flicker down to his tempting mouth before going back to his eyes, but...
What had gotten into her? What is she doing?
He had somehow managed to manipulate her again, because there is no way that this situation could have happened otherwise. All of a sudden, the anger she's been feeling for the past year and a half - that had left for a brief, blissful moment - surges again, and she pushes Sebastian away from her with as much force as she can muster. She almost feels bad as the happiness in his face turns to confusion, then frustration as he realizes she's getting away from him.
"Stay away from me," she hisses, picking up her discarded schoolbag from its spot on the ground. As she stalks down the hall, she can hear Sir Cadogan cheering on her bravery over the ringing in her ears.
She has a lot of thinking to do.
Sebastian Sallow's List of Priorities (in no particular order):
Figure out what the hell I'm going to do when I graduate;
Figure out how the hell I'm going to finish this bloody Charms essay before tomorrow; and
Figure out what the hell is going on between us
Sebastian sits in an undisturbed corner of the library - nobody ever comes to this table because it's tucked away between shelves of incredibly dense magical theory books - and is twirling his quill in his fingers, watching the ink splatter on the list he spent his precious time writing instead of the Charms essay he should be working on. He's far away from the first-years who like to congregate by the windows and watch the leaves fall softly to the ground rather than study for their classes. He's made especially sure that he is far, far away from her.
It's not his choice, mind you, but he needs to be a gentleman about these things. If she needs some time and space to figure out that she's as crazy for him as he is her, fine. But even Sebastian Sallow's patience runs thin, and he's not sure how much longer he can give her to come to her senses before he snaps and takes matters into his own hands. If things were up to him, the two of them would be sitting far too close together now in this secluded corner, and maybe he would need to put a hand over her mouth to ensure her complete silence as he runs a hand up her thigh.
Now that he knows what delicious sounds can come out of her mouth - sounds that he caused - he's been having a hard time concentrating on, well, anything. Sebastian surreptitiously glances across the library to where she's sitting and studying with his sister and Imelda. Ever since the events after their Divination class, Sir Cadogan has taken it upon himself to follow Sebastian around the halls of the castle, tripping through frames and disrupting their inhabitants as he lectures Sebastian on love. The tea party women had managed to convince the knight that he had disrupted an amorous exchange, and Sebastian fervently wishes they hadn't.
The whole school is abuzz with rumors about who it could be. Nobody has even come close so far with their guesses, but Anne and Imelda are having too much fun teasing him about it. Somehow, she has managed to avoid suspicion - he wonders how this is even possible, since she's never been able to hide what she's thinking. He makes eye contact with her - has she been staring at him this whole time? - and she flushes before looking over to Imelda, who's laughing too loudly at something Anne's just said. Sebastian can't tear his eyes away from her profile, his eyes following the curve of her eyebrow, the slight upturn of her lips as she smiles at her friends, her eyes as they dart back to him, her cheeks as she turns an even darker shade of red as she realizes he's still watching her. She tucks a lock of hair behind her ear, and rests her chin on her hand as she tries to look absorbed in what Anne is saying to her.
Sebastian wonders if she's thought about him as much as he's thought about her. Judging by how she had snogged him back, he's positive that she feels the same way, but then he remembers how she had looked at him before she fled, and he's not so sure. He sighs as he looks back to his list, bringing his quill back to the third item and ripping the paper as he crosses it out again. His mind has been going in circles since that moment and he doesn't know what to think. He slowly puts everything into his schoolbag before heading out of the library for yet another freezing cold shower that hopefully tempers his now-permanent state of arousal whenever she's around.
He doesn't notice her eyes following him as he walks out of the library.
He doesn't hear her hurried excuse to Anne and Imelda as she shoves her things into her bag and rushes to follow him.
He doesn't hear her light footsteps as she gets closer to him.
When she puts a hand out to touch his arm as he waits for the moving staircase to stop, with a soft, "Sebastian" accompanying it, he nearly jumps out of his skin. He was so absorbed with thoughts of her, that to see her standing at his side, closer than she had been since they kissed was almost his snapping point.
"Can we talk?" she asks, looking almost embarrassed as she avoids his eyes. She instead looks determinedly at his collar. He thinks she probably notices that he swallows nervously before acquiescing, but she says nothing as she turns and starts hurrying away from him without waiting to see if he follows her.
She must know that he would follow her anywhere at this point.
They weave through hallways - Sebastian vaguely wonders where exactly they're going - before reaching a little alcove, hidden by a suit of armor. She looks around before pulling him into it. It's almost curfew and the halls are never that busy when the weather is as beautiful as it has been these days - the end of September seems to be clinging on to the summer for as long as possible.
Her lips are on his before he can even ask her what she needed to talk with him about, hungry and desperate. Sebastian is too stunned to pull away - not that he would actually want to. Her arms wrap around his neck, keeping Sebastian close, slender fingers sliding through his hair.
"What," she says breathlessly between kisses - almost not even moving her mouth away from his enough to be able to enunciate properly, "are you doing to me? I haven't been able to think for the last month."
Sebastian smiles into her mouth, wondering if she knows that she's repeating the very thing he told her two weeks ago. Maybe she has been thinking of him all this time - he almost hopes that she's been suffering as much as he has. Instead of responding, he moves a hand to cup her jaw, deepening the kiss. His other hand moves to her waist, gripping it tightly, pulling her flush against his body and she gasps into his mouth. He slowly moves her closer to the window alcove behind them, snogging her senseless the whole time. She moans into his mouth which just spurs him on further - her skirt rides up to her hips as Sebastian trails a hand up her stockinged thigh and they both gasp when his hand reaches skin. Her skin is so, so soft and her breathing gets faster as he continues to caress her inner thigh, closer to the bend between her thigh and her center. Sebastian wonders if she's ever been touched there before by someone else and jealousy flares up inside of him at the thought.
In one swift move, he scoops her up and places her so that she's sitting on the window-ledge, the dusky light of the sunset illuminating her from behind and making her wispy flyaway hairs a golden halo around her. Sebastian's breath catches in his throat - has he ever seen anything so beautiful as her in that moment? - she's staring up at him, her fingers playing with the hair at the nape of his neck, her breathing shallow and anticipation in her eyes. "You're," he starts saying and his throat goes dry. He brings a hand up to tuck the errant lock of hair - the one she had tucked earlier in the library - behind her ear and she leans her head into his touch, closing her eyes briefly before looking up at him again with wide eyes. "You're perfect."
She smiles faintly and pulls his head back down towards hers and now she's brushing her lips against his, teasing him, before it's too much and he grips the back of her head, holding her in place as he crushes his mouth against hers in a bruising kiss. Her knees are on either side of his waist, and she desperately grinds her core against his throbbing erection and they both groan at the friction. Sebastian moves his hands down to her thighs again as he kisses her, slowly caressing his way up and pushing her skirt up further until it's completely bunched around her waist. She gasps into his mouth at his first tentative touch after he pushes aside her undergarments. Sebastian swipes a finger up her slit, through the slick that coats it, and then he starts circling her clit with slow, even strokes. She shivers against him - at his touch - clinging tightly to his shoulders and gasping into his mouth as he continues.
Every little noise coming out of her mouth, feeling how wet she is, how the slickness keeps growing growing growing makes Sebastian hungry for more - it isn't enough -
Slowly - so slowly - he wants to savor this moment - he lowers himself until he's kneeling between her legs and he looks up at her. Her face is deliciously flushed, all swollen lips and hair in a wild cloud around her face and all she can do is stare down at him. Her chest is heaving and she tries to close her legs - hide what is exposed to him - but he holds her thighs firmly in place on either side of his head. He turns his head and kisses her inner thigh, maintaining eye contact as he swipes his tongue across where he's just kissed, moving closer towards her slick center.
"Oh," she breathes, not-quite-a-word, not-quite-a-gasp, when his mouth reaches her center and hovers over it, lips slowly teasing her the way she had just teased him. Sebastian tentatively runs his tongue up her slit; the loud moan she lets out when he reaches her clit makes him stay there, applying light and not-so-light pressure in equal measure.
Her hands are scrabbling at his hair, digging into his scalp, ruining his earlier attempts to make it look presentable, hopefully attractive, for her these days. She's pushing his head deeper into the space between her legs, starting to rock herself slightly on his mouth, and Sebastian is happy to oblige. He eagerly laps up her slit, and the obscene wet noises as he continues combined with her whimpers and barely-spoken profanities "oh-yes-fuck-yes-there-please-" are making him hard beyond belief. He's straining against his trousers, begging to be let free. Without moving his face from her, he unbuttons his trousers and starts palming himself, using the slickness weeping out of the tip as lubrication.
She's abandoned all control at this point, grinding herself into his face as he laps her up, and it's driving him wild - knowing that he's doing this to her - causing her to be so undone. Normally she's so poised and aloof, never letting any real emotion flicker across her face, so to see her so desperate and needy and wanting him so -
Sebastian's gasping into her, tongue deep inside of her, "ohmygod" he hears her whisper, her hips driving into his face when she shudders and goes still, pulsing around the tongue that's deep inside of it. He slows down, smiling as he continues to run his tongue up her slit until she's responsive again. He kisses her inner thigh and hears her moan before getting up, caressing a finger down her love-struck face and leaning his head down to kiss her deeply. With his other hand he's still touching himself - the thought that she can taste herself on his tongue driving him crazy - and he starts rubbing its blunt head against her swollen clit. She takes it out of his hand- he groans at the feeling of her soft hands (the hands he had held a week ago in Divination and pictured doing this exact thing) tentatively caressing his length before she begins to slide it up and down her slit, coating it in her wetness.
Sebastian has surrendered all control to her - resting his hands on either side of her hips on the windowsill, tucking his head into the crook of her neck and thrusting with her movements as he loses himself in the sensation of sliding through her slick folds. He can feel his release building building building, and when he finally comes, all over her perfect, pink center, it feels like a finally.
Sebastian feels so, so heavy as he pulls his head away from her shoulder, as if he could fall into a blissful sleep right there, in the little window alcove where they've hidden themselves away. The sun has now set completely and they're in shadow as they stare at each other, the sound of their ragged breathing filling the tiny space.
"Sebastian, I..."
She's staring at him with an unfathomable expression on her face, still holding him in her hand, her other hand playing with the hair at the nape of his neck. They look down and he feels his face heat up even more at the mess he's made - he quickly pulls out his wand and cleans her up, before looking back at her, giving her a wry smile as he buttons up his pants and helps her off the ledge. "What did you want to talk to me about, again?"
She gives a slight shake of her head and looks away, but she can't hide the small smile that's growing on her face just like she can't help her eyes that keep wandering over to his. He knows the growing smile on his face matches hers - did that really just happen? She reaches over to lace her fingers through his as they walk around the suit of armor. "I - it's not important."
"Come on," he says, not being able to resist the opportunity to tease her - he's somehow managed to break through the barriers she's set up around her, and he's not about to let the opportunity slide. "Surely that's not what you had in mind when you..."
Sebastian trails off as he sees the expression in her face turn to one of horror - he didn't think his teasing was that bad, was it? - but she's also pulling her hand out of his like she's been burned and -
He follows her gaze, to where it's fixed at the end of the hallway and he knows that once again his face mimics hers. He will never live this down.
Standing at the end of the hallway and looking like two cats who've just found a huge dish of milk, are his sister and Imelda.
Misery.
Complete and utter misery are what she's feeling, if she has to put it into words, which she does. Writing things down always helps her out, helps her organize her thoughts into some sort of order. Except...this time around, it's not really helping. She can't seem to make any sense of her feelings for Sebastian.
She looks over the muddled mess of words she's written down - stream of consciousness, incomprehensible babble - and sighs. She's been dreaming of falling in love since she was a young girl - Jane Austen will do that to you - and can't believe that now that she's had her opportunity, it has to go and be with Sebastian Sallow. Because it has to be love, hasn't it?
There can be no other explanation for the painful way her stomach twists itself up whenever she catches a glimpse of him these days, the way he's consuming her every thought - even when she's dreaming she can't escape him. She can't get the sight of his tousled curls between her legs, his mischievous, warm brown eyes looking up at her as she had the most mind-numbing, toe-curling orgasm of her life - none of the times she's touched herself have ever come close to the sensations he managed to evoke.
Every time she's walking through the hallways between classes and hears his loud voice as he jokes with Garreth, or Ominis, about quidditch or Merlin-knows-what her eyes snap to his face as if he were the sun, and she a sunflower searching for its warmth. And he is most decidedly not the sun. He has the tendency to snort when he laughs, and he laughs too much, especially at his own jokes. Sometimes he talks while he eats. He always twirls his quill between his long fingers in the most annoying way, splattering ink onto any parchment unfortunate to be caught underneath. But he also...
He also always goes out of his way to prepare Ominis's Potions ingredients (why Ominis decided to take and was accepted into NEWT level is a mystery to everyone), occasionally stops to play a round of gobstones with Zenobia when he has the time. Sebastian can often be found in his favorite armchair in the Slytherin common room, resting his face on his hand as he idly flips through the pages of some book, looking altogether too handsome as he does so. And when he stretches and yawns at the end of every Arithmancy lesson - like he is now - his shirt lifts up a bit and she can see a tan sliver of his stomach and -
Snapping in front of her: she blinks and looks over: when she sees it's Imelda her face immediately turns beet red and she grabs the paper she's been doodling on and rips it to shreds as fast as she can.
"Are you fantasizing about a certain annoying someone?" Imelda asks with a wicked grin, dramatically looking over her shoulder at the certain someone in question. He's still stretching, blinking sleepily; when he notices the two girls watching him he flushes deeply. Her stomach twinges again at the sight of him noticing her - has he thought about her since that moment as much as she has? What would she do if he had? Or...if he hadn't? - and she focuses instead on the paper she is currently destroying.
"Imelda," she hisses, glaring at her best friend, "stop."
Imelda does not stop.
Imelda doesn't stop during their walk to Herbology, and she does not stop as they set up their planting stations, and she most certainly does not stop as they mutter charms over their plants.
Ever since she experienced the most wonderful moment in her whole life, followed by the most mortifying, Anne and Imelda have not stopped pestering her about it. They've finally solved the 'Sir Cadogan Puzzle' - I knew it was you all along, claims Anne - but if they truly knew what had happened between her and Sebastian, she's afraid the two of them would simply combust. She loves them dearly, but they never know when to stop, and they've been pushing and poking and prodding her for more information the whole week. She has managed to remain tight-lipped and, she hopes, mysterious about the whole thing, but she's getting tired of the teasing.
"Really," Anne says, wiping her forehead and leaving a trail of dirt behind, "if you would only talk to him, I would stop bothering you. Promise."
"Yes," chimes in Imelda, on her other side, wrestling the leaves of her own plant into submission. "You know, after we saw the two of you holding hands and looking at each other with stars in your eyes, I'm really starting to doubt that you hate him as much as you claim."
"Were the two of you snogging in secret all of last year too? Because, I'm starting to get annoyed thinking of all the times I had to talk to my brother for you because of your stubborn pride."
Does she still hate him? She certainly thinks she should, but then her thoughts get terribly confusing as she continues to think about him, and she realizes all of her old hatred has long since faded. Anne has forgiven her brother, Ominis has forgiven him, and all that remains is her.
They should talk, but she doesn't know what to say.
She's afraid that maybe the man she's been inventing in her mind this past month is simply a figment of her imagination - a fictitious being created by an accumulation of stolen glances when he doesn't know she's watching, someone who all of their classmates seem to like, someone who is very different from the fifteen-year-old boy she had that terrible argument with all that time ago. Maybe he doesn't actually exist.
She would be crushed if he's hiding the fact that he still holds on to that desperate darkness that had driven him to save Anne by any means necessary.
And so she keeps her space. She watches him from afar, feeling the hatred slowly melt off of her, falling more in love every day, but too cowardly to make the next move.
Anne and Imelda continue bantering on either side of her, not noticing - or, more likely, not caring - that she isn't participating.
Sebastian's hands are sweating. He wipes them on the inside of his robes as he glances at the girl next to him. She's holding herself rigidly, but she did this to herself, sitting next to him at dinner as she had.
Well, sitting next to him hadn't been completely her idea if he's being honest. He'd been having dinner with Anne, and the two of them were dying of laughter as she recounted seeing Duncan Hobhouse get tormented by Peeves earlier that day. One moment, Anne had been demonstrating what she had seen using her potatoes and green beans as props, and the next, a particularly evil grin had lit up her face as she pushed her plate away with gusto and jumped to her feet, calling her over.
"It would be such a shame for these potatoes to go to waste, seeing as I have a very important meeting to attend," Anne had said, after pushing her friend into the very tight space at Sebastian's side. "Never mind the mess, I can assure you I didn't actually eat the food..."
And with that, Anne had flounced away, Imelda on her arm, the two girls cackling to each other as they snuck wicked glances over their shoulders at the couple.
A couple who is now steadfastly avoiding each other and trying their hardest not to even brush elbows. Sebastian is altogether too aware of her presence, has been for the better part of a month, and his patience is dangerously close to snapping. He keeps getting maddeningly close to finally getting her to open up to him - had actually achieved it for a few blissful moments - just to have it be taken away again. It's almost embarrassing how many times he's thought about their encounter. She had been everything he'd been dreaming about and more - soft, responsive, just as desperate as him - so why has she been avoiding him so thoroughly?
Yes, he's caught her staring at him more times than he can count, with that same unfathomable expression she had before, almost dreamy - wistful - could it be love? But he knows that it's preposterous, wishful thinking on his part. If it were love - if she felt the same crazy, tumultuous emotions that he was feeling constantly - she wouldn't be so cold towards him. Even if she was staring at him more than ever before.
He doesn't notice as she slips a folded paper into the book sitting next to his plate, but he does notice that she sits next to him for barely five minutes, not even touching the food that Anne has so graciously left her, before she gets up and slips away without so much as speaking a single word to him, or even looking in his direction at all.
Sebastian's sitting in a nearly empty common room after curfew, flipping through his book as he normally does this time of day, when she sees him pause.
Although she's been waiting for this moment, watching him from the corner she's tucked herself away in, she feels ready to pass out from nerves. Her heart's ready to burst out of her chest as she watches him curiously pick up the letter she slipped in his book earlier, brow furrowed. She wrings her hands nervously as she watches him read the letter and flip over the page to see if there's more, and then he goes back to read it again from the beginning.
She wasn't expecting him to read it a second time, let alone a third time, still with an inscrutable expression on his face. Maybe she should have positioned herself closer so she could see every emotion flickering through his face as he reads - she's too far away to see anything and she curses her lack of foresight. If she moves now, he'll see her, and she doesn't even know what she was thinking when she wrote the letter, when she managed to convince Anne to help her get close to Sebastian earlier that night during supper, when she moved herself to sit in this corner just so she could watch him find and read the -
"Hello."
She nearly jumps out of her skin with a muffled shriek at the sound of his voice so close to her. Why does she feel almost guilty when she looks up at him? She's so, so afraid.
Emotions have never come easily to her. Showing them is something she's not sure will ever come naturally - Anne and Imelda can laugh and shout without a care in the world, but she always holds herself back. Hides a small part of herself away, that only she knows about. Baring herself completely to Sebastian in the letter she feverishly wrote the day before was like ripping out a part of her soul and giving it to him to keep. Once the words were written down, there was no way to take them back, not that she wants to.
But what if he rejects her?
Her eyes get hot and tears cloud her vision as she stares up at him, still wringing her hands together over and over, feeling like she's positively going to burst with the force of the emotions roiling around inside of her. Why did she think this would be a good idea?
Now he's kneeling in front of her, holding her hands in his bigger, rougher ones - reminiscent of that fateful day so long ago in Divination when he had flustered her so - and a thumb is gently wiping away the big, fat tears she didn't even realize were rolling down her cheeks and she lifts her face from watching their intertwined hands and gazes tremulously into his eyes.
They are so, so gentle and warm and full of love, but the emotions are still too much for her and she can't stop crying for some unfathomable reason, so the kiss they share is wet and lovely and full of incredulous laughter.
"I love you too," he whispers between kisses, over and over again, until the words almost lose meaning - but these words could never lose their meaning when they come from him.
In the years to come, they always bicker about who was the first to say it. Sebastian says that writing doesn't count - that his words are the ones that decide who is the victor in this small argument - but she always just smiles at his insistence, knowing that he's kept her letter tucked inside whatever book he's reading since it first fell onto his lap.
#if I forgot any tags let me know#it is the bane of my existence the reason I hate posting thinfs#hope you like this one!!!! it was a lot of fun to write#and now I can get back to doing things since this has been removed from my brain😌#I’m still kind of on hiatus here !!!!!!! 🥲🥲🥲🥲#but I try to comment/hope I see a lot of what’s posted !!#also if you’re the anon who sent me the ask I have 3k of my next chapter written & hopefully now that this is done I can get back to my fic#and I’ll post a little excerpt soon😙😙#hogwarts legacy#hogwarts legacy fanart#hphl#hogwarts legacy mc#hogwarts legacy oc#eloise babbit#sebastian sallow#sebastian sallow fanart#sebastian sallow x mc#sebastian sallow x reader#Sebastian sallow smut#sebastian sallow fic#hogwarts legacy fanfic
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This girl has so much problems
#hoof draws#deciding to use random ocs instead of my little sonas so that it doesn't feel weird when vent posts get like. fandomized#some posts need a degree of separation#should have known someone would ask me to tag vent posts. do not#also dont apologize for dumping in the tags! im not sensitive and its a lot more comforting to know other people get me here
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HELLO HI HELLO I AM!!! RECOVERING CURRENTLY!!!!
So I haven't posted in a small moment and planned to get myself going again soon but right now I am recovering from an accident (I won't get into the nitty gritty) that has left me quite shaken. FIRST OFF I AM OKAY! Minor injuries so nothing alarming I am physically fine besides being sore for a bit and some scrapes and bruises that are still healing, including my arms which is making drawing a bit difficult. I'm slowly getting better but cant really draw for long periods and honestly I might not draw much for a bit till I feel better both physically and mentally. its the mentally part that might take some time. But I'm resting, rest assured!
ANYWAY this is more just an update cause I know i've been a lil absent. ESPECIALLY after this accident. I'm not abandoning the blog by any means, def still check on tumblr but couldn't seem to muster the energy to interact with much at the moment as my brain is a little rattled up.
I hope yall are all okay! I hope your days are bright and yall are taking care of yourselves!
I promise I'm doing what I can to take care of me!
#update#just rambling#my art#dont wanna really add this to the welcome home tags?#feels inappropriate? even with the doodle but the post itself is just to let anyone wondering about me know I'm alright#anyway#I probably shouldn't have pushed through drawing this but I mostly drew it for my own comfort if anything#and felt fitting to use for an update post#art looks so sloppy lol but thats okay....#Repeating that I am very much okay though! But I'm def needing some time. For my mind's sake. Too much noise around me gets overwhelming#so energy is low and I am taking my time#dandy leon#I dont mind adding my oc tag lmao#tw stitches
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Clementine returns. (PHIGHTING!)
deciding to accumulate all of these into a singular post to make my life easier + so that I can have some more food for you all,,, anyways.
My. My son. Clementine my baby my sweet boy,,, Some of these ARE actually reposts but the first 2 are for sure not :3! (I think at least LMAO), enjoy this :3! I must go back to my hole /silly
(Also a bonus as well )
#Yeah I thought it would be best to just#Shove all of these together LMAO#anyways! Here’s my son Clementine :3#He’s my beloved biograft oc and my favorite thing to do with him ever is draw him over cat memes#I know I’ve said it in the past but he’s not actually a biocat#I just draw him as one a lot LMAO#I do wanna like. Put a small thing though since I’ve noticed a bit of a rise in it and it’s that like#Just to nite#this IS my oc#he is an owned character with lore and stuff#Like. If you use these for anything please please PLEASE make sure to credit me#I won’t be upset if you don’t but it’s just very much preferred obviously since he’s MY character and I’m very nervous about him#Getting stolen and stuff#Not mad or anything and it’s not targeted at anyone what so ever but I just think that it should be stated!#Anyways TAG TIME YAAAAY#art#artists on tumblr#phighting!#phighting#digital art#phighting roblox#phighting art#roblox#roblox phighting#phighting fanart#for the memes#funny memes#meme#tumblr memes#humor
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Get to know my OC tag
Tagged by @another-white-hole here and @awritingcaitlin here. Thank you both💜
And passing the tag to: @sarahlizziewrites @eccaiia @acertainmoshke @ragnarokproofing and leaving an open tag.
Rules: answer the questions (list at the bottom of the post) as your OC(s).
Let's imagine that Anthea and Erya can spare an evening for an interview.
You find yourself in a drawing room decorated in shades of blue and silver. Cabinets with mother-of-pearl inlays stand by the walls, and mirrors in fanciful frames hang above them. You're given a cut crystal glass of diluted black cherry syrup. With your other hand, you finger the embossed upholstery of the armrest of your settee, biding your time. You hear a throat cleared. You gather your courage and look up at the First Prince.
Her presence is tangible; it forces you to avert your eyes. You look to General Erya and for a moment you stare at her unusually light eyes, grey with a reddish tint. She lets you be for a second, then frowns with disapproval.
They make a curious pair - the Prince tall and slender, in an immaculately fitted gown of dark red silk satin, and the spymaster, shorter and more heavily built, in the ashen uniform of the Army.
Are you named after anyone?
Anthea speaks first, as the etiquette demands.
"As is customary, my name begins with the same letter as that of the head of my house."
You nod and look to Erya. She shrugs.
"Nah, I just liked the sound of it."
2. When was the last time you cried?
They both look offended by the question. Erya's eyes flash angrily, while the smallest and yet so expressive frown mars Anthea's forehead. You scramble for the next question.
3. Do you have kids?
They glance at each other briefly.
"While feasible, it is not something we wish to pursue." The Prince's tone leaves no room for argument.
4. Do you use sarcasm?
The Prince smirks. It's Erya who speaks up though:
"Her? Never. Me? I'm a ray of sunshine."
5. What's the first thing you notice about people?
"Their status." You suppose the answer isn't entirely unexpected, coming from a Prince.
"How many weapons they have on them and how well-hidden they are."
6. What's your eye colour?
Without looking at each other, they open their mouth to answer. Erya speaks first.
"Anthea's are grey like the blade of her Sword."
Anthea huffs and her eyes twinkle. If you were forced to guess, you'd say she's pleased.
"Erya's eyes are silver."
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
They look uncertain. Erya is the one to provide an answer:
"We're busy women, we don't have time or inclination to consume stories." Her tone is disdainful.
8. Any special talents?
Anthea raises her gloved hand, and you feel the glass in your hand chilling to a pleasantly refreshing temperature. Erya snorts.
"I can remember anything I read word for word. Comes in handy."
9. Where were you born?
Anthea glances around the luxurious room.
"In this house." You admit that it is an astonishing place, befitting the First Prince.
"In the City of Light," Erya supplies with a shrug.
10. What are your hobbies?
"We both play chess." You aren't sure which one of them said it.
11. Have you any pets?
"No." They say it in unison.
Erya gives Anthea a sideways look.
"What about Rime?"
Anthea huffs.
"Rime is a black-winged kite, and not a pet. As an officer of the Winged Division, I work with a bird of prey in the field. Rime acts as a scout and is trained to bring back my broken Sword in the event of my death."
12. What sports do you play/have you played?
Erya shrugs.
"Don't have time for sports. I can throw darts if need be."
Anthea offers a less dismissive answer:
"At Light-of-my-Sun my Grandfather's insistence, I was taught to fence and ride horses for sport, but my skills aren't exceptional. Not like my Brother's."
13. How tall are you?
"6'1," says the Prince.
"5'4," Erya supplies.
14. Favourite subject in school?
"Mathematics," Anthea says with a small quirk of her lips.
"Law." Anthea turns to her. Erya flashes her a grin. "It was fun learning just how many laws I broke before I swore the military oath."
Anthea doesn't appear surprised at all.
15. Dream job?
Anthea smirks. Erya smiles a bit wider. It's the Prince who responds:
"I speak for both of us here; we enjoy our jobs and have no intention to seek alternatives."
You thank them, somewhat glad that it is over.
Days of Dusk taglist: @acertainmoshke @another-white-hole
List of questions below:
Are you named after anyone?
2. When was the last time you cried?
3. Do you have kids?
4. Do you use sarcasm?
5. What's the first thing you notice about people?
6. What's your eye colour?
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
8. Any special talents?
9. Where were you born?
10. What are your hobbies?
11. Have you any pets?
12. What sports do you play/have you played?
13. How tall are you?
14. Favourite subject in school?
15. Dream job?
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(Tents fingers) So I've had a very indulgent Lethal Company OC concept on the mind for a while, and now that I've drawn it, of course it's spiraled into a 80+ panel comic HILJKFD
Employee names are tentative right now, but they go by Cap'n, Kid (shortie, actual name is Scoot), Skeets (tall one, short for Skeeter) and Mav (wide one, goes by that or Maverick). Genders are also tentative, but I'm warming up to the idea of them all being women with Kid being the only boy!
Value keys for the comic are under the cut, along with some story beats/thumbnails and the uncensored version of Cap'n's injuries from the attack! (It's sketchy, but it is drawn gore so be warned!)
#artists on tumblr#lethal company#lethal company oc#eyeless dog#lethal company eyeless dog#blind dog#werecreature#wereeyeless dog#<- needs a better name#wereblind dog#<- also bad. what else am I suppose to do man? hIKLJFD#eyeless weredog#<- infinitely better name. friend mentioned it. adding it to the tags now.#my draws#sfw#blood cw#honestly after I did the 'Cap'n circling the ship' visual I was like 'OKAY time to wrap this up. I got to exactly where I wanted to get to.#also you have to imagine Mav with Pearl's voice from SU. It was an accident however that is currently their voice claim.#I'm saying 'the names are tentative!' but we all know that's a lie. Ratman's name was tentative too....... I hate coming up with names hILK#capn tag
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Hi, Howdy! Hey! I really love your novel!! I got a little confused by the 4 day, may maybe you help me please? who is it? why we got the bad end staying the night in Ren’s apartment and he disappear of the home screen? I can’t understand “unset memory” game, sorry if I wrote smth wrong or smth sounds rude, I swear that I didn’t mean it if happened, I’m really a fan of the novel, I’ve been playing the game since day 1 or 2 I guess, probably day 1, english isn’t my first language, but I tried lol
⌞♥⌝ I hope you don't mind me answering these as bullet points!! ^^
"It" will be revealed later in the game! So I won't reveal too much right now.
You can only get the Dead End in Day 4 by staying at Ren's apartment — the rest of your choices before that don't matter. I'd also pay closer attention to the black smoke and Ren's reaction towards it!
Ren disappears from the home screen because he promised to help the player out (and stop them from getting the Dead End again). Try replaying the game again from the beginning for a surprise!
"Unsent Memories" was another visual novel (initially being written by @10chimes / @unsentmemory, though the project has since been dropped and handed back to me /pos) and is set in the same universe as 14 Days With You. Its storyline and characters are completely separate from 14DWY, so you don't have to worry about them while playing 14DWY.
#I don't think a lot of people know this but River was originally my OC lmao#Obviously BEFORE Jesse picked him up and turned him into an entirely different character /pos#We originally planned for Riv and Ren to have a Billy and Stu dynamic; except River would pretend to be a himbo—#— The same way Ren would pretend to be some Normal Empathetic Guy™️ kjgskg#River was also going to be a lovesick serial killer who incapacitated Bunny so that they'd stay with & depend on him forever#Also because Jesse and I wanted to have a ''same production factory; different yandere'' kind of vibe with Riv and Ren (and their dynamic)#Like... Ren puts Angel above himself and craves THEIR satisfaction whereas River cares about himself and prioritises HIS own satisfaction#Ren would hit his best friend (River) with a car if it meant keeping Angel happy & by his side forever#River would hit Bunny with a car if it meant keeping them by his side forever (thus making him happy)#But!! After everything that's happened in the yandere community; Jesse (understandably) wanted to get away from that kind of environment#So he's since dropped Unsent Memories and hasn't really got any plans to work on it again or return to da yan vn circle#I'm also continuing to write 14DWY the way it was originally planned (with 2017!River only getting a brief cameo to serve up some lore </3)#—But I'm lowkey holding out just in case Jesse ever considers returning hehe :3 I like their version of River and I wanna do him justice#Until then though?? I'll yearnfully clutch my locket and wait for my lover to return from war.... (she has a literal 9-5 job now) /hj /p#GKJSDG I scrolled up and??? NOT ME RANTING IN THE TAGS AGAIN?????????? WHY DO I UNINTENTIONALLY YAP SO MUCH#I will 🤫🤐 now#💌 — answered.#💖 — 14 days with queue.#🖤 — shut up sai.#to be tagged later#weird0nerd
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Claw machine
facilito
patience was wearing thin [no plushies where harmed during this post]
#14 days with you#14dwy#14dwy ren#14dwy oc#the hand of the right its supposed to be your hand but i didn't know how to depictthtat crying sobbing#okback to my enclosure 🍖#don't u hate when you dream about winning in claw machines and there are a lot of pretty plushies#but you wake up and the plushies don't exist and you are bad a claw machines#if i don't make silly drawings with hidden meanings i will perish#also i will get the queue going if u see the queue tag don't get scared#i say don't get scared but im the one scared let's not be scared together
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Bruh I cant believe I forgot to post this template on the one place where people would properly appreciate it LMAO.
THIS IS #OTPOverboard! A “get to know my otp” template for people who love “get to know my otp” memes but REALLY DON'T WANNA DO 17 DIFFERENT PAGES OF THEM!
For easy editing, check this ko-fi link (pwyw/free) for FLAT PNG, TRANSPARENT PNG, PSD FILES! Enjoy!!!
There's a version for OTPs, a version for OTPs without the spicy stuff, a version for OT3s, and a version for platonic friends and partners!
Download the "Everything.rar" to get….. everything. Download the "PSDs.rar" to get only PSDs!
If you feel like sharing, I would absolutely love if you tagged your charts as #OTPOverboard on social media!!
#OTPOverboard#ship meme#shipping meme#shipping template#otp meme#ot3 meme#shipping meme template#meme template#otp template#ot3 template#get to know my otp#get to know my oc#ship meme template#shipping chart#shipping chart template#lmao is that enough tags#get to know my ship
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