#scorpius my beloved

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SCROPIUUUUSSS 💕💕💕

I luvv Scorpius he needs more appreciation<33

But again he is only in one video so what did I expect

[danieyells]

Can I see Romeo's voicelines please? He's such a failguy, I need to knowwww

How dare you call him a failguy!

he is THE failguy. don't make him sound offbrand.

i love Romeo he is honestly so ridiculous like. . .you meet Romeo in the first chapter and you do NOT realize he's going to be like. . .that. . .in the Sinostra chapter. . . .

Hello: (the first time the game is opened after that character is set as home screen NPC. Only happens once per day, unless the character is switched out and back.)

"Hey! I'm talking to you, BB! If you've got time to wander around, you've got time to wipe the tables!"

i thoguht the pc was supposed to be doing uh background work for you at the casino. why is she cleaning tables!? go ask her to run drugs for you or something.

You've Got Mail: (whenever there's something in the inbox, usually Arena rewards)

"Excuse me? What sane person lets their messages pile up like this!? Deal with them or I'll deal with you!"

'clean up your inbox or they will have to clean you and put you in a box'

Default: (requires no affinity, has no time constraints)

"Fuji... Come out, come out, wherever you are... Tch, where did he go? Why is running away the only thing he's good at!?"

"Listen up—call me Fico. That's the only name I'll respond to, understand!?"

disregard the 'Lulu' from Taiga, 'Romi-sama'/'Ro-Ro' from Leo, 'RomiRomi' from Rui. . .'Fico' is for underlings, and you are an underling!

"Come to my private office later—I've got a little proposal I think you'll want to hear.  But make sure you come alone."

"Just go! I cannot deal with this WTWUT! Wall-To-Wall Useless Trash, obviously!"

that was a long acronym!

"Time to count this month's protection fees... Not bad. I'll up this group by 2% next month. This one could go a little higher too..."

Affinity 1: (between 5am and 11am)

"Why does that DOF want to meet so early in the morning? If I get bags under my eyes because of this, I'm going to slit his throat."

we never learned what "DOF" stood for did we. we do know it's Hyde now, though!

Affinity 2: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Hello? Yes, I was just eating lunch. Again?  ...Fine. Tonight? All right. Bye now."

booty call from hyde? in the middle of the day? shameless

Affinity 3: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"Have you seen Shinjo anywhere? I just asked him to organize some documents and he ran off to make copies!"

Ritsu has a line referencing this one!

Affinity 4: (between 8pm and 5am)

"Mickey's bar? Yes, I am going again tonight, but it's only because there's nowhere else to go for a drink."

isn't there a bar in the casino. . .i guess he doesn't wanna spend time on the casino floor. also "Mickey" is Rui Mizuki, if you weren't able to figure that out haha

Affinity 5: (between 8pm and 5am)

"This is when the regulars usually come, so I have to sweeten the pot. I saw that HNTW out there earlier too."

i hate you and your acronyms LMAOOOO I THINK THIS IS REFERRING TO KAITO??? MAYBE??? he's the only character besides Taiga who frequents the casino that we're aware of!

Affinity 6: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"How dare those Frostheim slugs start whispering the moment they see my face... One day they'll be groveling at my feet..."

oof. . .the frostheimers are gossiping about the collapse of his family. . .yeah i'd be mad too there bud. i'd like to think he wanted to transfer to Frostheim once he became a second year and he ended up not doing it because Frostheim was just so toxic.

Affinity 7: (between 11am and 4pm)

"...Looks like I'm due for a tune up soon. Keeping my posture beautiful isn't easy, no matter how much I train my core."

i assume he sees like a chiropractor or a physical therapist or something. gets his atlas adjusted. maybe don't lean over your EITS laptops lol

Affinity 8: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"You're smelling the bedtime fragrance I bought from Kurossa earlier. He has a good eye, so I often ask him to pick things out for me."

'Kurossa' is Leo Kurosagi and his lines also reference this! I'm glad they get along so well haha I think they mesh pretty great. also the fact that Romeo gives little nicknames to people is cute. . . .

Affinity 9: (between 8pm and 5am)

"You want to see my Insta? I suppose that's fine, but do you even know anything about brands?"

brand ambassador romeo. . .god he probably does all sorts of dumb beauty shit on his instagram. do you think he participates in those health pyramid schemes? probably not, right, he's fairly legitimate in his business practices. . .sort of, sometimes, kind of, as long as you don't owe him money. . . .

Affinity 10: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Fuji's pendant? Of course I haven't given up on it. He has no idea of the value of what's hanging around his neck."

neither do we! please inform us!! but on the upside that means that Romeo knows what it is, to some degree. I assume it's some rare, powerful artifact. Kaito at least knows it's important.

Affinity 11: (between 5am and 11am)

"I have to drink a cup of room-temperature water, do an electric facial and a mask, apply body cream, do my neck routine... I have no free time in the morning."

Affinity 12: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Hey! There's a hair on the ground over here! And there's dust over here! Can't you even clean something properly without me holding your hand!?"

this is directed at his underlings, not the pc(or not the pc by themself.) I also appreciate that the Japanese specifies this is one single hair he's pointing out. Somebody get this man a roomba.

Affinity 13: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"I maintain my bullets myself. You really think I'd let another man handle my crown jewels?"

handle your WHAT-- i mean anyone could've guessed you and taiga don't have a very active sex life

Affinity 14: (between 5am and 11am)

"What is going on with your skin!? Do you even have a proper routine in place? Unacceptable. Your overnight skin cell turnover is suboptimal and it shows."

Affinity 15: (between 5am and 11am)

"That BTH...! I was almost impressed to see him out so early until I realized he's been playing all night!!"

taiga pulling an all-nighter at his own goddamn casino lmao. . . .

Affinity 16: (between 11am and 4pm)

"What do you mean you don't need any more noni juice? I went out of my way to prepare it for you. Come on now, drink it."

he personally made it for you! now drink the bitter nasty health juice. don't make him feed it to you. (The fact that he made you a health dink--went out of his way to make it for you--shows that he's really starting to like you and now he's treating you like a pet.)

Affinity 17: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Finally, some goods worth talking about. I have to ring that DOF and arrange the next event..."

so Hyde is an active participant in these auctions huh. . .are the secret missions he gives Romeo based on selling and distributing artifacts and anomalies in secret. . .?

Affinity 18: (between 8pm and 5am)

"Money, hard work, and patience... That's the cost of true beauty. Don't think it's something you can easily imitate."

Affinity 19: (between 10pm and midnight)

"How about a smoke before bed? I'm joking. If I wasn't selling it, I wouldn't be touching this unhealthy garbage."

quick someone shoop the "quieres" meme with romeo HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHAT HE'S HANDLING. . .considering his line of work it could be anything but regular cigarettes or cigars. Is it weed? is it crack?? is it meth???? i find that romeo is essentially the campus dealer hilarious.

Affinity 20: (between 5am and 11am)

"What? I'm on my way to the gym for a workout. ...You can join me if you're interested."

you know damn well he probably hates getting sweaty. but he's gotta keep up with his health and all so a little workout's not off the table. also you know he's wearing some fuckin. gucci leggings or some shit.

Affinity 21: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Why are you carrying that!? What if you drop it and it breaks? I'll get one of our young guys to do it, so put it down already!"

aw he's worried about--oh no he's just worrying about you dropping his stuff.

Affinity 22: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"I won't let anyone destroy what I've built— not even my OAOF."

GOD I HOPE THEY EXPLAIN THESE ACRONYMS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE. I assume the first word is "Own". . .the last word could be "Family" or "Followers"/"Faction" or "Feelings". . . .

Affinity 23: (between 8pm and 5am)

"Most of humanity's problems can be solved with money. If you put that another way, without money, you don't stand a chance. That's the way the world works."

again, Taiga compared Ritsu's family to Romeo's before The Incident. Romeo lost everything he had at one point. He's afraid of ending up with nothing again. That's all. Even with the Casino, he doesn't want to lose it because it'd be losing everything he has again. Having no money means going back to 0.

Affinity 24: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Coming here alone this time of night, haven't you made progress? Come over here, I'll evaluate your efforts."

pc's getting brave enough to go to Sinostra in the middle of the night! probably did some shady job for him too. Also the face he makes while praising you for coming to Sinostra alone late at night is a little. . . .

Affinity 25(max): (no time constraints)

"What could you possibly be afraid of? You're one of my people! Walk with your head held high or I'll step on it!"

BBY YOU CAN STEP ON HER HEAD ANYWAY. PLEASE DO IT. 👀 also you have been opted out of being one of Taiga's people I guess. You have chosen your faction. /joke

Spring: (March-May) (between 5am and 11am)

"This year's AW collection is out... Tch. Not even a hint of taste in any of it. They'll bear this mark of shame for years."

I KNOW THIS ACRONYM! He's complaining about Autumn-Winter fashion!!! lbr romeo men's fashion is kinda boring anyway. I wonder if his family owned a fashion brand. . . .

(between 11am and 4pm)

"I don't mind the springtime in Japan. The mild weather is a bonus, but it's the transient beauty of the cherry blossoms I truly appreciate."

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"The new prototype is a tear bomb? A lot of anomalies don't even have eyes, is this really going to be useful?"

i mean it might be useful for the ones that have eyes. . .or for hunting down Kaito.

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Shut up! It's nearly time to settle the books so I'm completely run off my feet! I don't have time to deal with you, understand!?"

Summer: (June-August) (between 5am and 11am)

"Summer is all about aquamarine... If you believe that, you're a follower. A trendsetter would know to go against the grain with a heavier jade piece."

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Excuse me!? You really think I would stoop to petty theft!? This scarf and hat are UV protection!"

LMAO HE LOOKED SO SHADY THE PC GOT WORRIED

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"This? It's an original hot water blend with salt and lemon I came up with. You shouldn't be cooling your insides just because it's hot outside!"

i mean. i guess it'll technically help you sweat and cool down faster????

(between 8pm and 5am)

"The heat's finally starting to ease off. I want to take a shower, but it's nearly our peak hour..."

Autumn: (September-November) (between 5am and 11am)

"They gave us nothing but useless bottom feeders this year... I'd like to see who raised this bunch of idiots. They don't even have a grasp of basic etiquette."

(between 11am and 4pm)

"I'm going to the training grounds to demonstrate sharpshooting for the first- years. It's a waste of my time, but I'm the most skilled at it."

he just wants everyone to see how good he is lolol

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"The SS collections are out. What? Are you telling me you don't pay attention to Paris Fashion Week?"

(between 8pm and 5am)

"The boss won't stop whining about being hungry. Obviously I'm not going to cook. What are you all standing around for, you damn TGAs!?"

lol Romeo has his underlings feed Taiga as much as Taiga demands food of his own underlings. "please feed your father the boss before he eats one of the chancellor's cats again."

Winter: (December-February) (between 5am and 11am)

"You look like a fat slug in those clothes. Keeping warm is important, but couldn't you at least tough it out when you're meeting me!?"

HARSH. how about you get her outfits then!!! lolol he's looking at you all bundled up and doesn't even wanna be seen with you

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Everywhere is so dry, it's unbearable. I want to go back to my room and moisturize..."

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"I get aches when it's cold... I'm taking off early tonight to go drink, then I'll warm up with a low bath."

'i'm gonna put alcohol in me which will make me feel warm but actually make me colder, then get in the bath for a while' lol

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Tch... This is the most profitable time of year for us, where the hell is that BTH!?

well you see Taiga hates the cold too so he's probably in a blanket burrito. . . .

His birthday: (November 14th)

"Today is Fico's birthday, so you're dining in style. I'm not going to eat any though, so you can finish it off."

'it's my birthday, so i'm going to treat you! what? me? eat?? no, i'm on a diet!!' i am once again asking the ghouls to EAT PROPER MEALS PLEASE IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY ROMEO HAVE ONE CHEAT DAY. DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE CAKE.

Your birthday:

"It's your birthday? I suppose I can celebrate it for you, but you'd better be aware of how much of my precious time you're using."

he treats you better on his birthday than yours. . . .

New Years: (January 1st)

"Felice anno nuovo! This will be the year I claim Fuji's debt and his pendant!"

oh my god he does speak italian. you hear more tidbits of italian fromTaiga than him. also Kaito's pendant must be super important if that's his new years resolution. this is gonna matter in the long run isn't it.

Valentine's Day: (February 14th)

"Hmph. I'm not familiar with this packaging. If you're giving me chocolate, you better have selected it with the utmost care!"

'this is not brand name. how dare you.'

White Day: (March 14th)

"Here. They're mimosa cookies, a special order from an upmarket confectionary in Ginza. I can't say whether your peasant tastebuds can appreciate them though."

peasant? who are you, jin? fun fact, Taiga's White Day line references this one!

"What's that expectant look on your face? Lulu was harping on about mimosas or something before. That what you want?"

so Romeo gets the cookies whether or not he plans to give you some i guess lol

April Fool's Day: (April 1st)

"Just you try and fool me—I'll tear those rags off you and throw you in a cage. So? What do you want?"

converting your friends into human trafficking victims is the latest new prank sweeping the internet!

Halloween: (October 31st)

"Do you have face paint in your pores!? Go wash it off before you end up with hyperpigmentation!!"

Christmas: (December 25th)

"Buon Natale! Go get ready—that reindeer's around again. This year I'm going to catch it for sure!!"

he's going to auction off one of santa's reindeer. . . .

Idle: (about 20 seconds without interacting with the game) (below 13 affinity)

"Tch... If you don't have any business for me, I'm leaving! You're wasting my precious time!"

(13 affinity and above)

"My drink is empty. Hey! I'm talking to you! Go bring me a refill!"

Absent: (logging in for the first time in 2 or more days?)

"Well, look what the cat dragged in. Do I have to teach you how to maintain an adult relationship? This is your last chance, got it!?"

SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG THE ADHD KICKED IN AND I GOT SUPER DISTRACTED i love Romeo so much he's so. . .silly lmao. he's a very fun character. even though i hate his acronyms. But he's also so worried about his image and his money. . .and as much as he complains I think he worries about Taiga too. And as he comes to like you more he worries about you too. It's just that strictness and maintaining control is how he feels most comfortable and how he expresses his attachments. He trusts you. So he wants you to be able to hold you to a high standard.

[blue--ingenue]

anthony boyle's Scorpius pulling his sweater sleeves over his hands to wipe his tears away is so very precious to me

[rewritingcanon]

do you have any headcanons about post-hogwarts scorbus? :)

oh DO i!!

scorpius gets a huge glow-up after hogwarts sometime around his mid twenties and everyone is shocked by it except albus (who always thought scorpius was drop dead gorgeous) and draco (who knew astoria’s model genes would kick in sooner or later)

i think most of nextgen would do better than their parents and not marry as mind bogglingly early as them. all except scorbus, who would probs marry each other at 19 or some ridiculous bs.

would have the weddings to end all weddings too. theres no “small intimate gathering” absolutely not, not with DRACO MALFOY being the grooms father 💀💀 its more fancy than the royals i swear its making headlines.

also albus would take on the malfoy name in my opinion. no hyphenation, just full integration

scorpius will be over at the potters house every second week just to suck up to all of them and win the favour of everyone especially ginny (because ginny is the alpha of the household). hes of the opinion that he cant ask albus to marry him unless everyone accepts him (they all do but scorpius doesn’t believe it for at least eight months).

he also tries to win rose’s favour but she pretends to not gaf just to fw him.

i always go back and forth between their careers, im never set on one. for scorpius i predominantly like the idea of him being a healer and going through the wizard-equivalent of med school because it just feels like something he would needlessly put himself through. i also like him doing a career he’s passionate about, like something to do with history, or working in a really obscure department of the ministry.

i fluctuate with albus’ career the MOST. i can see him working a desk job and hating it and being that guy whos disassociating staring at the clock on the wall waiting for his shift/workday to be over do he can go home and love all over his husband. i also see him quitting it all to go full house-husband/stay-at-home dad when he gets sick of it. but i think he’d like having a muggle career better than a wizard one.

albus does ALL the cooking. scorpius is BANNED from touching the kitchen because he burns everything (poor thing tries his best)

the only reason they didn’t move out immediately after graduating was because scorpius was scared to leave draco alone in the manor. so draco pretended to be sick of albus basically staying over at the manor every night to push scorpius to do what he wanted

i think scorpius and albus would move into a young-adultish flat/apartment when they first move in together, even though they can def afford a proper home 😭😭

they still literally follow each other everywhere. deadass cannot separate them.

ginny goes on solo holidays with the boys 😭😭💀💀💀

scorpius is an early waker and albus will sleep until 3pm if not roused. albus keeps wanting to wake up early to make scorpius breakfast in bed but alas hes not built for it…..

albus has to teach scorpius how to not be so ostentatious when buying things for their home or nursery or whatever. that boy has no idea how to save his money 💀

always go to family functions in matching accessories like ties or watches or socks or jewellery or SOMETHING. they just have to outdo all the other couples there smh.

also always wears matching pyjamas because they’re sickening

albus would be more passionate about following the tradition of naming their kids after stars/constellations than scorpius would be.

albus is very wifey material like he gives scorp the best massages after work, runs him hot baths, cooks and cleans, handles financials, spoils scorpius by buying him lots of things he likes (tbf scorpius is very easy to please), listens to his rants, so whenever scorpius feels hes not doing enough he’ll panic and buy out an entire cinema for a date night or something similarly corny 💀

albus gets the white streaks in his hair that make him a honorary malfoy

albus gets a pot belly when he’s older im so passionate about this

i also like the idea of scorpius needing to wear glasses when hes old too

lmk if you want more scorbus hcs i am always ready and willing to yap about scorbus

[godofstupidsentences]

You guys don’t understand I’m actually mental about them

[localgirlbecomesobsessed]

The things you do for a date

ITS HEIST TIME

heist time turned kind of spooky and Xena is having an unfun time and Romeo is done with life. This actually turned a bit horror lmao

part one

Leo x Xena

something something something...thinking about how rich people used to eat mummified bodies.

warning:violence,detail of injury,kind of cannibalism?

Xena took a deep breath to steady herself as she smoothed out the emerald dress Romeo had forced her in. It was a simple slip dress that slitted at both sides, revealing toned thighs and Xena’s heavy scars, earning looks she’d rather ignore and is meant to ignore as Kaito retied the laces of her knee high boots.

How Romeo convinced Kaito to play the role of servant she doesn’t know…but she does know he’s enjoying this a little bit too much.

“Kaito; see if you can get any info from the others, just in case we missed something.”

Xena hissed out at him, subtlety yanking her leg away. The blonde haired man pouted at her but followed her instruction as she grabbed a flute of what she’s hoping to be wine, the server carrying the plate of drinks eagerly started talking to kaito as the two disappeared into the sea of people walking into the ballroom, Kaito giving the excuse he needed to get his mistress her favourite dessert…

Xena walked through the huge hall, narrowly avoiding the dancing dolls swirling around her as she aimed her direction to the stage, pretending to be like the many people who seemed to be extremely weirdly estactic for the hypnotist…she was more excited to see Romeo flop on stage.

It was still the beginnings of the party, people still filing in as she found a quiet place to sit. Angling herself in the corner nearest one of the huge windows in order to get a better view of the both the eerie stage and the row of mausoleums at the back of the mansions gardens.

There were five mausoleums and two of them were painted a light gray, the other three black with golden doors. The last one with the golden door was meant to be the entrance to the underground hopefully-not-dungeon but just storage basement that holds the anomaly artefact.

She had to wait for Romeo’s show to start and for him to give the signal before she can actively explore, the plan was for Kaito to wait with her until the signal is given and then he’d meet them at the rendezvous area.

If all goes to plan...

“Mistress, I brought you the chocolate covered strawberries.”

Xena raised an eyebrow as Kaito handed her the hugest bowl of strawberries, he grinned sheepishly at her as he sneakily took one for himself as he leaned against her chair, they probably seemed too causal for a master and servant but she didn’t care that much.

“You’re enjoying this.”

Kaito laughed lightly as he took the bowl off of her, holding it so the two can munch on their snack, he shrugged shyly as he grabbed her another drink.

“They say a secret party happens in the mausoleums, they’re not sure which one but apparently the organiser and his husband send special invitations that tells you which mausoleum to get into…”

Xena frowned as she looked around the many invitees who cheerfully chatted with eachother, she needed to get one of those invites…knowing her luck she’s going to walk right into the party grave.

Her own faked invite was mustard coloured with small golden doves above her name, she flipped it over trying to see if there’s some sort of clue of how they differentiate between the special and the normal invites when a passing group’s gossip was overheard.

“Oh Diana, getting a plain pink invite well I would just die, see Nancy got the special invite and I got the prestigious one…”

She whipped her head at Kaito, taking a deep breath as she slid into the group.

“Oh my Diana it’s been so long, it’s me Cassandra do you remember?”

She forced on a huge smile as she went in for a cordial hug and awkward kiss of the cheek, Diana forced by social convention to awkwardly pretend she recognises the girl before her. A forced strained smile on her face as she turned to her group.

“Everyone this is Cassandra! It’s really been such a long time!”

The group turned to look at her, eyes hungrily eating up the sight of the fake aristocrat, Xena smiled as she greeted each and everyone of them, already feeling exhausted from the group of seven as each demanded a hug, they all glanced at Kaito ignoring him as Xena gestured for him to follow behind.

“Darling, you must tell us what colour your invitation is, the lowest has to volunteer to get on stage with the dreamy hypnotist-he’s a professional you know!”

They all laughed cheerfully with no actual emotion underneath it, they reminded her of blank dolls with nothing under their surfaces. The three men all had the black tuxes, one was bedazzled with diamonds and rubies, the other was a black velvet and the last one had a dark green trim all around his suit with a matching shirt. The women all had backless black dresses that matched with the men…except one, Diana, the one with the plain pink invite, she had an extravagant golden dress with golden chains and silver swords swinging down the back, it was deep plunged with bat winged arms and it seemed heavy, she stood out and was in both Xena’s and Kaito’s words ‘extremely hot.’

“Mines, mustard with doves…”

She held it up between two fingers as the others sighed in disappointment.

“I guess Diana will be the volunteer.”

The man with green trimmings said, disappointment and jealousy dripping off his words as he glanced at the woman.

“Hmm I guess so, how entertaining.”

Diana chimed out, popping her fan out as she cooled herself. Xena inwardly squealed at the movement; it was just like what they did in her manhwas, Diana looked at them with amusement as she twirled around, the rest eagerly following as they strode to hypnotists area. They all had to get out their invites to sit at the front, apparently the invites all have levels to them, she just hopes she has the right one.

She checked over the ones everyone held out, in case there was a clue or a clear sign as to what colour was the special invite, she had an inkling but she had to see the others before she swapped hers.

Two of the men had green ones, the other had a blood red one; obviously Diana had pink; the prestigious invite was the mustard with the doves; the other two also had green ones and the one that was meant to have the ‘special invite’, had a plain white one which was actually just the basic invite and Xena had to watch as she got turned away. Her supposed friends all walked off ignoring the woman who demanded to speak to a manager as she proclaimed it was special.

Xena held back as she looked around as the other guests who all had the same white invites went into the places behind them. The ballroom had been swiftly converted into a seating hall, everyone in their seats with a drink in hand as they waited patiently for the hypnotist.

Diana swished her way back to them, noticing Xena straggling behind as she wrapped a hand around her with an iron grip, dragging a surprised Xena as Kaito hurriedly followed them. The others gaped at her as Diana forced her to sit closely next to her, to the point they were basically sharing one seat, Diana traced a finger lightly over Xena’s scar smiling flirtatiously at her as she leaned in close to a flustered Xena.

“You don’t know me do you?”

Xena dropped her face into its usual one of indifference, the act of a too friendly acquaintance being thrown away as the women chuckled at her. She could've kept up the act but honestly undercover work wasn't quite for her.

“Don’t worry, you’re far too interesting to stop talking to now~how bout we find somewhere more private to talk?”

She had brought her hand further up, Xena gently grabbed it as she smiled apologetically at the lady.

“You’re a very very and I mean this with all my heart, very attractive person, isn’t that right K?”

She gestured to Kaito who had been watching the ordeal with an extreme flush covering his ears, face and neck. He began nodding enthusiastically as the woman sighed in disappointment.

“I'm sensing a but...can I guess what it is Angel?...You have a partner.”

Xena nodded, brushing her hand against Leo’s necklace with a slight smile.

“I have a partner.”

The woman smiled before leaning away, taking her hand back as she pointed at Kaito.

“Does he have a partner?”

Xena cracked up as Kaito leaped at the chance to tell Diana that he definitely didn’t have a partner, his enthusiasm not lost on Diana as she chuckled in amusement as she slid Kaito her number, winking as Xena settled properly into the chair next to her; sipping her drink as her phone buzzed erratically.

Romulus: IS THIS A DATING SHOW? BBD GET HIM UNDER CONTROL.

She grimaced as she looked up and met Romeo’s furious gaze, Kaito gulping as he paused in conversation and physically paling at Romeo catching them.

“Hmmm I thought he was single.”

Diana whispered to Xena.

“It’s uh-complicated.”

Diana raised an eyebrow before looking back at the woman who kicked off about her basic invitation-who was now sat at the front of the cut off point for the basic invites with a glare of pure fury aimed at Diana, who sighed before nodding in understanding.

“I get it…”

She reached out and squeezed Kaito’s arm in sympathy, who feigned tears as he thanked his new goddess.

Xena ended up switching chairs with him as he begged to talk to Diana the breezy hall ran a chill down Xena's back as she did so, the woman pausing in conversation as her gaze flickered between the two.

“You two are quite different to the usual crowd that comes here, it’s lovely.”

Diana gestured happily to the two of them as she brushed a hand across Kaito’s blushing cheek. Her kind eyes gazed at him in admiration, she had deep brown eyes that you could melt into and long red braided hair that she had tied intricately with tiny golden skulls and butterflies clipped on each braid, she had a dark emerald eyeshadow that made her eyes stand out and she had golden bangles running up her arms with tattoos hidden underneath them, brown skin shining beautifully, she really was a vision, even Romeo couldn’t help glancing back repeatedly as he seemed to check Diana out.

“It’s actually our first time here believe it or not! We were told we just had to see what was in the mausoleums~!” •_•

She couldn’t force herself to smile but made sure to keep the enthusiasm clear in her voice as Kaito silently agreed with her, Diana’s eyes shone as she grasped their hands, pulling them both in as she glanced around to make sure no one was watching.

“Speak no more, we can go after the show, I can only take one of you with me but I’ll let them know that your invitation has been upgraded!”

She spoke excitedly, running a thumb over Kaito’s knuckles.

“That would be amazing, Kaito could go with you right! I’ll go in afterwards.” ^_^

At least someone could keep an eye on Diana, how does she have so much influence to the point she could change the levels…she wasn’t on their dossier of the family who’s organised it. Plus, from the way the others spoke she had the lowest level of invites among them...

“Wow! Really shgsgsgss ahem…. Thank you Miss.Diana!”

Kaito’s blush never disappeared as he went all gooey eyed at Diana, who’s attention got turned to the stage as the lights began to dim and Romeo confidently and slowly strides onto the stage.

“Welcome one and all, to a night of mystery…”

A puff of smoke boomed around Romeo as he got swiftly replaced by the actual hypnotist. Smoke surrounded the stage before dramatically being blown away as Romeo was revealed on to be sat elegantly on a tilted throne. The hypnotist bowed before him as he faced the audience, the hypnotist started the show bringing randoms on stages which of course included Diana as he made them pretend to be duck, ballerina and such.

Romeo was his unmoving assistant, correcting and bossing the hypnotist about as he explained and worked the room with the science behind hypnotism. It was actually quite fun watching the hypnotist shake in his boots under Romeo’s watchful eyes, their plan was to get the room under their control, find one of the family members (who are meant to be sitting at the front) and get them to lead them to the mausoleum or for them to be brought on stage and Romeo will swipe the key, if the hypnotist fails then at least they have Diana as a backup plan.

If all else fails Romeo will cause a distraction and Kaito and Xena will make a run for it during the commotion.

They had a multitude of plans that they’re hoping they’re not going to have to run through but…

As the hypnotist worked the room, now involving everyone in his tricks, they couldn’t help but notice not one family member was there. The hypnotist called for them to come forward only for an attendant to run onto the stage whispering something in his ear, both Romeo and the hypnotist frowning from the news.

“Well it seems our dear rulers for this evening started their private festivities early, I’ll need…some different volunteers, you girl come forward.”

Diana cheered as he dramatically beckoned Xena to join him, who just sighed in disinterest as she got up and made her way to the stage.

He placed a blindfold on her and placed her next to Romeo, claiming he’ll make them swap minds through just the sound of a gong. Now the hypnotist doesn’t know they knew eachother, only seeing Romeo’s face when he came to blackmail him, so it’d be amusing to see how he’d go about it.

“Oh!! Im terribly jealous how exhilarating!!”

Diana proclaimed as the hypnotists eyes gleamed in self satisfaction as his eyes raked over her figure.

“Then my queen, how about you do it instead, with myself of course.”

He snatched the blindfold off Xena as he attempted to seductively wrap it around Diana, the woman couldn’t help giggling at the hypnotists obvious ploy to flirt with her, enjoying every bit of attention as the crowd gasped at the dramatics of it all.

“It seems the owners have secret parties in our targeted area…”

Xena murmured to Romeo, who slightly nodded as he crossed his legs haughtily.

“They’re not here so the bastards have probably started early.”

She continued as she leaned slightly on the chair’s arm.

“We have a way in, the hot lady has a special invite.”

Romeo’s eyes flitted to hers as he slightly nodded, a quirk of a smile flickered on his face before falling.

“Good work BB.”

Xena tried not to preen under the small bit of praise, she had begun to highly respect Romeo as they continued to work together…he was tenacious in what he wanted and slightly insane, not only that but the way he perseveres despite how painful things can get was inspiring. Sometimes when her leg injury acts up she can barely get out of bed, it was encouraging to see how he continues on despite everything.

Kaito awkwardly sat in the crowd, as he tried to concentrate on the show, which was quite entertaining if not annoying how he also had to sit front row to the show of Romeo and Xena chatting it up. He tried to swallow the bitter ball of jealously that kept trying to rise up…it was bad enough she was with Leo, now she’s all buddy-buddy with Romeo too?

Xena awkwardly waved at Kaito as she watched his face fall into a deep frown…he probably didn’t like being by himself surrounded by hungry sharks that seemed ready to pounce on anything.

They just had to get through this show…and through the mission.

Then it’ll be over.

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Diana lead them to the mausoleums, preening under Kaito’s constant compliments, the hallways were abuzz with excitement as people passionately chatted about the hypnotist show, they were lively and full of guests showing off their newest businesses or purchases as they all tried to loudly outdo the other.

Which is why Xena found it strange that as soon as they turned a corner the hall was empty…in fact instead of the blinding white walls they were previously trapped in, the walls were black with gold covering previous cracks that littered the walls, the floor was still a boring white tile but in between each tile there was one with a silver cobra painted onto it…

“They’re all connected my dears~all the little mausoleums, it’s just for show so they can make their family look large and important.”

Xena furrowed her brows at that statement and the indifference of Kaito and Diana at their change of surroundings, this all differed from the original house plans that Romeo had acquired, though from how hush-hush they are about everything it’s no surprise that they faked the layout.

“How do you know so much Diana?”•_•

Xena kept her voice low as she walked beside Diana, her eyes narrowed as the woman had avoided answering that very question everytime Xena tried to subtlety ask previously.

“I’m the chef darling.”

Diana answered, her smile too wide, her eyes void of any emotion as she turned to face Xena, they were in the middle of the hall now, surrounded by paintings that reminded her of a Francisco Goya piece, the unsettling images putting Xena further on edge.

“They have a…peculiar palette you see, I’m one of the only chefs on the planet who can capture a cuisine like that.”

She leaned in twirling a strand of Xena’s hair as she sniffed the air before hungry eyes landed on Xena. Who stood frozen as her hand trailed to her nape, Kaito shot his hand out in an attempt to stop Diana as he watched Xena’s face ashen, finally snapping out of whatever spell Diana had him under.

But it was too late…

Diana’s claw like nails ripped at Xena’s skin drawing blood as Xena hissed in pain, her blood boiling in anger and fear as realisation hit her like a truck.

Diana…She knows…

Xena and Kaito watched in horror as Diana swiped up the blood with her finger before sucking on it, moaning at the taste as drool escaped her mouth, she tried to reach for another taste only for Kaito to shakily stand in front of Xena, looking more like a protective chihuahua than a guard dog, Diana only laughed in amusement sighing as she wiped the drool from her chin.

“Truly delectable darling…I knew you were a treasure.”

Xena shuddered stepping back as she tugged at Kaito’s sleeve to follow her. He couldn’t move, frozen in fear as predatory eyes locked on his, he was shaking in pure terror, eyes filling with tears as Diana’s face slowly transformed, long fangs protruding from her lips as golden scales bloomed all over her face. She smirked as she reached out for Kaito, drool dripping off her fangs and falling onto the tiled floor as smoke emitted from the ground, her spit was acidic and burning A gaping hole into the floor.

“I’ve never tasted ghoul before either!”

Xena yanked Kaito away, using all her strength to throw him behind her as Xena hastily reached into her boot, pulling out a tiny pod and pressing her thumb hard into it causing it to snap in two, the pod extended into a long and thick staff. She silently thanked Alan for the hours of training with the weapon as she swung ferociously into Diana, hitting her violently in the stomach as she doubled over.

“Don’t.”

Xena warned as Diana tried to get back up, the woman’s furious eyes met hers as she struggled to get back up.

“Xe-xe XENAWESHOULDLEAVEPLEASE-“

Kaito screeched at her tugging her arm vigorously as Xena glared down at Diana stubbornly standing in place as she anticipated that them running was exactly what Diana wanted.

Kaito, however let fear overtake him as he let go of Xena and made a dash for it, promising to get some form of help as he tried to run. Yet, as much as he ran the hallway just continued to extend…

There was no escape.

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“Those idiots have been OOC for a while…”

Romeo sat on one of the white marbled chairs with the hypnotist, who was currently sweating buckets as he watched probably the prettiest man he’s ever saw sip his wine as he fiddled with the gun hidden under his long purple cape.

“Th-they did go with that woman…”

He managed out tremors racking through his body as Romeo turned to look at him in disgust.

“I’m aware.”

Romeo snapped at him as he pulled out his phone, he made the two of them carry trackers for this very reason (also so he can stalk Kaito later.) Sighing as he forced himself up, Romeo followed their trail, calling one of Darkwick's agents to take the hypnotist away. He was lucky that Hyde allowed him a couple of agents to be dotted around...but that also concerned him, surely this wasn't as easy as Hyde originally made it out to be if he's allowing him all this extra help.

Clumps of people gathered around eachother, all grouping themselves seemingly by their colour coded invite. Romeo watched as a group of red invites got lead out of the room, they all held tightly to the cheap pieces of paper as they seemed to be enveloped in joy at the fact they’re getting something exclusive from the elusive family…

But Romeo always found that special privileges in a place like this…never lead to anything good.

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“PUTAIN DE SAKÉ.”

Xena spat out as she dodged the stinger, Diana as it turned out was some fucked up scorpion-snake-dragon like anomaly, something they so luckily found out when a tail with with huge stinger came launching right at them.

The electricity that thrummed through her staff needed a moment to charge as she had been keeping her at bay with just that…that wasn’t going to get them out of this, something that was frighteningly clear to Xena as she looked around the strange hallway for anything she could use. They couldn’t break through the windows, they’d pause before completely shattering and then putting itself back together again, which was what Diana also did when Xena beat and ripped her arm off….

In conclusion they were fucked.

There were only paintings surrounding them, the windows were unbreakable, Kaito was having a minor breakdown after failing to hit Diana 3 times and Xena was trying to both calm him down and avoid getting murdered or worse…drugged by the stinger.

“Kaito we don’t have time for a melt-DOWN!”

She dived out of the way as Diana flew at her, rolling herself away as she glanced around once more. Diana had been proactive at keeping them away from this end of the hallway…so maybe there was something here.

Diana had been calculative though, stood in between the two as she glanced from side to side deviously smiling at Xena as she watched the girl locate the garden doors.

“KAITO COME ON!”

She kicked the door open, breathing a sigh of relief when it actually flew open.

Kaito stood frozen though as Diana loomed over him, feverishly grinning at him as her jaws snapped at him.

“Poor pretty boy…whatever will you-“

WHACK

Xena slammed the staff across Diana’s head, aiming to burst her eardrum as she watched blankly as Diana screeched in pain. The noise being so loud as Kaito covered his ears tremoring in pain as he struggled to stand up, grabbing one of his arrows as Xena started repeatedly beating Diana with the staff. Blood splattered across the floor and Kaito thought it looked like the cobras were spitting blood at Xena.

Xena who was now covered in blood frantically panting as she threw the staff away, falling back in shock at what she had just done…

She couldn’t.

She couldn’t handle the way she was looking at her, like she was meal to be devoured…

She had a feeling whatever she was about to see in the mausoleum…she definitely wasn’t going to like it.

Before she could have a moment of reflection and delve into whatever horrors await her, the broken body in front of her started twitching forcing itself back together as a strained arm reached in desperation towards Xena.

Who tried with extreme restraint to calmly step back and not let herself attack the dying anomaly, instead she felt bile rise in her throat as she watched Diana screech in pain grappling to pull herself together and tear the frozen girl apart.

"Xe...XENA!"

It all sounded muffled to Xena, she tilted her head as she watched almost mesmerised as Diana's features flickered between human and monstrous...is this what she'll look like? she couldn't help herself as she looked down at the anomaly...at Diana...was she like her? someone cursed to become twisted or was she just born like this?

Was there a difference between her and Diana?

Were the two not monstrous in their own rights? Diana just underestimated or even misunderstood what sort of monster she was dealing with...someone like Xena, she wonders what will become of her in the following months-

"XENA?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?"

Kaito grabbed her arm yanking her backwards and by his side as he stared in fright at the seemingly apathetic girl, Diana slowly and with extreme sluggish movements stood upright and attempted to make her way over to the two.They could hear her bones reforming as she used the wall to stablise herself, dragging herself towards the two and leaving a trail of blood in her wake, her eyes fixed fiercely on Xena.

Diana spluttered as she shakily pointed at Xena, her talons broken and bleeding, she was grinning showing Kaito and Xena her broken fangs that were dripping acidic poison into her own mouth causing her to drool and bleed as her tongue dissolved and rebuilt itself over and over again.

"Y..o.."

Yet, before she could even try to get a word out the piercing sound of a gunshot echoed through the air, snapping Xena out of her own turmoil as she turned to face a furious Romeo.

"This is why I can't leave you two morons alone."

Romeo sighed as he lowered his weapon, rolling his shoulder as he had to hastily try and get a decent aim on the anomaly. He strode over to the two frowning as he caught a glimpse of Xena's face twisting into a horrified look before taking a deep and forcing it back into it's blank state. Kaito was shaken up as he held on tightly to Xena's arm causing Romeo to roll his eyes as he grabbed Xena's other arm and leading them through the door to the gardens. Leaving behind the dead body of Diana, something Xena forced herself not to look at.

"LET idiots-this is more of a massive headache than that SOB let on."

Romeo grumbled out as Kaito and Xena followed him, Xena took a deep breath and forced herself onward finding herself more distracted and annoyed by her dress, it was torn and tattered whilst also being in the way of her scar, brushing against it in a way that was slowly starting to make her extremely irrate. It was all she could focus on...all she allowed herself to focus on, but even that fact was pissing herself off to no end.

Kaito was muttering something to Romeo as Xena marched onwards, ignoring the irritation, the bubbling anxiety and slowly increasing pain in her leg was something she couldn't concentrate on right now...what she needed right now was to smash someone to pieces.

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Xena kicked down the mausoleum door, wincing as she had to put all her strengh into it, the feeling of the weighted door slamming against her foot vibrated throughout her leg.

Romeo pushed past her sending her a look of mild concern as he walked confidently and with purpose into the crypt. They could hear the cheers and laughs of the 'special' guests down below, Kaito repressed a shiver as the smell of smoking meat breezed to them, the smell unsettled something deep within Kaito as it smelt like something he couldn't quite place.

It didn't take long for them to find the source of the smell, all three of them paused at the entrance of what was meant to be a place of rest...instead the tombs had roasted anomalies splayed on top of them, they were all crudely cut open as the trio watched in horror as the fellows who had the red slips and the family who owned the mansion itself ripped into the bodies in a frenzy.

Xena felt cold sweat drip down her back as she watched the disgusting creatures ravage the poor bodies before them, some of the anomalies she recognised...they were ones kept in Jabberwock, ones she's cared for and know they would never harm anyone...

"Ah! Glorious days young ones I say better late than never, our chef is running a bit late but Matthews decided to crack them out anyway, Ol' lad's better than that monster anyway!"

A man who disturbingly looked like colonel Sanders came up to them, slapping Kaito on the back as spit flew from his mouth, as he spoke he waved a bloodied rib around; Romeo and Xena had to hold back their looks of disgusts. They recognised the man as the patriarch of the family, the eldest and the one with the most bloodon his hands...both literally and figuratively. Kaito faked a laugh and nodded at the elderly man as he guided the trio to a table, Xena felt her hands tremble as she looked at the body before them...it looked like a Kyklos.

"This here is one I caught on a hunt just last week, a Eleusis! something more for the vegetarians aye love!"

The man tried to grab ahold of Xena a greedy grin spread across his face as grubby hands darted towards her, before Xena could launch herself at him and slightly kill the man, Romeo wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close leaning his head on top of hers and chuckling gently.

"But sir Eleusis is a place, don't you mean this is Chlooephi?"

Romeo's tone was light as purple dangerous eyes darted into the man's enraged ones, he spluttered as his face turned a bright red, he forced himself to turn himself away from the trio not wanting to ruin his feast but a subtle hand gesture to what they thought were just other invitees caused Romeo to hastily force the other two to sit at the table.

"He's called for reinforcements."

Romeo muttered to the other two causing Kaito to audibly gulp as Xena nodded, her leg bouncing as she continued to stare at the anomaly before her.

"Why the fuck did you antagonize him?"

Kaito seethed out, not even budging when Romeo's eyes narrowed at him.

"Look at the anomaly they chose for us, those POS know who we are...look at Xena."

Romeo crossed his arms as he smugly watched Kaito freeze in horror as he turned to finally face the girl. Her jaw was tense, her eyes dark and furious as she glared fiercly at the patriarch.

"We're gonna have to fight our way through this."

She announced nodding at her own words as Romeo sighed but reluctantly agreed, Kaito just gaped at her but one look from Xena forced his mouth shut as he silently agreed.

They hadn't even found the artefact yet...

"Kaito, you look for the artefact, me and the BB will handle this."

Romeo ordered and before Kaito could argue with him,not wanting to leave Xena alone with Romeo or in the room with a bunch of rich bastards wanting to devour her. Xena placed a hand on his shoulder and solemnly nodded in agreement with Romeo's orders...

Kaito waited for the battle to commence, Romeo leaving it up to Xena as she abruptly got up, her chair falling behind her as she stormed towards the colonel sanders look-a-like grabbing a metal pole that was used to roast one of the anomalies. She twirled it in her hands as she winked at a group of people who were munching on some poor creature, unsure if this was some weird entertainment act or an actual threat, she grinned maniacally her sharp canines poking out as she swiftly approached the colonel ignoring the people who tried to call to her or stop her as she wildly swung the pole.

Kaito watched in placid horror as Xena kicked the back of the colonel's knees and then promptly swung hard, knocking the colonel out...

"Fucking go Fuji."

Romeo brought out a revolver from his jacket as he shooed Kaito away, the blonde not waiting around as he ran off happily avoiding a fight as he looked back at the scene behind him catching sight of Xena flipping one of the men over and breaking his arm, smiling cruely as she did so.

Kaito was slightly greatful at getting to avoid the mini bloodbath as he went searching for the artefact...

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Romeo sighed as he put his glock away as soon as Kaito ran off, pulling himself up as he avoided swinging fists and scared patrons as he found his way to the bar, the clearly anomaly bartender looked at him in surprise as they started to prepare him a drink.

A sparkling red wine with crushed ice.

"Belissimo."

He cheered with the anomaly, a slightly robotic looking creature in a bartenders outfit...he could use one of those for the casino, he glanced at the silver and gold necklace adorned around the creatures neck, ignoring the sound of Xena's grunt and fists landing blows against their enemies.

He wanted to leave her too it, letting her get her anger out on these bottom feeders as he enjoyed his delicious wine. He gestured for the creature to come close as Romeo leaned forward tugging the necklace off and watching the creature let out a sigh of relief. He saw the same sort of thing on that Diana creature...

It was the same sort of thing he caught Xena staring down at when she couldn't take her eyes off of the creature on the table.

He spun in his chair as he watched her grapple with one of the larger enemies, he winced slightly as Xena got thrown hard into a tomb, breaking the stone as she let out a low groan. Xena huffed out a laugh reaching for a sharp rib poking out of the Merrow and stabbing it into the man's eye, she struck at his nerves immobilising the man as she swept under his feet and smashed his head into the wall.

The anomaly passed him another wine this time it was in an even bigger glass, with a decorated rim and strawberries cut into intricate shapes.

"Thanks."

He raised his glass cheersing the anomaly and taking a sip, sighing happily as he waited for Xena to finish up.

All he had to worry about was Kaito fucking this up...

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"PLEASEDONTBEADEADBODYPLEASEDONTBEADEADPLE- AHHH"

Kaito shrieked out as he stared at the black and gold tombstone, it was behind a hidden door with the same Cobra sign on it. The tombstone had moved slightly as Kaito pleaded with literally any god or anomaly or Xena out there that he hoped was blessing him with luck, he shakily pushed the lid off hiding behind it as he waited for something-anything to jump out at him.

But, there was nothing...

He got up from his hiding place as he looked into the tomb, only to find it was hollow with a set of stairs cascading downwards.

"Nope."

He shook his head frantically as he went to rush back to Xena only to let out another cry as a hand with broken talons slammed against the wall.

"NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE-"

He screeched as he ran down the stairs, blasting through the heavy set door that had an abundance of locks on it. It was enough to keep out a human...but not a ghoul.

Kaito paused as cries screamed out to him, a large amount of rusty cages surrounded him, filled with sad looking anomalies...all with gold and silver chains around them.

"Y..you found it."

A quiet voice floated to him as Diana heaved for air as she slid against the wall, she'd seemed to be halfway healed but still deeply struggling as she looked at Kaito with hope in her eyes.

"He did."

Xena's montoned voiced chimed out to them causing Diana to flinch as the bloodied girl stumbled into the room, she limped over to Diana before joining her, sitting next to her with her bad leg stretched out.

They all sat in tentative silence as Kaito nervously glanced between the two, neither making a move as the two women seemed to debate on their next move.

"I'm sorry."

Xena hurried out as she looked at Diana in a panic, she took a deep breath as Diana stared at her with shocked wide eyes. A silent understanding between the two women as they looked at eachother.

"Me too..."

Diana triedto smile sweety but the exhaustion and pain wouldn't allow for it.

"I can take it off of you? if you'd like..."

Xena fiddled with her hands as Diana silently nodded at her, nervously turning around as Xena started fiddling with the chains on her dress, undoing them one by one.

"My children are here..."

Diana muttered out as she looked around the room, Kaito gasped slightly as he spotted a cage with two scaley children in it, they were silently crying as one gripped hard at the bars staring at their mother with shining brown eyes. Kaito hurried over to them, kneeling down as he ripped the lock off of the door taking a step back to give them room, the kids didn't move though. They huddled further back into the cage shivering in fear as the smaller one curled into the larger one, they both had black curly hair with Diana's deep brown eyes.

He turned away from them, their gaunt tearful eyes terrorised him as he went to help Xena, who's shaky hands struggled to undo the chains. Kaito took ahold of some, gently undoing them as he glanced at Xena.

"Where's Romeo?"

He whispered to her, as she stopped undoing the chains, leaving Kaito to finish the job. It was only then that Kaito noticed Xena's hands, her knuckled were split open bleeding an bruised with dust covering them as they shook in a mixture of fear, exhaustion and pain.

"He's calling for reinforcments...so we don't have much time."

She shakily got back up running over to the children's cage as she opened the door and held her hand out. Tiny hands reaching out for her bloodied ones as she guided them out of the cage, Kaito raised an eyebrow slightly jealous at how easily the kids went with her.

"They can smell the Kyklos in her blood."

Diana murmured out, letting out a sigh of relief as the last chain fell. She abruptly stood up stretching out as long pink fluttering wings burst out from her back, twitching and flapping as Diana let out a pained groan from having them tied back for so long.

Diana strutted over to Xena and her children, standing before her as she reached out and gently cradled Xena's face in her hands. Diana's eyes searched hers, becoming tearful as she seemed to find what she was looking for...

"I'm sorry sweet one."

She brought her forhead to Xena's before reaching out for her children, glancing between her and Kaito in a silent plea.

"Let them go."

Xena commanded, her voice shaky as she tried to hold back a wave of overwhelming emotion...her mother used to call her that-

Sweet One.

Kaito stared at her wide eyed before nodding in agreement, stepping out the way as Diana hastily made her escape pausing as she handed Kaito a golden dagger, he could tell just by holding it that this was the artefact they were all after, Diana glanced one more time at Xena as the two shared a watery smile before she and her children disappeared into the shadows.

It took all of Xena's energy to keep herself together as Diana left before collasping onto her knees, gasping for air as Kaito ran over to her.

"It's okay, hey Xe please don't...it's okay-"

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Xena took a deep breath as she forced herself into the vagastrom dorm, her body aching all over as she waited for the painkillers a very disappointed Professor Nicholas had given her to kick in. She was basically a mummy with how many bandages she had wrapped around her.

She forced herself up the stairs and to Leo's room, knocking on the door as she was met with no answer...she sighed in disappointment as she realised he must already be asleep.

She hadn't had a moment to charge her phone or even grab proper clothes as she had to wear her destroyed dress back to the dorms. She could’ve just burrowed some clothes from the hospital but she desperately just wanted to get into bed and crash out for hours on end and not wait around embarrassingly in a breezy gown as she awaited for someone to bring her new clothes.

She leaned against the door letting out a slight yelp as it swung open behind her forcing her to fall on the floor with a loud oomphf.

She laid on the floor in despair as she peeked a look at Leo’s bed, seeing if he was actually there or if she’s just accidently awoke the grey haired man. She smiled softly as she realised…

He was there.

-and luckily, he hadn’t woken up.

Xena sighed as she grabbed onto the door frame using it to help her sit back up as she silently closed the door, limping over to Leo’s closet as she grabbed one of his t shirts and hastily made her way into the bathroom to get change, in her tired state she missed the crack of bright yellow eyes beaming at her presence as he feigned sleep.

He forced his eyes closed when he saw her tip toeing out of the bathroom-or her attempt of it at least; she was hobbling to Leo’s bed, trying her best to not collapse on top of the sheets as she struggled to find the effort to make herself actually comfortable.

Leo peeked an eye open once again as he sensed her deflation, turning over to face her as he pulled the covers from under her.

“Have you showered?”

She huffed out a weak laugh at his question as luminescent eyes found hers.

“Ya.”•_•

He held up the covers inviting her in as she awkwardly shuffled into him, he flopped his arm over her sliding his hand under her shirt as he started lightly dragging his fingers up and down her back, frowning at the feeling of her bandages as he glared at her.

“The mission go okay?”

Xena sleepily nodded, exhaustion setting in as her eyes fluttered, she was trying so hard not to keep them closed, Leo dragging her closer as she sighed wrapping her arms tightly around him as she hid her face into the crook of his shoulder and flinging her leg over Leo’s waist, which made Leo’s glare lessen as he brought his other hand to gently brush through her hair.

“…you okay? Not gonna bleed out on me or anything? that would be disgusting and you'd have to pay for the dry cleaning Xexe”

Xena shook her head, tightening her hold painfully around Leo causing him to hiss out in annoyance.

“Xe, what the fuck?”

Xena gasped a shaky breath escaping her as she tried to bite back the threatening sob, she silently trembled trying to grasp at the man before her to help anchor herself and forget the possible future that she saw for herself…everything she tried to keep down during the mission was slowly rising up as she finally got a moment of quiet…

Leo sighed grimacing as he felt her tears seep through his own pyjama shirt, a choked apology escaping her when she realised. He couldn’t bring himself to make a bitchy comment or tease the girl and instead clutched her closer to him, forcing himself to ignore the gross fluid seeping in his shoulder as Xena sobbed into it.

They stayed like that for a while…Xena letting out sweet hiccups as she finally stopped crying, her moment of vulnerability ending as Leo gently pushed her away.

“Oi, your face is all puffy now…”

He murmured out rubbing a thumb across her cheek.

“Hmmmm-you could use an actual bath, not just a shower.”

He wrinkled his nose as both got a whiff of Xena…the showers in the hospital weren’t the greatest and she only had a quick one to wash the blood off…

“But the band-“

Leo shook his head as he helped her into a sitting position.

“They’re waterproof moron.”

He flicked her forehead rolling his eyes and sliding off the bed as he dragged her to the bathroom, pausing halfway before turning to the wincing Xena. He clicked his tongue before swooping her under his arm, carrying her like a piece of luggage as he shook his head.

“You overdid it honour roll.”

Xena grumbled under her breath letting herself be carried as Leo chastised her, though it was hidden under a barrage of insults that had no real heat to it.

She could feel his curiosity eating at him to find out what happened on the mission, she was surprised he wasn’t questioning her but took solace in it as it gave her time to inwardly take in what happened.

He plopped her on the ground as he set up the bath, bringing out an army of salts, dried oranges and a milky liquid that Leo seemed pained to pour out.

“Get in.”

Xena sighed from her spot in the floor, the cool tiles felt nice and she really didn’t have the energy. But, Leo’s look of expectancy forced her up as she threw her shirt off and clumsily went to sit awkwardly in the bath. Leo sighing as he followed suit, getting in with much more grace that Xena did as he pulled her onto his lap, earning a small squeak of surprise from her. Leo wrapped his arms around her waist resting his head on her shoulder as he waited for his potions to work…

Xena felt weird…the pain that drilled into her very being seemed to slowly drift away, she was able to clench her hands without the strained feeling of her skin pulling away. She tilted her head in confusion as her leg that was literally screaming at her to stop moving, felt almost pleasant…almost normal (well normal for Xena.)

“It’s a healing potion.”

Leo was partly pouting partly smug as the gift from Romeo was working wonders on his girl. He smirked to himself as she finally relaxed in his hold, leaning against his chest as she turned her head towards him. She had so many questions…too many questions to count about where the fuck he found a healing potion and why didn’t Darkwick use these all the time.

But she was far too tired, feeling her eyes droop as her body finally felt relieved of pain…for the first time in a long time.

“It only works whilst you bathe in it…your fresh wounds will be healed but anything else…”

Leo murmured out, gently massaging her waist as he watched her sadly nod in understanding.

They stayed like that for a while…Xena falling asleep as Leo tenderly caressed or massaged anywhere that seemed to be causing her pain. He even washed her hair whilst she slept, ensuring to use his best products…not that he’d tell Xena this but she would guess it as the sweet smell of pina colada’s drifted to her when she awoke the next day…

Leo had scooped her out of the bath, dried her off and dried her hair, braiding it before putting it in a silk bonnet. The shivering girl was then dressed in an oversized hoody, one of Leo’s favourites that was big even on him.

She was still asleep and Leo was glad for it as he didn’t want to be caught doting on her, not for free at least.

He carried her back to bed, the octopus that is Xena grappled him in to a hug, legs and arms wrapped around him as Leo melted in her embrace with a mixture of defeat and preening at her need to be close to him even when she’s deep asleep.

If he had the ability to move his arms he would’ve taken so many selfies, but he just had to will Sho to do that job when he came to wake Leo up in the morning…

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Sho sighed as he tried to get the best angle of his two favourite idiots.

Xena starfished on the bed with Leo starfished on top of her, the snoring morons were both snuggled into eachother and fighting for the covers.

He decided to give them an hour more of sleep as he left the room to make breakfast, if the blood on the door frame and the many bandages covering her was anything to go by…Xena was in need of something to cheer her up…

Maybe she’ll even tell them what happened on the mission if she felt up to it…

[hetchdrive]

SDFGDGFDG I was just like, what was Scorpius even doing between when the command carrier blew up and he brought Aeryn back to Moya, so I went to look up what happened in the episodes between and I somehow completely forgot that he got buried alive by Grayza in between those events. Presumably Braca dug him out of there and I want them to have had hurried sloppy secret sex before Braca had to go back to Grazya.

[the-chains-are-the-easy-part]

Not me adding Astarion to my shelf of hurt, cute, pathetic blorbos who never asked to be helped, but who I'm convinced I can fix

[mauricemylittlemeowmeow]

stargazing tonight:

picked out a rlly pretty star among a big cluster, eager to know its name.

took a while to map it out but once i did, i realised that it was in fact my favourite star lmao

[aayakashii]

Hii just wanted to say I have read most of your fics and headcanons and I loved them and for this reason I wanted to request if you could do "what petname the tokyo debunker characters use for their s/o in a relationship"

I just want more tkdb fluff🥲

Thank you for reading my stuff!!! 🫂 I'm glad you liked it and thank you for entrusting me with this idea! I hope you like it <3

what petname would they use for their s/o in a relationship?

Kamurai Jin

The good and old fashioned "my love". He probably uses anything he can say it's his, and "my love" is the perfect way to refer to you. You're his, and you're his love after all.

Ishibashi Tohma

"Mouse" 💀 He's standing on the tethering line of being super sweet and mildly threatening lol A tiny little thing he loves and wants to protect but that's also very very squishable...

Fuji Kaito

"Angel". You're giving him the time of the day and being in a relationship with him, so he immediately worships you like you're some holy being. You're 100% his angel.

Lucas Errant

I don't really see Luca using petnames, but if he did, he'd probably call you "dear". And it'd come out very naturally! He'd be asking you for something and accidentally call you dear while doing it. Or maybe one day he said "good morning dear" and it just stuck.

Mido Alan

Alan most probably doesn't use petnames in the beginning, but after he's comfortable in the relationship, he might call you "bug" <3 something a little old-fashioned like that fits him, I think!

Kurosagi Leo

He'd call you something mildly deameaning but shockingly sweet for someone like him as well. Maybe something like "dumbass (affectionately <3)"

Haizono Sho

Oh he most definitely calls you "babe". He is very much a huge flirt and that will never stop even when you two are dating lol

Sagara Haru

Literally every extremely chessy petname ever like sugarplum, buttercup, pumpkin, cutie pie, honey bun 💀 But that's when he's trying to be funny or annoying! When he's serious, he calls you "sunshine" <3

Otonashi Towa

Besides Dandelion, he calls you every flower with a romantic meaning or flowers that mean beauty! Such as rose, daffodil, tulip, camellia, honeysuckle etc.

Shiranami Ren

Not one for petnames, but if he uses one, it'd be some inside joke between you two, like he could call you the name of a character he likes in one of his gacha games and you could do the same.

Hoshibami Taiga

Besides kitten, I could see him using "doll" too, because dolls are cute and compliant, and that's the perfect little toy for him :)

Romeo Scorpius Lucci

He probably would call you "darling" with a mildly threatening tone 💀 it's the type of petname that can sound very sweet but also very ominous depending on his tone. Fits his borderline yandere personality too.

Shinjo Ritsu

He probably thinks "partner" is already a petname, but you'd have to explain to him that it isn't (with a huge document signed and notarized if possible).

Kagami Subaru

He probably feels incredibly embarrassed, but I think he wouldn't mind calling you something sweet and cute, like "honey" or "love" too. I don't think Subaru would go crazy with the petnames, so I'd expect something classic like that.

Kusanagi Haku

Princess/prince obviously, but I can also imagine him saying things like lovely or gorgeous, especially if he can get to whisper it in your ear just to fluster you lol

Kotodama Zenji

Oh god. All of them. Probably a different one every single day. He probably keeps a notebook of petnames just to get ideas for new ones. He refers to you as his beloved when he's talking about you to other people, though.

Edward Hart

Dove, but if you bother him enough, he can call you spider monkey, don't worry *gets shot*

No but seriously, dove is perfect for him.

Mizuki Rui

All of them. Just... all of them.

Lyca Colt

I don't see him using any, but maybe if you call him something, he'll use it as well. That's a HARD maybe though, I think he'd feel too embarrassed to do that.

Isami Yuri

He'd probably overthink about which petname he could use before ever calling you one. And after he decided, he'd have to take his time to gather the courage to even do that. He'd probably settle for something normal and classic, like "darling" or "sweetheart".

Kirisaki Jiro

Does not use petnames. Maybe if you ask him to use one, he'd do it, but you'd have to tell him what he could call you.

[sitp-recs]

galvanize | ron/scorpius

Rated M | 1k | Kinkuary day 1: Accidental arousal Tags: Hinted Scorpius/Albus, Minor Drarry, accidental arousal, crushes, clubbing, Brighton, M is pushing it it's probably more of an E but there's no actual sex so idk idk

“Are you sure you want to come along?” his dad had asked him over breakfast one morning a few weeks ago. They’d been taking it in the garden. A wasp had buzzed around Scorpius’s ear, loud and insistent as he tried to drizzle honey on his toast. “It’ll be full of old fogeys like us. You and Albus can stay here instead, if you want. Wouldn’t you both prefer that?”

Albus’s short answer had been no, he wouldn’t prefer that, so they didn’t, and now they’re here.

Albus has a certain way of twisting Scorpius’s arm when it comes to these things.

He’s been glancing at Scorpius hopefully all night, and Scorpius wonders if, finally, tonight will be the night, if only he could just get over his damn nerves. It’s been eight years now, for Merlin’s sake, surely they’re going to—

“Whoops!”

Scorpius turns, flustered, drink bubbling from his lips, wetting his chin. He reaches up to cup a hand over his mouth before any more dribbles out. 

Ron Weasley—aka Rose’s dad, aka the tallest, friendliest, funniest man Scorpius has ever met, aka the source of the casual, “Whoops!”—plants his big, warm hand on Scorpius’ bony shoulder and squeezes in behind him to get to the bar.

read galvanize on ao3

and so it begins! the first of my @kinkuary posts. so excited to be joining this year. I won't lie, I'm a little bit chasing my tail trying to catch up with all the prompts, but the aim is to get one out a day! thank you so much to the lovely @basicallyahedgehog for vetting this for public consumption 💖

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2024.09.23

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. Chromatic Aberration by @lemonlimelea [T, 6k]

Hogwarts is acting strange, Potter is not being subtle, and Draco is oblivious.

2. Harry Potter and the Snake in the Park 'Round his House by @sillspore [M, 30k]

Harry Potter was anything but normal. This was abundantly clear by the fact that there was a snake hissing at him from the ground and he understood it perfectly.

3. Infairitance by @toxik-angel [T, 61k]

It's August 1999, and Harry only plans on returning Malfoy's wand to him in his weird little potion shop. The Malfoy he meets there is not the Malfoy he expected. He also was not expecting to see Fred's... unanimated corpse.

4. Love at it's Kore by @sightedkarma [M, 39k]

Draco's half crup - half muggle lab has fallen ill, and none of his spells or potions are working. When Pansy and Ginny suggest he take her to their Magi-vet, he hadn't been prepared for it to be Harry Potter. Anything for Kore.

5. Matagot Matinee by @multiimoments [G, 1k]

When Draco takes Scorpius on a monthly outing, he's excited for a fun day with his beloved son. He doesn't expect to run into a certain someone he hasn't seen in five years.

6. A Naked Professor by HunterRapunzel [T, 3k]

Prompt: “Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”

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Fest/Exchange

1. Creature Comforts by Anonymous [M, 86k]

When Draco is turned into a werewolf, he does not expect to be given a postbellum bedroom in Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, nor does he expect to find a whole new set of friends. When Harry is turned into a werewolf, he does not expect to make a whole new set of friends. He could have anticipated, however, falling even harder in love with the stubborn, acerbic, workaholic prat who’s been hovering at the fringes of his life for the past seven years. This is exactly what happens. ★ Unleashed! Fest 2024 | @unleashed-fest

[loonymooony]

MORE IMAGE BREAKDOWN

(before more release and pile the work up)

cut for possible season 2 spoilers 😊😊

Ooh who is at her door? wait hol up what if this was when Darius confessed, it better not be, it can’t be Maybe some dark shady person like raptor mask?

WHAT IS THIS EVIL GRIN, BROOKLYNN COME HOME

THE TRAILER WAS LITERALLY SHITTING ON US LIKE BROOKLYNN I KNEW U WERE STILL THE SAME U 🫶🏼🫶🏼

This one is probably the hardest to dissect because like, she looks so happy compared to the others, like, middle? end? reunion?

Ooh who are we watching here? My money is on the raptor handler or the campers

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

this amazingly cute, wholesome yasammy moment looks like it takes place ON the ship

(Banana Peel my beloved) here it looks like Sammy and Yaz *might* have separated from the rest of the group (maybe when the water scene took place)

YASAMMY NATION I AM HEAT TO SAVE YOU, I CAN CONFIRM THAT YAZ DOES KICK THE BUCKET HEAR (neither of them do) BECAUSE IN THIS NEXT SCENE SAMMY DOESNT HAVE HER JACKET THEREFORE IT AS AFTER

AND IF THAT ISN’T ENOUGH PROOF TAKE THIS IMAGE WITH OUTFIT CHANGES

😊😊😊😊

Hear it looks like the mono-whatevers are fighting in this place which seems to keep dinosaurs since you can see a couple of them in the first image

this could possibly be a new hybrid or “genetic experiment gone wrong” because of that other poster with the weird long tailed flying dino (ik it’s not the correct term but wtv) and if I remember correctly there was a promo like this for season 3 with the Scorpius

This makes twice this weird guy has appeared (both on the ship too) which leads me to believe that he’s not just a crew member but the captain, also I don’t think he dies in the first image and it looks like that one comes first, he looks a lot drier and smugger

as for this image, I want to say it’s a new angle from the first promo we got for the season, so I wanna say the jaws belong to Major, either Darius is has some flashing light as a distraction or playing some dinosaur noises, possibly Majungasaurus noises. As far as the phone goes, it can’t be Ben’s, it can’t be Sammy’s, it can’t be Yaz’s, and it can’t be Darius’, I want to say it’s Kenji’s but that wouldn’t make sense because he would have used it earlier and Ben possibly tossed it already which only lets it be Brooklynn’s phone, it’s important enough that Ben can’t just toss it and also useful for our campers

For this shot, I wanna say they’re either discovering this place (2nd image) or that lab from the trailer

Hello? pet Gallimimus anyone? Honestly, cute. Imm willing to he that new girl (I think her name was Zaina?) is really into dinos and has like a bond with them (basically new Darius since out current green bean is not exactly vibing with them rn, especially a certain theropod)

(@lezabeththetheodoraimposter)

[aethon-recs]

So I saw that someone requested Professor Tom but what about Professor Harry? Shouldn't we give him some love to😏😉

Thanks for the ask! I also love the Professor Potter trope. I think Harry would have made a great Hogwarts instructor, whether for Defense or Quidditch coach or even Muggle Studies.

See below for a list of some favorite Tomarrymort fics featuring Professor Potter, arranged by alphabetical order. Here is a link to my previous rec list of Professor Riddle fics.

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Professor Potter Tomarrymort Recs

Altered Course by @crowcrowcrowthing (T, 12k, complete)

Tom Riddle has a problem. He has so many plans, so many things to learn and accomplish during his time at Hogwarts, but one professor—one charming, talented, maddeningly handsome professor—is determined to get in his way. 

Being seen & being known by Baryshnikov (M, 2k, complete)

Harry had no intentions of being seduced by his student; Tom had every intention of seducing his professor.

Costumes (part 1) / Gowns (part 2) by @neurowriter14 (E, 7k, complete)

Tom has been absolutely and utterly obsessed with his Defense Against the Dark Arts professor since his first year.

Invisible Man by RenderedReversed (T, 10k, complete)

Harry doesn’t need the Invisibility Cloak to be invisible. With an unblemished forehead, he fades into the background—utterly ordinary. Voldemort begs to differ.

I'll Eat Your Heart Out, Sir by @katsitting (E, 18k, complete)

“You smell divine, Professor,” Harry heard Riddle growl, his eyes fluttering open to stare intensely into Harry’s own, breath fanning across Harry’s lips. And then Harry recalled just what the potion was meant to do.

Life tempts, but she is ever sweeter by SpitFire97 (E, 17k, WIP)

Harry Evans, their newly annointed Defense of the Dark Arts Teacher, gets under Tom's skin like no others. It is bitter-sweet, when she learns that she does, too. Quite literally.

Muggle Studies is Economics in Disguise by May_May_0_0 (M, 12k, complete)

Dumbledore acquiesces when Tom Riddle asks for the defense post. Harry stumbles into this AU version of Hogwarts hoping to teach defense. But there is only teaching one spot available: Muggle Studies. Chaos ensues as Muggle Studies becomes everyone’s favorite class. Tom Riddle is enraged, concerned, and… turned on?

My Beloved, My Only by @neurowriter14 (E, 3k, complete)

After a few months, Harry and Tom are professors at Hogwarts. Harry sneaks down to Tom's rooms in the dungeons and soon finds herself there for the night.

Seduction by any other name by Baryshnikov (M, 6k, WIP)

Tom might finally have met his match—his professor.

the eternal flame by @duplicitywrites (E, 25k, WIP)

There’s a well-dressed older man who enters the orphanage asking after Tom Riddle. “My name is Harry Gaunt,” the man says, the tenor of his voice soft and faltering, a reflection of Tom's deepest, most secret anxieties, “and I’m here to adopt you.”

To Sir, with Love by ShizukaU1 (M, 2k, complete)

Tom is devoted to the Greater Good. And what is greater than the goodness of being bed by Professor Potter himself?

Under the Mistletoe by Anonymous (T, 1k, complete) 

When the entirety of the Hogwarts populace just wants the oblivious Professors to kiss and get it over with, Scorpius, Albus, Rose, and Molly decide to take matters into their own hands.

you alone of all creatures by @duplicitywrites (E, 3k, complete)

There is no place for us in the light, where my robes bear a Prefect’s badge and you are addressed as ‘sir’, and so I have been cornering you, for weeks now, in darkened corridors and dusty, abandoned classrooms.

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[blue--ingenue]

Aidan Close Scorpius, my beloved skrunkle 😭💕

pocket-sized Scorp. taking him with me for safekeeping

[crystcllise]

cursed child london year 7 cast

the other week i got to see the year 7 london cast of cursed child and i am AMAZED!!! such a strong cast of wonderful performers across the board and i was absolutely blown away with their performances! you can tell they really understand their characters and have really worked on the dynamics and relationships with each other to create a realistic interpretation of these beloved characters!!

as always, i’m always watching the scorbus duos to see the little things they do with each other and i just want to say that ellis and harry’s scorbus is such a delight!!! they’re definitely my fav pair now hands down! such a sweet youthful portrayal of albus and scorpius and their dynamic on stage is so so pure i adored them sooo much!!

i got to meet ellis and harry after the show and ellis knew who i was and hugged me im fine

like broadway, i took some very unhinged notes so behold, read below all my unedited notes on (mainly scorbus) but the year 7 cast of cursed child!

ELLIS ALBUS IS SO SKRUNKLY AND SMALL AND CUTE HELP ME

james sings the end of his lines and it’s SO FUNNY

it genuinely looked like scorpius was leaning in to kiss albus after he tells him to come to the funeral

harry putting his legs up on the desk and trying to touch his toes while hermione is scolding him in his office and she just 😐

BREAD BREAD WHATS WRONG WITH BREAD??? scorpius was very excited about the bread

scorpius’ hand on albus’ chest when the train started

scorpius protectively putting his entire arm over albus’ chest in st oswald’s when amos pulled his wand out

scorpius as harry was the FUNNIEST SHIT EVER THE VOICE CRACKS AND THE LITTLE JUMPS david absolutely nailed the harry!scorpius mannerisms

“WIZZO!” (jump and finger guns) i love one skrunkly boy

scorpius looking so shocked and terrified when delphi grabbed albus’ hand and kissed his cheek

once delphi kissed albus’ cheek, she turned around to face scorpius and both of them look SO REPULSED like absolutely not get away from me

edge of the forest !!! scorpius looked so happy to call albus his best friend and albus was so shocked and so in awe (people in the crowd literally awwwed at it)

albus looking at scorpius so admirably at the triwizard tournament while he was geeking out

i’ve never seen such longing stares in the staircase ballet what the fuck

delphi’s ‘you two you belong together’ was just sooo knowing like jess!delphi is a scorbus advocate

ellis’ hair 🥰🥰🥰🥰

the collective gasp from the audience when albus said he wasn’t a loser before he met scorpius in the library… OUCH

hermione crying after ron said ‘my hermione’ and trying to hide her tears when ron kept talking to her

SCORPIUS AND THE DEMENTORS !!!! harry!scorpius absolutely devoured idk

scorpius’ scream when albus came up in the water SENT ME he squealed to the rooftops

ITS HARRYYY (the highest pitched scream i’ve ever heard scorpius was VERY excited)

hermione in tears after mcgonagall’s office and rose just running into her arms when she sees her crying oh i love them

intense staring in slytherin dorms holy mother of god

the massive scream cry delphi did in the owlery HOLY SHIT it like mimicked the cry of an augurey bird it was SO GOOD i was genuinely scared for a hot second

delphi’s “looOooooooOove” when looking at scorpius and pointing out albus’ weakness oh jess vickers my queen devours every time + albus unable to look at scorpius and scorpius in utter shock

WAIST GRAB WAIST GRAB AND SCORPIUS’ HAND ON ALBUS’ IM COMING UP when albus and scorpius had to hide from lily with the blanket, albus literally just stood behind scorpius with his hand on his waist and scorpius had his hand on top of albus’ it was sooooo adorable

harry crying in his office after talking to the dumbledore portrait and draco walking in, giving a ‘i ain’t dealing with this’ face and turning to walk out LMFAO

“ugh, is that a farmers market?” steve!draco HATES FARMERS MARKETS HELP

scorpius jumping into draco’s arms when reunited :’)

albus and scorpius literally sitting on each other in st jerome’s, their legs against each other and albus leaning into scorpius’ shoulder they’re so :((

hermione and albus are definitely close and i live for it she was so warm and comforting to him in st jerome’s this is all i’ve dreamed of

“and now i think you’re finding wonderful clarity” and GINNY LOOKING OVER AT SCORPIUS GOD SHE KNOWSS

the staring in the final staircase scene and ROSE WATCHING WITH UTTER SATISFACTION

albus’ hand on scorpius’ chest after rose interrupts and brushing it off with a fake yawn HELP

“you good albus?” “mhm” ROSE GIGGLING AND SKIPPING OFF STAGE AND LOOKING AT ALBUS AND SCORPIUS SO KNOWINGLY MY BEST GIRL

the closeness after the hug when scorpius says ‘new version of us’

SCORPIUS DOING FINGER GUNS ON NEW VERSION OF US THEY BOTH DID FINGER GUNS AT EACH OTHER ALBUS DID THEM BACK THEY ARE SO SILLY

scorpius waving, albus waving, scorpius turning to leave, giggling and waving again I FEEL ILL

david!harry completely understands albus’ love for scorpius and you can really tell in the final scene when albus tells him scorpius is the most important person in his life. he catches on throughout the show and it’s really nice to see him fully accept his son’s bond with scorpius and be content with it!!

like mentioned before, such an incredible cast and i am so sad i won’t get to see them again!!! they are truly wonderful and i hope a lot of you get to see them bc they are fantastic <3