#so now I gotta take him in next week to get a bunch of tests done to make sure he’s okay bc he’s starting to get up there in age

[kisaxiii]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[midnightwriter21]

demon slayer hcs: the hashira men w/ a demon!SO that’s immune to sunlight pt2

characters: fem!reader x sanemi

warnings: blood, injuries, language, angst

pt. 1 w rengoku and giyuu HERE

SANEMI

this poor man can just never be happy huh

now i find it very hard to believe that sanemi would be with a regular civilian

he’s gotta know that his SO is able to take care of themself

SO

ur a slayer and you guys are paired up on a mission together

there were reports of several low ranking demons being sighted in a town

so Sanemi decides to split up and to meet back up when the sun begins to rise

when you don’t show up at the meeting place he knows something is very very wrong

tears through the town looking for you

and he finds you alright

laying in a pool of your own blood

haori torn to shreds

sword broken

he doesn’t even walk toward you

he’s frozen

his blood has literally gone cold

stands there staring at your broken body until the kakushi arrive

when they do they quickly realize that you are alive and sanemi snatches your limp body from them and SPRINTS to the butterfly mansion

he hands you off to Shinobu who gets to work immediately

he waits there for her to give him an update

and boy does she

you? a demon?

his sweet loving girlfriend is a demon?

it can’t be true. you were laying in the sun.

he tells shinobu this and she says that she’ll have to do some more testing when you wake up

it’s 3 days later when you finally do wake up

and when you do you’re greeted with 2 low ranking slayers pointing their swords at your neck

of course they had to keep you guarded in case you woke up and needed a snack

the human kind

screaming for shinobu she rushes into the room

she sends the slayers out and quickly explains what has happened to you

you ask for sanemi

and your heart breaks when she tells you that he hasn’t visited

not once since she told him what you had become

a few more days pass with shinobu running a bunch of tests

she concludes that you’re somehow immune to the sun and that you don’t have an appetite for humans

and still no sign of sanemi

he hasn’t responded to any of your letters either

when shinobu releases you from her care you head to sanemi’s estate

when you knock on his door he opens, looks at you

and then slams it right back in your face

so you leave

as the weeks pass you throw urself into training with Nezuko who you’ve become friends with

but other than to train you don’t leave your estate

you have locked yourself away from the world

believing that sanemi hates you because of what you are

a monster

it’s not until Genya visits you and sees how pitiful you look that something is done

Genya storms to his brothers home

the ground practically shaking under his steps

Genya literally slaps some sense into Sanemi

like actually slaps the shit outta him

Genya is the only person that could get away with something like that other than you lol

not 10 minutes after genya left your home you get a very hesitant knock on your door

you don’t answer

so Sanemi takes it upon himself to walk in

and he finds you sitting on the floor staring at the wall with a blank look on your face

he sets a gentle hand on your shoulder and you don’t react

you don’t move a muscle

you don’t even blink

it’s as if you’re in a trance

he takes in the dark circles under your eyes

and the frown that looks like it’s permanently stretched across your face

and the guilt hits him full force

kneeling next to you and pulling you into his lap

he buries his face into your hair

and he cries

“i’m so fucking sorry”

“if i didn’t decide to split up this wouldn’t have happened”

“it’s my fucking fault”

and then he feels you pull away from him

his eyes are still closed with tears slipping down his face

and then a small cold hand is wiping the tears from his face

“you left me” you say

and his eyes shoot open

to see you with tears in your eyes

he looks away

“i can’t look at you knowing that this is my fault” he says in between cries

“why are you here now?” you ask

he pulls you back into his chest and say

“Genya told me how you’ve been acting and I can’t stand knowing that you’re unhappy”

you push yourself closer to him and say

“if you want me to be happy, then stay”

he takes a deep breath

“i’ll stay”

[callsign-rogueone]

study season

fourth wing characters (Aaric, Bodhi, Brennan, Dain, Garrick, Imogen, Liam, Mira, Rhiannon, Ridoc, Sawyer, Sloane, Violet, and Xaden) x reader the ways our faves help you study for exams. words: ~900 🏷: no book spoilers, no triggers. gender neutral. and I included the girls this time!! some of these can be read as platonic and others mention kisses / cuddles, implying you’re a couple. idk, I just work here. I’m really liking this format lately, and it’s (fairly) quick and easy so you can expect more of these in the future while I procrastinate all the girlfriendverse chapters and smut I have to write lol

First, the more studious of the bunch:

Brennan is all-in, no hesitation, pulling up a chair next to you and learning this with you for moral support, but also for fun (can you believe this guy?) though you suppose it’s easier to enjoy this if it doesn’t count for a grade. Either way, he’s a very nice study partner, and he encourages you to take breaks every hour / chapter / etc. Brings snacks, too.

Violet somehow already knows all of the material, and explains it better than the textbook or the professor. Walks things back if you don’t get it and gets into the why and how, which so many teachers skip over, even though it helps explain the what (pet peeve of mine showing here lol). 

Aaric’s study skills are unmatched -- years of the best private tutors money can buy really paid off. Teaches you new strategies that you’ve never heard of in your life, and when you ask, he admits a bit shyly that he came up with it himself, but it works, and you get it done in half the time you would have before. (work smarter, not harder, baby)

Rhiannon gives you the pep talk of your life (we all need a Rhiannon in our lives) and convinces you that you’ve got this. Packs you a little snack for the day of your exam with a little note reminding you that you know this, just breathe and think. 

Xaden sees you struggling and forces you to take a break. During said break, he’s reading the book himself and figuring out what exactly has you so stressed and exhausted. Breaks down the tasks into smaller, more manageable steps and guides you through it -- “find three reasons why XYZ happened.” done with that? “Now make them into paragraphs.” etc etc, and an hour later, you have a passable essay. 

Dain is taking this more seriously than you are, and his discipline is like no other; you’re not stopping until the work is done, or until midnight, whichever comes first (because sleep is important for the brain, or whatever. Definitely not just because he misses you and wants to cuddle). 

Garrick may have no idea what you’re talking about, but he suffers through it with you, offering to let you explain things to him, because teaching is a good way to test if you understand something. Though you get what you pay for -- he’s a total smartass about it, asking questions about the littlest details even if they’re common knowledge -- he’s gotta be thorough, right? 

Ridoc may be the class clown type, but he’s smarter than a lot of people think. He comes up with a bunch of jokes that actually help you remember things. Somehow manages to relate the most complex topic in your book to a sandwich, and it actually works. He’s incredibly smug about this for the rest of the week, especially when you get the highest score in the class (he’ll take payment in kisses, thank you.)

Bodhi makes flashcards with you, quizzing you and giving you a kiss if you get it right (this definitely is not a distraction, and things definitely don’t escalate from here, nope.) He’s also really good at proofreading essays, and gives excellent feedback regarding the structure and the order of the information.

Liam sits there with you all the while, completely silent, working on one of his wood carvings at the other end of the table, but you know he’s there and he’s watching -- and that provides a healthy amount of peer pressure and keeps you on task. He’s an incredibly observant person, and he can see the stress building; he knows when to intervene and suggest that you take a break.

Sloane is the best person to commiserate with. She doesn’t want to be doing this either, but she’s also incredibly stubborn, and she doesn’t give up; after a healthy amount of complaining, she’s forcing you both to keep trying until it works / until it’s done, and then you’re treating yourselves to something for getting it over with, because you deserve it.

Sawyer is gentle and supportive, having a heart-to-heart conversation with you and reminding you that yes, this is important, but the world will not stop turning if you fail one exam. He knows how it feels to be compared to his peers, especially in how long it takes you to accomplish something (poor bb) and doesn’t want you stressing yourself out about that, either. 

Imogen is the opposite, all tough love, giving you gentle but firm reminders: “you didn’t make it this far just to give up,”, “I know you can do this, so do it,” but she balances it out with tender affirmation when you’re done. She’ll even let you skip out on training for the day since you’ve been studying so hard (and she takes training seriously, so this is more of a reward than it seems). 

Mira’s default approach is similar to Imogen’s, but she can see that you’re reaching your limit and dials it back, being more gentle with you and doing whatever you need -- encouragement? someone to just sit there? help / explanation / etc? she’s got you covered. herds you into bed at a reasonable hour so you’ll be well rested for the classes and exams.

And all of them are incredibly proud of you for working so hard and getting good grades 🤍

[nakylvr]

— YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME

sophia laforteza x fem!reader

synopsis: you're a loner at school with your limited friends. sophia's the popular girl. you never wanted to talk to her, but unfortunately, when she spots you alone in the music room, you're forced to speak to her.

warnings/tags: language

wc: 3,6 k

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You didn’t have a lot of friends since your first year in college. To be honest, you never had a lot of friends. You stuck to yourself and didn’t like getting wrapped up with other people. It took some time for you to trust anybody, and you weren’t one to strike up a conversation with a random person. But, you had your little group that you were always with. They were good friends to you, and the only real ones you’ve ever had, even if their chaoticness was a handful at times. 

“Dude, I will die if I have to take another test this week!” 

You roll your eyes at Intak’s complaining he’s been doing for the past ten minutes while you sit on the field’s bleachers with him, Sunghoon, and Daniela. “Maybe if you studied you wouldn’t struggle so hard,” You retort, looking down at your notebook. 

“I do study!” Intak exclaims. 

You look up from your notebook to shoot a look at your friend, being able to spot his lie easily. “Yeah, sure,” You say sarcastically, rolling your eyes. 

“It’s not that hard to study, Intak,” Sunghoon says but is looking at his camera as he listens to you three.

“You guys just don’t understand how hard it is for people like us,” Daniela speaks up from her position laying on the bleachers with sunglasses on. 

You and Sunghoon side-eye Daniela at her words, but neither of you says anything. 

“Yeah! Sporty people are not good at school!” Intak crosses his arms over his chest. “It’s not our fault we’re good at being athletic!” 

“Dude, you’re lame,” You respond with another eye roll. 

“Athletes are not lame!” Daniela exclaims, raising one of her arms and pointing in the air. 

“Then why are you two never with your teams or the popular group?” You look up from your notebook as you speak. 

“Well!” Intak starts but ends up saying nothing. “Okay, so what?! We’re friends!” 

“Whatever,” You shake your head. 

“Don’t be like that, Yn! You’re just like us!” Daniela sits up and wraps her arm over your shoulders. “Whether you wanna admit it or not, we’re all a bunch of fucking losers, and that’s okay! We don’t need to be like those annoying popular people.” 

“Yeah!” Intak smiles. “Plus, have you tried making friends outside of us? It’s hard as hell! People suck at this school!” 

You have to hold yourself back from rolling your eyes for the third time in five minutes, just nodding your head along to what they’re saying. “Right, right. I know,” You sigh. You look at the time on your watch and sigh again. “I gotta get to class,” You tell the three, standing up from your seated position on the bleachers. 

“Boooooo!” Intak and Daniela both say as soon as you get up and start grabbing your things. 

“Oh shut up,” You tell them, swinging your bag over your shoulder. “Maybe if you two actually went to class you wouldn’t always react that way when I go to mine.” 

“Oh c’mon!” Intak whines, falling backward and lying on the bleachers. “Class is so boring!” 

“Whatever,” You scoff while shaking your head. 

Sunghoon finally looks up from his camera and spots a group of people starting to walk in your direction, and he looks back at the three of you. “I think now would be a good time to start leaving anyway. Look who just showed up,” He says, nodding his head over to where the people were.

All three of you, not so discretely look over to where Sunghoon nodded his head to see a group of four start walking up the bleachers. You can immediately recognize them, and it’s evident in the way your face contorts that you don’t like seeing them here. The most popular friend group in the school, the ones who could do whatever they wanted, the ones who could wrap others around their fingers. Except, the four of you didn’t give two shits about them. Or, that’s what you thought, at least. You and Intak were the ones to care the least, seeing as his team essentially shunned him for not wanting to hang out with the popular group, and you simply didn’t care. You were never one to care about the popular groups in all your years of school. You liked staying out of everything and not nearing the spotlight. You were okay with your few trustworthy friends rather than lots of friends who didn’t give a shit about you. You were fine without getting involved with them. You didn’t want to be near them. 

The group of four sits down a distance away from you all, and you can see Intak’s eyes narrow as he watches them. 

“What are they even doing out here?” Intak asks. 

“Probably skipping class,” Daniela answers, crossing her arms over her chest. “I’m out of here. I’m not getting caught up in no bullshit right now.” She stands up and grabs her bag, slinging it over her shoulder. 

“Same,” Intak nods, doing the same as Daniela. 

“Are you coming, Hoon?” Daniela asks Sunghoon. 

Sunghoon shakes his head. “No, I need a few pictures for my assignment, so I’ll stay out here,” He answers, looking down at his camera. 

“Are you serious?” Intak inquires. “Dude, you can go anywhere else and do that, why stay here?” 

“I’m waiting for the Cheer team to practice,” Sunghoon lies, but none of you realize it. 

“Okay…” Intak’s voice trails off. “Yn, do you wanna walk to class?” He changes his gaze towards you. 

“Sure,” You nod. You can assume there's a specific reason he’s asking you this, but you can’t tell what it is. 

“All right, see ya guys,” Intak gives Sunghoon and Daniela a fist bump before starting to walk down the bleachers with you. 

As soon as you two make it off the bleachers and onto the cement ground, Intak looks over at you.

“Hoon was totally lying, right?” He asks.

“What?” You look at him with confusion. “About what?” 

“Waiting for the cheer team to practice,” Intak says. “The cheer team doesn't even have practice today.” 

“What are you trying to say? That he was lying to us?” You question. You don’t understand where he’s trying to lead with this, and it’s evident by the expression on your face. 

“Obviously he was lying to us,” Intak answers. “The real question is why was he?”

You shrug your shoulders. “How the hell would I know?”

“Yn, seriously,” Intak stops to open the door back inside the building for you. “We don’t lie to each other, that’s like, our whole thing.” 

“Okay Eleven from Stranger Things,” You roll your eyes, patting his shoulder as a thanks and walking inside the school. 

“I’m serious Yn!” Intak retorts, following after you and letting the door close behind him. “Hoon doesn’t lie to us!”

You shrug for a second time, looking over at Intak. “Why are you so pressed about it? I’m sure it was nothing.” You wave your hand around. 

“I don’t think so,” Intak mumbles. “Yn, don’t you-” 

You stop in front of your class, putting your hand on Intak’s chest to silence him. “Intak, it’s fine. I’m sure it was nothing, seriously. I’ll see you at lunch?” You say.

Intak lets out an exasperated sigh before nodding his head. “Yeah,” He says. 

“Okay,” You send a small smile his way before going into your class. 

…

You ended up staying in your class during lunch. Intak had come by asking if you were going to leave anytime soon, and you told him you were stressing over this project so you were staying there until the next period started. He told you he would bring you food later, and he had yet to, so you sat in the music room at the piano, looking over what you made. 

You took a deep breath, putting your hands over the keys before starting to play. The project was to create a new version of a song that was randomly chosen, and the song you got was Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. You didn’t particularly like the song when you listened to it, but you knew exactly how to work with it to make it a slower, piano-based song. Little did you realize, that someone was heading towards the room. You didn’t even hear the door open and close, continuing to play the song until the end. 

Suddenly, someone behind you started clapping and you jumped, turning around and freezing in your spot at the sight of who it was. Sophia Laforteza. You probably looked like a deer in headlights, silently staring as she smiled at you. 

“That was really good,” She says once she stops clapping. “Is it for the end-of-semester project?” She asks. 

“Thanks,” You reply awkwardly. You nod your head at her question. “Yeah, it’s a piano version of Blinding Lights,” You answer. 

“Wow, a much better song than what I got for it,” Sophia chuckles. “I got Bohemian Rhapsody.” 

“Mm,” You hum, nodding your head. You were confused as to why she was talking to you, considering she had never even glanced in your direction before. You knew of her, of course. She was one of the most popular girls on campus, everyone knew who she was that went to this school. “Why are you here?” You ask deadpan. 

“Well, honestly, I was walking down the hall and heard the music so my curiosity took over I suppose,” She answers, a sheepish smile on her face. “Are you majoring in Music?”

“Yep,” You nod your head. 

“You’re not much of a talker, are you?” She questions, but there’s no condescension behind her voice that you can tell of. She sounds as if she’s being genuine in her question. 

“Not really,” You end up saying with a shrug. “Not to the popular people, at least,” You add without thinking. 

Sophia’s smile falters for a split second before it’s back. “Ah, I see,” She responds. “You know me, then?” 

“Doesn’t everyone?” You sigh. “Sophia Laforteza, straight A’s, most popular girl at this school, teacher’s favorites, blah, blah, blah,” You swing your legs over the other side of the stool you’re sitting on to face her. 

Sophia seemingly isn’t fazed by your words, the smile still on her face as she nods her head. “Well, I guess you’re not wrong,” She says. “I-”

“Look,” You cut her off before she starts talking again, grabbing your papers and putting them in your bag. “If you’re trying to accomplish something here, it’s not going to work. Because, with full offense, I don’t care.” You sling your bag over your shoulder and stand up. “Go find someone else to bother.” You start walking past her, not bothering to look at her as you do so. 

“I never caught your name, y’know!” She says as you reach the door. 

You don’t respond, leaving the room and heading down the hall in search of your friends. 

…

“Are you serious? That’s how it turned out? You couldn’t even get her to say her name?” 

“Super lame.” 

“It's not my fault!” Sophia slams her hands down on the table. “You guys literally gave me the worst possible person!”

“Duh, that's the whole point,” Lara responds.

“Ugh!” Sophia groans dramatically. 

“Don’t complain, you’re the one who agreed to this,” Jay says, looking at his phone as he talks. “Like Lara said, the whole point was to choose the worst person.” 

“Shouldn’t it be easy for you anyway?” Manon questions. “You’re the one who claimed you could pull anyone.” 

“Okay well,” Sophia tries to think of an answer before groaning again. “Jay, can’t you just ask one of your friends if they know anything?”

Jay glances up from his phone to look at Sophia. “Who the hell would I know that would know something about her? I have tons of friends, but none of them hang out with losers,” he answers. 

“Great,” Sophia mutters under her breath. 

“Y’know who you could ask,” Manon starts, leaning forward. “The center of the soccer team, his name is Intak or something. They’re always together, you should ask him.” 

“Center of the soccer team?” Sophia repeats, trying to remember if she knew the boy or not. “Oh my god, you mean the guy that’s like, shunned from the team?” she asks. 

“Yeah,” Manon nods. 

Sophia thinks about it for a moment before speaking again. 

“When does the team practice next?”

…

After the odd interaction with the most popular girl at the school, you managed to find Intak fairly fast by nearly running into him. Now, the two of you were heading to the bleachers outside to find Sunghoon and Daniela. 

“Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you,” You say to Intak as he opens the door to outside for you. 

“Something good?” Intak asks, following you outside. 

“Eh,” You shrug your shoulders. To be honest, you didn’t know what you would call it. It wasn’t good, but it wasn’t exactly bad either. It was just…odd to you. Which is why you had to talk about it with them as soon as you saw them. 

“Hey guys!” Intak waves as soon as you two step onto the lowest set of the bleachers in front of the field once he spotted the other two. 

“Yn! You had us waiting here forever!” Daniela exclaims dramatically. 

“Sorry,” You say as you sit down. “I was held up by someone.”

“The teacher?” The latina questions.

“No,” You shake your head. “Sophia was talking to me.” 

All three of your friends stop what they’re doing and turn to stare at you with wide eyes. 

“Laforteza?”

“What did she want?”

��Oh my god she didn’t do anything did she?”

“Calm down!” You raise your hands up in defense. “It was a normal conversation. It was still weird though.” 

“Did she just show up randomly?” Sunghoon asks. 

“She said she heard the music and decided to see what it was,” You answer with a shrug. 

“Bullshit,” Daniela says. “The walls are literally soundproof. She had to have seen you and then decided to go in.” 

“Yeah,” Intak agrees, opening a soda and handing it to you. “But, why would she even talk to you? She’s never even looked in our direction before.” 

“I dunno,” You shrug again, taking the soda and sipping from it. “It’s just weird. I mean, that they were on the bleachers with us before lunch and suddenly she shows up to the music room for no reason?” 

“It’s definitely odd,” Sunghoon nods. “Maybe it’s nothing, though.” 

“Uh-uh,” Daniela shakes her head. “There has to be a reason. It’s too weird otherwise.”

“Well, maybe we shouldn’t worry about it! What did you even say, Yn?” Intak looks over at you. 

“She kept trying to talk to me but I didn’t really respond,” You answer. “I don’t think she even knows my name.” 

“Let’s keep it that way,” Daniela tells you. “Getting involved with the popular group isn’t something we do. Just hope this is a one-time thing.” 

“Yeah,” You nod. “I hope so.” 

…

After finishing your last class of the day, it was already dark outside by the time you stepped out of the main building. You could feel the humidity in the air and assumed it was going to rain sooner than later, meaning you should probably start on your way to your dorm before it starts. You never brought an umbrella anyways. That being said, the second you step out from under the overpass, you feel a wet droplet hit your head. Great. 

With a sigh, you put the hood of your hoodie over your head and start walking to your dorm which was across the campus. The rain progressively gets worse the further you walk, the wind not helping as you start to freeze past your thin hoodie and pants you were wearing. You hear someone’s voice from afar but don’t pay much attention to it, not thinking they are talking to you. Until you stop feeling the rain hit you. 

You freeze completely, glancing up through your hair and seeing an umbrella now above your head, and when you turn your head to see who is holding it, your eyes widen. 

“I was calling for you, y’know,” Sophia says to you, a small smile on her face. 

“Oh,” You let out. “Sorry, I didn’t think you were talking to me,” You respond. 

“It’s okay,” She replies. “Are you heading back to your dorm?” She asks. 

“Yeah,” You nod, awkwardly shifting on your feet. 

“Want me to walk you back?” Sophia offers. 

You’re shocked by her question, and you’re sure it’s evident on your face the way your jaw hangs open slightly before you quickly shut it. You don’t know what to say. Say no you can practically hear Daniela’s voice telling you as you contemplate what to do. Your eyes meet Sophia’s for the first time, and you try to see if there’s an ulterior motive behind her eyes, but you can’t seem to find one. The word comes out easier than you thought it would. “Sure,” You eventually answer. 

The smile on Sophia’s face grows wider when you accept her offer. “Lead the way, then,” She says. 

You don’t realize the smile growing on your own face just at the sight of seeing hers, and there’s a weird feeling in your chest as you absentmindedly stare. You’re shaken out of it by a breeze hitting you, and you quickly spin on your feet and start walking to your dorm again, now with Sophia by your side holding the umbrella above the both of you. 

“So,” Sophia starts, a hesitant tone in her voice that you notice. “Sorry if I freaked you out by showing up randomly earlier today.” 

“What?” You glance over at her, not believing the words coming from her. “Oh, it’s fine. I just- I was just surprised, is all.” You aren’t sure why you’re so nervous all of a sudden, but it’s clearly obvious by the way you’re responding. While you do get nervous when talking to other people who aren’t your main group of friends, you never got like this. That was a fact. You don’t even know why it’s happening now. But, you can’t think of it for too long until Sophia talks again. 

“How long have you been into music?” 

You were taken aback by her question, expecting something else to come out of her mouth instead. You don't know what, but anything else. “My whole life, I guess,” You answer after a while. “I’ve always liked music, I mean. I don't know.”

Sophia nods, her eyes not leaving you as she walks next to you. “I get that. I’m the same way.” 

“Really?” You say before you think. 

“Yeah,” She nods again, moving some of her hair out of her face. “I mean, I’ve always been into music, but I only started wanting to make it when I was in middle school. Then I decided to major in it. It's fun, other majors are boring.”

You nod, a little giggle coming from you at her last words. “That's true, I guess. My friend is majoring in Photography and he swears up and down it's not boring but I know he's lying.” 

Sophia’s eyes light up at the sound of your giggle, she wants to hear it more. She’s never really looked in your direction before, but as she walks beside you, her gaze hasn't left you for one second, like she's taking all of your features in before you run off and likely never talk to her again. She doesn't want that to happen, though. For you to run off after speaking to her. Your hair is bunching out the sides of your hood, and she has to fight the urge to push a strand out of your eyes knowing what your reaction would be. “You have uh- a-” She says, suddenly stammering over her words when you look over at her.

“What?” You question. You can see her other hand hesitantly moving, barely catching it out of the corner of your eye, and you raise an eyebrow at her. “You good?” 

“Yep!” Sophia quickly looks away and in front of her, stopping in front of the building. “Well, I won’t be a creep and follow you to your dorm so I’ll leave you here,” she adds swiftly, closing her umbrella and holding it over to you.

You stop walking when she does, standing under the roof as you look at her confused when she holds the umbrella out. “What’re you doing?”

“You never have an umbrella. You can use this one,” Sophia replies, her hand still holding outward. 

You bite your tongue to keep yourself from saying something you know would ruin this, instead just slowly taking the umbrella, your fingers grazing against hers that makes a new feeling shoot through you as you quickly retract your hand. “Well- uhm- thanks for uh walking me back a-and this,” You struggle to get out. 

“It's no problem,” Sophia shakes her head while smiling. “Don't worry about it.” There's a moment of silence between you two before she speaks up again. “I’ll see you around? Maybe?” She says in a hopeful tone.

There's no hesitation when you answer this time. Maybe it's the hopeful tone in her voice. Or it's the smile on her face that you've seen countless times but this time it's directed towards you instead of someone else. Either way, a smile is on your face as you respond. “Yeah, maybe.” 

You turn and open the door, glancing back at Sophia who’s still standing there. “My name is Yn, by the way, in case you were still wondering,” You say before entering the building and leaving Sophia standing outside in the rain watching you leave her sight. She stood there for a minute or two before walking away, likely going to get sick later, but she didn’t mind. She was just one step closer to her goal. As long as you wouldn’t find out, everything would be fine.

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[specialagentlokitty]

Snape x reader - slowly falling for you

Hii!! Could you write a fic with Severus Snape x female reader after the Hogwarts battle where Severus moves away to have a peaceful life and he meets reader since they live next to each other and they become friends and then fall in love and so on. Or something like that? 💛💛🦇 - Anon💜

You didn’t notice at first that someone had moved in next to you, but when you woke up one morning to tend to some of the animals on the grass behind your house you noticed a man standing in his garden.

He looked at you as you were halfway over the back fence and you gave him a small little wave.

He blinked and gave a small wave back and you beamed, gesturing for him to come over so he did, button up his jacket to battle to cool morning air.

“Hi, I don’t think we’ve met yet. I’m (Y/N).”

You held out your hand and he looked at it with a small scowl on his face.

“Not a touch person, that’s cool. What’s your name?”

“Severus.” He bluntly replied.

“Well, nice to meet you Severus! It’s a cool name, never heard it before. I just wanted to introduce myself, I’ve gotta get to work but I’ll see you around.”

You jumped over the fence and he watched as a horse came over to you, pushing its head into your back and you laughed, pushing it back as you ran across the field to what he assumed was a stable.

He didn’t see you for the rest of the day until evening time when you came climbing back over your fence.

For the next few weeks it went like that, you could climb over the fence every morning and evening. You’d hold a small, pretty much one sided conversation with him since he didn’t talk much.

This morning was no different, you were climbing over the fence, a horse waiting patiently for you while you ran your fingers through her mane.

“Don’t you have a gate?”

You turned to Severus and smiled, giving a little shrug.

“Sure, it’s round the front, but it’s more fun to climb the fence. Plus it gives me a chance to check everyone and round them up for breakfast.”

“Everyone?” He asked.

You nodded your head.

“Oh yeah, you got the horses. This one’s Roxy, then you’ve got thunder, Apollo and Athena. The stable cat, Loki. The dogs, Buddy and Rocky.”

Severus knelt down, tending to one of his flower bushes, and you smiled softly at him.

“A lot of animals.”

“These are just the ones I own, the stable does have more but I have a separate field for mine.”

He nodded his head and looked up at you, watching as you climbed into Gea’s back, giving her a gentle pat on your neck.

“You know, if you ever get bored you can always come down.”

“No thank you.”

You shrugged.

“Your loss, later!”

Severus stood up, watching as you gentle rode away, a small heard of horses following you and Gea to the other side of the field.

When he decided to retire, decided to give up teaching and the magic world so he could live in peace this wasn’t exactly what he was imagining.

He thought he’d be living away from everyone, but apparently not.

He was living next to a hyperactive woman slightly younger than him who owned a bunch of animals and refused to use a gate like a normal human.

Rolling his eyes, he went back to carefully tending for his plants.

With summer coming around, he wanted to test out what exactly his new garden was able to grow since he wasn’t able to use magic here, strictly forbidden.

As the day rolled by, sometimes he would catch glimpses of you working, others you would just be sat on the back of a horse while it lazily walked around not seeming too bothered.

Evening rolled around and you usually came home around the same time every day, 8pm.

But as the clock ticked away he frowned, it was now nearly 9pm and you still hadn’t come home.

You seemed to follow to same routine, something he easily pick up on but decided maybe it was just a one off, so he decided to ignore it.

As the early morning came around you still were nowhere to be seen, you weren’t jumping the fence like you did at this time.

He stood there, taking a sip of his tea when he noticed a man in your garden, pulling out a few tools from the shed.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

The man stopped and turned to Severus, raising his hands.

“Just cutting the hedges and grass like (Y/N) asked.”

“I’ve never seen you before, get out of her garden immediately.”

The man laughed, grabbing his phone he walked over and pulled up his messages, showing him the text thread between you and him.

“I’m Joey, the stable hand. There was an incident at the stable so (Y/N) won’t be home for a few days and can’t work for a few weeks.”

“Incident?”

“Yeah nothing serious, she’ll be right as rain.”

Joey went back to what he was doing and Severus cursed himself for not getting one of those little phones you seemed so fond off.

“I will tend to her garden.”

Severus slipped through the gate that separated your two gardens and Joey looked up at him.

“It’s no issue man, I’ve done it before.” He smiled.

“(Y/N) feeds the animals at this time, they’re waiting.”

Joey looked to the fields where the horses were waiting at the gate and he laughed a little as he shrugged his shoulders and set everything down.

“Sure thing man, let him just ask her.”

Joey quickly phoned you and after a conversation he hung up and nodded his head.

“Yeah that’s cool, thanks man.”

With that Joey ran away and hopped the fence.

“Why can’t these people use gates?” Severus asked himself.

He worked on your garden, doing everything that needed to be done, and every day he would wait by his back door, watching the horses come to the fence.

After a couple of days, he noticed you limping into the back garden, going to hop the fence.

“You’re not supposed to be working.”

“Holy crap!”

You turned around, hand over your heart as you smiled at him and limped over, leaning on the fence separating the two gardens.

“Hey Severus, thanks for looking after my garden.”

“You’re welcome. You should be resting.”

You laughed.

“It’s fine, just a few bruises is all.”

“Looks more than a few bruises, I doubt your doctor would approve of you jumping fences and working.”

You grinned a little bit.

“I’ve had worse.”

You pushed yourself away, wincing a little as you walked back over towards the fence.

Severus quickly entered into your garden, blocking your path to the fence with his arms crossed over his chest.

“Absolutely not. If you want to go you can walk around.”

“But that’s so long!” You whined.

“I will not let you jump this fence in your condition.” He said sternly.

You huffed a little and nodded your head as you walked over towards the gate.

You were limping heavily, and as much as he didn’t want to go to the stable he didn’t feel right leaving you to walk alone, so he followed you.

He closed the gate behind him, and walked in line with you down the small country road.

“You don’t have to come you know.”

“And if you fall and get stuck in a ditch who’s going to find you?”

You went to reply but quickly closed your mouth again.

You smiled a little bit, glancing up at him as you carried on walking.

You didn’t speak much, you both just walked in silence and when you reached the front of the stables you turned around to face him.

“Want a tour?”

“No I have things to do. Goodbye.”

With that, you turned around and watched Severus leave and smiled to yourself as you rolled your eyes.

He was a strange one, but you were happy with that, it’s what him entertaining in your opinion.

You couldn’t work too hard, and you had to leave early so Joey dropped you off, and you noticed something on your doorstep.

It was a note saying that Severus had left you something and you picked up the jar.

“What is it?” Joey asked.

“The note says it’s a small natural pain relief cream.”

“Reckon it works?”

You shrugged a little and unlocked your jar.

“No idea, I’ll give it a shot though. Thanks for lift see you tomorrow.”

Joey grinned and he left while you went inside to start cooking for dinner and you looked at the cream on the table.

Your whole body was aching and the meds you had weren’t doing anything, so you decided to give it a shot.

After eating, you grabbed the jar and read the instructions he had given you.

“Apply before going to sleep, just rub the cream on the bruises?”

You hummed and shrugged.

You did that, and while the coolness of the cream felt nice and helped ease some of the irritation your skin was feeling, you didn’t feel any different.

Because of all the bruises you had, you used up nearly the whole thing.

You decided to get an early night, and when you woke up you felt a little better, and you made breakfast without an issue and made your way to the back garden.

Looking to your neighbour, you didn’t see him and quickly made your way for the fence.

“No.”

You froze in your spot.

“Gate.”

“Come on Severus! That cream you gave me worked thanks, what is it?”

“Homemade recipe.”

You nodded your head and went to climb the fence.

“Will you use the gate? It’s right there!”

You blinked at him.

“No it’s not.”

“Turn around.”

You did and you saw the brand new gate and you beamed brightly.

“You built a gate?”

“No, I just a hole in your fence. Joey built the gate I’ve never built one.”

You laughed a little and walked over, gesturing for him to come through your garden so he did and when he came over you leant up and kissed his cheek, giving him a hug.

He awkwardly stood there not sure what to do.

“Thanks Sev, you’re the best.”

With that, you quickly walked away and left.

And you used the gate for the next few days. Even when you were begged you still used the gate and Severus was just glad you were jumping fences anymore.

You came limping through that same fence that evening and you were relying heavily on fence between the gardens to walk.

Severus saw this from his kitchen window and frowned, walking out his back door.

“(Y/N)?”

You didn’t even seem to hear him, you drew a deep breath and tried to step, but your legs dropped from under you and you hardly caught yourself.

“(Y/N)!”

Severus quickly rushed over, putting your arm around his shoulder.

“What’s going on? I thought you got better?”

You slowly shook your head.

“No… some bruises haven’t healed.. I may.. may have over done it..”

You groaned in pain as you tried to push yourself up and Severus sighed.

He swept you up in his arms and carried you through to his house and you looked around.

He had a lot of books, the whole house was like a library and smelled like different herbs and spices.

He set you on his sofa, and he walked around, disappearing he came back with a few things.

First he handed you a cup and told you to drink it.

“It smells disgusting.”

“Just drink it, okay?”

You nodded and drank the drink, scrunching up your face in disgust.

You set the cup on the table with a heavy groan, and he set a bowl down, resting his arms on his legs.

“What did you do?”

“What do you mean?”

“What was the incident that caused this?”

You sighed and explained to him what happened.

Some stupid parent wasn’t controlling their kid, and the kid spooked one of the horses causing you to be thrown off and you landed on the concrete floor.

He nodded his head.

“I thought you were using that pain relief I gave you?”

“Honestly it was gone in less than a day, I had a lot of bruises.” You laughed weakly.

“Shouldn’t they have healed by now?”

“I mean, most have?”

“That was that all about outside?”

You sighed and turned around, lifting the back of your shirt to show him a huge ugly bruise across your back.

“This I think. It wasn’t much of an issue, but Uhm.. I may have fallen at work? Which may have made it worse?”

“Just sit still.”

Severus took the bowl and started to gently put the cream on your skin, messaging it in.

“Ow.. ouch okay that hurts can’t I just go lay down?”

“It’ll help just stop being so stubborn and stay still.”

Once he was done, he pulled your shirt down and let you turn around and handed you some water.

“You’re staying here, someone needs to keep an eye on you.”

“I can look after myself Severus.” You huffed.

“Apparently not. So you’re staying, give me your keys I’ll get you some clothes.”

You fought him for a few minutes but eventually you gave in and handed him your keys, letting him go get you some clothes and you laid down.

You like the atmosphere in his home, it was peaceful and different to other peoples houses, unique.

While you were waiting for him to come back, you hugged a pillow to your chest as stared up at the ceiling.

Severus had some issue finding your clothes, he didn’t want to go through your draws, so he grabbed a pair of shorts he found on your bed, and a jumper from your wardrobe and your phone charger.

He made sure to lock everything up and returned to his home.

“I didn’t want to go through your stuff, so I’ve got you shorts and a jumper. I also got your charger.”

He waited for a reply but didn’t get one so he walked into the living room.

You were fast asleep and all he could do was roll his eyes and set the stuff on the table.

He grabbed a blanket and covered you up, stopped to look at how peaceful you looked like and brushed some hair from your face a small smile on his lips.

He didn’t want to wake you up, so he left you there for the evening, but eventually he picked you up and carried you to his room, tucking you into his bed.

“Severus…?” You mumbled out.

He hummed, turning around.

You gave him a lazy smile and gestured for him to come over.

He did and crouched down, and you kissed his forehead.

“Thanks for everything…”

You yawned and rolled over and he couldn’t help but smile a little more and stand up.

He left you to sleep there and he settled for sleeping on the sofa feeling an emotion he hadn’t felt in a while.

Love

[mydarllinglover]

SafeHouse || Forth-Year - Ten

Previous

September 1st 1994

It Was the first of September, and I, among the other Hogwarts students was riding the Hogwarts Express back to school.

I was sat in a compartment, Theo beside me, Blaise and Draco sitting opposite.

They were currently catching me up on the week I had missed whilst I stayed at home. Mum was in no way happy when we had got home and babied us all a little extra.

"So how interesting was your week without us then?" Draco asked, kicking my shin to pull my attention from the window

"Well getting shot at and questioned by a much of Ministry wizards on account of a dark mark, Is very hard to beat, The house was loud, by all ten of us being back in the house, Fred & George kept trying to get me to be their test subject for Wesley's Wizard Wheezes, Charlie told me a whole bunch of interesting stuff about Dragons and life in Romania" I shrugged "Ron decided to tell everyone about Adrian, because some prick" I pointed at Draco before kicking him hard "Decided to tell because he was being an idiot, Do you know how annoying it is to have six brothers? I had to sneak out just to see him because they wanted to "meet" him, well Percy... not so much"

"Do you ever stop to breathe?" Blaise asked me, my cheeks blushing red at the realisation of how fast and long I was talking.

There was a knock at the door before it was slid open, Ron was stood there with a face of thunder.

"Weasley, what the hell do you think you're doing here?" Draco asked him

"I'm here for my sister" He said

"What is it, Ron?" I asked

"I think Mum's packed this by mistake, Its either yours or Ginny's" He held out a Maroon fabric with a mold covered lace frill, It was horrible looking.

"That's not mine, get it away from me before something crawls out of it"

"Well its not mine"

"Are you that thick Weasley" Blaise asked my brother "Its dress robes, do you even look at the list? their permitted for this year"

"What?" He blinked at my friend

"ugh come on lets leave I gotta go see someone anyway" I stood up

"What your "older boyfriend? He seems like a dick, Keira" He glared at me as we walked out the compartment.

"Please, Honestly Ronald, you've never met him" I huffed, pushing him out of the door "and he's only in the year above"

"He's a Slytherin, what else is there to know"

"I'm a Slytherin!" I glared at him "Look, Mum gave them to you for dress robes, I guess somethings going on at Hogwarts this year just like Bill, Charlie and Mum were hinting at, now go back to Harry and Hermione and stop being annoying"

"Whatever." and with that he left.

I started my search for Adrian, looking through the compartments without actually looking through them so people wouldn't notice, It was only the fact that I walked into him that I eventually found him.

"Keira, Hey!" He grabbed me by the shoulders to steady me "I missed you, I heard what had happened at the game, crazy"

"Yeah, It was frightful, but everything's cool now" I shrugged

"Yeah, d'you wanna go somewhere more privately?" He asked, taking my hand and leading me down the hallway to find an empty compartment, we had walked past my one and I quickly adverted eye contact, don't ask why, I don't really know why.

I hadn't noticed that Harry, Ron and Hermione were in the compartment next to us until just now when we walked past them, I waved at Hermione as Adrian pulled me along.

Then we were in an empty compartment

"I missed you" He told me, wrapping his arms around my waist

"I missed you too" I grinned from ear to ear before he covered it with his lips on mine.

I felt really grown up when I was with him, and I really liked him, which was good considering he was my boyfriend.

I don't know why everyone seems to have a problem with me being happy.

After a while he eventually pulled away "We should probably get back to our compartments now" He told me "I'll see you at school?"

"Yeah, of course" He pecked my lips one more time before leaving the compartment.

I touched my lips where he had kissed me, grinning at the heat on my cheeks before leaving the compartment and making my way back to my friends.

I found Draco in the door way of my brothers compartment

"Going to enter, Weasley? Going-

"Enter what?" I asked, stood behind him, making him jump a foot in the air

"Weasley! Don't do that" He snapped at me

"No, no, please Draco, continue saying whatever it was you were going to say to my brother" I cocked an eyebrow at him

"I was just asking if him and Potter were going to enter"

"Enter what, exactly?" Ron asked

"Either explain what you're on about or go away, Malfoy" Hermione said, over the top of The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4.

"Don't tell me you don't know? You've got a father and brother at the Ministry and you don't even know? My God, my father told me about it ages ago ... heard it from Cornelius Fudge-"

"We don't care, Draco, just out with it, or lets go" I rolled my eyes at him

He let out another laugh before pulling my arm into our compartment

"Must you torment them?" I asked with a roll of my eyes

"What did he do now?" Theo asked as I sat down next to him

"Going on about some stupid thing thats happening, first Mum, and my brothers, now you, what the bloody hell is going on?"

"Never you mind, Weasley, guess you'll just find out when we get to Hogwarts"

"So, How's your boyfriend, noticed how you pretended to not see us when you walked past" Theo said.

I froze for the tiniest second "I have no idea what you're on about"

"Yeah, when you walked past you du-"

"Oh, looks like we will be at Hogwarts soon, best go get ready" I rushed to grab my robes and ran out of the compartment before they could interrogate me, to get dressed in the bathrooms.

I tried stalling the best I could before going back to the compartment, but I had left my wand in my seat, and I was missing it plus I was bored.

"There you are" I said when I picked it up after returning to my seat

"Took you long enough, why do you talk to your wand like its going to talk back?" Blaise asked

"Because it listens, we have a special connection" I shrugged my shoulders.

Then used my wand to put my red hair up and out of my face.

•

"I am so excited for the feast" Theo gasped as we walked up to the castle "I could cry"

"Careful, you sound like her brother" Draco laughed, nudging his shoulder

"Don't compare me to Weasel, No offence K" Theo said

"You're lucky its your birthday, or I would hex you" I glared at him "We should throw a party"

"You want to throw a party? when we have first day of classes tomorrow?" Draco said flatly

"Hey, Its not everyday our friend turns fifteen, Is it?"

"Still doesn't change we have classes, i cant come second to Granger, Forth year in a row"

"Fine then, what about a slumber party" I shrugged

"The three of us share a dorm, we kinda do that everyday" Theo stared at me

"For Merlins sake, you're so ungrateful, just forget it" I rolled my eyes

"ARGH" I looked over to my left where Peeves, the schools poltergeist, had just dropped a red balloon on Ron's already soaked head, seconds later another one was dropped just a few feet from Hermione.

The already wet Students dived out of the way as he continued to drop them, I had opted to hide behind my three tall friends.

I guess being short and your friends being giant comes in handy sometimes.

"PEEVES" the voice of Professor McGonagall yelled, I watched as she grabbed Hermione by the neck to stop herself from falling over "Ouch- sorry, Miss Granger"

"is- is that aloud?" I asked Theo "like, she could get in trouble for that right"

"Who knows, or cares" he shrugged

"Peeves, get down here NOW!"

"Not doing Nothing!" the poltergeist cackled, chucking more water bombs at us students.

I couldn't help but stifle my laughs, Theo laughing into my shoulder as we watched the other students ducking and screaming as they got hit.

"already wet, aren't they? Little squirts! Wheeeeeeeee!" he threw more bombs at second years

"I shall call the Headmaster!" shouted the head of Gryffindor house "I'm warning you, Peeves-" Peeves blew a raspberry before chucking the rest of his bombs in the air, I got hit by a few before he zoomed up the stairs

"not so funny now, is it?" Draco sneered as I wiped water out my eyes

"Well, move along, then" Professor McGonagall told us "Into the Great Hall, come on!"

It was a struggle trying to get into the Great Hall, Blaise had caught me at least three times before My face could meet the floor.

"Wow, Keira, I've just realised, you've been at Hogwarts for a whole year now" Theo told me as we took our seats at Slytherin table

"Yeah, maybe this time I can actually enjoy the feast" I said

"I remember the day you walked in, your face was so red, the way the Gryffindors cheered" Draco laughed

"yeah, the embarrassment of being the only Weasley not in red and gold, so hilarious" I fake laughed

"Hey, Keira!" I turned and stood up to see Adrian walking up to me

"Hey Adri- I was cut off as he kissed me, in front of everyone, after a few moments he stepped back "I'll see you after the feast" He grinned before going to join his friends in Fifth year.

I blinked a few times before looking around, catching all three of my brothers staring at me, and Ginny laughing.

She should be lucky I'm getting them used to dating for her sake.

I could feel my cheeks getting hotter and quickly sank to my seat, but I couldn't stop the grin on my face.

"that was disgusting" Draco drawled

"seriously, on my birthday? just before the feast" Theo said frustratedly

"shut up guys, shes in love" Blaise dragged the O, nudging my shoulder

"Am not! well...maybe a little" I giggled

"For Salazar's sake! Where are these bloody first years! I'm Starving" Theo hit the table.

I looked over to the Gryffindor table, Fred & George had gone back to their conversation

"What was that?" Ron mouthed to me

"what? I didn't know he was going to do that" I mouthed back, shrugging my shoulders

"You almost spoiled my appetite"

"like anything could spoil your appetite" I rolled my eyes

"you know, you both look weirder than usual when you do that" Draco said, his head was leaning on his knuckles as he looked at me from my other side

"hey at least you see both sides, I only see her, half the time I think shes talking to me" Theo said, sat opposite us.

The Doors of The Great Hall had opened and all conversations stopped.

Professor McGonagall was leading the first years into the Hall.

"Oh my God, look how tiny they are" I pouted at my friends, looking at the drenched shivering first years

"They are literally three years younger than us" Draco said

"But they're so small, we should keep one, and like mentor it or something"

"They're not pets, yknow" Blaise told me

"Merlin, look at that one" I repeatedly slapped Draco's arm as I looked at the Mouesy haired boy wrapped in what looked like Hagrids overcoat, he was drowning in it.

"Ow- stop- ow stop it, Weasley, my arm" Draco said, grabbing my wrist "Whats wrong with you?"

"I just love how cute and innocent young kids are" I beamed "I guess its a Prewett thing, motherly intuition, I dont know, Mum said something about it once" I shrugged

"Well stop, Its freaking me out"

"Shut up, Malfoy" I rolled my eyes

We all stared as Professor McGonagall placed the old Sorting hat on a stall

"What are we waiting for?" I whispered to Blaise

"For the Sorting Hats song" He whispered back

"Wait, it has a so-"

"A thousand years or more ago, When I was newly sewn, There lived four wizards of renown, Whose names are still well known: Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor, Fair Ravenclaw, from glen, Sweet Hufflepuff, from  valley broad, Shrewd Slytherin, from fen. They shared a wish, a hope, a dream, They hatched a daring plan To educate young sorcerers Thus Hogwarts School began. Now each of these four founders Formed their own house, for each Did value different virtues In the ones they had to teach. By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were mostly worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition. While still alive they did divide Their favourites from the throng, Yet how to pick the worthy ones When they were dead and gone? 'Twas Gryffindor who found the way, He whipped me off his head The founders put some brains in me So I could choose Instead! Now slip me snug about your ears, I've never yet been wrong, I'll have a look inside your mind And tell where you belong!"

The Great Hall broke into applause after the song, I was more lost than ever.

"Of course it was Gryffindors hat" I said to the boys, rolling my eyes

"When I call your name, you will put on the Hat and sit on the stall, When the Hat announces your house, you will go and sit at the appropriate table." McGonagall told the first years

"Oooh, who do you think we'll get" I whisper squealed to my friends

"Bet you a sickle we'll get that one" Theo pointed to a small dark haired boy near the front

"Your on, Nott"

"Ackerley, Stewart!"

"Ravenclaw!" The Hat shouted

"Baddock, Malcolm!"

"Moment on truth" Blaise said

"Slytherin!"

"Ha Ha, Weasley, Pay up, Or you could always pay with a kiss, remember last year?" He teased, wiggling his eyebrows

"Nice try, Nott, I have a boyfriend" I slapped a sickle into his hand as the Boy sat a few spaces down from Theo.

The  Ghosts were watching intently and interacting with the students, I squirmed every time the bloody baron came near my direction, nothing against ghosts, they just freak me out, dont like looking at them, especially around food.

"What are you doing?" Draco asked me as I leaned into Blaise, cringing at the Bloody Baron coming closer once again

"The ghosts creep her out" Blaise shrugged

"Pritchard, Graham!"

"Slytherin!"

"And finally, with Whitby, Kevin!"

"Hufflepuff!" And with that, the sorting ceremony was over and it was now time for the feast.

Professor Dumbledore rose from his chair "I have only two words to say to you, Tuck In" He smiled at us all before sitting down as the empty dishes filled magically.

"Hear, Hear" I could hear Ron and Harry cheer

The food looked and smelled glorious, I as well as everyone else piled our plates high and dug in

"s' goo" I moaned, my mouth full

"Now, now Keira, If dear old Cissa saw you she'd have a fit, all her hard work down the drain" Theo tutted

"Shut up Theo, she'll never know, Draco, If you tell your mother, I'll hex you for a week" I threatened

"Wasn't thinking about it until now, thanks for the idea" He smirked

Pudding replaced Dinner almost instantly, I saw Ron keep picking up dishes to put near Hermiones nose and waft the smell over to her, but she just stuck her nose up and looked in the other way, wonder what thats all about.

Eventually Professor Dumbledore stood once again and the Hall fell silent.

"So" He said, smiling at all of us "Now that we are all fed and watered, I must once more ask for your attention, while I give out a few notices.

Mr Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell you that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has this year been extended to include Screaming Yo-yos, Fanged Frisbees and Ever-Bashing boomerangs.

The full list comprises some four hundred and thirty-seven items, I believe, and can be viewed in Mr Filch's office, if anybody would like to check it. As ever, I would like to remind you all that the Forrest in the grounds is out-of-bounds to students, as is the village of Hogsmeade to all below third year. It is also my painful duty to inform you that the inter-house Quidditch Cup will not take place this year"

I looked towards Draco and Blaise, Draco's face looked as if he already knew this but Blaises eyebrows were furrowed. my eyes adverted to Adrian, who was a chaser of the Slytherin team, he looked annoyed about the news, but it was Gryffindor who showed their emotions the most.

"This is due to an event that will be starting in October, and continuing throughout the school year, taking up much of the teacher's time and energy- but I am sure you will all enjoy it immensely. I have great pleasure in announcing that this year at Hogwarts-

Thunder rumbled loudly as someone barged through the Great Hall doors.

A man stood in the doorway.

He was supporting himself on a long wooden staff, he was sporting a black travelling cloak. I among everyone else swivelled to stare at him.

Lighting continued to flash across the ceiling.

The man tugged down his hood, imitating a dog caught in the rain, he shook a long nest of grizzled, dark grey hair.

The stranger walked up to the teacher's table.

A clunk was heard by every other step he made.

Another flash of lighting as he made his way up to Dumbledore.

This gave us a chance to look at his scarred face, it was as if he was carved out of wood, he barely looked human. He was missing a lot of his nose. His eyes were what made me shiver though.

They were different sizes and colours. One was small dark and beady, the other huge compared to the other, and a deep bright blue, it moved and spun, as if he was examining and identifying the whole room, without blinking.   

"Who the bloody hell is that?" I whispered to the guys , them shrugging with similar faces of shock etched on their faces.

The man then took a seat on the right side of Dumbledore.

"May I introduce our new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher" Dumbledore said "Professor Moody"

Moody?

"Wait, Moody, my dad had to go and help some guy called Mad-Eye Moody, that might be him" I whispered

"Well he definitely has a Mad Eye" Theo whispered back

"As I was saying" Dumbledore started once again "we are to have the honour of hosting a very exciting event over the coming months, an event which has not been held for over a century. It is my very pleasure to inform you that the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at Hogwarts this year."

"You're JOKING" Fred shouted. I ducked my head and blushed at my older brothers outburst as the Hall broke into laughter.

"I am not joking, Mr Weasley" Dumbledore said "though, now you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag and a leprechaun who all go into a bar-"

McGonagall cleared her throat loudly, cutting off Dumbledore.

"Awe, I wanted to hear the rest of it" Theo pouted.

"Er- but maybe this is not the time- ...no ...Where was I? Ah yes, the Triwizard Tournament...well, some of you will know what this Tournament involves, So I hope those who do know will forgive me for giving a short explanation, and allow their attention to wander freely. The Triwizard Tournament was first established some seven hundred years ago, as a friendly competition between the three largest European schools of wizardry - Hogwarts, Beauxbatons-

After mentioning Beauxbatons, I froze, If Hogwarts were hosting that meant that they would be coming here, this is a nightmare. what if they came here?!

I felt a nudge on my left side, Draco, I turned to look at him, I could see in his eyes, concern, but the rest of his face was blank

"Whats wrong?" He whispered

"N-nothing, I'm fine." I chewed on my lip as I tuned in to what Dumbledore was saying, something about the death toll.

"There have been several attempts over the centuries to reinstate the tournament, none of which have been very successful. However, our own Departments of International Magical Co-operation and Magical Games and Sports have decided the time is ripe for another attempt. We have worked hard over the summer to ensure that, this time, no champion will find himself or herself in mortal danger"

"Dont jinx it" I mumbled

"The heads of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving with their short-listed contenders in October, and the selection of the three champions will take place at Hallowe'en. An Impartial judge will decide which students are most worthy to compete for the Triwizard Cup, the glory of their school, and a thousand Galleons personal prize money."

"This is what you were going on about on the train, wasn't it?" I nudged Draco

"Wow, you catch on fast" He smirked.

"Eager though I know all of you will be to bring the Triwizard Cup to Hogwarts, the heads of the participating schools, along with the Ministry of Magic, have agreed to impose an age restriction on contenders this year. Only students who are of age - that is to say, seventeen years or older- who will be allowed to put forward their names for consideration. This-"

But he was cut off by a number of students who disagreed with this, mainly my twin brothers.

"Is a measure we feel is necessary, given that the Tournament tasks will still be difficult and dangerous, whatever precautions we take, and it is highly unlikely that students below sixth and seventh year will be able to cope with them. I will personally be ensuring that no underage student hoodwinks our impartial judge into making them Hogwarts champion." Everyone saw as he made it obvious he was looking at Fred and George, who by the looks of it, were already scheming.

"I therefore beg you not to waste your time submitting yourself if you are under seventeen. The delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving in October, and remaining with us for the greater part of this year. I know that you will extend every courtesy to our foreign guests while they are with us, and will give your whole-hearted support to the Hogwarts champion when he or she is selected. And now, it is late, and I know how important it is to you all to be alert and rested as you enter your lessons tomorrow morning. Bedtime! Chop chop!"

"Come on, lets go" I told the guys as we stood to join the crowd out the doors. As we joined Theo reaching the end of the table he slapped his hands on both my shoulders, rubbing them, making our way down to the dungeons.

"Your brothers didn't look too happy" Blaise said

"Yeah well, their seventeenth is a month after mine and Ron's fifteenth. so their too young, but that wont stop them" I rolled my eyes.

"What'd you reckon the tasks are, Drac, did your Father tell you anything?" Theo asked Draco who was still on my left, Blaise on my right.

D'you guys know what my name means in Latin?" He winked

"Wait- Dragon right? My brother Charlie said that he might see us at Hogwarts this year, Merlin, they can't" I gasped

"Shh, Weasley" Blaise nudged my arm.

Arriving at the Common room, we went our separate ways to the dorms

"See ya Tomorrow K" Theo waved

"Bye guys".  I said before slipping into the girls dorm.

Next

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an anonymous person asked for a bunch of numbers but then I accidentally deleted the ask, so here are a few I remember

8. What’s your favourite sex position?

DEAN: That's like asking favorite food. How do you pick? The other ones are all gonna feel left out. SAM: You think if you choose cheeseburger then burritos are going to be sad? DEAN: I don't want to test it, is what I'm saying. SAM: God. Okay -- whatever. Doggy. DEAN: You -- what, really? SAM: Good control, easy for both people to help with rhythm, good view. I like being able to see the action. Plus, you've got an amazing back. And if it's me -- you know you like it from behind. DEAN: Jeez. Fine. If I'm banging you, then yeah -- but when you're flat, on your stomach. What's that called? Doesn't matter -- it's just, when you're all laid out, you get all... I don't know. Lazy. Just letting me take care of you. I hardly get to any other damn day, control freak, so. That's good. SAM: Yeah? What about when it's the other way around? DEAN: I -- uh, I mean, it's all... pretty good. SAM: Don't worry if the burrito's going to feel bad. Let's say it was right now. Lights dimmed, we had a few drinks, all warmed up. How do you want it? DEAN: ...Missionary. SAM: Yeah? DEAN: Yeah, but -- not with my knees up by my ears, or whatever. Just that way where -- we're all close, and you got my ass up off the bed, and I've got my thighs up over your hips but you can't get super deep, so it's gotta be kinda slow. Where we're super close, and it's gonna take a while, and I can see your face. SAM stays quiet. DEAN: I like the view, too.

9. How often do you need sex?

SAM: Less than I need hot meals, unlike -- DEAN: All right, all right, easy. SAM: Honestly, it's something I can go without if I have to. I've had some dry spells -- don't talk -- DEAN: Wasn't gonna say anything! SAM: -- but it didn't... matter? I figure I have a pretty average sex drive, but it doesn't control my brain. If I want to get off I get off. It's not really a big deal. But... I guess when sex is available and it's with someone I actually care about, it's just nice to have. So -- if we're putting numbers on it, what -- twice, three times a week? DEAN: Oh, you're actually -- I thought we were just gonna rag on you for being a monk and me for being easy. SAM: It's just us, man. DEAN: Well -- okay. Honesty it is. Sex is great, sex is the best. But -- I guess I'm with monk-boy over here. It feels good to feel good, duh, but when you're with somebody 25/8 it's just... one of the ways we can be together, you know? I mean, I ain't gonna say a night of library research is anywhere near as fun as 69ing, but it's... I don't know. Not something you need all the time. I don't even want to sleep next to him every night. You kick, dude. SAM: You steal all the blankets. DEAN: I deserve those blankets, I'm not the Human Radiator. Anyway -- yeah. So -- I can go two or three times a week. I can go every single day if we want to, or not for weeks if we have to. All else fails, I know how to use my right hand. But it's good to know someone's waiting, if there's a dry spell. The nut-draining part is good, but getting to clean the pipes with a plumbing buddy is the best part. SAM: ...Poetic.

10. Where do you stand on the monogamy/polygamy-scale?

DEAN: Hm. SAM: Let's -- DEAN: Yeah. But it's your turn to bring back beer.

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SAM: I can go either way. I... don't mind if he has sex with other people but I want to know about it. That can be fun, even -- if he meets a woman at a bar, say, and they've got chemistry, there've been one or two times that I've just said -- go ahead, have fun. He practically sparkles. When it's a guy... SAM pauses. It shouldn't matter but it does. I guess that's not really very PC, is it? But it does matter, to me. When we've been good, I don't think he's ever really wanted to have sex with a guy without me there. I don't -- I think that's so. We've had a couple guys together, and I don't... I don't want that to change. I guess that's it. For my side -- I've slept with a few women, without him. He practically shoved me at them. And that's been fun -- I could miss women, if I never got to sleep with one ever again. But most of the time I don't really want anything else. Dean's a lot.

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DEAN: Look, I didn't want to say this with him right there, but -- what's the point, if you're not telling the truth, right? I like chicks, I like guys. I've wanted to get my face sat on by some beautiful snatch and I've wanted to get nailed by some crazy dudes. But if all I ever had for the rest of my life was Sammy that'd be all good with me. Screw the cheeseburger or burrito metaphor. He's air.

(now all available in handy readable form on AO3, if you do that kind of thing)

[harmonyckrs]

DAY 6 in Twisted Strangetown: Return and Exchange

THE PREVIOUS DAY

What's up fuckers! Chloe here. Some pretty weird shit happened recently

So first off, Vidcund just kind of returned on his own. Something about him seemed a little off, but his brothers seemed really happy to see him so whatever. He cracked a couple of jokes that were all complete ass (they weren't that bad Chloe, and he's been through a lot already so be nice), and I noticed he was wearing some kind of ring. Kinda looked like he got engaged tbh LOL

Naturally Lola and I had to ask him about it, though it took us a while since he immediately wanted to go to work out of fear of losing his job. I'll never understand workaholics man. Honestly if I were kidnapped for several days I'd just take a fucking break (Chloe, you should not be writing this in the report where Boss can see it). He told us he ended up in Bluewater and that the person who kidnapped him helped "clear his mind" or something, and that the ring was to prevent him from being mind controlled again. We decided to run a couple of tests and an interview, and it seems like that person really did reverse his mind control. We really gotta get in contact with this man now lol

Also we solved that fucking riddle! He was talking about the Deh'Javu Modern Art Museum because you have to walk up a bunch of stairs to get to it and it's on a bunch of pillars. Just in case it was a trap I decided to put on a disguise to meet him and just pretend that I was another museum attendee who was really into art

Little did he know what I really had planned lmao

Worked like a charm! I'll never get tired of tasering people and knocking them out. That's like the best part of this job outside of all the traveling we get to do

And since it was nighttime and most people don't go to fucking art museums at this time (Hey, it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do! Not everyone has time in the morning or afternoon) it was pretty easy transporting his unconscious body back to Ajay's house. We're going to interrogate him tomorrow lol

Anyway, peace out! Stay tuned where I get the chance to TORTURE this motherfucker (Chloe we're not actually going to torture him! He's just going to be interrogated by Boss) and get a bit closer to finally solving this shit!

G: Gieke's Gadgets here! How can I help you?

C: Chester, I need a favor. Do you still-

G: WOAH! Don't say that stuff through the phone. You never know who's listening.

C: Ah, right. Well, listen. You still do some of that old stuff, right?

G: If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, you're going to have to order it through Flo.

C: Neat. Thanks, man. Talk to you soon.

G: Can you at least tell me who-

*beep*

THE NEXT DAY

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BONUS:

Names: FLORENCE DELAROSA, CHESTER GIEKE, LISA RAMIREZ

F: It's time to begin our weekly meeting of TEA. Seems like one of us is running late, but it's fine.

L: Why did you decide to even add him to the group?

F: I see potential. With time, he could be molded and arranged to become the perfect assassin, like the rest of us. But we need to get back on topic. Cyd has ordered a hit on someone in Strangetown. Gieke?

G: Yeah, I can take care of it. Did he say who it was for?

J: I wonder why Cyd specifically requested Chester to do it.

H: Maybe he has a crush on him!

M: Really? I thought he had a crush on that guy with the red suit.

F: Actually, it's not just Chester. Cyd's requested for all ten of us to participate.

J: Oh, really? This guy must be really tough, then.

H: This is going to be fun!

M: Or deadly...

NAMES: CRYSTAL VU, ABHIJEET CHO, ZEPHYR COVARRUBIAS

V: Man, I hate driving all the way up here every week for these meetings.

A: At least Flo reimburses our gas. And the weather here's nice, isn't it? We can wear our summer clothes here without risk of freezing to death.

V: Fair enough. Hey, Zeppy? You can join our conversation if you want, instead of staring at us like that.

Z: No thanks.

A: ...I wonder why Flo recruited him and Hannah. Neither of them seem particularly strong.

V: It's because Jason and Jodie got their asses killed a while ago trying to get rid of Olive Specter. And Flo said it was important to have a representative of every family in Bluewater Village at these meetings, since TEA also works as a business support group.

A: Oh, yeah! Makes sense.

*creak*

???: Hey, sorry I'm late! The taxi I was taking broke down on the way, so I had to call for a new one.

V: (Holy Watcher. YOU'RE the newest member?)

???: Did I miss anything?

[pick-em-pool]

WEEK 15

Buckle up, everyone, because we have a BARN. BURNER. FINALE. Coming our way 🔥🛖 🔥 as we have at least 6 viable contestants battling it out for the top prizes 😱 Who has the clutch gene these last 3 weeks?!

GABBY - 12 POINTS

Oh lord sweet baby jesus christ in a manger cuz the inn was too full 👼 Gabby once again inches closer 📏 to the top spot 😱 it's going to come down to the wire and I cannot wait!!!

RUSTY - 12 POINTS

The three wise men - Rusty, Jack, and Daniels - followed the stars to a 12 point week 💯 and now they're only FIVE points away from third place and some money 💴💴 can they do it?!

JULIETTE - 12 POINTS

A fantastic week is not quite enough to pull JuJu out of the last-place-pit-of-doom-and-despair 😔 She has kept a calm demeanor throughout the whole ordeal of this season 😊 She'll definitely be hungry for success next season, taking Jesus' advice to "Grind Hard, Shine Hard."... Actually, I think that quote is from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 🪨

ABBY - 11 POINTS

She's been able to stay in the top THREE, orchestrating her picks from her little town in Bethlehem Stanford 🌆🌆🌆 MONEY ON HER MIND 💰 Though I am pretty sure at this point in the bible, king Herod ordered the killing of all the infants in Bethlehem Stanford, which, frankly, was not very cash money of him. So, Abby, go stuff some babies under your bed and keep on pickin!

VAL - 11 POINTS

Val is still juuuuuuust outside of the money right now in 4th place 😬😬😬 I think it's time for her to get a little more aggressive in these last few weeks, SCHEME a little 🦊 You know what they say, if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'. If you think that a little too far, you might ask, "what would Jesus do" - and I'll say that grabbing a whip and beating up a bunch of merchants is NOT out of the question! DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO VAL

LISA - 10 POINTS

Well she's weathered the storm so far 🌩️🌩️🌩️ and has now been in first place for FIFTEEN WEEKS 🤯 Are we sure we believe she's not cheating??? Women have been KNOWN to lie before: oh yeah, "Virgin" Mary, I'm suuuuure god just put a bun in the oven for you 🤨 I'll bet Joseph was gonna drag the family to Jerry Springer of Nazareth and see what yee olde paternity tests had to say about THAT 😤

JJ - 10 POINTS

We all know that Jesus could walk on water 🌊 but GUESS WHAT? So can JJ... assuming that the water is frozen... and that he has ice skates... ANYWAY the point is that JJ COULD potentially nab a top three spot... assuming some other people mess up... and that I sneak him a few extra points 🥷🥷🥷 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN

PEYTON - 1O POINTS

Just as Jesus fed 5,000 with two fish, Peyton fed six years of schooling with four years of eligibility ⚾⚾⚾ will he be able to turn three more weeks into a top 3 finish 🤔🤔🤔 the final picks are going to be for ALL the marbles 🍙 (<- there is no marble emoji)

JANIE - 9 POINTS

No one better call out Janie's poor performance this season to her face or I can tell you that she's going to be making meatloaf for Christmas. With EXTRA mushy carrots 😵😵😵

The pick-em pool never disappoints 😎 I don't know about y'all but I'm going to need another chair because I'm on the edge of my SEAT waiting to see who's going to claim victory! 💰🫰💰🫰💰🫰 See you next week!