Do you have any headcannons for the kind of wired stuff the slender brothers got into as kids/ their sibling dynamic?
Slender Brothers
None of the brothers liked Splendor after he was born.
In fact, Offender and Trender were always finding unique ways to either hide their baby brother in hopes that Mother would forget about him or, just straight up sell him to people on the street.
Neither of these tactics worked, for obvious reasons.
Splendor was just having a ball the entire time though.
Trender found a way to sew him into a cocoon made of the drapes in the entry hall.
Mother came home and immediately saw this lump running in circles, trying to get out of the curtain, laughing the entire time.
We have confirmed that Splendor has, in fact, eaten dirt as a child.
Probably Offender, too, let's be honest.
Splendor is the youngest sibling, so everyone just low key bullied him.
Still does
But he always found a way to passive-aggressively get them back.
Blackmail, for example.
They always try to get along in front of their mom.
To a, make her happy and b, they know they'll get a smack to the head if they don't stop being fools.
Offender got in a physical fight with Slender in his teenage years because Slender ushered his lady-friend out of the house while Offender was using the bathroom.
Offender got pissed, and his first angsty teenage instinct is to start swinging.
He got a few hits on Slender before he got chucked through the kitchen window.
And Splendor and Trender were just standing there with their fruit loops like: 👁️👄👁️
Slender is petty as hell, so he still holds it against him to this day, which is why they're always a little tense around each other.
Sibling shit the Slender Brothers do
Offender loves to walk into anyone’s room and just knock every down, close laptops, turn off lights, unplug gaming consoles, and just be a nuisance to those around him. Massive middle child energy that always requires attention
Splendor has mastered these gigantic puppy eyes to get what he wants.
Trender absent mindedly straightens shirts and brushes dirt off of the shoulders of friends and family, he was so used to catering to Splendor it carried over into his adult life.
Slender pointing at the ugly painting on the 3rd floor, “That’s you”
Splendor randomly cuddles up to people he likes, and stays there for the next 12 hours and threatens them if they move.
Offender doing that fake punching thing, or the “I’m not touching you.”
Slender locking his brothers outside and then staring at them through the window.
Trender yelling for Slender and then not replying so Slender has to keep saying “what”.
Splendor holding blackmail against l i t e r a l l y everyone he knows, but he only uses it when necessary.
Offender, Trender, and Splendor staring at people for way too long just to aggravate them, more specifically Slender.
Slender physically restraining himself not to fix Tim’s messy hair, or tie Liu’s scarf.
If one of the brothers has a s/o, they’re automatically a sibling-in-law and will now be annoyed by four people at once.
“Slender get out of my room.”
“I’m not in your room.” He is in the doorway.
Slender dragging people off of the couch or chair if they’re in his spot.
Trender hitting Offender and then running away at the speed of light.
Splendor walking into Slenders room at 3 am “slender i threw up”
“Splendor, you’re almost 260 years old. Deal with it yourself.”
“I’m calling mom.”
“waIT NO, would you like some sprite dearest little brother :)?”
I see! I'm not a stranger to hip pain though, because my human form does have hip dysplasia, and unfortunately it's really prone to either inflammation (which also means it'll fill up with water) or it jumps out of socket/dislocates, and that really unpleasant! 🕷️❤️🥰😘😍👀💯😅😳🥲🥹🥺😭🤬👉🏻👈🏻
Hey, regarding your hip, could it be that you have hip dysplasia by any chance? 🕷️❤️🥰😘😍👀💯✨👉🏻👈🏻
Hello darling,
I think the problem is simply that I am becoming sort of an Old Fogey, my dear. ;-)
Splendorman:
(facts and little specks of lore)
The oldest of all of the siblings
Raised by his father and mother….they did NOT do a very good job.
He was very tough to grow up with, he could switch up quickly and easily.
He was very manipulative as well, and is still manipulative even now, but has worked on it.
He’s very possessive of his siblings, but most of all Slenderman. When Slenderman met Zalgo, Slender had to hide his friendship because he knew what Splendor’s reaction would be (something terrible that I’ll talk about later)
The reason Splendor was so possessive of Slender was because of how gullible Slenderman was…he’d almost never question anything he was told to do by anyone older than him (this was just the way Slenders were raised to be)
Even though Splendor was pretty messed up, he still did his best to care for his siblings..even though his love was very…tough.
“Rules for thee but not for me” kind of guy…
He was a functional alcoholic.
The smile and eyes on his face are fully functional. He is also known as an incomplete because he has no way of switching to a completely natural looking Slender or Human. He just stays looking exactly like how he looks now.
…If you haven’t guessed yet, he envies his other brother’s abilities to shift almost completely.
Offenderman:
Second oldest
Believe it or not, he was one of the most reasonable of the older half of the siblings
He was the one who did the most to try and get Splendor to ease up on Slenderman.
For work, Offenderman was a hitman. (This deeply affected his view on humans and the world)
He hated Splendorman’s drinking, but Offenderman fell into that addiction as well as smoking.
He was doing his very best to provide for the family, and since he was the best at shifting from human to Slender form, he was the one who could work in the human world the best.
Tenderman:
Was the most reasonable of the older half of the brothers.
He was very patient and kind. He sort of took on a motherly role.
He typically took care of cooking, cleaning, and caring for the younger siblings.
Tenderman was the one who took care of Slenderman the most when he was sick. (He still helps him even now during flare ups)
Fun Fact: his favorite season is Winter.
He was the most respectful of boundaries
He didn’t have a very good relationship with Splendorman. He thought Splendorman was too cruel (which he was…)
When it came to making decisions he spoke to Offenderman about these things because he was the other most stable in the home.
Slenderman:
1st of the younger half of siblings
He’s one year older than Trenderman
Started working for Zalgo’s father when he was young
…Got attached to Zalgo
BETRAYAL
Boom, trust issues up the wazoo
Got Slender sickness.
Had to be taken care of for several years. It weakened his limbs as well so he had to use a cane.
Appreciated everything Trenderman did for him while he was sick.
Spent a lot more time with Surrenderman. Helped him learn to read during this time as well.
He also began to realize how much Splendor was manipulating the family, and how Splendor targeted him
He withdrew from Splendorman slowly…
He also got closer with Trenderman after Trenderman began to have trouble with his love life
Trenderman
Oh boy…oh boy oh boy oh boy….
REBELLION
He didn’t care if Splendor got mad, he’d do it anyway,
He snuck out, he snuck people in, he wore what he wanted, and he did what he wanted.
He and Slender DID NOT have a good relationship.
He always thought Slender was babied…(He was not in fact babied, he was VERY SICK and needed a lot of care)
Trenderman was a middle child. He wanted attention, he just almost never got it.
Tenderman always tried his best to spend time with him though, even though that wasn’t the attention Trenderman wanted.
Trenderman wanted attention from his father and mother….he…never got that.
So he started seeking that attention from other people. People he slept with and dated.
He got heartbroken a few too many times.
And he withdrew from people.
During this, that’s when he started to get closer with Slenderman. Because Slender understood what loneliness was like.
He also realized what Slender was going through, and saw him more as a brother than competition.
Trenderman’s love for clothing started when he was 12 btw, he worked as a tailor for several years and then sort of went off to do his own clothing line later on
He was closest with Offenderman growing up.
Surrenderman
The youngest
He was the closest to Slenderman of all the brothers, and is still with him today,
He has a stutter that he was born with (his is genetic, his human mother had a stutter and it was passed on to him)
Slender helped him with his stutter as well as making sure Surrender knew it wasn’t his fault and that he shouldn’t be ashamed of it. (Surrender was very ashamed of his stutter because of things Splendor and his father would say to him about it. While Splendor would try to “encourage” him to speak louder, it would also become toxic and demeaning, and Surrender’s father was very cruel, telling him to “learn to speak properly, or don’t speak at all”)
Surrenderman has a passion for cooking! He liked to watch Trenderman cook and bake.
Back Surrenderman being with Slenderman to this day, I mean he lives with Slenderman.
Surrenderman, while his stutter got better, he’s still just a very timid person in general. (this has nothing to do with his stutter, that’s just how he is as a person), and he was never able to find a place to live on his own, so now he lives with him.
Slender finds him the most tolerable of the brothers.
NSFW Christmas headcannons? Love you Jas!
Aw, I love you too <3
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- Jeff and BEN makes a whole tray of d*ck shaped cookies, despite what Slender says about it, then they laugh whenever someone eats them. smh
- Dr.Smiley likes to watch 50 Shades of Gray with some hot chocolate while everyone is asleep or gone. If anyone catches him, he’ll threaten the Pastas to keep quiet.
- Always on Christmas day, Smile Dog and Grinny Cat go out and try to find a mate. Their way of mating is not a pretty sight. Jeff once walked into a room with Smile Dog with another poor dog, he wishes he could unsee everything.
- A few years ago on Christmas Eve, Sexual Offender put rose petals on Slender’s bed, thinking it was one of his victims, not his brother. Slenderman still doesn’t understand how Offender didn’t realize.
- Toby, Jeff, BEN, & Laughing Jack always try to embarrass each other on Christmas Day with NSFW stuff. Who can get the most embarrassing dirty gift? Who can say the most embarrassing dirty thing to Slenderman without chickening out? It drives everyone up the wall, but it’s fun to hear what they have to say.
I need to ask this, yandere tim and yandere brian p o l y realationship?
Jelly bois
Yan!Tim & Brian
Yandere + yandere never work out.
Yanderes are way too possessive to share.
So, interest is peaked with they agree to a poly relationship.
Things will be rough around the edges, to say the least, and the household will be toxic.
Well, more toxic than usual with yanderes.
It’s more of a, share sometimes
There are constant quarrels and arguments between the boys over you.
Sometimes is about the other spending too much time with you, giving you better gifts, or potentially trying to scare the competition off.
Masky is more controlling than Hoodie, and he’s way more confrontational.
He isn’t afraid to start a fight if needed.
They both get jealous extremely easily.
Remember the play wrestling?
Crank that up to a 10, but with each other.
They’ll spar with each other occasionally, behind your back.
Even if they are best buds (maybe more in a poly djdsjagdas), they’ll go through anything to be with their s/o,
A l o n e.
This means sometimes kidnapping you.
Especially Masky, who’s an expert at not waking you up while moving you around the house.
Aka taking you away from Brian.
He’ll just pick you up, make intense eye contact with Hoodie and walk slowly out of the room with you in his arms.
Leaving you to wonder how you woke up in Tims’s arms when you went to bed under Vrian’s fur blanket.
Bascally it’s a game of capture the flag but it’s capture the s/o.
But they lowkey love each other.
Bc Brian will be caught sleeping on top of Tim on the couch.
And when you catch him he’ll get a little flustered and deny it.
They’ll also be your big and tol body guards when you go out in public together.
They’ll generally just fuck around with people who look at you for more than .3 seconds.
Aka scaring the FucK outta them.
And maybe tag-teaming punching them in the stomach and then running off to catch up with their s/o who’s still ordering food.
They’ll eventually learn to work out their differences with each other.
One way or another.
Cue a suspicious wink.
Since you’re taking requests for Winx Club could you do Professor Palladium with a fairy s/o?
Ah yes, Professor Legolas. I feel like every single person who watched Winx had a teacher crush on him.
Professor Palladium and fairy s/o (Winx)
S/o being a fairy doesn’t really shock Palladium. Granted, fairies are rare as there are only 1-2 per planet, but this is a man who is regularly surrounded by fairies-in-training every single day.
It does however give them something to connect over. Palladium’s studies are primarily in magic and he would be thrilled to have an s/o that can discuss its intricacies with him. They are the couple that reguarly has hearts-to-hearts over the historical implementations of charms, including their multiple evolutions.
Palladium in a relationship is complicated. Though he has grown to be more confident in both himself and his teaching abilities Palladium struggles in the uncharted territory that is a relationship. Those old insecurities rear up their old heads. He wants to hold their hand, but he’s not sure they want him to want to hold their hand. What if he’s boring them?
These insecurities cause this relationship to be hands-off for a while. It’s not that he’s against affection; he’s just not good at knowing when to be affectionate. Once he’s had time with his s/o to really get to know their preferences, he is much more inclined to be physically affectionate.
People usually have 1 love language, but they can have two. Palladium is one of those people who have 2.
Words of affirmation - Compliments, compliments, compliments. Compliments destroy his insecurities with time and consistency. For a long while, it’s a guaranteed way to make him flushed too. It doesn’t need to be spoken! A sweet note stuffed between the pages of his schedule book, wishing a happy day to the loveliest man, will make him damn-near swoon.
Physical Affection - I know I just said the relationship is hands-off at the start, but this is a man who is touch-starved. Victorian levels of touch-starved; the first time their hands brushed against one another on accident Palladium had to excuse himself before he melted into a puddle.
There does come a day where there’s a shift. Relationships at their start always have hurdles - figuring out what people’s boundaries are, finding confidence in certain actions - but once that is found, people are generally more confident. Palladium included. Day after day he gets more confident, more daring in his affection. Flirty banter becomes a thing (out of sight of his students, at least). More open affection (kisses on the back of the hand, flirty lines tossed their way as he tucks a hair behind their ear). S/o spent so long making him flustered that he is dead set on evening the score, and then some.
I feel half dead and for some reason I'm expiriencing dizziness, nausea at the moments, and slight pain in the ear drums at certain movenments. But my sweet little pet crow does make me feel a little better at least.
I've already had an X-ray taken at my wrist as well but nothing could be found. There is also no sweeling or discoloration. Therefore I guess that it's probably just really sprained. But the hip is definitely a problem. 🕷️❤️😭
Bit not good little human moment: I've spontanously decided to jump off my e-scooter yesterday and smooch the pavement. At full force. Now I can't move my wrist anymore and my fingers only partly because it hurts like hell. My left hand is now utterly and completely useless, and my right hip is out of place (again. Hip dysplasia is a bitch). I hope your days have been better than mine... 🕷️❤️😭
Indeed, the limitations of the physical human form, an inconvenience. That happens to me sometimes too, overestimating what my physical form can endure and then damaging it in the process. Sadly we do have to take care of transport, and are trapped in it's limitations. It's probably better to not spontaneously jump of things, I know that from experience. Especially jumping from things moving with high velocity sounds like a recipe for disaster. Be more careful in the future. The damage you are describing sounds significant, you should probably visit a doctor. Until you see a doctor you should try to rest the affected limbs, cool them and take some analgesics. You probably also have skin lesions which you should disinfect too. I hope that the damage is not too bad and just sprains with no permanent damage. I wish for your swift recovery, and that the pain is minimal.
when you reopen asks can you do the ages of the slenderbrothers pls :D
Stuff like this I don’t consider requests cause they only take like, less than five minutes to do xd
Slender-
The oldest of the brothers was born in the late 1700s, and I’d say he’s around 239 years young.
Offender-
The second eldest was born in the early 1800s, and stands around 189 years old.
Trender-
Trender was born in the mid 1800s, so he’s around 172 years old.
Splendor-
The youngest, He was born around 1890, so he’s only around 130 years old.
could we get some slender bros NSFW hcs?
- Slenderman, as we all know, doesn’t like humans and probably has a very low sex drive. If it was ever high, I would go run and hide because he would probably turn into another Sexual Offenderman, but worse. Obviously, he has a thing with using his tendrils to pleasure his partner and doesn't care if anyone walks in on him getting some action.
- Splendorman may look like a sweet-heart and all innocent on the outside, but on the inside, he’s very kinky and dirty, he just doesn’t like that side of him, so he hides it away. His sex drive is also pretty low and there’s no need to worry if it ever gets high, he’s very good at controlling himself. He likes blindfolding his partner and would be very embarrassed if someone walked in on him.
- Trenderman, the OCD brother out of all of them. He’s fascinated in humans but also cringes at them. When he found out they do NSFW things with each other, he was horrified. Watching humans ripping off each other’s clothes and throwing them on the ground is like a horror movie for him. To say the least, he’s not interested in anything that’s NSFW and you would probably never see him with a partner. If he did have a partner, do expect to see him making revealing clothes for them.
- Sexual Offenderman... must I say more? His sex drive is high and is always high. He doesn’t care about genders so everyone is basically doomed when he’s around. He’s into the most kinkiest things ever. Here’s a list of his kinks: Sadism (Inflicting pain or humiliating his partner), Impact play (spanking, whipping, flogging - any kind of strike), Voyeurism (getting off from watching other people have sex), Katoptronophilia (anyone who loves having sex or masturbating in front of mirrors), Edgeplay (Considered riskier than usual kinks. It involves knives, blood, needles and more.), BDSM, BNT (involves inflicting pain on a woman's breasts and nipples), CBT (involves inflicting pain on a man's penis or testicles)...
Pairing: Severus Snape x OC
Rating: 🥰
Prompt: Pillow
A/N: Part 2 to Snapetober day 3 'Haunt'. Again this one kind of ran away from me and turned out being a lot longer than I expected.
Warnings: casual drinking?
Word Count: 3314
Credits to the artist.
DAY 1
“Alright, let’s hear it.” I said, dropping my bags at my feet upon entry.
“Excuse me?” Severus looked at me inquisitively.
“You said you’d have stipulations for me staying with you, let’s hear them.”
“Very well.” He sighed, crossing his arms over his chest. “As there is no spare bedroom you will unfortunately have to sleep here on the couch. This means, you are to wait until nightfall to arrange your sheets accordingly. Similarly, I don’t want to see them in the morning, I would like them to be removed before I awake.”
“Not a problem, I’m just grateful to be able to escape that pesky poltergeist. Anything else?”
“I expect all the living areas to be kept clean and tidy.”
“Of course.” So far nothing too unreasonable.
“No excessive noise; this means no music or singing or anything else I might consider grating.”
“Not even in the shower?” Snape raised a single eyebrow at me. “I’m kidding. I’ll keep to myself I promise.”
“No wandering, I don’t want you messing with my things. And no guests whatsoever; I do not wish to stumble upon anything I do not wish to see.”
“You don’t have to worry about that.” I smirked. If only he knew.
“I have some marking to do in my office tonight, so that will let you get settled in peace.”
“No worries, I’m just excited to take a long shower in a bathroom that’s actually clean for once. I’ll probably spend the night reading on the couch by the fire, if that’s alright with you. I haven’t had peace and quiet for so long.”
“I’ll be back around 10, until then you are free to do as you wish.”
Severus quickly made his way to the door, seemingly wanting to get out of my way as soon as humanly possible.
“Severus.” I called after him. “Thank you for this. I really do appreciate it.”
With a curt nod he way on his way.
It was a struggle to stay awake after my shower; the heat of the fire making my eyes droop almost instantly. It was the first time in weeks I was had complete silence and my body was starting to naturally shut itself down. Unable to wait until Severus returned to set up my bed, I fell asleep right there on the sofa, curled into myself to keep warm.
DAY 2
I awoke the next morning in exactly the same with the exception of a fluffy blanket that had been gently placed over my body.
It seemed not only had Severus silently entered last night, but had also already left before I awoke this morning. There was practically no sign of any life having ever been in the small apartment that were his living quarters.
Knowing I didn’t have long until breakfast I quickly made my way about getting ready for the day, making sure to leave as little trace of myself as possible.
As I arrived in the Great Hall I flashed Severus a large smile he had no in intention of returning, his cold demeanour never having changed despite his uncharacteristically kind gesture.
“You’re looking awfully chipper this morning.” Minerva commented as I took my seat next to her.
“Let’s just say I’ve found a temporary living situation, completely devoid of poltergeists.”
“How did you manage to pull that off?”
“I took your advice.” I smiled, unable to help myself from glancing towards to the potions master.
“I see.” She grinned. “And how is it going so far?”
“Fine. I’ve pretty much had the place to myself.” I shrugged.
“You mean the two of you haven’t spent any time together yet?”
“Not really. And to be honest it doesn’t seem like he’s planning to at all.”
“Hmm.” She turned her attention to her mug of tea.
My peace didn’t last as long as I had initially hoped with Peeves showing up half way through breakfast, beginning once again to annoy the living daylights out of me. Despite his taunting getting worst a decent night’s sleep made all the difference and I was finally able to endure his taunting. My sudden disappearance from my chambers only seemed to spur the ghost on; seemingly pissed off that I had managed to find a loophole in his agreement.
From verbal taunts to disruptive actions; Peeves quickly changed tactics to more disturbing forms of chaos. He started with turning the heating off to my classroom, causing issues for not only myself but my pupils for the day. Then he took it as far as to tear up my students test sheets, using the remnants of parchment as confetti while he followed me around for the rest of the day. Yes, it was frustrating to say the least but nothing I couldn’t endure until the end of the week.
It didn’t come as a shock to me that Severus was not in his chambers when I returned later that evening. I almost felt guilty for spending more time in his quarters than he was; not fully expecting how inconvenient my staying here would be for him, but at the same time I wasn’t willing to spend any more time being tortured by Peeves than was absolutely necessary.
This time I managed to stay awake to see him return, hoping to ask him a question that had been on my mind all day.
“Hey.” I greeted him as he crept through the door.
Severus faltered at my words, clearly not expecting me to be awake.
“Good evening.” He said without stopping.
“Do you want to sit with me for a bit?” I offered, not wanting to chase him out of his own living room.
“I don’t think so, I’m not really in the mood to talk.”
“Oh okay, no worries.” The disappointment in my voice evident.
His eyes fluttered shut, a short sigh escaping his lips.
“If you’re still up for it tomorrow, we can talk then.” He compromised.
“Sounds great.”
He began to leave again.
“Wait, Severus, one more thing. Was this you?” I gripped onto the blanket I had taken the liberty of wrapping around myself again.
“You looked cold.” He said simply before disappearing into his bedroom.
DAY 3
“Hey.” I smiled, tucking my feet under myself as Snape returned from yet another night hidden away in his office.
Snape didn’t even bother to look in my direction, stalking over to his liquor cabinet on the opposite side of the room. Pouring himself a large glass of Firewhiskey, Severus raised the bottle in my direction, cocking a single eyebrow to silently offer me a drink.
“No thanks.” I smiled, lifting up my half-drunk mug. “I’m good with tea.”
He grunted in response. Taking his sweet time to drain his glass, before pouring himself another, Snape slowly made his way over to the couch.
Patting the empty seat beside me I encouraged him to join me. Unsurprisingly, he opted for the solitary leather armchair.
“So…” I tried to break the awkwardness of the silence. “How was your day?”
“Perfectly adequate.”
“Oh.” I focused my stare into my lap. I knew Severus wasn’t the warmest of men, but we had known each other well over a decade now and yet he was speaking to me like he barely knew me. While we were never friends, and I knew Severus didn’t get along with James and Sirius, I wasn’t aware he felt the same hatred towards me.
Starting to regret my want to reconnect with him, I considered maybe it would be best to keep my distance. That was until he spoke again.
“Better than your day, anyway. I hear the poltergeist hasn’t let up.” He elaborated.
“Yeah, I think he’s pissed I’ve found a hack in his system. But I can put up with it for a few days if it means I get to come home to peace and quiet every night. I never fully appreciated how truly tranquil it is down here, I understand why you want to keep it that way.”
“I’m not entirely sure if it’s a natural quality of the place or just that the students stay clear of the halls at risk of running into me.”
“Oh, come on, you’re not that bad.” I giggled, though he seemed deadly serious.
He shot me a glaring look.
“You forget I knew you before you were like this, Severus.”
“And what exactly is this.” He sneered, taking another large gulp of his whiskey.
“I don’t know…. Intimidating? Scary? Dark and brooding. Whatever persona you’re trying to portrait, you’ve not always been that way.”
“And you would know how I used to be?”
I bit my lip nervously.
“You’re clever.” I stated, deciding it would be better to prove how well I knew him rather than to try and explain myself. “Probably the most intelligent person I’ve ever meet, to be honest. And you’re and mysterious, in a way that’s sort of intriguing. And you can be kind… when you want to be.”
“You’re an interesting woman, Y/N.”
I couldn’t help but blush at the sudden intensity of his stare.
“How’d you mean?”
“You’re so … likeable.”
“And that’s a bad thing?”
“It’s confusing.”
“I don’t understand.”
“How could a girl like you end up friends with those infernal boys. I’ve never understood it.”
“Oh. Well, I don’t really know how it happened, we were in the same house I guess it was inevitable. I would study with Remus after class and Sirius seemed to take a shine to me from day one. They we’re really the kind of people I would have chosen as friends, but c’est la vie.” I shrugged.
“Did you two ever….” Snape eyed me intently before taking another swig of whiskey.
“Me and Sirius?” I scoffed, “Don’t be ridiculous. He was never my type.”
“Hmm.” He hummed, seemingly satisfied.
“It seemed to me that you and I would have been perfect friends, Severus. We always frequented the same secluded spots.”
“I liked to keep to myself.”
“I noticed. I was always just trying to find a moments peace from those boys, but I don’t imagine you ever saw me.”
“I did.”
“I just figured I was one of those people who were easily overlooked, I didn’t expect to be noticed by anyone.”
“I always noticed you.” His eyes met mine once more, daring me to be the first to look away.
Clearing his throat, he looked down at his once again empty class. I win.
“Well, I think I better turn in for the night.” The eery silence of the room threatened to swallow us whole.
“No worries.” I smiled, bashfully. “Goodnight.”
“Goodnight.” He smirked.
DAY 4
The following night Severus returned from dinner and joined me by the fire without prompting.
He took his usual path to the back of the room; fumbling about with his glass decanter as he always had before speaking a word to me. Watching him I realised; he did this not because he was rude, as I had initially suspected, but that he was nervous and he needed a moment to himself to mentally prepare himself before joining me by the fire. The moment the tight muscles in his shoulders dropped, I knew he was ready to chat.
“Tea?” He called without looking back.
“Oh. Eh… yeah, go on then.” I said, caught off guard by his offer.
Falling back into silence I continued to watch as Severus busied himself making my drink.
Despite clearing room for him on the opposite side of the couch, he once again opted for his singular worn down arm chair.
“Coping any better with the haunting today?” He asked, still preoccupied with his drink.
“Oh definitely. I think just knowing I don’t have to deal with him when I come back here has taken so much weight off my shoulders. I was struggling there for a while, but I don’t think there is anything he could do to me now that I can’t handle.”
“Good. That’s… good.”
The awkwardness in the air threatened to halt the conversation all together.
“Do you have any plans for the weekend?” I asked in a panic.
“No.” He answered a little too quickly. “I don’t tend to… socialise much.”
“I remember.” I chuckled, earning a stern glare from the professor. “If you want, we could go get a drink together. I’ve yet to take a wander into Hogsmeade, maybe you could remind me of the way? That is unless you’d prefer to be alone.”
“I usually do.” He hesitated. “Though there is a select few I can tolerate spending time with.”
“I don’t suppose I fall into that category.” I blushed, realising he was avoiding my question.
“You’re getting there.” He admitted. “It hasn’t been nearly as inconvenient having you stay here as I expected.”
“If you were dreading it so much, why did you say yes?” I was suddenly very conscious that I was imposing by staying here and that maybe I should have just stuck it out another week like everyone else had.
“Because you asked me to.” Severus spoke softly.
“But I was only joking, you didn’t really have to agree if it made you uncomfortable.”
“I wanted to.” He confirmed, his eyes telling me he meant it.
“Well, I know I’ve said it plenty of times, but I really do appreciate it.” I gulped, finding it hard to relax again.
“Stop stressing, Y/N, I’ll accompany you to Hogsmeade.” The tension I was holding in my body instantly eased at his words.
DAY 5
“What is this?” Snape questioned upon my entry, for once he hadn’t returned to his office after dinner. He held a weathered old book between his hands, his eyes scanning page after page.
“No idea.” I shrugged, barely looking away from my book.
“It belongs to you; a diary I believe.”
“What?” I paled. “Where did you get that?”
I had only kept a diary once in my life; I poured my heart and soul into it through my teen years at school. It contained every thought I had, every emotion I felt, and worst of all, my biggest secret I had tried so hard to hide. I kept the for the sentimental value but had otherwise forgotten it existed, buried it in a drawer somewhere in my chambers.
“It was pinned to the door… with this note.”
He held up a singular yellow post it baring the words; READ ME.
Peeves. That ghost had gone too far now.
“Give it back.” I demanded, jumping from my chair,
“Why? Is there something you don’t want me to see?” He raised an eyebrow challengingly.
“No.” I blushed. “It’s just private.” I tried to snatch it from his grasp.
“Ah, I see. Wouldn’t want to reveal any hidden emotions or… artistic abilities.”
I blanched further.
“You’ve seen them.”
“I may have stumbled upon a few drawings, yes.”
“Oh God, please don’t tell me you’ve read it.”
“Afraid so.” He stated simply, but made no effort to stop the huge grin spreading across his face.
I hastily flicked through the pages, scanning as much as I could to gauge what he knew. The text was damning. Severus Snape knew that I was in love with him.
“You’ve read all this?”
“Yep.”
“So… you know?”
“Every. Last. Detail.”
“It’s really old; I was a hormonal teenager and I wrote down anything that popped into my head. It doesn’t mean anything, I promise.”
“I see. And the pictures?”
“They’re just sketches, I… thought you had an interesting face.”
“You never drew your friends?”
“I tried but they mostly annoyed me the whole time.”
“They’re impressive.” He noted simply, reaching for them again.
“Thank you.” I gulped.
We took to the couch again that night, Severus enjoying the embarrassment that showed on my face time he spared a glance at my sketches still spread over the coffee table.
DAY 6
“I’ve been thinking about your journal.” Severus brought up the following night.
“Hmm?” I hummed, pretending to preoccupy myself, despite the burning feeling starting to crawl up my neck once more.
“You said it was old, that your feelings for me ending during our time together at school.”
“Of course. It was just a teenage crush, nothing more.”
“So you say but upon leaving for breakfast this morning. I happened upon something else pinned to the door.”
“Really, what?” I sipped my tea, trying hard not to sound invested.
All sense of composure left my body the minute he lay a further pile of parchment on the coffee table.
“Oh.” My stomach dropped at the sight.
Another set of drawings of the potions master stared back at me; this time more recent depictions of the man.
Despite the previous sketches having taken place over a number of years the second pile was just as large.
“Care to explain?” His words were curt but his tone had a hint of amusement to it.
There was no hiding the scarlet hue of my face nor the fact I obviously continued to draw Snape in my free periods since I started at Hogwarts.
“They’re from memory.” I blurted. “It’s not like I’m sitting watching you or anything. I… I just like to draw your face.”
“Is there a reason you like my face in particular?”
“I already told you; I find it interesting.”
“Anything else?”
“No. I…”
“Y/N.” He cut me off.
“Yes?” I squeaked.
“Are you still in love with me?”
I bit my lip nervously, having to force myself from spilling my life long secret.
Snape stared me down.
I nodded before I had a chance to think too much about it. Instantly my mind went into overdrive.
“I’m sorry. I know it’s inappropriate of me to stay here when I feel this way. I just really needed help and you-“
My rambling was cut off by the crashing of his lips against mine.
“I feel the same way.” He admitted, mouth hungrily moving against mine.
“You do?” The air had almost completely left my body, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
Now it was his turn to nod.
“Why do you think I was so nervous to speak to you when you first arrived. I was always jealous of those boys for getting to spend time so much time with you when I liked you so much. All I wanted was you all to myself. I just never knew how to approach you.”
“I was worried you couldn’t even remember I existed.” I let out a breathless laugh.
“Believe me, I always remembered.” He pressed his lips against mine once more, this time deepening the kiss.
DAY 7
For the first time that week I didn’t wake up on that old green velvet couch, but instead on the chest of Severus Snape.
After our revelation last night we waited no longer than walk to the bedroom to finally let out our years long pent-up emotions for one another.
We immediately fell into his dark satin sheets; our bodies becoming a tangled mess of moans and gasps until we collapsed breathlessly against one another. Severus with his arm wrapped tightly around my waist, and me with my head using his body as a pillow.
The first thing I remember thinking when I opened my eyes was that I never wanted to go back to real pillows ever again.
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“I guess I’m finally free to leave then.” I commented as we drank our morning coffee together, still snuggled under the sheets of his bed.
My month long haunting had finally come to an end.
“That’s true.” Severus responded. “Or… you could stay.”
“What, here?” My eyes nearly burst out my head.
“For a while.” He shrugged. “Or just tonight?”
“How about we start with tonight.” I grinned, leaning into touch.
We had plenty of time to spend together from here on out.
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