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Barnaby x Ben: Stormy nights

It was late when the storm hit hogwarts. Swirling black clouds loomed over the castle as a tidal wave of rain came pouring down. Most people were too scared to even leave their bedrooms, but not Barnaby Lee.

He had been halfway up the steps to the owlrey when he had heard the noise: a sniffly sob echoing through the tower. Barnaby followed the sound, expecting to find an injured pet or perhaps a lost Sickleworth. What Barnaby hadn’t need expecting to see was his good friend and long time crush Benjamin Copper sat on the steps, hugging his knees and recoiling at the sounds of the storm.

“You alright, Ben?” Barnaby asked as he sat on the steps beside Ben

“Barnaby!” Ben gasped, almost jumping up out of the owlrey window “sorry, I just wasn’t expecting to anyone up here... why exactly are you up here?”

“Tulip. She’s losing her mind since she can’t find Dennis and she doesn’t want him to get hurt in the storm. She asked me to check up here while she searches Jacob’s room. How come you’re here?”

“I was scared about the storm so I came up here to pet my owl as a way to calm down. But I caught a glimpse of the clouds when I turned to leave and now my legs won’t move. I’m just kind of stuck here.”

“Do you need me to go get someone? I could call Penny, or double check to see if Talbott is in the owlrey since he keeps falling asleep in there, or maybe I could go get-“

“Please don’t go!” Ben suddenly snapped before looking back down at his feet “I just- I don’t think I can be alone again right now”

Barnaby’s voice softened “of course I’ll stay, Ben. Whatever you need”

Barnaby wrapped his arm around the smaller boy and pulled him into a tight side hug in an attempt to comfort him. He felt Ben move his own arm around the brunette’s waist as he shuffled closer on the large stone steps.

“I can try and take you down the stairs if you’d like” The slytherin said after a while

“Let’s just stay here for a bit, I don’t think I’m brave enough to face the outdoors in this weather”

“Oh please, Ben. You’re one of the bravest people I know”

“Really?”

“Absolutely!” Barnaby grinned, his voice thick with sincerity “you’re a muggle born, you abandoned everything you knew to come and learn about the stuff every adult says is a myth. If I had been in you’re shoes, I don’t think I would’ve even tried”

“I never thought about it like that..” Ben muttered, pulling away from Barnaby and sitting up

“You should, you’re incredible Ben. Don’t forget that”

As Barnaby turned his head to face the gryffindor, he felt a hand reach under his chin. He was gently pulled forward until his lips made contact with Ben’s. The kiss was short and sweet, he wished it would have lasted longer but he knew that it was a lot for Ben to do something like that, let alone initiate it.

“Maybe you could be there to remind me, to always be brave” Ben smiled, nervously avoiding eye contact. Barnaby put a finger under his chin and almost closed the distance between them. Only muttering “it would be my pleasure” before he kissed Ben again.

And that was how they spent the night of the storm: kissing, chatting, simply being two boys in love. Somehow, the evening that Ben had been dreading became one of the best he’d ever had.

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Tulip x Tonks prank war

Tulip Karasu held her breath, watching as her opponent stepped forward. This was the moment her fate would be decided. Weeks and weeks of meticulous planning had all been building up to this, the moment that Nymphadora Tonks walked straight into Tulip’s best prank yet.

Her plan had been simple... at first. She had filled a bucket with flobberworm mucus. Said bucket would be dumped on Tonks’ head when she walked into her dormitory. Tulip quickly realised that the flobberworm mucus would make Tonks into a walking talking slip n slide. This has lead to her covering the ground in ball bearings and placing a large pile of feathers in the room. Thanks to Andre, Tulip had figured out a simple binding charm that would cause the feathers to superglue themselves to whatever they touched.

She would parade Tonks around the planning room, give the rest of the team a good laugh, and then undo the spell and claim her victory. It was the perfect plan.

“Why exactly do I have to be here?” Penny asked, she was hiding in the corner of the Hufflepuff dorm corridor alongside Tulip

“Because,” Tulip sighed “I need a pretty Hufflepuff sidekick to help with all my pranks and both Tonks and Dennis were unavailable”

“Dennis is a toad, Tulip”

“And a very busy toad at that”

“No, I mean he’s not a student. He can’t be in a house”

“First of all, Dennis can be whatever the bloody hell he wants. Second of all, do you have the thingamajig ready?”

“Yeah, just a second” Penny muttered as she pulled a chunky camera out of her robes “and it’s called a camcorder, not a thingamajig”

“I’m still reeling at the idea that muggles made something magical” Tulip laughed

“Less magic and more science but yeah. It is pretty cool... hey look, she’s getting close to the door”

Looking over, Tulip saw Tonks reach for the handle. She pulled it open and sent a bucket full of thick flobberworm mucus cascading down

“What the fu-“ Tonks cried out as she staggered straight into the ball bearings littering the ground. Penny and Tulip both darted forward just in time to see the pink haired girl crash forward in an explosion of feathers and ball bearings.

Tulip erupted into laughter as Tonks sat up, her body covered in bright yellow feathers. Seeing Tulip collapse with pure joy sent Tonks into a frenzy of laughter as well.

“Y-you should have- seen your face!” Tulip stammered between laughs “bloody priceless”

“How the hell did you get that much flobberworm mucus without snape killing you?” Tonks asked, recovering from the fall and climbing to her feet

“That was my fault, sorry” Penny smiled, still holding her camera

“Don’t be sorry. Using your trust with Snape was genius, props to you Mate” Tonks grinned as she walked over and stood above Tulip. “Need help?”

Tulip reached up and took Tonks’ outstretched hand. She was quickly back on her feet, but when she tried to pull her hand away she realised her mistake. The charmed feather was made to stick to whatever it touched, that included things other than Tonks.

“Oh shit” Tulip muttered

“What do you mean by that?” Penny asked, watching her friends trying to pull apart

“What I mean is the feathers are still sticky, I’m trapped”

“Haha!” Tonks giggles “looks like this point is turning to me”

Suddenly, Tonks swung Tulip around and pulled her into a tight hug. Both girls stood there? Stuck together with feathers, magic, and ungodly amounts of flobberworm mucus.

“Tonks! I need to get to my wand to break us apart!” Tulip yelled, stifling laughter. As funny as the moment was she knew they were in trouble.

“Can’t Penny just undo us?” Tonks asked, stumbling around with her friend in her arms

“You think I know what spell this is? I’m the potions girl, not the charms master” Penny said through a fit of giggles

“The only other person that knows this charm is Andre, and there is no way in hell that I’m walking all the way up to the Ravenclaw tower like this” Tulip yelled

“I’ll go get him, you two wait here” Penny thought aloud as she placed her camera on the nearby shelf and darted off.

“Welp, looks like we’re going to be together for a while. Not that I’m complaining” Tonks said with the cheesiest grin on her face

“You’re not?” Tulip yelped in surprise

“Not at all, I love spending time with you. You mean a lot to me, Karasu”

Tulip felt her face go red. She thought about ducking down to hide it but that would just lead to her forehead getting stuck on Tonks’ chest. That would defiantly be much worse.

“Blushing? I didn’t know you were one to get flustered” Tonks chortled

“I don’t. I’m not flustered, nope, not at all” Tulip blurted

“If you’re uncomfortable then I’m really sorry. I was just hoping to get you covered in feathers”

“You think this makes me uncomfortable?” If she was being honest with herself this was the most comfortable she had felt in a while.

“Why else would you be turning red?”

“Maybe it’s because of the crush I’ve had on you for the last year” Tulip thought to herself

“You have a crush on me?” Tonks asked, her voice clearly showed she was confused

“Oh fuck, did I say that out loud. I didn’t mean to- I just- I wasn’t- fuck...” Tulip stuttered.

“Hey, it’s okay. Seriously”

“No it’s not! I want going to tell you. I didn’t want to ruin anything!” Tulip get tears in her eyes

“Tulip...” Tonks pressed her forehead against Tulip’s “you haven’t ruined anything. Now, I’d think about kissing you but I think Penny would be a bit traumatised if she came back to see us with our mouths stuck together...”

“You mean-?”

“Yeah, I like you too”

Both girls smiled knowing that the feelings they had been hiding for so long could finally be free. Tulip Karasu and Nymphadora Tonks, the best prankster duo at hogwarts, together at last... and Penny caught the whole thing on tape.