Academy!Coryo x reader
Warnings: swearing, now that i think of it slightly ooc Coryo but its Academy era so idk, use of y/n
dividers by @saradika
Pure. If you had to choose one word to describe Coriolanus Snow, that would be it. The boy was basically a slab of untainted, white stone brought to life. Clean cut, not a speck on his record, and god forbid his grades be anything less than frustratingly perfect. It was something that infuriated you constantly.
How could someone possibly have absolutely no visible weakness?
Sometimes it seemed even basic needs such as sleep were unnecessary for your blonde classmate while you, on the other hand, relied on disarranged nights of frantic muttering and rustling paper to maintain your top grades. Only, of course, to spend the next few hours behind a deck having your sanity and patience stripped away by the object of your hatred/affection/whatever those heated stares every once in a while were.
Either way, the back and forth cycle was driving you insane! You were one step away from screaming for it to just-
“Miss Fremont. Would you like to explain to me what is so interesting about Mr. Snow that it is physically impossible for you to pay attention to the lesson?”
Red crept onto your cheeks as you sank slightly in your seat. Your classmates whispered and giggled around you and Mr. Snow was clearly displaying a mocking smirk when you spoke.
“Nothing, Sir.”
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Later, after you’d rushed from your classroom, through the library and into the little study room you sat in the corner of. You buried your head in your knees.
How embarrassing was it that you were caught staring at that smug little shit, and by your teacher no less! Not even a classmate, who might have let it slide-
Oh fuck.
You groaned, curling into yourself further. You were caught staring at Coriolanus Snow, the annoying but pretty boy Clemmie had shipped you with from the beginning, your sworn rival. She was never letting you hear the end of this and you suspected neither was Coriolanus.
The soft thump of your head hitting the wall was amplified in the small space. Surely, you reasoned, snatching the Plinth Prize from under Coriolanus’s attractive nose would wipe that smirk off clean off of his face. And for that to happen you would have to get up, pull yourself together and study until your hands shook and your eyes burned.
Not necessarily in that order.
This time, you’d end up on top.
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Coriolanus found you spread out on the floor, almost buried in pages upon pages of notes and examples and resources. He had, like you, come to the library to study, but all thoughts of classwork were put aside when he saw you, sleeping in his usual study spot. If he was entirely truthful, he didn’t think you could make a face that peaceful. Coriolanus knelt down next to you and brushed a strand of hair out of your face.
“Time to get up, sweetheart.”
You swatted his hand away sleepily, mumbling incoherently.
“Y/n you’re drooling on your notes.”
No response.
He sighed, already losing his patience. He’d try one last time, he promised himself, and then he’d leave and find another place to work.
“Y/n, love, you have to get up now. Can’t let you lose to me too easily next week, now can we?”
This time he gave you a little shake, finally getting through your sleep deprived haze. You jolted back, flustered for a moment.
“Co-coriolanus, what- Why are you here?”
He waited until you were done dusting yourself off before replying.
“I realise you might not know this, but some people like to come here to actually study.”
You scoffed and pushed him towards the door.
“I was doing just that before you interrupted me-” He raised an eyebrow, “-so leave me alone.”
The door slammed in his face.
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Now, you think he’d gotten the message. But the next evening, right after your last class for the day, he was back, like a recurring nightmare. Being seen in this state, your hair messy and eyebags dark, might have irritated you had you not been cramming for two final exams and an assignment that was due the next morning.
"What part of leave me alone was confusing for you, Snow, because I would be happy to explain it to you after I finish this. I'm busy. get out." You say from the desk, exhaustion evident in your tone.
Clearly, you had no patience left for anything, let alone him.
Coriolanus, despite having almost the same workload as you, seemed entirely unbothered by this.
Perfect bastard with his perfect hair and his stupid, perfect smile. Exactly the money he was displaying right now, actually, as he unpacked his notes next to yours.
"Move over sweetheart-"
"Don't," You growled, pausing your work, "Call me that, sweetheart."
He sat down across from you and began writing in that beautiful handwriting. "Whatever you say... Darling."
You really wanted to slap him sometimes.
A/N: this is my first time writing for Coryo so if someone finds this please tell me what you think <3
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Mr. and Mrs. Dovecote 🕊️🐍
Well, how did this happen, how did these two, Clemensia and Festus end up with each other?
Definitely not on the first sight or first anything, Festus was married to Persephone for years after graduating from university and during the following years of Coriolanus's rise to power. Yet not every teen romance lasts forever, both of them divorced on good terms or so they thought with Festus developing a drinking habit believing it was his fault/failure. The fatal day both he and Clemensia met again was during a party at the presidential estate
Clemmie was to first to notice that something wasn't alright with him and she was there for him during that time after realizing that her old irrational academy friend got himself into a fatal situation. She became his helping hand, spending more time with him than anyone else and everything from that point is a natural cause of events. He proposed to her after 2 years and took the surname Dovecote beside the common norm.🕊️
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Festus is now not allowed to be near alcohol within a 70-foot radius, always equipped with water.
The little tiny bean in the middle is Augustus or short August. Clemensia's “only addition to the capital society” is how she phrases it with humor. August is a lovely quite smart curious boy who loves to learn new things on his own. He’s 6 years old, born in September three months after Rosie who he is close to, even childhood best friends 🌹
The Dovecotes are the closest family to the Snows, with Clemmie regularly being over to tell Lucy Gray everything thats been going on while the kids play. It’s almost considered gossip with the first lady feeling bad that it is entertaining.
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