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The Ultimate Guide to Ornament Hooks: Everything You Need to Know

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Elevate Your Holiday Decor: Understanding Ornament Hooks

Who doesn’t love good ornament hooks? These are the unseen workers of Christmas and every other festive occasion marked by ornaments.

Despite being small paraphernalia you never really pay much attention to, the best ornament hooks can make your holiday decorations appear better and firmer!

This article will cover the different ornament hooks, materials used, design features, and buying guides for the proper ornaments for holiday decorations.

Understanding Ornament Hooks

Ornament hooks are small devices for suspending ornaments, Christmas tree branches, garlands, wreaths, and similar decorations. Some are big, some are small, and they are made from various materials depending on the type of ornaments and/or decorations required.

Types of Ornament Hooks

Traditional Metal Hooks

These are the most commonly used ornament hooks made of thin metal wire. They are floppy and, thus, can be easily twisted and turned when placing ornaments and objects of various sizes and weights.

Plastic Hooks

They are made from polyvinyl chloride and are offered in different colors. This is also beneficial since the robot cleaners do not quickly scratch fragile ornaments and are suitable for light decorations.

Fancy and Decorative Hooks

These hooks are meant to become the decorations themselves. They are present in designs more appropriate for decorating Christmas tree ornaments, such as snowflakes, stars, and the rest.

Ribbon Hooks

Some prefer using ribbons instead of putting the ornaments on a metal or plastic hanger. It can give the finishing touch of your decorations a relatively smooth and magnificent look.

Adjustable Hooks

These hooks also have an adjustable size, enabling one to hang ornaments at different heights. They are ideal for placing on top of each other, creating that numerous-layered look on the tree.

Materials Used in Ornament Hooks

The choice of material for ornament hooks can impact their durability, flexibility, and appearance. Here are some common materials used:

Metal

When fully developed, knobs are usually of metal steel, brass, or copper with hooks at the back. They are rigid-based and sturdy and can support larger weights of ornaments. Some metal hooks available in the market have been coated to avoid rusting and match a tree's color.

Plastic

Plastic hooks are lightweight and available in black, green, and many other colors. They are especially appropriate for small loads and do not pose a risk to fragile items.

Ribbon

Ribbon hooks are a type of fabric ornament accessory crafted from fabric ribbons. While they may not offer the same level of durability as metal or plastic hooks, they add decorative flair and enhance the appearance of your ornaments.

Choosing the Right Ornament Hooks

Selecting the right ornament hooks involves considering several factors:

Weight of the Ornament

Make sure you can hang your ornament or ornament on the hook without flexing it or causing it to snap. Metal hooks are more suitable for hanging ornamental items that require more support, while plastic hooks or ribbon hooks are more suitable for hanging lighter ornaments.

Tree Type and Branch Strength

Metal hooks are the most suitable for a real tree with strong branches. While metallic hooks can support tree-like structures with heavy branches, plastic hooks might be used for artificial trees with fragile branches.

Aesthetic Appeal

This type of hook can complement the general appearance of your tree in a manner that other conventional hangers cannot. It is essential to pick hooks appropriate to the style and color of your ornaments and tree.

Safety

When using hooks in your designs, ensure they will not slip off the branches easily. This is especially important if you have pets or children likely to run into the tree.

Tips for Using Ornament Hooks

Securing Ornaments

Double Loop Method: For security, make sure you make a loop with the hook around the branch and then make another loop to enhance its security. This helps prevent the ornament from slipping off quickly from the finger.

Bending the Hook: After fastening the hook on the branch, it is recommended to be twisted slightly to guarantee that it does not move.

Enhancing the Tree's Appearance

Varying Heights: To hang ornaments at different levels, it’s also good to stand some hooks or change the length of hooks to achieve more depth and appearance.

Spacing: Ornamental items should be arranged to prevent clutter while ensuring that the house occupants quickly notice and love every ornament or ornament.

Storing Ornament Hooks

Organization: It is wise to have your hooks safely held, and they should be stored in a small jar or even a tiny plastic bag. This also helps avoid tangling, making decorating the next year more accessible.

Labeling: It would be easier if you also sort the hooks in containers, placing labels that show which hook is for which type of ornament or ornament.

D.I.Y. Ornament Hooks

Creating your ornament hooks can be a fun and rewarding D.I.Y. project. Here’s a simple guide to making custom ornament hooks:

Materials Needed -Thin gauge wire (copper or steel) -Wire cutters -Needle-nose pliers -Decorative beads or charms (optional)

Steps

Cut the Wire: Take about a 6-inch piece of wire.

Create a Loop: Form a small loop on the other end of the wire using the needle-nose pliers. Instead, this will be the part that hooks onto the branch.

Add Decorations: This is the final step in making jewelry. If you wish to have beads or pendants, put beads or charms around the wire.

Create the Hook: Bend the other end of the wire into a hook. Make sure the hook is tight and can hold your ornament or ornament.

Adjust as Needed: The size and shape of the hook should be altered depending on the ornament or ornament you are hanging and the branch on which it will be placed.

Ornament hooks are valuable pieces that ensure a beautiful appearance and decent sturdiness to the festoons.

Knowing the kinds of hooks to use and the factors to consider, such as the material variety, weight, and appearance, makes it easy to select the right hooks.

Whether you choose metal hooks, colorful plastic hooks, or even fashionable ribbon hooks, they all aim to create beautiful, safe, and eye-catching ornament hooks that brighten homes with celebration. Happy decorating!

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stoneyocean · 6 months

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Join the wave 🌊

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boiling-potato · 4 months

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With Master and Chaoxiang, I doubt it'd be romantic love immediately. Or even at all.

Ironically, Master wears the heart over his good eye, the other one, is almost completely blind. Because of his terrible eyesight, he'd think Chaoxiang is Lo, at first sight (because of the long brown hair, nothing else)

And immediately want to do Chaoxiang some damage.

But Chaoxiang is to smart for that, he gets to Master before Master can get to him.

He treats Master Like a wild animal. Like a Rabid Lion.

In this cage, Master slowly becomes Obsessed with Chaoxiang, Calling him Alice, wanting his head. Wanting his heart.

Wanting him.

When Chaoxiang finally let's him out of this cage, Master refuses to let anyone touch him. Even others are the mansion, anyone comes to close and they're met with Chaoxiang

I freaking love this scene on the story (⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ꁞ⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠)

I can just imagine this scene happening:

"Chaoxiang, I'm afraid to inform you that your,,, pet has been causing some troubles lately and I believe that you're fully aware of how much I hate pests that cause trouble.. I'm telling you now that If you don't get him to behave like I asked then I'll have no choice but to put that dog down myself, do you understand?"

Casimir and Chaoxiang stood in the hallway, having a one on one conversation about how a certain family member is being uncooperative by agreeing to bring an unwanted guest in the house, disturbing the perfect family line up. The ginger haired male narrowed his eyes at the unfazed male in front of him, clearly not taking his request seriously. Chaoxiang hates hearing the scolding he gets from Cas all the time, he hates how he always wanted to make this the perfect family when it's not, he especially hates it when he keeps getting forced to stay in line just to fullfil the stupid master's perfect made-up family that clearly isn't working. Chaoxiang knows how much it irritated Cas to see him with Master Quill,, maybe that's why he likes to keep him around, it gave Chaoxiang an excuse to disobey and to annoy the hell out of Casimir.

"Master is a companion to Trickster's friend, Lo and I was assigned to,,, take care of him. I cannot fully control his actions when he clearly is unstable but I can assure you that I am doing my best." That's a lie. Chaoxiang can indeed get someone in line no matter how feral or frantic a person is, it's one of his skill to subdue and Casimir knows this cause he's been doing it with visitors in the past. Casimir took a step closer to Chaoxiang with a threatening aura surrounding him, clearly not pleased with the response.

"Chaoxiang.. do you think I'm stupid?" Casimir leaned close to Chaoxiang's face, looking at him with a sinister smile on his face. "Do you honestly think that I don't know what you're doing? The young master made it clear that a family member is not allowed to kill a fellow member so you might think that you're safe, knowing I can't kill you right?"

He smiles wider "Yes, I can't kill you,, but it doesn't mean that I can't still hurt you."

"Just as long as you're still breathing, The young master will just turn a blind eye if I just leave you in agony cause you won't be able to use your arms or legs anymore once I'm done with you."

Chaoxiang narrowed his eyes, not breaking eye contact with the guy in front of him.

"Like what you did to your friend back then?"

Casimir snapped

Black snake-like tendrils came out in Casimir's back and lunged towards Chaoxiang aiming at every part of his body.

Chaoxiang didn't have any time to react

But before one of them can reach him,,, it suddenly stopped, recoiling, and turning back into a normal scarf that wrapped around the ginger haired males neck.

Chaoxiang looked at Cas who's holding his face, blood dripping from his hands and running down his sleeves. The green eyed male raised a brow, confused on what suddenly happened. But that's when he saw the brown haired boy to the side with a blood stained hand.

"Nobody's allowed to hurt my Alice,, except for me~"

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Nice, now casimir has claw marks across his face. Don't worry, he's fine. Trickster saw the fight and stopped it, casimir was treated by willow, Chaoxiang continue to take care of master and they all lived happily ever after ^^

Sorry, I kinda got lazy with the story but I really loved this idea of how Master will be like a guard dog for Chaoxiang!! (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)✨✨ It's literally perfect for them! I can definitely see Master hurting some of the house members, trying to keep them away from Chaoxiang and Chaoxiang just trying to discipline him, training him and maybe,,, also trying experimenting on him?? He'd definitely write journals and essays about this strange creature that always leeches onto him.

Chaoxiang would for sure put a leash and a muzzle on him to keep him from hurting him. Master feeling extra feral? Handcuff behind the back, chains attached to the wall while Chaoxiang's drinking some tea. Listening to Master's pleas in Lo's voice, trying to get Chaoxiang to release him.

Chaoxiang finds it rather cute how Master keeps trying he's dirty tricks on him, "does he really think I'm that stupid?"

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sealedchasm · 8 months

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HHHHHHHGGGGH VAMPPRIEST MELLOWTIMEBOMB BRAINROT

Lo belongs 2 @feelin-lo !! 🫶

#ajax.art #ajax.oc #ajax.moots #lo quill #tom ambrosi #mellow timebomb #norton brainrot got hiatus because of them

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aesopsbaby · 10 months

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any masquerade au thoughts or thinkerings? :000 ive been missing that au so bad 😞😞😞😞

OUUGGGHHHH!! This is gonna be long,,and kinda hard to understand since my mind is a little muddled rn 💔

ANYWAYSS hear me out now!

I like to think that the different partners (Tom,Lo,Trickster,Meztli) all each have different little "endings".

It's like a game! And they probably treat it as such too.

Example: You accept Meztli for a dance! The other partners leave you with him and as the night goes on, you're presented with a question from him: "Do you trust me?"

Will you get entranced by the glowing diamond-shaped pupil peering down at you? Will you allow him to take your hand and take you away?

...do you trust him?

And depending on your answer, the ending may differ! >:] There's different routes based on your answers/actions.

ANDD some other things:

Everyone is more popular amongst the guests but Tom is preferred more.

Guests are rarely seen with Meztli. And he doesn't get many partners to dance with. It's probably because he's waayyy too arrogant. Always have his head tilted upwards and making snarky remarks at the guests passing by. (And sometimes he's just bored and cast them aside mid-dance..)

THINKINGGG about how the entire party was hosted by Trickster and when the doors shut, all 4 of them have until a certain timing to eliminate one guest. Ohh but not ONLY to kill them, but to also successfully get the guest to admit that they want to be killed by their partners. (Through written/voice recording/video whatever)

So that plays into both their killing tendencies and how they're going to use their charm and charisma to their advantage.

Tom belongs to @sealedchasm !

Lo belongs to @feelin-lo !

Trickster belongs to @boiling-potato !

Meztli belongs to me :D

#MootsTalks #MootsOCs #Tom Ambrosi #Lo #Lo Quill #Trickster #AesopeOCs #Meztli #masquerade au #Au #Masquerade

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justafriendlystranger · 10 months

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After hours~

The council scenario!! (masquerade au)

The scene goes something like this... 3 am, or as people would call it, the witching hour. Tom was roaming the the halls of milkshake mansion unable to sleep. He was so tired because they just finished hosting another successful party, a winter's ball to be exact. Entertaining, talking and charming guests sure took a lot out of him than expected and yet when the day's finally over, not a wink of sleep is coming to his favor.

He figured that maybe a little stroll could probably relax his mind and hopefully put him to a more tired state just enough to let him sleep. He was enjoying his time taking the view of his companion's mansion when he heard something... Music? No, not just any music.. the ballroom's music and it's also coming from there.

Of course, tom struck by curiosity couldn't help but follow the music. He was led to the doors of the place where they hosted all of their magnificent parties. Wasting no time he then open the doors and was shocked to see his companions also awake, wearing their sleeping attire and... Dancing? Well, Lo and meztli are while the green haired girl, Trickster is accompanying the piano.

Tom then approach Trickster while looking at the two boys dancing.

"Can't sleep too?" Asked Trickster without looking up.

"Yeah.... what are you guys doing?"

"Enjoying our time alone together. It's nice to hear the silence after a long day of thundering music and the cheering of guests, don't you think?"

And with a last twirl, meztli then dipped Lo into his arm and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips. It's much nicer to see all of them without their mask on, it just shows how beautiful their eyes are.

Trickster then finally stopped and looked up at Tom with a soft smile on her face.

"You look nice, I knew that black button down shirt would look good on you.... Heh I'm so glad you decided to stay even after the party's over."

Even with the party being over, Trickster manage to maintain her charm that Tom couldn't help but to blush a little at the comment.

"Heh thanks, you look... Nice too." Tom complimented back. He then looked up at the two boys who are heading right towards them, Meztli walked towards the green haired girl then offered her a hand. To Tom's surprise, Trickster actually accepted meztli's hand without a single sarcastic or mocking remark like she always does whenever she's interacting with meztli. He then lead her to the dance floor and started slow dancing, her night gown reflecting the soft glow of the candle lights.

"She needed that.."

Lo said while standing beside tom, looking at meztli and trickster.

Lo then turned to Tom.

"We needed this.... so..."

He offered a hand towards Tom, looking at him lovingly.

"May I have this dance~?"

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Soooo... I may have over done it.. sorry.. :,))

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Lo belongs to @feelin-lo !

Tom belongs to @sealedchasm !

Meztli belongs to @aesopsbaby !

and trickster belongs to @boiling-potato !

#oc #ocs #not my oc #mutuals #for mutuals #ship #the council #meztli x lo x trickster x tom #lo quill #meztli #trickster #tom ambrosi #masquerade au #au #story #writing #writers on tumblr #scenarios

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ellecdc · 3 months

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✋🏻 i have a request

so i’m a loudmouth, a D1 yapper if you will. could you maybe please write something with a yapper reader who just gets quiet and flustered in regulus’s presence?

like she’ll be going on about the randomest thing and regulus walks by and her mouth snaps shut and her face gets bright red.

hiiiii! I decided to pair this with two anonymous requests for our dear reggie too! prompt 2: I was thinking maybe a Potter! Reader who is in the same year as Regulus and has a huge crush on him, she just kind of watches him from a distance, here comes James and Sirius noticing and they try to set her up with Reggie prompt 3: I was wondering if I could get a regulus x reader where regulus is like close to the marauders and then Reggie gains like a crush on reader and the marauders find out and like kinda spy on them but like not well and maybe it ends in Reggie asking reader out

Regulus Black x Potter!reader who has a 'big fat crush' on Reggie

CW: sibling squabbles, this was hard for me to write for some reason so I'm sorry if it reads awkwardly!

“I’m just saying, if you didn’t want your essay to go up in flames, maybe you should have spent less time talking about which of your classmates were ‘filthy blood traitors’, and more time making sure I couldn’t point my wand at your parchment, you know?” You asked rhetorically as James and Sirius roared with laughter.

“How far along was he in his essay?” Peter asked with a low chuckle before taking another bite of his lunch.

“Oh, he was done. He probably should have handed it in instead of running his mouth.” You said with a proud smirk as your brother roughly patted you on the back, letting out another bark of laughter.

“I would have paid good money to see the look on his face.” Sirius said as he wiped fake tears away from under his eyes.

“Find me a pensieve, Black, and I’ll show you.” You offered with a wink before remembering something. “Oh! James, I meant to tell you; I heard from Janey who heard from Cromwell who heard from Collins whose sister works at Honeydukes that they’re having a sale on those caramel sugar quills that-”

“-Lily likes so much!” James finished for you. “My hero! Thank you!” He said as he pressed a sloppy kiss to the side of your head.

You feigned disgust and rubbed it off before continuing. “If you want, I can ask Janey to ask Cromwell to ask Collins to ask his sister to put some aside for you?”

“I’d owe you my life.” He responded solemnly.

“Chocolate frogs will suffice.”

“Consider it done.”

“I’d like chocolate frogs too, Prongs.” Remus offered then.

“What have you done to help me win over the girl of my dreams, Moony?” James countered.

“I’ve not told her about the time you screamed like an ickle little first year when you found Fenwick’s toad in your shoe.” Remus replied plainly.

“Why do they have to have warts!?” James groaned miserably as he remembered his toad assault.

“The bumps aren’t actually warts, Jamie; they’re glands. They contain a toxin that they will secrete if they feel threatened.” You explained.

James blinked at you owlishly before shaking his head in disgust. “That doesn’t make me feel any better.”

“Hello, Sirius.” Regulus’ voice interrupted then, standing stiffly behind Sirius as he looked around the group of you. “Lupin, Pettigrew…Potter’s.”

“‘Sup, Reggie?” Sirius responded easily.

“‘Lo, baby Black! What brings you to the red side of the Great Hall?” James asked then, earning him a glare from the younger Black brother.

“Don’t call me that.”

“Well that just makes me want to call you that even more.” James admitted.

“What brings you to the Gryffindor table?” Remus repeated with a knowing smirk.

“Can’t I just come say hello to my brother?” He asked defensively.

“You could, but would you?” Sirius asked sceptically then.

Sirius and Regulus stared at each other in silence before Regulus finally sighed.

“Potter, erm… Y/N, I was wondering if you’ve finished Professor Sprout’s essay about the proper propagation of venomous tentacula’s?”

At the following silence, James turned to notice you staring at Regulus in what appeared to be abject horror before you slowly nodded your head.

“How, uhm… how many feet of parchment did it end up being?” Regulus continued awkwardly; his eyes flitting between you and his brother.

The group watched as you opened your mouth a few times only to close it again - not unlike some socially awkward fish - before clearing your throat.

“Erm…I think it’s about four feet.”

Regulus seemed relieved by your answer and nodded in understanding. “Good, mine is about that as well.”

James looked between his friends, his sister, and his best friend’s little brother after a few moments when it became clear that no one was going to say anything else.

“Was…was that all, Regulus?” Peter asked then, clearly agreeing with James that lunch had quickly become painfully awkward.

Regulus seemed to look at you first, only responding when you kept your gaze down at the wood grain of the table.

“I suppose so. I’ll see you lot around.”

And with that, the Slytherin boy hurried back to his side of the Great Hall.

James’ eyes only left Regulus’ form when he heard a miserable groan escape your lips as you let your head fall to the table with a thunk.

“What the fuck was that?” Sirius and James questioned at the same time.

“I’ve gotta go.” You muttered miserably as you gathered your bag and stood from the Gryffindor bench.

“Where?!” James called after you.

“To run away with the fucking centaurs at this point!” You called back before disappearing through the doors.

“Since when does Regulus come to say hi to you, Pads?” Peter asked then, still watching Regulus from across the hall who now had his eyes glued to the door.

Sirius, who up until that point looked just as bemused as Peter did, had a look of understanding dawn on his face.

“Merlin’s beard.” He hissed as he smacked James in the arm from across the table.

“Ow! What? What? Why are you hitting me?” James called as he rubbed his arm protectively.

“When was the last time you saw Y/N be reduced to awkward silence?” He asked then.

“At mum and dads fundraising gala when that wizard from Witch Weekly attended.” James answered quickly; knowing that one of his sister’s greatest strengths was her ability to talk (especially when it helped get them all out of trouble). “Though she’s been doing it an awful lot lately.”

“Like when you coerced Regulus into joining us at the Three Broomsticks last weekend.” Remus offered.

James nodded. “And when I made her come with me to scout the Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin game last Monday.”

“And when Regulus just happened to be looking for a Herbology textbook when she was studying in the Herbology section of the library.” Remus continued.

“Godric’s balls.” Peter breathed out, looking towards Sirius incredulously. “You’re not suggesting-”

“-that our littlest Potter has a big fat crush on the littlest Black? I sure am.” Sirius said smugly.

“I don’t think she’s the only one with a ‘big fat crush’.” Remus added, nodding towards Regulus who was chewing aggressively on his lip, still looking in the direction you just went.

“Oh my Godric.” James hissed as he turned towards Sirius excitedly. “Oh my Godric, Pads! We’d be real life actual brother’s-in-law!”

“I’m going to walk Reggie down the aisle.” Sirius added wistfully as he clutched at his chest.

“Merlin and Morgana. They can’t even make it through a sodding conversation; stop planning their wedding.” Remus muttered as he turned a page in his book.

James let out an incredibly dramatic gasp as he looked at Remus. “You’re right. We have to do something!”

“What do you say, boys? Up for some mischief for the greater good?” Sirius asked with a perfectly arched eyebrow.

“Operation turn Potter Black!” James cheered to the group, causing the three boys to look at him in various levels of bemusement and discomfort.

“Erm, Prongs…” Peter started.

“Absolutely fucking not.” Remus added.

“We can’t call it that.” Sirius agreed.

“We’ll circle back to it.” James said as he stood from the table.

Sirius shared a slightly panicked look with the other two Marauders before standing as well. “No…no James, we really can’t call it that.”

“It’ll be a placeholder until you guys think of something better!”

“Anything would be better.” Peter whined as they all trailed out of the Great Hall in the name of mischief.

。.。:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:。.。:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:。.。.。:+*ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:。.。:+*ﾟ

“Quick! You’ve got to see what we’ve planned.” James had said to you as he grabbed you roughly by your arm outside of Transfiguration and hauled you in the direction of the library.

You allowed him to nearly drag you through the courtyard and into the central haul; apologising to students that you nearly collided with in his haste.

“But…what did McLaggen do? Why are you pranking him?” You asked breathlessly as the two of you made it to the library doors.

“The bloke’s a prick, Trouble, do keep up.” Sirius called as you met up with him.

The two boys ushered you through stacks of books towards the end of the library that held private study rooms when Remus and Peter materialised from a row of shelves.

“He’s coming!” Peter squeaked as Remus quickly redirected the three of you.

“That way, quickly.”

Knowing better than to question Remus, you allowed James to guide you by the shoulder towards one of the private study rooms in order to hide from McLaggen as he walked into their trap.

Except…

Except no sooner had Sirius opened the door did James bodily shove you into the room before they slammed the door behind you.

“Wha- James!” You shouted as you heard him cast a locking charm and a muffliato around the door.

“What are they up to now?” A tired voice sounded from behind you.

You squeezed your eyes shut as you realised what they had done, praying to every deity that the voice didn’t belong who you thought it belonged to.

But of course, the deities didn’t give a bowtruckles arse about you, so you turned on the spot to see Regulus Black sitting at the end of the table looking at you with a sceptical expression and one perfectly arched brow.

Godric, he was beautiful.

“Making my life hell.” You answered despondently.

Regulus offered you a tight lipped smile as he nodded in understanding. “Ah, so, regular brother stuff then?”

You breathed out a chuckle as you nodded, trying once more at the door before giving up in your efforts to escape.

“What did you do to get yourself locked in a room with me?” He asked then, fiddling with the tomes and notes in front of him.

“Had the audacity to be born into the Potter family, I guess.” You muttered.

Regulus made a non-committal sound as he considered you. “I’m sure a lot of people would have loved the honour.”

Your face softened as you looked at the Slytherin boy. “I know they’ve asked you already, but you should come, you know? I know Sirius would love it if you did, and my parents would too.”

Regulus nodded slowly at you, though he never moved his gaze from your eyes. “I wouldn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable.”

“Uncomfortable?”

Regulus smiled ruefully then. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t get the impression that you like me very much.”

You stood there with your mouth agape like some mute opera singer. “Okay, I’ll correct you then; you’re very wrong Regulus Black.”

“Oh, I’m very wrong, am I?”

“Horribly so, I’m afraid; I can’t believe you’d even say such a thing.” You continued haughtily; finally sitting down in a chair across from him.

“Well, you see, everyone is always telling me how much of a chatterbox you are, yet you never seem too keen on chatting with me. In fact, I’m pretty sure you’ve exchanged more words with Mulciber at this point.” He teased.

“The most I ever talk to Mulciber is to tell him to go fuck himself!”

A divot formed between his brows as he tilted his head in confusion. “Is that not just your love language? I’ve heard you say the exact same thing to Potter and my brother.”

You narrowed your eyes at him as you leaned back in your chair. “Touche”

Regulus smirked at you then. “So, why don’t you talk to me?”

You let out a heaving sigh and looked to the ceiling.

You were trapped, and you knew why you were trapped, and you figured there was no use in pretending that you didn��t.

“I suppose I find you a little…nerve wracking.” You settled for, figuring that telling him you thought he was so handsome that even standing within his vicinity seemed to short circuit not only your brain but somehow your entire nervous system would perhaps be a little much.

“Oh good.” He responded, sounding truly relieved by your answer. “I thought it was only me.”

What? You thought stupidly.

“What?” You asked stupidly.

“I find you a little nerve wracking too.” He responded.

“Me?”

“You.”

“Why?” You nearly shrilled before remembering yourself and feeling immediately embarrassed for your theatrics.

“Well, I suppose for the same reasons you find me nerve wracking?” Regulus offered. “You’re really quite pretty, Y/N.”

You swear to all of the gods that your brain made an audible record scratch sound at that moment as you tried to compute what he had said to you.

He called you pretty, that much went without interpretation. But did he just insinuate that he knew you thought he was pretty?

“You do know that, right?” He asked, shaking you from your internal spiralling.

“Know what?”

Regulus smirked then. “That you’re pretty?”

You scoffed and crossed your arms petulantly. “Of course I knew that; I just wasn’t aware that you did, too.”

“Ah,” He started with a smile. “My apologies, I’ll make it more obvious that I find you attractive going forward.”

“Thank you.” You huffed.

“You’re very welcome.”

The two of you allowed a semi-comfortable silence to lap as he continued watching you and you continued looking anywhere else but him.

“So,” He interrupted eventually. “What now?”

You tapped your arms in thought. “Now I figure out how to get back at my meddlesome brother.”

Regulus hummed as he nodded his head. “I’m sure you’ll think of something.”

“Yeah…hey, do you happen to know where I could find a toad or two?”

“Yes, actually. I’m quite certain Evan and Barty are breeding some in the dungeons.” He answered with a look of ill-hidden discomfort at the thought.

“Do you think they’d let me borrow some?”

“Well that depends; would they be used for chaos and/or destruction?”

“Yes.” You responded quickly.

“Oh, well then absolutely.” He quipped back.

He smiled and held your gaze before leaning on his arms against the table. “How about this? I’ll ask Barty and Evan for some of their toads, if you go to Hogsmeade with me next weekend.”

You narrowed your eyes as you pretended to think about it before extending your hand across the table. “Deal.”

He shook your hand as he offered you a crooked smile before leaning back into his seat.

The door popped open just enough for your brother to poke his traitorous head in. “Are you guys in love yet?”

He barely had time to pull his head out of the frame and shut the door as you hurled your book bag at him; the blunt force instrument you had hoped would at the very least incapacitate your brother simply thudding against the wall before falling to the ground in a sad heap.

“You know he’s just going to keep you locked in here longer for that, right?” Regulus asked you then.

You made a non-committal sound as you settled back into your chair. “Perhaps that isn't such a bad thing.”

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