𝑪𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑨𝑴𝑶𝑵 𝑮𝑰𝑹𝑳 .

𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐀 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊. kerosene in my 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, you make me mad, on fire again. all the 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, violet, blue, green, red to keep me at arm’s length 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. there’s things i want to say to you, but i’ll just let you live. like if you 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 without hurting me, you’ll be the first who 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒅.

[andrmds]

oftolarence

Tilting his head to the side as he listened to what she was saying, he hummed. “I do agree with you on the creepy part. No one should be worshipped. No one should be put on a pedestal” he mused. “But I don’t think things would be easier if we became big Quidditch players. There’s too much pressure”

          andromeda’s nod is thoughtful, though she’s well aware that she herself is guilty of putting those that she admires up higher than the average fare. she’d always looked at her parents like they were gods rather than authority figures, desperate to earn their affections. “ i suppose you’re right. the limelight isn’t as flattering as you’d think. ”

[andrmds]

for @allaircss​

          “ congratulations on the match. ” andromeda offers to the back of ellie’s head in the corridor, speeding up to match the ravenclaw’s gait. “ don’t tell anybody i said that, though. ” she chews on her thumbnail absent-mindedly, smiling around it at the girl she’d wreaked minimal, andromeda-level havoc with during her bout of rebellious spirit. “ i overheard people talking about scouts. ”

[andrmds]

for @oftolarence​

          “ do you ever wonder if people would like you better if you were a quidditch star? ” she asks, scribbling on the corner of a page in her charms texbook. “ lately, everybody seems to worship the ground the teams walk on. it’s a bit creepy, if you really think about it. ”

[andrmds]

mirrorxd·

eyes squint for a moment, thinking over andromeda’s words ——- a silence forms between them (one that should prompt andromeda to disclose more) but it’s all in vain. or maybe just needs a little push. “he’s not exactly subtle about his endeavours, is he?” though vince was her good friend, when it came to picking sides, narcissa’s loyalty would always remain by her sisters. “have you spoke to him about it?”

for as long as narcissa has existed on this earth, andromeda has been there –– so she’s well aware that her extended silence is heaving with expectation. “ no, not. ” is all that she offers, though both she and her younger sister know that that isn’t the end of her miniature rant. “ i can’t say anything to him. ” she shakes her head adamantly, brow furrowing as she imagines the acute embarrassment. “ it doesn’t matter now that i’m with peter. he can sleep with whoever he wants. it just wont be me –– again. ” her last word is hushed, but she says it. though andie wishes the ground would swallow her up, narcissa wouldn’t have been able to understand the full spectrum of her frustration without the admission of guilt. 

[andrmds]

vanityems·

“I wouldn’t either, if I was in your position.” Emma didn’t see a reason in pretending otherwise or trying to reason with Andromeda. She’d heard about how strict the Black family was in their views, convincing them to see it from a different light seemed to be an impossible feat. Her own parents were more lenient than that, but only because they viewed her future goals as the greater evil. “I remember, but hey, there’s still time. You’re not married off yet. Maybe you can find a way to get out of it?” The chance wasn’t big, but it was better to have some hope rather than none, wasn’t it? 

it’s reassuring to hear that she hasn’t made the unpopular decision in keeping peter a secret from her parents, an incremental bit of the weight that hangs over her lifting with emma’s agreement. she knew it was a risk to keep things from them, but a lie of omission was a lesser crime than blatantly going against their wishes a second time –– especially considering what had happened to sirius. “ it’s been years, now. if i could’ve gotten out of it, it would’ve happened by now. besides ––– i do care about him. it’s almost unfathomably complicated. ”

[andrmds]

oflunarism·

“Freedom” he said with a nod as he continued to watch the birds. The first sign of spring. Or so they say. It always gave him this sense of hope. That everything would be alright in the end. He may be somewhat of a cynic when it came to his own future. But he did have hope when it came to his loved ones. They had so much potential. And he didn’t want to see them disappointed in themselves, he knew that feeling all too well. 

“ freedom? ” she questions, chewing on the nail of her pinky finger as she watches the two birds flitting about the sky –– the very sight that she assumes his eyes are trained on as well. “ you’ll have to elaborate. ” maybe her imagination isn’t as active as remus’s, or maybe she simply doesn’t have the correct world view to understand his meaning. 

[andrmds]

siiniistra·

“Do I look like the kind of person who the kind of person who blabs to teachers?” Aisha asked. “Because if so, I clearly need to work on my attitude. Me, a tattler? Unbelievable.” She glanced down, trying to catch a glimpse of what the other was working on. “Charms? Aren’t we missing like, right now?”

an unlikely smile touches andromeda’s features as aurora defends herself against her prior allegations. “ i figured showing up late with my assignment done looked better than showing up on time without it. ” she shrugs loosely, looking up at the other girl. “ wrong? ”

[andrmds]

ofnightshade·

“i’m not going to tell on you, lovel-andromeda.” the nickname fell from his lips before he could stop it. she was with peter now, but that didn’t mean he hated her. “if i’m not mistaken, you’re the one avoiding me.”

the term of endearment that slips from his lips knocks a bit of air out of andromeda even as vince corrects himself. “ i am not –– ” she starts, forcing her eyes up to meet his and placing her quill at her side on the step in a stiff movement. “ i’m not avoiding you. ”

[andrmds]

oflunarism·

Just looking at Andromeda, he then nodded and sighed. His gaze then moved away, back to looking out the window. The bags under his eyes were getting worse, he knew that. He must look a mess, he felt like one that’s for sure. Twiddling his thumbs, the boy smiled to himself as he saw two birds fly around. They looked so free, he wished he could be free. 

his silence is off putting, though the miniscule smile that touches his lips is slightly reassuring. andie continues working at her assignment in earnest, looking up to watch him for a few seconds after every couple written words. “ what’s out there? ” she asks after a few agonizing moments of deliberation over whether to ask at all. standing, she leaves her quill and parchment on the step to join remus at the windowsill. 

[andrmds]

vanityems·

“Oh I doubt that they would be thrilled about that.” Emma laughed at the confession, wiggling her eyebrows when Andromeda said she couldn’t stay away from her boyfriend. She’s been there before so she understood it, especially during the honeymoon phase focusing on other things could be difficult. What she often struggled most with in relationships is prioritising quidditch and her practice time over them.  “Honestly, I think my parents wouldn’t even be mad at me if I told them I’m dating a half-blood as long as I would give up my career dreams and be a good little housewife. I say do whatever you can so that they don’t find out. What’s the point in aggravating them and yourself when you know they’d disapprove?” 

andromeda agrees with a small shake of her head, eyes still trained on her parchment. “ i won’t be telling them for as long as i can help it. ” scribbling out her last few words, she brings her gaze up to emma’s face as she drops her quill finally. “ i’m meant to be marrying vincent goyle, as you might remember. ” her voice trails off as she looks down to her finger, where her engagement ring had sat until the day she’d gotten back with peter. “ i haven’t even broached the subject of career choices with them yet. ”

[andrmds]

vanityems·

Emma chuckled when she took in the look in andromeda’s eyes and the way she was pleading her not to let anyone know she was skipping class. She waved it off. “Don’t worry. I’m no tattle-tale. I have morals.” She considered asking for a cigarette, but she had just quit recently and was doing her best to hold off.

the smile andromeda aims at emma is thankful, gaze shifting back to her parchment as she powers through the last few words. “ if only my parents knew that i was skipping class to finish an assignment because i can’t spend three seconds away from my halfblood, gryffindor boyfriend. ” she sighs, stubbing her cigarette out against the stone of the stairwell. “ they’d murder me. ” 

[andrmds]

pctcrpttgrws·

peter laughed when andromeda asked about wendy. he wanted to say yes, but he couldn’t be certain, for a cat she had a surprisingly big personality. the last time peter and andie had been together, she didn’t take too kindly to being sidelined, literally, and embarrassingly enough he had sat her down and told her he was dating andie again and that she needed to be nice. leading the way, he swung their hands a little bit between them, shrugging while turning his head to look at her. “you can try, she’s been informed of my relationship status already but i can’t promise anything.” 

he was both grateful and hated the fact that the gryffindor tower wasn’t very far from andie’s classroom. it was nice because on every other day he was closer to her, but today he actually had to commit to the plans he promised. to keep himself distracted, he knocked his elbow into her arm lightly to get her attention. “how’s your day been before this?” peter asked before giving the fat lady the password. 

andromeda is silent for a few unlikely seconds, hand swinging in his. “ she really does hate me. ” it’s an astute observation, and despite the fact that last time they were together andie couldn’t even manage to get wendy to allow her to touch her fur –– she’s determined for a triumphant return to the cat’s life. “ i feel like she always judged me very harshly, ” she frowns, “ but i guess that was warranted. ” it was easier for andromeda to acknowledge the elephant in the room rather than ignore it. the last thing she wants is for peter to have an unvoiced seed of doubt in his mind about her feelings for him –– and not talking about their previous time together seemed like a straight shot to that unwanted outcome. 

andie shrugs her shoulders loosely, walking just behind peter’s shoulder as she reenters the gryffindor common room for the first time in what feels like forever. “ my day’s always boring before the part where you’re in it. ” growing up in a very formal, very artificial family –– andromeda’s no stranger to candied words. she dumps them upon her friends just to see them smile, and with peter, it’s no different ––– in fact, he gets more than the average person. her stomach flip flops as she looks around at the plush, red upholstered room. the old feeling of doing something she’s not supposed to is creeping back up on her, and she can’t help but hold peter’s hand a bit tighter, looking up at him from her five feet and three inches. 

[andrmds]

“ don’t tell ––– ” andromeda’s wide eyes plead with the other’s as she looks down from her perch on the higher steps of a moving staircase, cigarette dangling from her lips and hand clenched around a quill that scribbles out the few remaining words of her charms paper –– which was due forty minutes ago in class, along with her presence. “ tattling's frowned upon, you know. ” 

@petrificusstarter​

[mandy-lane]

[andrmds]

bellblack·

。·:✧:· SEEING HER SISTER smile again made her feel good. To know that something was finally going right in her life was inspiring. It proved that maybe everything could work out the way she wanted it to as well. “Andie, I’m so happy for you! I don’t know what’s going on, but I love it. This is exactly what I wanted for you, to see you this happy,” she explained, clapping excitedly. Bellatrix had no idea what made her sister so happy, but whatever it was, it was good. Whether or not their parents would approve of what made her like this, she wasn’t sure, but they didn’t have to deal with that now. Their opinion always hung in the back of her head, wondering if anything she did anymore would be accepted. But to know that Andromeda was happy, despite the rules, it made things seem alright. “Want to share some of that with me?”

bellatrix’s enthusiasm spreads a warmth throughout andromeda’s chest. it’s only away from their parents that the black sisters can really express their emotions, no matter how positive or negative they may be. being at hogwarts was their opportunity to be themselves wholly, and andromeda was now taking advantage of that. “ i’m with peter again. ” she admits after a moment, eyes trained on the wood of the table. despite her happiness, she knows that the decision to publicly date someone other than her betrothed was one that their parents wouldn’t favour –– and she was still unsure whether or not bellatrix would take their side. 

[andrmds]

emisgreen·

。·:✧:· EMILIA COULDN’T HELP the small laugh that left her mouth. She was most definitely being silly and probably should’ve have been outside alone with the sky looking like that. “Oh gosh, I’m sorry! I thought I heard something. I’m not good with strange noises,” she explained, hoping the girl wouldn’t judge her right now. “Are you okay though?” the small redhead asked, hoping it would all be alright. Shifting awkwardly, she twirled a strand of her hair, trying to remember the reason she came out here in the first place. “Well, I was sitting over by the lake with some small animals and I hadn’t looked up at the sky until it was too late. I tend to get distracted by cute things.” This was completely true. Emilia loved all animals and found herself spending far too much time with them and definitely got distracted by them.

andromeda regards the redhead with an overwhelming sense of confusion, the emotion more than likely translating through to her facial expression. “ yeah, i’m fine. ” she insists, raising her eyebrows as she waited for the subsequent explanation for the other girl’s presence. “ what kind of animals? ” she asks, curiosity piqued. though she was cautious around most animals, andromeda did love them –– especially the cute ones. she was still attempting to get peter’s cat wendy to like her, despite agonizingly slow goings. 

[andrmds]

bellblack·

。·:✧:· PUSHING THROUGH THE doors, Bellatrix found herself in a good mood, in a mood that she hoped would last quite a while. As she walked toward the Slytherin house table, she heard her sister calling her name. A bright smile grew across her face as she walked right towards her, sitting down next to her. Looking over at her sister, Bellatrix chuckled. “What’s got you all smiley? Not that I’m complaining, but I really like seeing you like this,” she explained, a light laugh slipping through her lips. If this could be how they greeted each other all the time, the dark haired Black sister was quite sure she’d thoroughly appreciate every conversation they had together, not that she didn’t usually. 

believe it or not, andromeda had run through half of her happiness in the week after she’d persuaded peter to take her back –– and these were simply the leftovers. seeing her sister smile only served to nuture andromeda’s own, remaining on her lips as she sipped her juice with a shrug. “ i don’t know. i just feel like things are going right. ” it was a vague statement, sure –– but it was applicable, the blanket of general joy that’d settled over andromeda’s life being nothing if not effective. she couldn’t see her parents’ disapproval and expectations through the veil of it, which made it a lot easier for her to keep her spirits up.