πππ¦ββ¬π30+ / Ravenclaw / Just a Sallow girl living in a muggle world /πππ¦ββ¬π HP fan since the beginning "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light"
I know we all love our boys morally grey and confident, but the reason why I fell in love with Sebastian is because he possesses a quiet sensitivity towards the feelings of others. While I donβt think he is able to put a label to the exact feelings, he would be in tune to the vibesβ’ and instinctively react to make others feel at ease.
This is why Ominis and Sebastian remained close friends. Ominis is inclined to closing himself off due to his upbringing, but the Sallow twins are generally more forthcoming and open to reading the emotions of others. They make it easier for Ominis to open up and come into himself. Theyβre allowing Ominis to heal.
It also explains why Sebastian is shown interacting with so many other students in-game. Knowledge and assistance from him is free - something which someone from Slytherin, would understand itβs value, and yet he gives it so willingly. (Never mind that one time he tells the Hero that he likes having friends in his debt, which sounds more like his own way of humouring closer friends)
Off topic, but I also believe that Slytherins are the sort that value money, connections and prestige - the value of a namesake. Which does not make them shallow, but rather have an understanding these are the things that make the world go round. It also explains why the Sallow twins, who are incidentally from a βpoorerβ village compared to their peers in Slytherin, are able to join the house of Salazar. They understand the power of human networking. Being cunning is the skillset required to wrest power from others unwilling to share.
If you are from house Ravenclaw, it would be why you and Sebastian become fast friends. Sharing knowledge is something both of you value, and Sebastian has plenty to spare in comparison. Offering and asking for help is the foundation of building relationships.
He is giving and his heart is in the right place most of the time - canβt say the same about his head but thatβs usually where he taps to in desperation.
If given the chance, he is able to reflect and make the effort to change. He is capable of growth.
He can change, cares about his friends and those around him. Heβs charismatic, if not a little insecure of the little true connections he has, and heβs got a good heart. Thatβs why Sebβs character is so compelling. Deep down heβs a good person, and thereβs so little of those these days.
Tags: fluff, kinda low self esteem, kinda unhealthy codependency, short read had to get it out of my head
He takes care of strangers
Like silly little first years lost in the moving stairs, albeit with a frown and a sharp lecture about the dangers of walking around the castle and being too prideful to carry a map when they could barely locate their dorm rooms, firmly putting a quick end to older students' teasing when their jokes cross a line, and even ending up as the reluctant volunteer tutor (live training dummy) for Defense Against the Dark Arts after Professor Hecat assigned him the role to complete his detention.
This, in turn, makes him surprisingly popular with the kids to his bewilderment as they gravitate toward their grumpy but reliable senior.
"Have a good day, Sebastian!"
Both of you frown in confusion at the gaggle of cheerful first-year Hufflepuffs who eagerly greet him as you pass the halls. One even waved at him before they turned into a corner.
"What was that?"
He shrugs. "Hell if I know."
He takes care of his friends
"Amitt! Watch out!"
The Ravenclaw could barely turn to the familiar booming voice before he was shoved to the ground.
"Hey! You aren't allowed in the field!"
"Are you alright, Amitt?" He realizes the concerned voice of his friend, Sebastian, brought him out of his stupor. And in his hand is the bludger that nearly had an intimate interaction with the back of his head.
"Oh! Sebastian! Many thanks! I didn't know Slytherin practices ran this late. I was on my way to the top of the bleachers -- the best views of the summer night sky, I tell you."
"Thakkar, you don't have permission to be here!"
Sebastian rolls his eyes, feeling Amitt's anxiety rising as Slytherin quidditch players land one after another, looming over him. "Back off, all of you. He nearly got hurt. I'll handle it."
"But --"
"My apologies everyone! I truly meant no harm --"
"The captain's right, Sallow. Who knows if those Ravenclaws are using this nerd over here to spy on us --"
"I said back off, Thorncrest," Sebastian turned his back on Amitt to face all of his teammates, daring any of them to take another step. "The next time you ignore my orders, I'll stop using words since they can't seem to penetrate through your skull. So you either learn to play nice or I won't let it pass that it was because of your subpar performance that a bludger almost hit my friend."
Sebastian and the other Slytherin student glared at each other until Imelda smacked Thorncrest's head, cutting through the tension. "Listen to your Vice-Captain," he turns to Sebastian with a nod. "I'll take care of him, you get Thakkar out of here."
Sebastian nodded back at Imelda, ensuring everyone was back in the skies before turning to a guilty-looking Amitt.
"I'm sorry, Sebastian. I did not think I would cause such a disturbance."
Sebastian just waved him off with a friendly chuckle and a comforting hand on his shoulder. Amitt can't believe his fellow Ravenclaws don't believe him when he tells them Sebastian is a warm person, laughing to his face was just quite rude. To be fair, they could barely believe they were friends at all. "Don't worry about it, athletes are assholes during Quidditch season."
He looked sheepish, "Can I still go up the bleachers?"
Despite his subdued character, Sebastian can see that Amitt has all the determination in the world when it comes to achieving the things that interest him the most. Maybe that's why he liked the Ravenclaw boy so much. "Yeah, go ahead, Amitt. Just don't let any prefect see you."
"Ah! Thank you, my friend! I shall be as quiet as a mouse!"
Sebastian waved as Amitt haphazardly said his goodbyes.
"If anybody bothers you tell them to talk to me!"
He takes care of Ominis
Despite his great interest in the dark arts and his pure-blooded status, Sebastian will take any and every opportunity to fight Ominis' family. He hates them simply because they hurt his friend, which is unforgivable in his eyes. He had every opportunity to get in their good graces but he blew all of that to pieces when he got in a crude fight with the eldest son of the Gaunts the moment he called Ominis a 'useless cripple'.
From then on, Sebastian has been banned from the Gaunt's estate indefinitely.
"Yeah, they better fucking ban me or I'll burn that haunted house to the ground and lock that prick inside of it."
Despite himself and his pacifistic tendencies, Ominis couldn't but scoff out a laugh while Sebastian nursed a bloody lip, glaring at the gates of the manor as it closed on them. "You didn't need to do that."
"I don't think I did enough," he sneers, blood boiling at the fact that Ominis seemed used to their cruel words. Not wanting to fester on their cruel treatment, he throws his hands across Ominis' shoulders. "Who the hell wants to spend Christmas there anyway? Feldcroft is way more cozy."
Ominis smiled, patting Sebastian's back, the closest 'thank you' he could show now that he knew he had found a true friend. "You're right," He thinks of Anne, Solomon's bland stew, and the blinking lights of the Sallow home.
"Are you alright?" And Sebastian -- kind, true, painfully loyal. His first friend.
Ominis nods.
"Let's go home."
He takes care of his family.
Even though Anne no longer communicates with him after 'the incident' Sebastian still religiously sends letters to Beauxbatons Academy along with whatever trinkets he finds that remind him of her. And even though he detested Solomon and barely felt bad about his death, he still made a point to clean his grave, knowing the old man didn't like it when things were messy, and even emptied his favorite whiskey on his birthday.
"Seb?"
He blinks as you slip your hands into his. He squeezes it, letting the heat on your skin ground him as the two of you stare at the gravestone. Just as remorseful guilt creeps into your heart, he cuts it off. "I don't regret it, you know," he mutters firmly. "He almost ... he was hurting Anne. He was going to hurt you."
You nod, leaning your forehead on his shoulders, trying to comfort him through his quiet struggles knowing words or pieces of advice won't help.
"But I know he did his best. It wasn't enough but it was his best," he empties the other half of the whiskey on the grave, and his grip on you tightens. "I owe him this much."
He takes care of you.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Sebastian flinches awake at the recent memory, his breath shaky as he looks around the dim light of the Room of Requirement.
He did what he had to do, he knows this. Solomon has been eaten up by his own anger, if he didn't stop him ... Merlin knows what would've happened.
If the three of you had gotten out of that fight alive, with your participation in his insipid plans, it wasn't unlikely that Solomon would ship you off to Azkaban with him. That can't happen, he dragged you into that hellhole, he had to get you out of there unscathed.
No matter how high the cost.
"S-Sebastian?"
He sits up from the couch, surprised to see you awake on the open door that leads to your personalized bedroom. The two of you had holed up in your safe haven after the events of the night but it would seem rest evaded the two of you.
"I can't ..." you sigh shakily, biting your lips. "I can't sleep. I'm scared."
As if your fear had overpowered his own, he swiftly set aside the last traces of his fear and guilt, extending his hands, which you eagerly took. Sebastian pulls you in his lap, preceding any thought of impropriety as he curls himself around you, letting you bury your face in the crook of his neck while he covers the two of you in your blanket.
"It's all going to be all right," he promises, pressing his lips on the crown of your hair. "I won't let anything happen to you."
And takes care of you.
"Hey, Sebastian is waiting for you in the common room."
"Sallow said he'll pick you up after class."
"She's not coming, Sebastian's got her."
"Your hound is here."
You turned with a frown from Imelda to what she was staring at with a mischievous grin and by the door stood Sebastian, smiling when your eyes met.
"I --"
"-- have to go," Imelda playfully rolled her eyes. You gave her a smile as you gathered your books.
"Same time next week?"
"Maybe let's hide somewhere your hound can't sniff you up?"
"Get your own witch, Reyes," a deep voice from behind proved her point. Sebastian grabbed your book and satchel from your hands, hooking it on one arm, and the other gently offered his free hand to yours. "This one's mine."
And wants to take care of you forever.
"You should marry me."
Your next step faltered as you turned to Sebastian on the shore of the Black Lake, the setting sun illuminating his face and the vulnerability and determination written across it.
"W-What?"
"I've thought about it," he swallows, walking closer until he is right in front of you, the cold shallow water above your ankles a welcome reprieve from your burning body at such an announcement. "I've thought about letting you go, letting you find someone better than me. "
"Sebastian --"
"But I figured that I'm a selfish man. I always have been. And I want you more than anything else," you shudder at his fervor. "I love you more than anything else in this world."
Gently, as he always does, he took your hand, placing it on his warm cheek. "I can't offer much, I know, but I ... I will make you the sun my world will revolve on."
He presses a kiss at your palm, a warm tear falls from your eyes.
"Marry me," he begs. "Let me be the one to make you happy."
β°ββ€ 18+ none of these stories belong to me! this is a masterlist of all sebastian sallow stories iβve read and reblogged! just thought it would be nice to have them all in one spot! (if your fic is on here and you wish not to be, please let me know!)
MASTERLIST β’ HOGWARTS LEGACY β’ 11/05/24
@zevrra β° never forget where sebastian is actually worried about MC and regrets casting crucio on them β° caught in the rain you and sebastian seek shelter inside an abandoned home where every feeling is laid to bare.
@ppomumgranatum β° truth or dare Truths emerged and friendships were tested as you found yourself confronting two years' worth of suppressed feelings towards Sebastian. Drunk.
@theealbatross β° marry me The 3 times Sebastian thought about marrying you and the 1 time he asked. β° fight the alchemy Garreth asks why Sebastian isnβt dating you. Sebastian spirals. β° i love you, itβs ruining my life Sebastian has the worst insomnia known to man and you are not dating him. β° never not been mine Everyone wonders if you and Sebastian are together. Sebastian wonders when will everyone mind their own business.
@shadowtriovibes β° fever (what a lovely way to burn) "since you saved Sebastian from Azkaban, he has met you in the common room every morning and you have gone to breakfast together. One morning he isn't there so you go to his room looking for him to find him in bed, poorly.β β° request Eric Northcott is relentlessly pursuing you, so Sebastian offers to act as your heroic boyfriend to get him off your back β° break a sweat part 2 part 3 part 4 sebastian makes the house quidditch team after training all summer. before his first match, you let him talk you into a bet over its outcome that will in all likelihood ruin your friendship. (merlin, you sure hope it does.)
β° mind if i move in closer? β° itβs a sign of the times part 2 Rivals-to-lovers Sebastian and MC use a Time-Turner to travel to the future with Ominis in search for a cure for Anne. Instead they find a girl who's the spitting image of MC trying to sneak into the Restricted Section in the 1910s, only she has freckles like Sebastian
@anto-pops β° fissured composure After watching you hold your own against a handsy classmate, Sebastian is feeling particularly needy and steals you away to the Undercroft to show you just how worked up your right hook got him. β° possessive touch Sebastian has never been the sharing sort. He was happy to loan people notes or quills, maybe even the occasional book from the Restricted Section. But not you. Never you.Β β° sudsy confessions Sebastian confessing his long-harbored love for you while youβre naked in a bathtub.Β β° request
@arthenaa β° unspoken attraction The girls and you have a talk on who they'll date amongst the students in Hogwarts. No one mentions Sebastian despite being deemed the most handsome in your year. You wonder why?
@awkwardauthorwrites β° jealously, jealousy β° i think he knows Sebastian helps Y/N with an interesting request β° violets and verbena Two years have passed since the events in Hogwarts Legacy, in which Y/N has drifted away from Sebastian. What happens when she has to spend some time in the hospital wing and he comes to visit?
β° in the middle part 2 After a few months of knowing the reader the boys suddenly realise one day they are falling in love with the reader and start to become a bit bitter towards each other and very jealous if another guy gives her attention.Β β° wildest dreams part 2 part 3 Ten years have passed since the events of Hogwarts Legacy and Y/N is invited back as part of a reunion to celebrate.
@wttcsms β° diesel is desire sebastian sallow is a good friend. so good, in fact, that when you find yourself under the ungodly influence of a lust potion, he's willing to help give you some relief.
@fairytalesandlegacies β° trust fall Sebastian Sallow teaches you how to fight against the Imperius Curse late one night, and in the process, some long-kept secrets are revealed.
@ravenelyx β° i need you Sebastian has different ways of dealing with being hurt. One of them is burying his face in your chest while you cuddle him
@roarieluz β° who do you smell? Sebastian Sallow has had a crush on Y/N for a while now, this isn't news to him but when a strong batch of amortentia is made for potions class it is hard to keep his mind clear of anything that isn't about you and what he wants to do to you.
@writing-intheundercroft β° the night shift part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 You're the lead healer in the St. Mungo's intensive care unit, and a painfully familiar face ends up in your ward.
@undergaunts β° a long time coming aka three times Sebastian is a flirt, one time he gets called out on it, and one time he finally does something about it.
@festivalsofmargot β° pining in potions class Sebastian Sallow is forming a huge crush on you, and itβs hitting him all at once in a very annoying way. Something as simple as not being partnered with you in potions class eats away at him. β° pretty thoughts part 2 Sebastian is down bad for you, my dear reader. But a lot of overthinking on your part makes you blind to it. So, his only option is to keep chasing after you.
@matchavellichor β° a worrisome box of chocolates
@fierymiasma β° you look better in green part 2 In which Sebastian sees the new transfer student wearing someone elseβs scarf and proceeds to absolutely lose it.
@spaceyaceface β° snow, scarves, and schemes Y/N is sick of Leander Prewett trying to court her. Luckily, she has a best friend named Sebastian Sallow who would love to help put an end to it. They devise a plan to pretend to court up until the Yule Ball. Should be simple, right? If only.Β
@talesofesther β° the one who stayed For a moment, Sebastian thought he lost you, and now the guilt for what happened is eating away at him.
@justauthoring β° the winner takes all in which, leander prewett is a prick and sebastian shows him not mess with his girl.
@ppomumgranatum β° the dance of loveβs sweet potion When a potion meant to repel backfired, it became a mishap that turned your world upside down.
@slytherizz β° bludgered Sebastian never really knew what his friend saw in Isaac Cooper but he never questioned it - he made his friend happy. That is until a Quidditch match goes quickly awry and he realises his feelings for her may go far deeper than simple friendship.
@cuffmeinblack β° between the two of you Rewriting of the events of the Shadow of the Study/Discovery quests.
