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chrysons‌:

“They don’t.” Chryson stated, shrugging lightly as he surveyed the pool table. “I think this place was a little but brighter when candles were the light source. Whatever great grandfather upgraded this place thought he had something better to do, I guess. Probably the same great grandfather that died in here and gave it that smell.” Tapping the sleek wood of the table, Chryson rifled through all the spells he had stored away somewhere deep in his brain/ “How do we move this thing?”

“That explains a lot, actually. At least a human died in yours. I’m pretty sure my family just throws dead house elves in the cellar and lets them rot and seep into the house..” Levi sighed and pulled out his wand. “Did you not pay attention during first year? Wingardium Leviosa.” As he finished the spell the pool table began to float up off the ground.

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nxttatty‌:

“Really, you want to?” Her eyes traveled his face, trying to see if he was serious. Biting her lip, she curled her fingers into his belt loops and pulled him into the closest alley, completely out of view from others. “Yeah…Yes, let’s do it!” Pushing up on her tip toes, Atalia framed his face with her hands and kissed him deeply.

“You should know me well enough by now to know that I never suggest something if I don’t want to.” Levi’s hands settled on Atalia’s waist as he backed up until his back hit a wall, pulling her with him.

#p:atalia #atty 001 #atalia nott

missselwyn‌:

Fiance. The word rang through Adira’s head the moment it left his lips. Rang like the wedding bells that nearly called for Chryson and herself, though under very different circumstances. They’d have been married a few months, had things gone according to the plan their parents’ had set. Though the arranged marriage was a horrible torture they had nearly gone through, some part of her wistfully thought that marriage to Chryson Nott wouldn’t have been bad at all. Not that she would know, not now.

And Atalia was engaged to be married? To a blood traitor, no less. With the mark still on her arm, the former Slytherin was certainly playing a risky game doing that. Was Atalia against the cause? The thought itself filled her with a great kind of relief, and one singular thought–Maybe I don’t have to hide as much from her. After all, it was Atalia who was pushing the idea of them as sisters, and the former Ravenclaw certainly could use some more support.

Pushing her own sorrows and questions aside, she gave Levi a warm smile. “I’m not going to lie–that’s a surprise.” She couldn’t speak to whether or not Levi was honestly worthy of someone lime Atalia, whom she respected beyond words, but she did trust Atalia’s choices. Trusted that Atalia wouldn’t let someone into her life that wasn’t the absolute best for her. “But congratulations. I guess I’ll owl Atalia my fond wishes as well.” Finally remembering her own surroundings, and fully distracted from her own troubles, her smile turned to one of confusion. “Then why are you here? Is it just to pick up a gift of some sort?” Surely he couldn’t be getting the ring, seeing as they were already engaged. She should have the ring.

Levi chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck as he ducked his head. “Actually, I’m here to get her a ring.” The perils of an unplanned proposal was that he was completely unprepared. “Atty tried to insist that she doesn’t need a ring, but I do want to do at least some of this properly.” He looked at Adira curiously. There was no sign of any shopping bags on her so he couldn’t tell what the purpose of her visit was. “What about you? What are you doing?”

#p:adira #adira 001

nxttatty

bloodtraitoryaxley‌:.

Levi chuckled against her lips. “I’m not that stupid. Besides, I haven’t seen, spoken to, or written to my father since the day I moved out of that hell-forsaken house.”He smirked, pulling back slightly to look at Atalia. “Of course, there’s no risk of me doing anything stupid if we don’t delay things.”

“Good. I couldn’t marry you if you did something that stupid.” Letting her right hand rest on his cheek, she shook her head. “What are you saying, Levi? That we throw caution to the wind and just do it?”

bloodtraitoryaxley

"That's exactly what I'm saying, Atalia. What reason do we have to wait? I say we gather Chryson and go to the Ministry and do it. We'll be free and we'll be together."

#atalia nott #atty 001 #mobile

nxttatty‌:

She was smiling impossibly wide as he slipped the ring on her finger. “I have to say, it feels much better.” Atalia took a moment to study her hand before pressing a kiss to his lips. “Every time I think it’s impossible, I love you more. Just promise me you won’t try to do anything stupid, like tell your father about our engagement, until we’re officially married and they can no longer do anything about it?”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

Her eyes followed his lips as he leaned down to kiss the ring, though it took her a few moments to process what he was saying. “You’re not wrong. It’s not like we’d could honestly do anything worse in our parents’ eyes.” Staring at the red stone, she couldn’t help but chuckle. “Would you like the honor of putting this beautiful ring on the correct finger?”

Levi smiled and slid the ring off of her hand, pressing another kiss to it before placing it down by Atalia’s side. With his now free hand, he lifted her left hand and slide the black ring onto her ring finger. “It looks much better this way, don’t you think?”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

Atalia couldn’t help the wide smile that pulled at her lips. “I’m not saying it’ll happen soon, but we can always have fun trying.” Once she stopped walking, she took his other hand in her, smirking. “There’s plenty of things I’d do…wear my ring on the right hand, marry you, start celebrating.”

“That we will.” Levi squeezed her hands, bringing her right hand up so that he could press his lips against the ring. “Why wait? The specters of our families are always going to be lingering over our heads. Why should we let that stop us from living?”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

She took a deep breath, letting the tension leave her shoulders. It didn’t take much to calm her down when Levi was around, just being near him helped. “We’ll put it all behind us, love, don’t worry. And when we do? We’ll finally be free to do whatever we want.” Atalia squeezed his hand. “What’s the first thing you’d do if you didn’t have to worry about our families?”

“Start a family with you.” The words left his mouth before Levi even realized they were in his mind. But the more he though about it, the truer the words rang. “I’d be able to stop looking over my shoulder, relax. What about you? What’s the first thing you would do?”

#atalia nott #atty 001

missselwyn‌:

After seeing both Atalia and Chryson, and her conversations with both, she knew she had to try and get out of Selwyn Manor on her own. Not for long–baby steps–but alone. She wasn’t about to become a burden on two of the most important people to walk into her sad little life. So she tried, for them. Maybe one day she could do it for herself, but this wasn’t one of those days. With shaking hands, she’d gotten dressed, put on some makeup to hide the ungoldly bags under her eyes, and tried her best to look as put together as the old Adira was. Then she apparated to Diagon Alley, eager to do some shopping to, hopefully, distract herself.

But once there, she had no clue what to do, and it felt like people were staring at her. Logically, she knew they weren’t, but she needed something to focus her mind. A tall, dark-haired figure caught her attention, and so, hyperfocused on something other than her own suffering, she let curiosity lead her towards him. It wasn’t like Adira to follow people around, especially people she wasn’t all too familiar with. But the outside world was frightening alone, even if it was a familiar setting, and she wasn’t following a total stranger. After all, Levi and her had one thing in common–Atalia. That had to count for something.

“Hey!” she called out, a shaky greeting at best as she decided to show herself as he was walking into one of her favorite jewelry shops. A curious location. “Sorry, but I don’t think I’ve properly introduced myself before.” She put out a hand for him to shake. “I’m Adira. And you’re Atalia’s boyfriend, right? Levi?” She figured she ought to get to know him, even if it was just a distraction from her own thoughts.

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The ring was supposed to come before the proposal. But love, or at least marriage, was also supposed to come before sex and at this point Levi figured that the world would implode if he and Atalia did things “properly.” Out of habit, he looked over his shoulder as he walked down Diagon Alley. Leviticus Yaxley I was still a wanted fugitive, so it wasn’t like there was a risk of his father following him to the jewelry store. But better safe than dead.

A voice rang through the air as he was about to duck into a jewelry shop and the hair on the back of his neck stood straight up as Levi turned on his heel to look at the offender. The blood pounding in his ear was so loud that it took him a moment to register that the girl in front of him was still speaking. “Er, yeah, that’s me.” He looked her over. The name Selwyn flashed in his brain as he took in her blonde curls and short frame. Though he’d only met the Selwyns in passing before the Blood Thieves attack, he knew of their reputation. But if she was friends with Atalia their news wouldn’t remain secret for long. “And I’m her fiance, actually.”

#adira selwyn #adira 001

nxttatty‌:

“You’re not wrong,” she said with a laugh. Her gaze bounced from window to window as they spoke, feeling more relaxed than she did the entire time at Hogwarts. “But if I’m being honest, I never wanted to bring kids into a shitty family, but I don’t have to worry about that with you, you know?”

Levi nodded in response. “Yeah, I know. Honestly, the thought does terrify me. But I also want to put our pasts and our parents behind us.”

#atalianott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

“Not at all, which is why I will distract you just long enough to torture you,” she said with a cheeky grin. Atalia started walking in the direction she had been originally, pulling him along. “My word choice? About having a family?” Looking up at him curiously, pulling herself closer to him so that the hand not holding his was wrapped around his arm. “I know it’s kind of early to be talking about a family, but…”

Levi leaned down to press a kiss against the top of her head. “I think “it’s kind of early” is the theme of our relationship at this point, love. But yes, I meant about having a family. I don’t know, it just feels right. Plus we’re bound to do better than our so-called parents.”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

She rolled her eyes, fond of how passionate he was with his work. Atalia liked to say she was more personable that she was in years past, but she still didn’t understand how he could put up with people for so long. Making a short tsking noise, she shook her head. “We both know I’d ask you to take me against that alley wall without much of a euphemism, but I like they way you think.” She lifted her head enough to kiss him again before pulling away and lacing their hands together. “I meant more so figure out something I can do so that, if we have a family some day, we can give them more than that little apartment.”

Levi chuckled, a smirk stretching across his lips. “Well can you blame me?” He started to push her towards the wall, audience be damned when instead his arms were empty. Biting back a groan of frustration, Levi gave her hand a squeeze. “I like your word choice, Atalia Nott. And I would absolutely adore a family with you. But I suppose you have a point.”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

She smiled into the kiss, relaxing a bit at the feeling of his hands on her back. “Don’t give me any ideas.” She laughed a bit before shaking her head at his advice. “I think you should stick to your day job.” With her hand moving to the back of his neck, she let her fingers play with his hair. “How about we get out from under the gaze of all these strangers and we figure it out together, yeah?”

“Mmm, I think I can do that. Running around St. Mungo’s doing grunt work is much more my speed anyways.” Levi chuckled and nuzzled his nose against hers. “That sounds fantastic. Any chance that “figure it out together” is a euphemism for sex?”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

She didn’t resist as he pulled her in, just one of the many things that had changed since they started dating. Never once in her life growing up did she think she’d be this comfortable around someone else. Atalia lifted one of her hands to the ring attached to her necklace as she shook her head. “Oh, love, no,” she said with a small chuckle. “I’ll admit it’s taking some getting used to, but in a good way. It’s not every day I get engaged and essentially runaway from home.” She glanced around, making sure she didn’t recognize anyone. “And I hate to admit it, but…sometimes it can still get a little overwhelming. I mean, my life was planned out for me and now? Sometimes I’m just not sure what I’m supposed to be doing, but I will always be sure about you and me.”

Levi leaned down to press a kiss against Atalia’s lips. “I hope not. Considering that it’s me you’d be running away from if you did that every day.” His hand ran up and down her back, fingers ghosting over the material of her shirt. “This answer is probably going to be wildly unhelpful, but your just supposed to be doing whatever you want to do. I know I don’t have any expectations for you.”

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

She had to admit that she was still getting used to the new apartment. She’d fallen into an easy pattern with Levi over the months they’d been together, so she wasn’t too surprised that leaving notes for each other was their go to. “I think I have to teach you a few things about being stealthy.” Atalia turned around to face him, her hands coming to rest on his chest. She pursed her lips together for a moment, trying to quell the worry that had previously found it’s way into the pit of her stomach. “Sorry for leaving this morning, I think I just needed a little time to get my head together.”

Levi wrapped his arms around her as he pulled her close. “About what? If you don’t mind me asking. You aren’t haven’t second thoughts, are you?” His words were said in jest, but a pit at the bottom of his stomach feared the joke was true. Moving out, getting married, defying their families. It was a lot of ask of Atalia, especially when she’d been loyal to the Death Eaters until a few months before.

#atalia nott #atty 001

nxttatty‌:

Atalia had needed a little air. It wasn’t like the new apartment was suffocating, more so that she just needed a break from unpacking and being holed up by herself. Grabbing her jacket, she wandered down to Diagon Alley and figured a little window shopping would be a good way to spend the day. She tried to avoid searching the crowd for a familiar face, not wanting to deal with the pointed looks from people who knew her family. As she stopped to look in a window, she noticed someone in the reflection walk up behind her. “You know, sneaking around really isn’t your forte, love.”

The worst part about working night shift was waking up in bed alone. L evi grumbled as he rolled over, arm searching in vain for Atalia. Cursing under his breath, he sat up and scanned the room for any sign of her. In fact, the apartment was completely silent. He climbed off the mattress and walked into the living room/kitchen where he spotted a note that red ‘Went to Diagon Alley’. He wandered out of the apartment, grateful that he hadn’t bothered changing into pajamas when he crashed into bed, and ducked into the nearby Alley. It didn’t take long to find Atalia and he was just about to wrap his arms around her when he heard her voice. “Well you can’t blame a bloke for trying, can you?”

#atalia nott #atalia 001

chrysons‌:

“This room is too fucking dark.” Chryson grumbled, walking through the open door frame leading into the billiards room. The two crystal tumblers in his hand clinked off each other gently, filling the otherwise dead air of the dingy room. Setting them, along with the bottle of bourbon clutched in his other hand, onto the green felt of the pool table, the blond pulled out his wand, waving it to light up as many lights as possible in the room. It barely made a dent in the darkness, the burgundy wallpaper and gleaming wood floors absorbing every bit of light. “Fuck it,” he turned to his companion, leaning onto the table, “you want to move this to a room that actually has a window?” His father certainly wouldn’t be happy to find it moved, but Chryson was certain he’d be able to put it back; he’d been cooped up in the darkness of the house for weeks and wasn’t sure he’d be able to keep the ever-loosening grip on his sanity if he had to spend one more house being swallowed by the dread that the whole house seemed to exude.

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“The aesthetics of it definitely fit your father, but Merlin’s fuck how does anyone accomplish anything in this house?” Levi complained as he followed behind Chryson. Playing at Nott Manor carried the same risks as a game of Russian Roulette, but it offered solitude and quiet that was hardly guaranteed somewhere like the Leaky Cauldron. He looked around and nodded as he pulled out his wand. “That is a fantastic idea. I can’t see anything in this room. Besides, it smelled like something died in here in the 1700s and just wasn’t cleaned up.”

#chryson nott #chryson 001

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