celestial sweetheart

[cmorner]

Ding-Dong. Ding-Dong-Ding. Dong. Mick shifted the presents in his arms, unsure if this impulsive trip was worth it. He and Lav had talked about him visiting. He wanted out of his house filled to the brim with cousins and family friends and aunts who wanted to hear all about his fancy boarding school. Of course his dad’s family couldn’t have christmas this year, then Mick wouldn’t have to hide his school books and he’d be able to practice quidditch. Brushing some fireplace ash off his shoulder, Michael pressed the doorbell again. Hoping that Lavender was home and their talk wasn’t just theoretical. 

@gcdqueens

[cmorner]

gcdqueens‌:

       as she lands back on her feet from doing laps around the quidditch pitch, she’s suddenly giggling when she sees michael messing around on his broom. “what are you DOING?!” she gasps and cants her head to the side, gripping onto her broom to keep her standing upright. she rests her forehead against the broom for a moment and she hummed as she shakes her head. “you’re going to fall and break something! we do not need you in the bleedin’ infirmary for the next game!” padma is still giggling and she covers her face with both of her hands. with a shake of her head, she twirls her broom around. “come on, corner!” she calls out and waves at him. “get down here now!” of course she wasn’t really worried, but he was messing around too much. / @cmorner​

Twenty one, twenty two, twenty thre- what? “I’M FINE!” He shouted down to Padma and continued his pull ups. He needed to make it to thirty and he was so close, if she would just shut her mouth. Once he hit thirty, Mick held onto the broom with one hand and waved down to her. “You try it! You won’t be able to!” He pulled himself back up before zooming over to her, hovering a few feet off the ground. “Pads, the only bed Pomfrey has is for you. Reserved. A nice candle. Maybe even a flower.”

[cmorner]

tcis‌:

       ‘ that is exactly why they sent me. ’  tai’s grin, in place since catching sight of mick, shifts to a grimace. he nods his head in the extremely general direction of the three broomsticks.  ‘ let’s get to it, then. i’ve been waiting to drown my sorrows all fucking day. ’

With a hearty sigh, more apt to a fisherman in his home city, Mick nodded gravely. Kenmare was their team and they needed to grieve their loss properly. He hold open the door for Tai before following him in. The Three Broomsticks was typically crowded. Didn’t everyone know this was a day of mourning? He had even worn black. “I’ll get the first round. What’d ya want?”

[cmorner]

clever-esque‌:

“oh, i know. but it would be so much fun seeing the other team squirm in their robes.” ella had a little journal she kept tucked in her pillow case for ideas and to write what worked and what didn’t. the itching powder joke had been underlined and starred. she was dying to give it a try. “i didn’t know i could get any scarier. maybe i’ll dye it white since you like it so much.” ella wrapped her arm around his waist. “i could go for something to eat right about now.”

Mick touched his hair hesitantly, not putting it past Ella to try to dye his hair. “You know I was kidding, right? So totally kidding. Kidding like crazy.” His hair was one of his selling points. And his smile. And his abs. His arms. Who was he kidding? Everything was his selling point. “Kitchens? I want chips so badly. I’m dying. I need salt.”

[cmorner]

gcdqueens‌:

“I dunno. Umbridge is really… makin’ it hard for a lot of us to think hopefully.” She shrugs her shoulders and chews on the inside of her cheek again. “Why, though?” She chuckles. “What if I planned on moving halfway across the world to do something? Would you follow me halfway across the world?” Lavender asks him and furrows her brow before rolling her shoulders. “Yeah, you could definitely go out for a Quidditch team. I’m sure you’ll have scouts comin’ to see your games by the end of Seventh Year and you’d be all set.” She smiles, gently, and nudges him. “But I really don’t know. I was thinking about doing something in the medical field because Padma’s been talking about doing an apprenticeship with Madame Pomfrey. Or I might apprentice with Professor Fortescue. She’s a fucking riot, man. I’d love being her apprentice. Even if I didn’t end up with the job? She’s a good time.” Lavender grins up at Michael. “I’m coooold. My warming charms aren’t up to par tonight and that sucks.”

Michael looked down at Lavender with concern. He wasn’t blissfully unaware of the challenges that Umbridge brought to the castle. It was just easier to focus on the fun of Hogwarts, even if they’d get detention for being this close. “Is it a fun place half around the world? You make me laugh. Isn’t that enough, Lav?” He listens to her talk, absentmindedly stroking her hair as she does. “She’s something. You know, too intense, in a good way? Cold? You don’t wanna stay up here all night? I could figure out a way to warm you up.”

[cmorner]

tcis‌:

       ‘ corner? ’  there is something enduring amusing about saying his friend’s last name which doesn’t, when he really gives it thought, make much sense. there are people out there with stranger names then corner. but corner is his favorite anyway; fuck it.  ‘ you off to hogsmeade too? ’       @cmorner

Mick turned around, looking for the arse with the dialect. Spotting him, he jogged over and threw an arm around his shoulders. “I am. Don’t tell me they’re letting you go too. Now I’ll have no fun, Francis.” Making a solemn face and holding his free hand over his heart, Michael shook his head sadly. “Kenmare’s got me down in the dumps again. I’ll need a butterbeer or something stronger. Stat.”

[cmorner]

glnev‌:

      ❛  so  there  is  reason  to  be  mad  .  ❜  she  counters,  hands  on  her  hips  .  ❛  you’re  sweet,  but  you  might  as  well  just  rip  off  the  bandage  .  what  did  you  do,  michael  ?  ❜  ginny’s  expression  is  impatient,  testy  .   she  looks  up  at  him  expectantly,  like  a  lioness  waiting  to  pounce  on  her  prey  .  

“I didn’t do anything! I just need your help.” He ran a hand through his hair, not ready for whatever Ginny was going to say to him in response. “I can’t find my quidditch robes. I don’t know if your team or Slytherin’s stole them after the game but if you did, it’s not funny. Padma’ll skin me alive.”

[cmorner]

gcdqueens‌:

“No, I get it. I mean, if people are still mistaking both the stories she should say something, you know?” She murmurs and snorts as she holds the cup close to her. Lavender allows him to pull her closer and she furrowed her brow for a moment. “I have absolutely no idea. There’s… a lot that could happen between now and then. I’m not even sure what I want to do after school’s finished. If we get to finish school, Mick,” she chuckles and shrugs her shoulders. “Why would it matter if I stayed, anyway?” Lavender just raises her eyebrows before finishing off her hot chocolate. “Oh, s’fine. What’re friends for?” She muses and wraps her arms around her legs a little more. She yawns into her arm and just sighs, “What else did you have in mind for after school?” 

“She should. I think she does.” Some people just didn’t care about astronomy. They just thought of it as a class at night. Michael didn’t care about creatures but he wouldn’t go around spreading misinformation. “We will get to finish. I’m not saying Hogwarts is the safest place to be...but we’re not going to not graduate.” After Cedric’s death, he’d thought about not coming back. Well, more like his parents had thought about it. But it wasn’t an option. He couldn’t just leave his friends and quidditch behind to sit at home for a year and wonder. And in the first month it hadn’t been as awful as last year. Even with Umbridge. “I’d just consider apprenticing here a little more seriously if you were here.” He shrugged, accidentally jostling Lavender. “Dunno. You think I got a shot at quidditch? I don’t think teaching would be my thing.”

[atwoods]

[ustridss]

( @cmorner )

[cmorner]

gcdqueens‌:

      She has her knees press to her chest as he starts with another story and she nods her head, because she very well versed with most of these stories. She just knows he likes to tell them up here. “Icarius. Well, damn. Have you spoken to Professor O’Brian about that?” She asks, arching a brow. “Especially if everyone is thinking of the wrong story.” Lavender chews on her lower lip and she she claps her hands a little, “Yes, I’d love some hot chocolate. ‘m cold, but I’ll be fine when I start drinking that. I can make the heating charm a little stronger.” Lavender reaches out to grab her wand from her belongings and waves it, wiggling when the air around them got a bit warmer. She takes the cup from him with a thankful smile and takes a sip. “Mmm, did you make it or did the elves make it?” She asks, looking up at him before turning her attention back to the sky, letting her eyes scan the stars to try and make out more shapes. Lavender leans into his side a little more and she purses her lips. “You should try to help out Professor O’Brian after you graduate. If she’s still got the position of Astronomy professor.” And if they were all still alive by then.

“I don’t wanna tell Professor O’Brian what she already knows, you know?” He took his arm from her to rustle through his obnoxiously shiny bag. He found the thermos he had brought from home and held it out triumphantly. It was the perfect thing for morning quidditch practices, warming charms be damned. “...the elves. You think they’d let me make anything in there?” He poured her out a cup before pouring one for himself and setting it to the side. He placed his arm back around Lavender, grateful for her body heat and her warming charm. “I don’t think I want to stick around here and longer than we have to. Unless you were here to. Are you planning on staying? Thanks for coming up here with me, by the way.”

[cmorner]

clever-esque‌:

“come on, micheal. cleaning up is no fun.” she stuck her lip out in a fake pout. “you know, i’ve always wanted to put itching powder in the opposing teams’ quidditch robes. i think i could handle that one on my own.” ella never was one to ask for help even on the simplest of things. she did love dragging people along with her for pranks, but she mainly did it for the company. ella turned her head upside down and shook the flour out. “i’d make sure you wouldn’t get caught. i would never get ravenclaw’s star player detention.”

“You know we don’t need that to win!” He beamed at being called the star player. Was it true? It didn’t matter. Any compliment from Ella was a great one. “But they do need me, don’t they? You know, I think you’d look good with white hair. Distinguished! Definitely scarier too.” He wrapped an arm around El’s shoulders. “You hungry or you gonna try to set up this thing again?”

[cmorner]

glnev‌:

        ginny  follows  where  he  leads,  looking  back  at  her  friends  with  a  look  that  says   i  don’t  know  .  once  the  couple  finds  a  quieter  spot,  suspicion  surfaces  at  his  compliment  .  ❛  what  did  you  do  ?  ❜  she  sighs,  a  knowing  look  on  her  face  .  whatever  honeymoon  phase  they  were  in  over  the  summer  is  long  gone,  replaced  by  routine  .  it  seems  like  they  end  up  back  here  at  least  once  a  week  . 

Leaning against the brick wall, Michael shrugged. “Why do you assume I’ve done something?” Couldn’t he compliment his girlfriend? Okay, so maybe she had right to be suspicious but she was still beautiful. “You’re gorgeous. I just wanted to tell you so. You don’t hear it enough.” He let his eyes wander back to her friends, waiting for her and definitely trying to listen. “You’re gorgeous and I don’t want you to be mad at me.”

[cmorner]

glnev‌:

         she’s  been  avoiding  him  since  the  game,   unable  to  face  his  insufferable  boasting  .  so  when  she  hears  his  voice  boom  through  the  busy  corridor,  she  doesn’t  flinch,  hoping  he’ll  leave  her  be  .  no  such  luck  .  she  yelps  in  surprise  as  she’s  easily  lifted  off  the  ground,  swatting  at  his  hand  to  be  let  down  .  you  can  say  a  lot  about  their  relationship,  but  it  certainly  doesn’t  lack  affection  .  on  his  part,  at  least  .   ❛  yeah,  what  ?  ❜  she  replies  hastily,  fair  features  burning  after  that  public  display  of  affection  .  ❛  what’s  up  ?  ❜

He placed her down on the ground in no time. Unwilling to carry her through the mob and happy to see a little bit of a blush on her cheeks. “In private, yeah? Can’t really hear you here without shouting.” So maybe this detour would make him late for class but he had to explain himself to her. He couldn’t just keep relying on her for this one bit of information. She’d find out eventually. “You look beautiful today. Everyday but also today.”

[cmorner]

clever-esque‌:

a smile tugged at the corners of her lips upon hearing the familiar laugh in the corridor. “not technically. it was for the first person who walked by.” the flour covered every inch of her almost. she was even more upset at herself for setting it off instead of michael. “honestly, i could use it. i think it needs two people to set up. or are you asking if i need help cleaning up? either way, i need the help.”

“Cleaning up. I am not touching your diabolical schemes with a ten foot pole. Until the season’s over.” Michael cast a quick cleaning spell, all the while still chuckling quietly to himself. “Mate, you gotta start asking the twins for advice.” He loved El but he didn’t need to get detention during quidditch season. It made managing practices that much harder and Padma already yelled at him enough. “I think I missed some in your hair.” And some of the floor but Ella was mostly clean and that was what counted. 

[cmorner]

gcdqueens‌:

She snorts when he shoots her a grin and begins his explanation of one cluster of stars. Her eyebrows raise as she tilts her head to the side to see what he does. Her head rests against his shoulder and she squints just a little bit, “ – that’s not even a real word,” she teases him, knowing full well it is. Lavender starts laughing and shakes her head. “I see a…huh, I think I see a camel more so than a giraffe.” Her lower lip pouts out and she wrinkles up her nose. “Tell me about another one. I like hearin’ you ramble about constellations while we’re up here.” Lavender relaxes, but brings the blanket up a bit more as a cool breeze blows around them.

He wrapped an arm around her shoulder before grinning down at her. “It is so a real word!” Lavender wasn’t the first girl he’d brought up to the astronomy tower but every time was different. Was it weird the girls that usually came up with him were into teasing him? Maybe he had a type. “That’s Boötes! You know the story of Icarus? The guy who built the wax wings and then melted and he reminds us to not try to hard or whatever? It’s not him. It’s Icarius. A wine maker who was killed because people thought he poisoned them but everyone in class always thinks it’s Icarus. They’re two totally different stories.” Mick shook his head before remembering the surprise he had brought. “I got some hot chocolate from the kitchen earlier. Do you want some? Are you cold?” 

[cmorner]

“Gin!” Mick called from the other side of the corridor. “Ginny!” Nothing. His girlfriend had to be deaf, or something, living with all those brothers. He pushed his way through a crowd of first years, apologizing as he almost knocked one of them over. It’s not his fault they always seemed like they were getting smaller. Mick grabbed his girlfriend from behind, picking her up slightly. Well, he hoped it was her. There were a lot of redheads at this school. Seeing that it was, he gave her a big kiss on the cheek. “Gin, listen. You got a minute?” @glnev

[cmorner]

Michael shot Lavender a grin as he pointed up in the sky. The astronomy tower was his favorite place at Hogwarts, except maybe the pitch or the great hall. The prefects’ bathroom wasn’t too bad either. Nice baths. But this place, top marks. Even if you weren’t supposed to be up here outside of class. “Okay. So that’s Camelopardalis which is the giraffe and it’s crazy. Camelopardalis is latin for camel and also giraffe because the greeks couldn’t make up their minds what it looked like. You know, some people think it just looks like a bunch of stars and not even an animal.” @gcdqueens