Bookshelves. | N.L. (Chapter Four)
in which the reader helps out in the library, and she catches the eye of neville.
warnings: nev being a fuck boy, swearing, slight teasing
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the library was desolate as y/n attended to the final student of the night. she sent them a sweet smile as they went on their way. the air in the library felt much chiller than usual, signifying that it could snow outside any day now.
even though the cold could be unbearable on certain days, y/n loved when it snowed. it always gave her the perfect opportunity to sit by the fire in the common room, and snuggle up with her hoodie with a good book in her hands. it always reminded her of home, and how her mother and her would always do the same thing. it was their tradition for the first day that it snowed, and even after y/n started hogwarts, she never broke that tradition.
madam prince bid the girl goodnight, as it was becoming much more of a normal occurrence for her to leave early, and to leave closing up to her trusted assistant. y/n was satisfied by the fact that somebody put that much trust in her.
y/n looked up at the clock on the wall, the time telling her that there was six minutes until it was time to shut down. the girl sighed as she painted her nails a simple red, a color that ginny had begged her to try out. she finished her pinkie nail, and began to blow them dry.
y/n yelped, and looked up to see none other than neville longbottom, once again. she huffed, almost letting her head fall into her hands. ever since the run in with him and malfoy that monday, she did everything in her power to avoid the boy.
she ignored his compliment, the paint on her nails seemingly drying instantly. she stood up from her seat, grabbing the basket of books that were meant to be put up.
“hm... why the silent treatment, y/l/n? you miss my attention?” he teased, leaning into the desk, watching as she bent down to get a book that fell onto the ground. and as much as he hated to admit it, he almost let out an audible groan at the sight of her panties. they were a simple baby blue, and they fit around her ass almost too perfectly.
“no attention from you is like merlin coming down and making me rich... so no. don’t give yourself too much credit.”
he watched as she stood back up, and pulled her dress down in the back. he ignored her reply, being too caught up in the memory of what hid under her dress. y/n furrowed her eyebrows at his sudden silence, as it seemed like he always had something to say.
“the library closes in a few minutes, longbottom. what could you possibly want?”
the question made him snap back into reality, and he swiftly grabbed the book that he had checked out just a few days before.
“came to return this.” he answered subtlety, putting the book on the desk.
y/n automatically shook her head, “longbottom, you can’t return that right now. i told you—“
“yeah, yeah, checkout and returns ended thirty minutes ago, it says it on the front door—yeah, i know. but honestly, i don’t really care. this bloody book is wearing me down, so just take it alright? i’ll sign off on it if it’s really that big of a deal.”
y/n scoffed at the boy’s words, and she snatched the book from it’s place.
“you’re such a self centered git, longbottom.”
“that’s fine, y/l/n. i could really care less what you of all people think of me.”
y/n clenched her jaw, and began to sign off on the book. he watched as she did so, confused as to why she actually even did it.
she threw the book in the basket, and picked it up. she began to walk away from the desk, neville still not looking away from her. he followed behind her, following every aisle she traveled through.
“if you’re going to follow me around... you mind as well help me putting these up.” she suggested, beginning to put the books up on the designated shelf.
he thought about it for a moment, already getting ready to say no. but, for a single moment, he saw how the girl reached up, barely able to slide the book on the shelf due to how high it was. neville huffed, and walked over to her.
he got behind her, and reached up, grabbing the book from her hand. she let out a small gasp at the feeling of not only his hand brushing up against hers, but his chest up against her back. neville heard this of course, and he smirked to himself as he slid the book on the shelf just fine.
“you’re pathetically short, you know that?” he whispered in her ear, causing goosebumps to form all across her body.
she was tempted to turn around, but she didn’t even want the embarrassment of neville knowing that he had some sort of affect on her. which, obviously he was. she went to grab the next book from the basket, but the slight touch of neville’s fingertips running down her arm stopped her.
“you know...” he began, remaining in a hushed tone, “red fits you really well...” y/n’s eyes shut, trying to ignore the fluttery feeling in her gut, “so does baby blue.”
her eyes quickly widened at that, and her shoulders twitched as she felt neville’s hot breath on the side of her neck. she had no idea why she was feeling this way. it was neville longbottom, for merlin’s sake.
neville’s hand slowly trailed down her hip, and his fingers brushed up against her thigh. her breath became more jagged at the feeling, and she almost let her head fall back onto the boy’s shoulder.
“have you ever been touched before?” he asked gently,
she finally looked back at him, eyes fluttering as she shook her head no. oh yeah... she never had been touched before.
he let out a breathy chuckle at her body movements, noticing the way her thighs clenched together. neville looked down at her lips, as they were practically begging his own to bring them together. he slowly began to move his head in, as well as y/n. she could feel his breath wafting onto her nose, and a small whimper left her when neville’s hand traveled up her dress, slightly playing with the waistband of her panties.
just as their lips were about to connect, y/n suddenly realized what she was doing, and how wrong it all was. she pulled away from him, and she grabbed the basket quickly before making her way down the aisle.
she couldn’t even look back at the now confused boy.
he stood there, eyebrows furrowed. that was the first time a girl had ever pulled away from him, and he wasn’t so sure how he truly felt about it.
“you should go. it’s past closing time...” she told him, still not glancing back at him.
he crossed his arms, and licked his lips before he spoke,
“do you really want me to go?”
she finally glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and she took a deep breath.
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