Vicious

I don't rise from the ashes-I make them. I am the whole fucking fire

[mayazabini]

Mean Girls-5th Year-Narcissa & Maya

“Hi.” Maya said, sliding into the chair across the table from Narcissa in the library.

“Just wondering if you were planning on pulling your weight, even in the most minimal of ways on our divination project or if I should prepare to do it all myself.”

If that were the case she’d use one the Ravenclaws that was practically stalking her to do it for both of them, but that was beside the point.

She offers Narcissa an incredibly fake smile.

“Just trying to prepare.”

@narcissa-bm

[mayazabini]

Astronomy and Anatomy-7th Year || Cass and Maya

She straightens her skirt as she settles next to him on the floor of the observation deck of the astronomy tower, her cheek pressed to his chest that’s still slick with sweat. 

Cass doesn’t say anything for a while, and neither does she-this was their routine; a calm after the storm of the two of them. Quiet moments where they could pretend. It was the first Hogsmeade trip of the season-and the two of them had snuck away to make use of the abandoned astronomy tower.

The sun was starting to set now-other people would be returning to the castle shortly, but Maya couldn’t bring herself to care.

“The fuck you bring me up here for, anyway.” She says lightly, glancing up at him. 

“It’s almost romantic. It’s unnerving.”

@cass-avery

[mayazabini]

“Go on, thrill me. Merlin knows I need it.”

[mayazabini]

Old Fashioned || Kingsley and Maya

[mayazabini]

k-shacklebolt‌:

“I-”

Kingsley is suddenly mesmerized by Maya Zabini. She’s ravishing, sure - she’s always been. One of the more beautiful, conniving, morally-gray people he’s ever had to speak to.

But right now, he forgets about all of that. That interview a while ago floats blissfully away from his consciousness. He’s not forgotten it - no - it just doesn’t matter as much anymore. Not right now.

“Thank you,” he replies gently. He turns his entire body to face hers, and takes a long glance up and down her frame. She’s wearing an impressively tight dress for an event that requires you to rotate at least a little bit. He’s fascinated by how she would possibly be able to get out of the dress at the end of the night, which trails into other thoughts he shouldn’t have but does anyways. 

Why is he wondering what Maya Zabini looks like naked?

“No surprises here. Just in need of a glass of wine.” He tries to choose his words carefully, but his mouth can’t keep up with his mind, and he’s already plotted several ways she could be undressed, if she wanted to be, if someone was going to help her, it certainly wasn’t him, why is he thinking like this? “Can I help you?”

“So formal, even at a party like this.” She says softly, a smile playing on her lips as she lets her eyes dip to his. 

“I don’t know if what exactly I have in mind is exactly...cooth when it comes to mentioning it in company.” 

She laughs, tilting her head back so he can look at the extent of her neck.

“But beyond that, Mr. Shacklebolt, I just wanted to say hello. Is that allowed? I’d hate to be breaking any rules you might have.”

[mayazabini]

fatesight‌:

                      the pull to speak, to serve the fates as he was meant to. there is the heavy smell of iron &. william can feel the pull of a heartbeat that has brought death to woman. “ oh my fucking merlin.”  there had been images that danced over his eyes for weeks now, golden crowns break &. blood pooling in the groves of expensive tile. oh, that was going to stain the rug. “ someone is going to be busy.” it was nights ago &. it seemed impossible yet from nothing fate always comes, hideous beings baring fangs dropping with oily ribbons that crawl aimlessly around in the moon streaked night. hatred &. pride seeks shelter in her bones, vanity wrapped in her tongue.   

plotted    /    @mayazabini​

“What the fuck are you looking at?” Maya snaps, finally sick of the boy staring at her, almost unblinking from her across the bar.

“If you’ve got something to say, say it or go be creepy somewhere else.”

[snapesniped]

Chopped // DE Thread

[mayazabini]

mayazabini‌:

snapesniped‌:

He quite enjoys this. For all of the nonsense the purebloods spouted, it never failed to vindicate him that they needed his help. He tried not to gloat or publicly relish in it, lest he earn even more of his wrath, but fuck it felt good sometimes. He was a smart bastard, he knew it, they knew it, and this was a moment where he just got to appreciate that small fact. 

He tunes out her insults in favor of the information she’s just given him. “There’s multiple? Did they just show up out of no where or have they been there the entire time?” 

He pinches the bridge of his nose, sighing and willing the ever-present  headache that materializes with the presence of Maya Zabini to go away. “Somehow, I think it would in my capability to resist your no-doubt gaudy chambers.” 

“Anything you’d consider in poor taste I would hold in the highest esteem, you twat. Look I’m offering you probably more money than you make in a year, I just want them gone.”

She sighs dramatically. “I don’t bloody know. I suspect the idiot I was married to had some sort of charm or something in place to keep them at bay, but now that he’s gone...” 

She clears her throat, remembering herself, setting her features to one that’s a bit more mournful.

“If he...if for some reason he’s stuck around, I don’t-that’s not a life I want. I can’t be married to a ghost.”

She says, snapping back into her true emotions.

“So are you going to assist me? Or are you a bigger moron than I ever thought possible?”

[malfoy-luciusabraxas]

Let’s Try To Be Civil | Open

[mayazabini]

malfoy-luciusabraxas‌:

“At least my attempt at one.” Lucius drinks his wine, unsure of how they got into such a serious discussion, or how the two of them hadn’t lashed out at each other by now. He’d never considered having a girl, that possibility terrified him. He wouldn’t know the first thing about raising a respectable woman, especially without Narcissa.

“She’d be doomed.” He chuckles and orders another bottle of wine for their table. “Would you want a girl, if you had a child?”

Maya laughs.

“I’m pretty sure the only motivation I’d ever have for having a child was to use it to get what I want. So I suppose if I was cursed with one, what it was wouldn’t matter in the slightest.” 

“Why should she be doomed? For the crime of not being a boy? Or because you’re in the picture?” Maya laughs. “I’m sorry to say that if that’s the case what it is won’t matter.” She inhales again, speaking around the smoke.

“You’re stupid lucky you got Narcissa to marry you, you know that? She’s really the only hope whatever the two of you end up having has.”

[johnnyssilverhand]

[mayazabini]

eivorswolfsmal‌:

Don’t come back, you fuckin’ bitch! 

HIGH FIDELITY 1.07, "Me Time" DIR. Jeffrey Reiner

[mayazabini]

I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Open

[mayazabini]

narcissa-bm‌:

Narcissa herself is dressed to the nines, in a long green dress that glitters and gleams as she moves about the room. Her hair is done up in something fancy, makeup carefully applied to compliment her outfit without being too distracting. It’d all required quite a bit of work, but she was happy with it. She spots Maya across the room, looking absolutely stunning in her gown, and Narcissa decides to swoop in and properly greet the woman. 

As soon as she’s near, she hears Maya speaking. She smiles sadly and peers out over the crowd. “Yes – they do.” She hadn’t been asked to dance nearly enough, partly because of her responsibilities and partly (she suspects) because people are afraid of Lucius. “I miss having one that wouldn’t hide in the shadows at his own party.” 

“How are you, Maya? You look stunning.” She smiles, feeling in better spirits than normal. 

“Thank you.” Maya says, distracted for a moment by the dancers.

“You do as well.” She says without looking at her friend before turning to face her and laughing.

“Oh! You really do, I don’t even have to be false.”

“I’m...well, I’m actually having a grand time. But I-” She lets her voice catch, hoping she’s believable despite the amount she’s been drinking.

“I keep forgetting myself. Thinking Archie will be here...I’m wracked with guilt, Cissa. Over a good time.”

She sighs, hoping it sounds wistful instead of irritating and looks back out at the dancers.

“I don’t know what to do.”

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“We have grown, I know, in the same dark gardens.”

— Yves Bonnefoy, tr. by Anthony Rudolf, from Selected Poems; “O You,”

[fallcarrington]

[mayazabini]

Old Fashioned || Kingsley and Maya

She spots him out of the corner of her eye as Maya slides up to the bar and stifles a snort. Of course Narcissa would’ve invited aurors to this. Maya is quietly impressed-its genius, get on their good side, guarantee protection for herself and Lucius.

“It’s funny. Auror Shacklebolt.” Maya says lightly, still not looking over at him but feeling his gaze on her the second she says his name.

“You didn't strike me as the dancing type during our brief encounter. Gigglewater and whiskey.” She says to the house-elf behind the bar. Once it scurries away, Maya turns her gaze and it’s full effect towards the man who foolishly tried to destroy her, letting the monster in her take over. 

“Nor did I expect you to look quite so handsome in your dress robes.” 

He looks a little dazed-Maya never gets tired of that look, despite the hundreds of times she’s been on the receiving end of it.

“You got any other surprises up your sleeve?”

@k-shacklebolt​

[mayazabini]

Both Sides Now || Maya & Andromeda

The frown on her face when she opens the door turns into a smirk the second she registers who it is.

“Hmm. Always knew you’d come crawling back. Vermin rarely leave after the first extermination.”

She studies Andromeda’s face and chuckles dryly. “You’ve aged terribly. Can’t say I’m surprised. Centuries of inbreeding does that to a face.”

“What the fuck do you want?”

Maya leans against the doorway, already bored and giving Andromeda a view of her gorgeous house. It feels good to be quite literally on the other side of the invisible line that usually exists between the Sacred 28, able to flaunt what she has when Andromeda has nothing.

@axtonks​

[mayazabini]

★ From Barty

I like you // I love you // I’m indifferent toward you // You’re one of my best friends // You’re like family // You are family // I dislike you // I hate you // I’m jealous of you // I’m scared of you // I would adopt you // I’m attracted to you // I’d date you // I’d sleep with you // I’d marry you // I’m worried about you // You confuse me // You’re annoying // I respect you // I want your respect // I feel protective of you // I’d like to cut loose with you // You’re good-looking // I’m suspicious of you // I’m hiding something from you // You’re fun // You’re boring // You’re nice // You’re mean // You’re smart // You’re stupid // I think you’re a better person than me // I think I’m a better person than you // I want to apologize to you // I want an apology from you // I wish I’d never met you // I never want to forget you // I want to get to know you better

[mayazabini]

Star from Sneep

I like you // I love you // I’m indifferent toward you // You’re one of my best friends // You’re like family // You are family // I dislike you // I hate you // I’m jealous of you // I’m scared of you // I would adopt you // I’m attracted to you // I’d date you // I’d sleep with you // I’d marry you // I’m worried about you // You confuse me // You’re annoying // I respect you // I want your respect // I feel protective of you // I’d like to cut loose with you // You’re good-looking // I’m suspicious of you // I’m hiding something from you // You’re fun // You’re boring // You’re nice // You’re mean // You’re smart // You’re stupid // I think you’re a better person than me // I think I’m a better person than you // I want to apologize to you // I want an apology from you // I wish I’d never met you // I never want to forget you // I want to get to know you better

[stellapryce]

SEND MY CHARACTER A ★ AND I’LL BOLD EVERYTHING THEY FEEL TOWARD YOUR CHARACTER.

I like you // I love you // I’m indifferent toward you // You’re one of my best friends // You’re like family // You are family // I dislike you // I hate you // I’m jealous of you // I’m scared of you // I would adopt you // I’m attracted to you // I’d date you // I’d sleep with you // I’d marry you // I’m worried about you // You confuse me // You’re annoying // I respect you // I want your respect // I feel protective of you // I’d like to cut loose with you // You’re good-looking // I’m suspicious of you // I’m hiding something from you // You’re fun // You’re boring // You’re nice // You’re mean // You’re smart // You’re stupid // I think you’re a better person than me // I think I’m a better person than you // I want to apologize to you // I want an apology from you // I wish I’d never met you // I never want to forget you // I want to get to know you better

[mayazabini]

I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Open

It must be the champagne, but Maya actually feels happy tonight. Or maybe it’s the hint of spring in the air or the fact that, despite it not being her party, she feels heads turning wherever she goes. It’s her first social engagement, really, since Archie’s funeral and though she’s in her customary black, her less than somber attitude is sure to start some rumors. Let them. She’s done pretending like she cared about that vile man. The hem of her knee length black skirt is enchanted with pink, blooming roses, with even more blooming along the boat neckline of her gown-Maya feels like she herself might be blooming too. She smiles a bit wistfully, swaying to herself next to the dance floor, watching people twirl around to the live band. Merlin, she must be drunk, because she giggles, turning towards the person next to her.

“Don’t they look wonderful?”

“I miss having a consistent dance partner.”