it's the beginning of finals week(s) for me so my brain is actually fried, so obvs we're doing the most overdone au ever
-I think the HP fic where everyone likes Nico got deleted, couldn't find it
-anyways, houses, y'all can try and argue but Huf!Nico and Sly!Leo, maybe Rev!Leo but I feel like that's the easy way out
-in fact I don't think they should be in Hogwarts at all, let's do an Ilvermory au
-Wampus Nico x Horned Serpent Leo, maybe Thunderbird Nico, is he more a warrior or an explorer?
-Leo is a meneace and the next grreatest magical inventor, also a half-blood
-Nico is a pureblood with the usual amounts of pureblood family drama, he believes in mother magic which makes him greyish vis-a-vis his magic
-neither's into quidditch but Leo's incredible at exploding snap, while Nico has a penchant for magical chess
-regardless of house Nico is one of the best duelers, Leo's insane at charms and has actually created a few of his own
-that was a thing, Nico aproaches him bc to create spells you gotta really get magic, and he wants to study Leo bc of it
-Leo starts learning abt old magic from Nico, Nico starts learning abt muggle stuff from Leo
-they start making excuses to see the other, like asignments in classes the other isn't even that good on, or Leo joining the dueling club even though he's shit at offensive spells
-Nico's pet is a cat with the most intense aura
-I really want to give Leo a golden snidget, it makes zero sense, but still. He didn't have one in my imagination, just an undefined critter, so I looked up magic creatures (there's somethign called the glubumble that's adorably pathethic)
-eventually the others notice valdangelo doing circles and shenanigans ensue
-Nico's patronus, I feel, would be a thestral (first time most ppl seen one), Leo's is totally a dragon, like what else?
-their amortentia smells like each other, yes, but it also smells like magic, somehow??
-they both suck at herbology
-they probably get together during christmass break when none of their friends are there to see
-anyway that's all I've got