They make-out in this chapter but there’s no super mature content (yet). Sorry about the typos I’m spitting this out right now. Here’s the ao3 link.
Since Anne’s death something about Sebastian seems to have changed.
Sebastian stayed close to my side. I did not blame him. He’s living at Hogwarts full time now, the week following the funeral his uncle moved all his stuff out of the house. His reasoning was because Sebastian was older, he didn’t need him around watching over them anymore. However cruel it was, I think it was because he didn’t want reminders of what they all lost that day. Sebastian was doing the same, avoiding the place where it all happened.
I continued with my usual activities, mostly wandering around the forest taking care of poachers. Sebastian was more than happy to tag along. The way he dealt with them though, made me think he was using them for relieving pent up frustration. Sometimes it worried me, but if anyone deserved the rage it was those who tortured animals.
He remained calm and jovial, his usual temperament. Only once did he deviate from character. A poacher had me pinned to the ground, his wand up to my neck. He was twice the size of me, large and menacing in all sense of the word. With a disgusting smile he held his wand up to my neck. I didn’t think he was dumb enough to do any serious damage to me, but in that flicker of a second my eyes met Sebastian’s. I saw a dark clouded look overcome his eyes, then the poacher was blasted off me. First he hit the tree, then the ground, then the tree again. He was unconscious at this point, but Sebastian woke him up with a blast of green. Crucio, an unforgivable curse solely used to cause the victim immense pain.
I backed up against a tree, my head pounding. Around us, the rest of his group had already taken off. Yet Sebastian stood still, his vacant expression focused on the man screaming below him. After taking a moment to regain my sense I stumbled forward.
Something changed in his face. His eyes refocused, and he turned towards me. It sent a chill down my spine.
The poacher stayed on the floor, still wailing and shaking violently. I would have helped him had he not had the skins of large cats wrapped around his body like decoration. Someone like him deserved to feel the pain he inflicted. Still in a daze, I took Sebastian by the wrist and ran off into the thick of the woods.
We didn’t speak of it again.
He knew me better than anyone else. In the short amount of time we knew each other, the connection was immediate. Besides, I also used crucio, I wasn’t innocent.
Back at the castle Sebastian seemed to have fully snapped out of his daze. The faint line between his brows had become a deep crevice. He looked like he wanted to say something. So I waited. He usually was one to speak his mind. Yet, the words never came.
We snuck back into the castle, not realizing how much time had passed. It was late, but both of us were too on edge to sleep. When our hands met I could feel the electricity still pumping through his veins.
“Come with me.” He asked. A simple question, not convince or push. I nodded back, despite the swirling in my stomach. I’ve faced much more terrifying things. I could do this.
As we crept up the stairs, I expected the steps to recess into the floor, forcing us from ascending. Of course it was a silly rumor after all, nothing happened. We made it up easily and completely unnoticed. Sebastian smiled back at me, with the same charm he always had. At that moment I realized I would follow him anywhere. The thought worried me. I did not like to be tied down to anything tangible, but when he looked at me like that, how could I resist.
His room was very simple. Aside from the typical decorative touches every room in the dungeon had, there wasn’t much left out. A few suitcases were lazily thrown into the corner of the room, a couple textbooks left open on the desk, but that was the extent of it. Sebastian cast a silencing spell around the door, as I sunk into the mattress.
“Do you have anything to drink?” I asked, staring at the ceiling. I needed something to calm my nerves.
Laughing, he went to his suitcase and pulled something out of the big pocket. “Something like this?” He swirled the glittering liquid around in the bottle.
Amused, I sat up. “And how did you get a hold of that?” From the looks of it the bottle had to be worth a hundred galleons alone.
“My uncle left his entire stash in his hurry to fuck off.” Sebastian popped off the corp and took a swig. “Good for me. That drunkard had the gall to tell me off everyday while he was getting pissed besides my sick sister.”
He still refused to use the words ‘death’ and ‘dying’ in reference to Anne.
I presented my palms, and he handed the bottle over. Holding my breath, I took a long gulp. It wasn’t long after that I began to feel the effects of the liquor. The anxiety gradually left my chest, leaving a silliness in its place. Sebastian was also feeling from the looks of it. With a giant smile plastered on his face, he went off on whatever topic peaked his interest. I haven’t seen him smile like that in a long time. It was contagious.
Laughing as I rolled on my side toward him I asked, “What’s something you’ve always wanted to do but you haven’t? We should do that.”
“Yeah?” He asked, his tone changed.
He set the bottle down on the nightstand, then leaned over me. His lips met mine, gently at first, then ravenous. I kissed him back, sloppily. Suddenly I noticed he was on top of me, his long arms resting on either side of my head. The hunger in his eyes made my heart jump. I thought I was numb from the alcohol but the butterflies returned. I wasn’t scared this time.