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soft intimacy meme | not accepting | for @muggleproud
🌱 = Hermione planting seedlings with Neville!
“You’ve realized they’re not mandrake seedlings, haven’t you?” Neville says it with a grin, watching her slowly pat dirt around a tiny greet sprout. She had to know— She was Hermione Granger. And while she perhaps didn’t enjoy herbology as much as he did, she did pay attention just as well as he did during lessons.
“I wanted to surprise you.”
Digging around in the canvas apron he always wore around his waist when in the greenhouse, Neville’s fingers search for a papery folder containing seeds. Upon finding the seed package, he quickly retrieves it and holds it out in his palm. The package was decorated with dancing cats and little green leaves. In a big, fancy font, the package read “Catnip.” Neville had wanted to plant some catnip for Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks.
Unfortunately, his friend’s furry companion had taken a liking to chasing the garden gnomes that lived around the greenhouses. This meant they were digging new holes that professor Sprout had difficulty finding— Meaning it was difficult to get rid of the gnomes. Neville feared Crookshanks might be expelled from Hogwarts due to his behavior ( unlikely: Dumbledore wouldn’t allow it. But Neville worried anyway ).
“I had to go to a Muggle gardening shop to get them,” He begins, lifting one of the tiny black seeds to inspect it. “Did you know they eat seeds? Muggles? Maybe not these, but some seeds— Like pumpkin and sunflower.”
Neville clears his throat upon realizing he was off-topic. “Anyway, I thought maybe planting catnip would keep Crookshanks out of trouble.” His brows crease with worry. “You’re not mad, are you? I’m sorry I lied about this being extra credit. .– I just wanted to surprise you.”
