Both. My mental health, while has never been great, absolutely tanked last year and Iām still feeling constantly drained and burnt out. What little time and energy I did occasionally find left within me never felt like enough for anyone or anything. Let alone to be creative enough for this space. Iāve poured my heart and soul into this blog and these characters for so many years that I never want to give it anything less than my best. So it became something else I just felt like I was letting down. So I took a break and I kept meaning to explain why but I even failed at that. But just know that I still miss Albus and Scorpius immensely and absolutely do plan on coming back once Iām mentally in a better place. I still have so many things to write about! I just wonāt be posting at the frequency I was before.Ā Partly because my relationship with the play has changed, and also because I fell into the OFMD fandom last year and Iām enjoying it there. Iām still at the quietly lurking stage so itās just me, myself, and my excessive tags on a new side blog but you know, that's exactly how this one started out so... ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Scorpius keeps growing. Astoria makes sure heās always ready for Hogwarts. Draco realises heāll never be alone.Ā
[ Drastoria | Angst and fluff. Loss and healing. Also features several bloodied fingers but fear not, theyāre only minor sewing related injuries. | 2.5k words ]
First Year
Astoria sits by the window the afternoon they arrive back from Scorpiusās first uniform fitting. She can still hear him talking his dadās ear off down the hallway. Draco had made the mistake of mentioning the staircase with the missing step and now Scorpius wonāt rest until he knows all of Hogwartās secrets apparently. She smiles as she reaches for the white thread and scissors. She picks up the first name tag, S. Malfoy, and she feels the same excitement running through her thatās been living in Scorpius for months. It feels like only yesterday when they were buying these same letters on little wooden blocks in his nursery. Now sheās placing them in school uniform. Time shouldnāt go by this fast. It hasnāt felt like enough. But her sonās excitement always stops her from wishing time to stop. He desperately wants to learn and live and she could never hold him back from that. So with a discussion about swamps in corridors as background noise, she starts sewing in the first label into his white shirt. With each one she finishes, she gently swipes her thumb across the name and just for a second, thinks of all the ways she loves him. Itās not a charm but she hopes he feels loved whenever he sees it. People may not like his name but itās something heāll wear with a different sort of pride than his father in his youth. That sheās certain and proud of.Ā Finally, she adds an anti-itch charm to make sure the tag doesnāt irritate his skin before she folds the shirt and picks up the next one.
Second Year
If she thought heād suddenly grown up the summer before his first year, it was even more pronounced the summer before his second. Once again, his new uniform arrived and this time Scorpius is lying on the rug by her window seat. Heās writing to his best friend, Albus Potter, and she ends up pricking her finger because sheās too busy watching the smile getting bigger and bigger on her sonās face as he writes. She quickly heals her finger and looks back down at her own work. She had been hoping to have fewer items to sew this year but when they went through his trunk to see what uniform still fit, she wasnāt surprised to find it nearly all needed replacing. She was surprised however to find a third Slytherin tie that had Albus P handwritten on the underside of it. Astoria made sure to owl it back to his mother the same morning, knowing how hard it was to keep track of one childās school supplies, never mind three. Sheād had a reply back just this afternoon with a thank you and a question as to whether Scorpius owns the fluffy grey socks with gold owls on that sheād found in Albusās trunk. It took her a second to place them and then smiled to herself over the fact Scorpius must have added them to his trunk after they had finished packing together. She goes back to mentally planning out her reply as she sews the last shirt.
Third Year
The next summer she wasnāt in her window seat as she got out her sewing supplies. Instead she was in bed, a pile of white shirts and even longer school trousers in a neat pile by her side. The bed was too far away from the window for this task but luckily Scorpius jumped at the chance of using magic outside of school. His face was giddy with excitement as he cast lumos and held it up in front of her. The happiest heād been all summer. She felt guilty at that. They had made a decision to shelter him from the world, but never from his family. Her condition was at its worse and he knew it. Not that they could hide it at this point even if they tried. Yet this morning sheād felt better than she had in months. So she sat up and requested her sewing kit. Draco had looked worried, even a simple stitch charm would likely be too much of a drain on her these days. But he knew better than to refuse her. And anyway, she didnāt need magic for this. Just love and a little patience. It was barely a minute later when Scorpius stuck his head around the door and offered his help. She knew it was Dracoās doing but she could never be mad. Every moment spent in their sonās company was a blessing. She thought back to the summer before his first year and remembered thinking how fast time seems to go by. It was nothing compared to this.Ā
Scorpius was a little over two years old when he had his first bout of accidental magic. Heād been playing with his building blocks when she had told him it was bath time. Heād refused. He wanted to keep playing. It wasnāt until sheād started to pack the blocks away that she realised it was stuck to the floor. She tried to pick up another one and realised that one was stuck too. She shouted for Draco and then felt a little bad when she saw his panicked face as he ran through the door. But watching it change from anxious to elated as she explained still lives with her today. Little Scorpius had giggled away, tantrum and bath time long forgotten, as he watched his mum and dad try and pick up his now unmovable blocks. He thought it was a new game and their obvious joy didnāt show him otherwise.Ā
She looks up as the needle pokes through and sees the same amusement in her sonās eyes today. She wants to keep that light there for as long as possible. So she asks him to tell her about what plans he has with Albus this year. Sheād already signed his Hogsmeade permission slip and was wondering if heād convinced Albus to get his signed yet. She knew he was desperate to visit Honeydukes but wouldnāt want to go without his friend. He spent the next hour talking as she sewed. She could have done it quicker but not knowing when or if theyād get a moment like this together again, she told herself that making sure each stitch was perfect was worth the extra time. Because thatās what this felt like now. These days felt like a gift, one she hadnāt expected but refused to waste a single minute of. It didnāt matter if this was her last week or her last hour. She was his mum and he needed his uniform sorted. His hand never wavered nor did he grow tired of casting and she gained strength through that. She had feared darkness in her final days, instead she was blanketed in light.
Fourth Year
Draco is sat in his office while his son sits in his bedroom. The past year their home had felt hollow, while the piece that was missing from his heart had steadily filled with grief and loneliness. He never expected that feeling to increase tenfold once Scorpius was back. Yet it has and heās sure itās breaking them both. He looks at her portrait, looks at the half empty bottle of firewhisky, looks at the door and thinks of his son beyond it. He drags his hands down his face and feels the three day old stubble he knew sheād tease him for. Heād experimented with facial hair when Scorpius was young. Sheād laughed every time Scorpius would frown as he tried to pull it off his face. He could only speak in babbles and squeals at that point but it was enough to know he wasnāt a fan. Astoria, usually the first to offer her opinion, had held back until he directly asked her one night. She quietly told him it aged him, and he remembers opening his mouth to joke back, but her sad eyes stopped him. Because sheād never expected to see him in old age. He shaved it off later that night. Not wanting to remind her one more second of what she was going to miss. He promised her when they started dating, and again when he asked her to marry him, that they would live for today. That theyād live a whole lifetime in the precious days theyād have together. If she insisted on helping him through his past then he would pull all of her future into the now. Sudden pecking at the window knocks him out of his head. Letting the owl in, he unties the package and stops when he sees her name. He sits back down before slowly unwrapping it. The little white tags confuse him until he spots the lettering. S. Malfoy. He hadnāt even thought about the tags, not even in Madam Malkinās as he watched his son stand unusually still as he was getting measured. He wanted to let the immediate feeling of failure overtake him. But seeing their names staring up at him from his desk stops him. He takes a deep breath and gets up and heads towards the sun room. The little box in the cupboard under the window seat is still there. Exactly where she had told Scorpius to return it to this time last year. Heās fallen down onto the seat with it in his hands before he realised. For once heās glad Scorpius doesnāt venture out of his room much. Heād be embarrassed to be caught sat there staring at this box for as long as he does. Eventually he places it next to him and makes a decision. He pulls out his wand and summons the folded clothes still on the table where theyād left them earlier. He places them on the other side of him. Heās seen her do this before and failing that heās fairly decent with a stitching charm, but he also knows what sheād want to do. So he does exactly that. If he canāt do it for himself yet, heāll do it for her. He picks up the white thread and a needle and makes a start. Or he at least tries. He never knew how difficult this apparently was. Once heās finally threaded the needle and worked out he needed to knot the end to stop it from coming through, he begins what heās sure isnāt even a proper stitch. And yet it does seem to hold. Somehow. He feels the side of his mouth start to turn upwards and for the first time in a year, he doesnāt feel guilty about it. Sheād have loved this. Sheād have mocked him and then rewarded him with a kiss for his efforts and here in her sun room he feels her warmth as if she were in the room again. It takes him two hours. He loses count of the amount of times he has to heal his fingers and vanish spots of blood but he gets it done. The feeling of achievement, of love and hope, finally replacing some of the awful ones still filling the void. Itās what gives him the confidence to walk upstairs and knock on Scorpiusās door. He offers his son a gentle smile and his folded uniform and asks if he can help him pack.
Fifth Year
Draco doesnāt cancel the standing order Astoria had set up with the name tag company. He wonders if she set one up deliberately. Before he would have worried it's because she believed heād forget. That he wouldnāt be able to parent by himself. Now he knows she did it to remind him he wasnāt alone. That she knew heād never let their son go to school unprepared. It wasnāt lack of faith, it was just another way she had taken control of a destiny she couldnāt escape. She may have left this world but that wouldnātĀ stop her from being a mother and a wife. He obviously knew about the letters sheād asked him to hold onto until Scorpius was older. He also thought about the seventeenth birthday present she had already wrapped and stored in her wardrobe. He even started to find the little notes hidden in the pages of his own favourite books. (āI loved watching you read. You know that serious frown Scorpius does when he's trying to figure something out? Itās exactly what you do when the plot gets particularly complex. Iām glad our son inherited that from you. I hope he gains more. You have so much to offer the world, Draco. Donāt let them make you feel otherwise.ā) So when the next order of name tags arrive, he smiles at her name. He thanks the owl and offers them a treat before shouting out for Scorpius. His son bounds into the room and sees the parcel and frowns. Draco canāt help but think back to the note. A chuckle must accompany his smile as Scorpius quickly looks up at his face and is even more confused.Ā
āWhat would you say to helping me with something? Your mum made it look effortless but I can guarantee itās difficult and dangerous. I actually lost quite a bit of blood last time.āĀ
āWhat? What are you- are those my name tags? Youāreā¦ youāre talking about sewing on my name tags?ā
āYour mother never used magic for this, you know.ā
āExcept for the anti-itch charm! She told me the night before I left for Hogwarts when she was double checking my trunk.ā
āOhā¦ I didnāt think of that.ā
āI know. I had Albus help me with the charm at school. Dad, itās fine. You didnāt know.ā
āYou could have told me.ā
āIām telling you now.ā
āOkay. Letās do this. Weāll both sew and then you can show me the charm.ā
āThis definitely beats going on a walk.ā
āWhat?ā
āNothing! Just an Albus thing.ā
āAh yes, talking of difficult and dangerous, how is my favourite Potter?ā
āDad!ā
āYou know I donāt mean it. Although surprisingly, the favourite Potter part I do. Donāt tell him that though. Or if you do, make sure itās in front of his father.āĀ
āI thought you two were friends now?ā
āHmm. I have you to thank for that too. Really though, tell me about what you two have got planned at the weekend. If I have to go play nice with the Potters, at least tell me youāre getting something out of it.ā
They sit there, side by side in Astoriaās favourite window seat, for hours as they talk and teach each other, learning far more than a simple running stitch or a basic charm. They laugh and talk freely for what feels like the first time in years. Here in the sun room they only feel her presence, not her loss, and they heal far more than their bloodied fingers that afternoon. Draco helps Scorpius carry his uniform back up to his room and makes sure the shirt that theyād accidentally sewed the tag in upside down on (and had decided whilst still laughing not to fix) was packed on top. They were doing better but Draco wanted to make sure Scorpius never forgot, not for one single moment, that his parents loved him and were always with him. He swipes his thumb across the name tag and smiles. wrote
saw a little boy in a dinosaur poncho and had to draw little scorpius wearing one since @roonilbwazlib made it canon that heās in love with dinos šš¤²
Do you have any headcanon as to how scorpius and albus would deal with there trauma from the delphini events?
I think Albus actually acknowledges it and responds in a positive and healthy way, which is new for him. He also doesnāt do it alone. Thatās the headcanon and the hope!
For years heās isolated himself and he's just been hit with the ugly reality of the consequences of that. While Scorpius is undoubtedly the brightest star in his life, I think when he knelt behind his father in that church as his family and friend fought fiercely alongside him, he realised there was a whole galaxy of people surrounding him. His parents, his siblings, his cousins, his whole extended family. Even his classmates and teachers, who maybe arenāt all so bad. Not if he gave them a proper chance.Ā
So when he stood at Cedricās grave with his dad, he listened. He processed before he reacted and when he did he was still honest, and it worked. I believe heāll continue to do that. No matter how hard it is some days. Because he needs them as much as they need him. Which is something heās having to re-learn after years of convincing himself that he could disappear without anyone caring. Learning the hard way how wrong that was wasnāt ideal, but he wonāt make another mistake twice.Ā
As much as I think a lot of these changes come from within Albus, and need to in order to be successful, I also like to think an adult in his life offers him the opportunity for professional help. McGonagall brings someone in for Scorpius almost immediately. While Draco and Scorpius are communicating better and that does help, she knows Draco has his own demons and would hate to bring those back to the surface with everything else heās dealing with. She still cares for her old students as much as she does her current ones. So she invites a nervous Draco to her office to talk. Draco only wants whatās best for his son, but heās reluctant. He doesnāt trust an outsider. He knows that even highly trained medical professionals sometimes still hesitant at their surname. McGonagall understands but she has someone already in mind that she trusts, so she simply asks him to trust her. And so he does. The sessions work wonders on Scorpius, which encourage Albus to finally cave and take a few sessions himself. I also hope that Draco sees the good it does and actually seeks them out himself. Between his youth, the war, fatherhood, the loss of his wifeā¦ thereās a lot to unpack. Yet if he can improve himself and make sure what just happened never happens again, then itāll all be worth it.
So in short, Albus will listen more and theyāll both talk more, especially to people other than each other, and theyāll also definitely hug more. Since thatās a thing they apparently do now. After that time on the staircase, their next hug was in the corridor outside the mind healer's office. Albus was waiting for Scorpius to finish so they could walk to dinner together. He leaves, right on time, but Albus barely gets a word out before Scorpius launches himself at him. Albus starts to ask what it was for but then realises heās counting. Scorpius explains afterwards that hugging someone for twenty seconds has been scientifically proven by muggles to slower stress, anxiety, and heart rates. The cuddle hormone or something. Albus isnāt sure it worked, his heart rate is anything but lower and heās thinking of another hormone entirely. Yet the hugs keep happening and soon Scorpius stops counting and just enjoys them. Albus too. And yeah okay, heāll accept now that he does always feel better when Scorpius decides to cuddle up with him but heās not entirely convinced thatās because it stops him from having to do his homework while he holds him back. But give him a few more months and heāll admit thatās just a bonus. Because the headcanon that Iām most adamant on is that these two donāt get together until at least sixth year. Fifth year is all exams and recovery which is a lot. And important. Sixth year brings its own stresses of course, but it also gives them the time to properly explore this new version of themselves before they re-discover each other.
Imagine Albus and Scorpius moving together after Hogwarts. They couldnāt be happier waking up in an embrace every morningš. Except that every time Scorpius wakes up with a Albusā toy owl poking in his spine or ribs. He gets an idea! He buys for Albus pillowcase with owlsš¦ and it became Albusā second favorite thing next to fall asleepā¤ļø
Interview with Vincent Lang (Albus Potter) and Mathias Reiser (Scorpius Malfoy)
A new edition of the German Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script came out last week, to match the script currently being used in the Hamburg production of the play. Several changes have been made to the original translation of the dialogue and lots of fun little details have been added, and I might discuss those at some point, but for now Iām going to focus on the interview included at the end of the book, which was done with Vincent Lang and Matti Reiser on March 2020 āØ It covers topics like how they got these roles, what they think of Albus and Scorpius, and how they developed their own versions of them!
(Disclaimer: this is 1.5k words, I translated it in about 4 hours,Ā and Iām working with two foreign languages here, so! itās not perfect and some liberties were taken, but it turned out quite well overall š)
Did you see the that Twitter thread about scorbus being canon in the shortened Broadway show??
I did see that thread but I havenāt commented on it yet because all the sources were (understandable) way too excitable. I just couldnāt make an informed decision based on timelines and dashboards full of capital letters! But having now listened to the final two scenes (and only those scenes) myself, Iām happy to share my take on it.
This is going to be a long post but in short, a romantic Scorbus pairing still isnāt canon.
Letās start with the penultimate scene. I like the new script changes in this scene. Itās still fun and full of teasing so we leave them knowing theyāre still together. Itās the perfect way to say goodbye to these two characters as a pair. The beauty of it now is that thereās even more heart in it thanks to Rose. Her line asking Albus if heās good is easily my favourite addition. Sheās family and they were best friends once and now sheās reaching out to him without being prompted. More than that though, she sounds genuine and that fills me with so much joy. It's like everything is finally falling into place for Albus. He's got his friend and his family back.
The other changes; Scorpiusās āisnāt it?ā when asked if heās sure Rose is who he wants in his love palace, and the removal of the āin my headā from his ānew version of usā line are also quite lovely. Thereās still an ambiguity about them in regards to Scorbus. I can see why people see this as Scorpius pushing Albus for confirmation or dropping a hint, but personally I see it as Scorpius speaking freely because theyāre each others go-to. If Scorpius is questioning his feelings and/or sexuality, itās Albus who heās going to confide in. Even if it becomes about Albus, heās still the one person who isnāt going to judge or run from him. Theyāre best friends, first and foremost. Thatās what I love most about them. Theyāre each otherās everything, through thick and thin. Their adventures have only confirmed that. Thatās also why I love how much more confident the ānew version of usā has now become. Itās not just in his head, itās their reality. Going through what they have has changed them. Losing Albus and nearly losing their lives will have affected them to their core. That is absolutely a new version of Albus and Scorpius weāre looking at on that staircase at this point and Iām glad he recognises that. Iām not excited about the ship at this point, Iām fangirling with pride over their growth. I love the changes in this scene not because it makes anything canon, but because it strengthens them. Individually and their relationship. Thatās whatās important to the story and to me here. What exactly their relationship is at this point, is not.
Then thereās the final scene. This scene has always been about father and son finally listening to each other. Itās always been about acceptance and the new version doesnāt change that. Albus is opening up. Heās doing exactly what he tells Draco to do. Heās putting his trust in his dad. (Which he hasnāt done since the first scene when he trusted his dad when he said that Slytherin was okay and that the Sorting Hat would listen to him. Which was not a lie on Harryās part but it became a betrayal and a disappointment to Albus.) In return, Harry is telling him itās okay, that what he is and who he is, is a good thing. I know people are saying itās āliterallyā Albus coming out but I donāt think itās specifically about that. Nor do I want it to be. That scene is closure for the play and a promise for the future. Albus didnāt do all of this because of his sexuality, he did it because heās struggling with himself and where he fits in. You could argue his sexuality is part of that crisis. Iām sure it is too but I doubt he 100% knows that yet. I think itās still a feeling he doesnāt quite understand but he knows it means something big. Something that could change everything. Itās scary and unknown yet feels right and thatās enough for him to know itās worth fighting for. Albus āthis one doesā Potter will always stubbornly be himself, he just needs acceptance from those who mean something to him to do so fully and comfortably.
Harry is a major part of that process for him. He needs his fatherās love and support in every aspect. Again, even if heās now fully aware of his feelings and accepted this additional label (although I have no idea when heās had the time), I doubt thatās what he needs in that moment. I think the Slytherin side of Albus, that self preservation in him, will want that acceptance as a whole before he opens up further and deeper than ever before. The lines about Scorpius are honest and heartfelt but I feel like theyāre a final test. Scorpius was tested, so was Albus. Now itās Harryās turn. Which he too passes. I have no doubt that when Albus does specifically come out to his family, itāll be because this conversation with Harry has already told him it wonāt end in disaster and that to me is more important than his actual coming out. Because Albus doesnāt hide his truths, he speaks directly regardless of the consequence. You see it time and time again in the play. Heās a boy who leads with his heart. Itās why heās confirming his acceptance through a conversation about Scorpius. Because Scorpius is such an integral part of him. Harry accepting Scorpius is Harry accepting Albus and his choices. Because Albus always has and always will choose Scorpius. I have no doubt that when heās ready, heāll say and be exactly who he is. Heāll offer no doubt or show no fear because once heās gained acceptance from his dad, heāll finally be able to accept himself. Because Albus has a front as much as his dad does. He may put on his Slytherin green hoodie but heās still hiding behind it. Thatās why he wears it too big for his small frame. But heāll grow into it, in so many ways. There are so many labels attached to him and now heās got that support from his dad, itāll be easier for him to sort through them. One by one theyāll become part of him. A skin heās comfortable in and proud of rather than being weighed down by it. Because while Albus right now wonāt admit how much he needs his dad, he does. He needs him by his side, just as much as he does Scorpius, to grow into the man heās going to be. Thatās the ultimate message they leave you with. That you need your friends and family, you need support and love, to become the best and truest version of yourself. That means his house, his history, his sexuality, his friendships, his choices. Itās all wrapped up for us in a beautiful bow and it saddens me when people only focus on one of those things.
But more importantly, I donāt believe the producers/directors/writers deserve the praise the fandom and theatre critics are currently giving them in regards to it now 'being gay'. Maybe itās because Iāve been here since the beginning so Iāve seen how theyāve handled Scorbus and Scorose over these past six years. So I canāt see these changes as a win for the LGBTQA+ community. Itās in there because we see it, because we want to/need to, but itās just not specific enough to pat them on the back for it. I donāt know how many people were here back in 2016 but they were so against this ship. Actors got in trouble if they did anything to encourage it, they added Scorose content to the play, and they only focused on that ship in social media. We got article after article of denials of Scorbus. So excuse me for being suspicious. Because now, after yet another expensive rebrand and they still arenāt hitting the numbers they want, theyāve decided to rewrite and encourage this relationship? It just doesnāt sit right with me. As a fan of these two boys and a supporter of the ship, it makes my heart swell. Of course it does. But part of me canāt help but wonder whether thatās been done deliberately. Especially with the JKR controversy. (Although these changes are absolutely not a āfuck youā to her so I donāt get why some people are saying that?) Iām here for people continuing to find themselves in this space, but this feels more like queerbaiting than it ever did back then. I think this is for another post but thereās definitely a discussion to be had here. Why after years of RoseRoseRose are we suddenly getting āScorbusā? Iām here for queer representation but not if theyāre only doing it because itās profitable to capitalise on it at the moment. I do want to believe they've genuinely had a change of heart but the fact they're still playing it safe makes it difficult to celebrate. You shouldn't get the recognition if you're letting the fans do the leg work for you. Because people on social media shouting about it being gay now is half the problem. Which is rich coming from me, I know, I literally run a Scorbus blog and Iāve been shouting about them as a romantic pair for years. But I don't claim their ship to be canon. Their love is canon, absolutely. But love takes so many forms. Donāt dismiss their love now because you want it to mean something else in the future.
Albusās identity, including his sexuality, is all tangled up in his words in that last scene. You donāt have that much emotion in your voice unless what youāre asking has the potential to make or break you. Albus has never been more exposed and heās doing so of his own free will. Itās such an incredibly powerful moment. This is why I cried when I heard Harryās response because heās obviously picked up on that. Heās finally listening and he gives Albus what Albus needs. He responds positively and repeatedly and emphasises very clearly that Scorpius is not only good but good for him. If heās also picking up on the potential of that relationship then he does the right thing again in not specifically responding to it because Albus clearly isnāt ready for that yet. So heāll wait until he is. Because thereās still so much more to his journey. Even though weāre at the end of this story, weāre only at the beginning of his. Forty year old Harry recognises that. Albus stands there with his heart in his hands and Harry gently covers it with love that of course has always been there but now itās in a way Albus can understand and truly feel it. Supporting Scorpius is loving him. Thatās the specific Ginny was telling him about. The relief in Harryās tone as he figures all this out is so raw I want to cry again just thinking about it. Itās so simple. Itās literally history repeating itself. Again. He rejected Draco because he couldnāt accept his friend, and Albus did the exact same thing to him. Itās that power of friendship theme thatās at the heart of every Harry Potter story and this one literally saved the world. Harry finally seeing that will change their lives for the better.
The canon outcome is still the same. Iām excited because the changes are truly lovely, but they donāt change the story. Iāve said this before and Iāll say it again and again. Give these boys time. Theyāve been to hell and back and thatās not including all the years of isolation and bullying and loss theyāve experienced prior to that. They need to emotionally and mentally heal. They need to figure themselves out and learn to be better friends to each other. No more library scenes, you know? They need to continue to grow and heal more before their next adventure together. Because if they get this one wrong then it too has the potential to collapse their entire world. Theyāre too important to each other to enter into a romantic relationship before theyāre ready. Just, trust in these two nerds. Theyāll work on themselves and then work it out and then theyāll work together.
Scorpius fiddled with the silky fabric of his pajamas as he felt the words nervously tumble from his mouth as if he was giving Albus a warning, āIāve never actually kissed anyone before.ā
Albusā eyes fell to the duvet in front of him and his cheeks heated up before confessing, āMe neither...ā
prompt: losing courage
also peep the little cameo of Gryffindor the stuffed dragon under Albusā pillow!! heās from @littlerose13writes short fic āGwyffindorā go check it out if you havenāt already, itās very sweet :)
