look who just moved into 3B! is that Mena Massoud? no, that’s definitely Sami Shafiq ! rumour has it the TWENTY-SEVEN year old is a PUREBLOOD and used to be a Gryffindor student but now HE/HIM spends their time as a TATTOO ARTIST. i’m sure they’ll be a great addition to the apartments since they’re ORGANIZED and ROMANTIC despite being RECKLESS and EVASIVE. take some time to settle in. just remember rent is due on the first! — ( Kaelee, CST, 23, she/her, N/A )
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The buzz of tattoo needles, cigarette smoke, the burn of top shelf whiskey, laughter echoing off rooftops at midnight, a clean desk, the scratch of pencil against paper, deep howls, long walks in early spring
Headcanon #1: Sami started drawing when he was very young. He was one of those people who always has to be doing something with his hands, and drawing fit the bill. While reading and lectures struggled to hold his attention, it was all too easy to disappear into his own world with a drawing in front of him. The idea of making other people his canvases didn’t hit him until Sami was getting his own tattoo on his seventeenth birthday. There was just something exhilarating in the stakes and trust necessary to permanently mark someone.
Headcanon #2: Sami got an O on his Charms NEWT and enchants his own inks. The effect depends on what the customer wants. Some charms merely add an extra twinkle to the design, so slight that one might think it was a figment of their imagination. Others add action and animation to the design, such as a roar and fire for a dragon or a coy flick of a mermaid’s hair. Just as no two designs are the same, neither are any two charms. An itemized list of the charms Sami’s perfected is available to all customers, but should a customer want something new, he’ll never turn down the challenge.
Headcanon #3: Sami has a dog. After growing up in a large family, moving out on his own just filled him with a sense of loneliness and quiet. So once he got settled in, he went to the pound and took home a little hound puppy. He named the dog Mandrake after her howls the first night in her new home and calls her his first-born child in all seriousness. Mandrake sleeps in his room (according to Sami she sleeps on her dog bed by the door, but in practice she suckers her way onto the bed most nights) and almost has more clothes than Sami himself.
Headcanon #4: Ever since he was a little boy, Sami was in love with the idea of being in love. Many nights when his mother turned on the radio he’d sit and wait for Celestina Warbeck hits like ‘A Cauldron Full of Hot Love’ and ‘Sweep Me Away (On Your Broom)’. Love felt warm and cozy. Unfortunately, the real thing turned out to be much more terrifying than he anticipated. Sami had his first serious girlfriend during his fourth year and everything went great. Until a month in when she said those three little words: I love you. Instead of the warmth and comfort he expected, the only thing he felt was sheer terror. And so Sami ran. And he kept running. While he still hopes to find that One True Love someday, he just can’t shake the fear that hits whenever it’s in his grasp.
