The fun is always in the chase

Sebastian Avery. Sixteen. 6th year. Slytherin Chaser.

[eveninglily]

The Darker Shades of White || Lily Evans & Sebastian Avery

[eveninglily]

Sebastian Avery unsettled Lily. She’d heard of him, of dark curses in the hallways and first years in the Hospital Wing. She’d hated him, for a while, because he had taken Severus away from her, illogical as it was. She hated him, now, because he brought it up again, because he stuck his knife into a scab wound and then pitied her for the pain. She was annoyed at him, for making her stay in the hospital more difficult than it already had to be. She distrusted him, because he sounded so unagressive, and maybe it was real but maybe it wasn’t, maybe it was yet another Slytherin act.

Lily thought that if she had to deal with another Slytherin in the next few weeks, she might explode.

Her hands fisted beneath the sheets, then smoothed it out again. Outside, the sun had come out, and Lily fervently wished that she could be out there. Or at least anywhere but here.

"Apology accepted," she said, stiffly.

[sxbastian-avxry]

Sebastian did not understand Gryffindors. "I was being sincere, Evans, but if you don't want to accept my apology then don't. I'd rather not have anyone else lie to my face."

He winced in pain and gingerly placed his left elbow into his right hand. Whatever that Ravenclaw did had really done something painful to his shoulder, and just rolling onto it had not helped. Sebastian hoped that it was minor and would not be pleased if it turned out to be an injury that was worse than a sprain. He could not wait until that nurse came back to reassure him that it wasn't anything major. It was absolutely essential for him to be in perfect physical condition for Quidditch. It hadn't quite started yet but he needed to be ready for the start of the season. 

[xdirkcresswellx]

"You might wanna think twice on calling me gay. After all isn’t  it you and Mulciber that are the gay ones? I’m sorry, but you walked right into that one. With all respect I’m going to go take me and my chest somewhere else."

[sxbastian-avxry]

"Oh?" Sebastian was truly confused. "And why's that?" He rolled his eyes, thoroughly exasperated with the Hufflepuff. "Mulciber and I aren't gay and I don't know how many times I have to tell people that." "Good! Great, even! Thank you for finally being somewhere else!" Sometimes he just loved the power of sarcasm.

[thesexycarrow-deactivated202112]

She tried to smile it away - not like her to show the kind of thing that made you weak, like sadness. She wasn’t sure about how convincing she was, but at least she tried. “We’ll figure it out.” She rolled her eyes as Avery tapped her nose, but, for the first time in a while, she laughed - well, it was silly, and she had always been one of laughing of silly things. “Sad Alecto isn’t nearly as fun as the usual one, I know. But did I have been looking like really sad? I’m trying not to, you know.”

[sxbastian-avxry]

Sebastian had the impression that she was trying to cover up her true emotions, but it was a fleeting emotion, at that. It was good to hear her laugh again, as he hadn't heard her laugh in a while. He did like to stick to the thought that everyone should be happy, no matter who or what did that for them. "You haven't been looking depressed, don't worry, but you've looked a little down. I just thought that you could use a laugh."

[xdirkcresswellx]

After allowing the words to sink in, Dirk shook his head slightly. Weird. Dirk was willing to admit he was definitely ‘strange’, and ‘odd’, but he wouldn’t let those words get the best of him. 

"There’s nothing wrong with being weird, Avery. Your friend Nikolai is weird, and yet you accept him." 

[sxbastian-avxry]

"Perhaps weird wasn't quite the right word I was meaning for you. How about creepy, strange, perverted, and I'm starting to believe that you might be a little bit gay for wanting to talk to me so much. Especially when you're talking about chest hair, of all things."

"Mulciber isn't weird. He's cold and curious and that may seem odd to some people that don't matter-" Sebastian took care to put emphasis on those last two words "-but he's not weird. Besides, you might want to think twice on insulting yet another member of my House."

[sxbastian-avxry]

[bloodthirstybella]

More than I can say. Why, are you offering to lend a hand with that? Not that I need any assistance, of course, but it might be fun to share for once.

[sxbastian-avxry]

I'm sure. I was going to get him with something sooner or later, but it might be nice to have company. 

[thesexycarrow-deactivated202112]

She sighed. There was no way she could explain it to him - it would involve tell the whole story, and even if it wasn’t a long one, it surely was a too messed up one. One she couldn’t share. Alecto wanted to say something, though, so she decided to just don’t explain some more important details. “Things happened, I fought with Amycus. Like, for real. Not talking and completely avoiding each other real. Not like a sibling thing.”

[sxbastian-avxry]

His eyebrow lifted ever so slightly but he didn't want to alarm her and make her run off. "Not like a sibling thing? It must have been tough. I'm sorry." He hadn't ever gone through a sibling fight, though, so he wasn't sure how it would affect him but he knew that Amycus and Alecto rarely ever fought about anything. "It sounds so much more than just lame, but I hope whatever happened between you two gets worked out and resolved." He tried to lighten the mood slightly as he tapped her on her nose. "No one likes a sad Alecto."

[eveninglily]

The Darker Shades of White || Lily Evans & Sebastian Avery

[eveninglily]

Lily glared, her eyes burning. She hated him for reminding her of that, for forcing her to show that it hurt that Severus didn’t need her. For taking him away from her.

Deep down somewhere, Lily knew it wasn’t Avery specifically’s fault, that although he was a dark-lord loving bigot, he wasn’t the one to force Snape to call her - that. And yet, it was so much easier, letting Avery bear the brunt of it all.

At the same time, to explode now was silly. It would only let him win, and if Pomfrey caught her she would never get out of here. No, she had to use her words, to remain the better person, to stay calm.

"We’re not friends, Avery. Given the level of interest you seem to have in my life, I would think you would know that already."

[sxbastian-avxry]

She was annoyed, that much was clear. She did have a half-menacing glare, he would give her that, but he'd seen far worse. He was a slytherin, after all. But he saw in the intensity of her glare of how much she missed her friend, and he almost felt bad for her. Almost. 

He did know what it was like to feel loss. Loss of a sibling, loss of friends, loss of parents.. the list went on. However, she was a mudblood so he would contain some dignity and respect. That didn't mean that he couldn't soften up just a little bit though. That had been quite a low blow, considering how close the pair had been. He had noticed sometimes that Severus missed her as a friend too, when he thought that he wasn't looking. Just a little bit, Sebastian, he told himself, but don't become a marshmallow. 

"I know that we're not friends. Given the level of interest you don't have in mine, I would think that you know that even better than I do." He glanced over to where Pomfrey was supposed to be. The old hag wasn't back yet. He glanced over to her. "I shouldn't have gone that far. For that, and only that, I apologize." Sebastian then rolled over to his side, facing away from her, not wanting to be confronted with her accusing remarks about how un-slytherin that had been of him.

[thesexycarrow-deactivated202112]

The fact she had just said he might have had too many of it didn’t prevent her from taking another one. Those things were good, and she had always been a sweets person. “You’re right, everyone should.” It was the kind of question that, in the mood she was since the fight, would make her cold, pessimist and sarcastic - but she bit her tongue. Seb had nothing to do with this. “I think my point of happiness have ended some time ago.”

[sxbastian-avxry]

Sebastian slightly smirked as she took another sweet. Apparently they were irresistible to anyone, even Alecto. His smirk faded all too quickly as he grew concerned for the seemingly-indestructible girl standing next to him. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, but if you do, then know that I won't say anything to anyone."

If Sebastian was anything, he was fiercely loyal to the people he cared about. Nickolai, Bellatrix, and his father were also on that ever-shortening list of people and Sebastian had no intentions of making it any longer. He had learned over the years that the people that were closest to you were also the people that could hurt you the most.

[thesexycarrow-deactivated202112]

"Maybe, but apparently you’ve had too many of it at once, Sebby. Someone seems quite too happy.”

[sxbastian-avxry]

"Perhaps you're right." He sighed and put the sweet down. "Everyone should be happy at one point or another, though. How about you? Have you been happy lately?"

[xdirkcresswellx]

"Well it sure doesn’t feel the way it looks."

[sxbastian-avxry]

"See, this is why people don't talk to you. You're weird."

[xdirkcresswellx]

"You know what makes you a man?… Chest hair." 

[sxbastian-avxry]

"I don't see anything."

[thesexycarrow-deactivated202112]

"Never thought you’d be a sweets person, Sebby. But they are indeed delicious.”

[sxbastian-avxry]

"Only every once and a while; I don't eat sweets that often." He grinned back at her, the amount of sugar that he consumed infecting his body. "I know, right?"

[sxbastian-avxry]

"These cream puffs are fantastic." He gave one to the nearest person around him. "Here, you try."

[the-heart-of-the-leo]

Blind As A Bat / Sebastian and Regulus

[the-heart-of-the-leo]

For Regulus, it had long since ceased being amusing; just about the time he came to realize that his chances of winning were pretty bad. Avery simply wouldn’t be cowed into obedience with the means he had at his disposal, which, admittedly, weren’t all that many.

He glowered at the boy and fervently wished he were as intimidating as cousin Bellatrix. “Maybe it’s not so much about being pushed off my broom at all,” he admitted, “but more about you and me and showing respect… But we already discussed that and you won’t.”

He raised his chin up high into the air, trying his hardest to match the older boy’s aristocratic haughtiness. Too bad he was still learning. “My cousins would care about that, you know.” He frowned, brows knitting together. “Not that I need my cousins to fight my battles, of course.” He scoffed. “I don’t need to hide behind girls!”

[sxbastian-avxry]

Sebastian scowled as his ice-cold blue eyes pierced the younger boy. Regulus was running out of options and they both knew it. "Somehow, I do believe that it is you that should be showing respect to me as I am your elder."

The Seeker's attempts at haughtiness were undoubtedly laughable, especially since he could see the younger boy try to match him. Obviously, he hasn't learned how to be an aristocrat yet. Sebastian didn't doubt that he would learn, but he was almost surprised that, given his family name, they haven't imposed that on him yet. They must have gotten sidetracked trying to teach Sirius, and look how well that turned out.

He looked at the smaller boy with contempt, not even bothering to hide it. "If you don't need to hide behind girls, then why bring them up in the first place?" He dropped his aristocratic stance and smirked at Regulus as he started to walk off. "Good talk." He turned around like he remembered something and added, "Oh, and by the way, say hello to dear old Sirius for me." 

[sxbastian-avxry]

You're Kidding

[poppyxpomfrey]

Why don’t you just shut up and get those ingredients out so we can make this damn potion and get along with our lives?

[sxbastian-avxry]

I have the ingredients out. We were going to your cauldron, remember? You know, those pots that you brew potions in?

[sxbastian-avxry]

[bloodthirstybella]

Thank you, Bashy darling, although I’ll thank you to acknowledge I haven’t yet killed anyone. 

Well, I haven’t meant to, anyway.

[sxbastian-avxry]

I did say mostly.

Oh, I'm sure. But what about that Cresswell fellow? I heard that he called you a certain nickname that you don't like even more than I don't like to be called Bashy. Wouldn't he be fun to get?

[eveninglily]

The Darker Shades of White || Lily Evans & Sebastian Avery

[eveninglily]

"Good for her," she said. She really didn’t want to hear anything more about any of the Blacks for at least another week. Make that any Slytherin.  She was a patient person (or at least she thought so) but there was only so much she could take.

She glanced at the clock. When was Pomfrey coming back? She really wanted to get out of here.

"So, how did you end up like that. When you were brought in you were squealing like a stuck pig."

[sxbastian-avxry]

He slightly furrowed his eyebrows, a touch offended. "No need to snap. I thought that you were one of the nice prefects." 

Rolling his eyes as he laid back down with a huff, Sebastian grew more and more irritated by the Gryffindor by the minute. "Like you really care." Indignant, he quickly sat up and shot a frozen glare at her. "I don't squeal. But I see how anxious you are to get out of the infirmary. There's no need to take out your anger on me. I just want out of here as much as you do." 

Maybe, just maybe, he should re-think how he was feeling about the whole 'feeling neutral towards Evans' idea. As long as she was acting in this way, he felt justified to give an attack of his own.

"Oh, and by the way, your friend Severus says hello."