Ominis Gaunt & Evelyne Lavandin (Lullaby for Cursed Seeds)
I just felt like drawing Ominis and Evelyne kissing, because thereâs almost nothing more comforting than imagining my OTP and getting lost in that to take my mind off things.đ„°
And for once, I left Evelyneâs hair down. I actually found it quite funny that someone mentioned her bun to me recently, while I was quietly working on this drawing on my own!đ„°
drawn with alcohol markers + coloured pencils! (and I may have cheated a bit by blurring the background on Canva because⊠well đ one of my green markers and my colourless blender gave up halfway through đđđâšđ)
I drew these drawings for Lullaby for Cursed Seeds by @libellule-ao3 đđ
I'm madly in love with love stories where two people who are on bad terms gradually become friends and romance develops, and I'm so excited to imagine how the aristocratic, pompous and sarcastic Ominis in this fiction will change into a kind and calm gentleman as he discovers love with Evelyne.
Can't wait for the rest of the story to be released đ„čâš
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! It was lovely being your secret Santa and getting to know you better! Hope we can chat more often!
ââ-
Word count: 1315
Tags: Ominis x Oc, fluff, Christmas fic, friends to lovers, mutual pining, love confessions, prank gone right
ââ
Evelyne may have worried about upsetting Ominis, and may have not known how to play but luckily for her she had a friend who didnât care one bit.  One who didnât mind teaching the quiet Slytherin how to stir up a bit of chaos. It wasnât like Evelyne didnât have a devious mind, it was just harder to put the plans into action because of past experiences.  All she needed was a Ravenclaw to complete the unstoppable duo snakes and eagles were, and then she wouldnât have to fear. For Johanna didnât mind carrying out carefully thought out pranks.Â
It wasnât like Johanna didnât respect Ominis, she respected him greatly. It was quite rare to find a man as gentlemanly, loyal, and genuinely kind as him, as well as one who was extremely intelligent, musically talented and devastatingly attractive. More it was like she liked to get him intentionally flustered, watching his ears turn pink, his face turn red, or his pouty scrunched face, fingers wrapped tightly around his wand. Most of the time it was adorable, and the othersâŠterrifyingly hot. Evelyne and her shared this in common, but Evelyne was more nervous to be at the brunt of his rage.Â
âI donât know Jo, I really donât want to make him angry. Weâre just starting to get closer and I donât want to ruin that. Besides, youâve seen him mad.âÂ
The girls were tending the snow drops  Johanna had brought on her cross worldâs journey, planting them in the greenhouse as they had this conversation. Green and blue sleeves rolled high on their arms, the pale skin stained brown, dirt under their nails.Â
Johanna sat back on her heels, blowing a piece of wavy dark brown hair from her eyes, as she contemplated the dilemma before them both.Â
A dare from Sebastian that neither girl dared refuse.Â
You see Sebastian had dared them to prank Ominis, lest they be victim to one of his own. And this year he had teamed up with Garreth Weasley. There was no second thought, they didnât want to know what he had planned for them so theyâd agreed obviously.Â
âI know your Ominis is different than mine in some ways, but trust me, heâs still a softie inside. Yes he might get furious but heâd never harm us. He might be like a ruffled cat for a while but heâll cool off.âÂ
Evelyne dusted off her hands before wiping a wet strand of light brown hair from her blue eyes. Despite her efforts some still escaped the tight bun. âThatâs the thing, I donât want him to be âruffled.â I want to have a nice quiet Christmas with him and give him simply nice surprises, not pranks as well.âÂ
âThen weâll just tell him we were pressured. Iâm sure Ominis will understand. He may even have an idea of how we can get Sebastian back. Ominis has a playful side to him under all those hard scales.âÂ
Evelyne sighed. âIf you say so. I justâŠI like him Jo. As more than a friend. And if this ruins my chance..â
Jo took her hand, ignoring the soft flinch, and gently squeezed it in reassurance. âI promise itâll be fine. We will make sure you get your mistletoe moment.âÂ
âPromise?â
Soft sincere brown eyes met cautious blue ones.Â
âPromise. Now, what kind of ideas do you have?â
And Jo watched those eyes flicker mischievously.Â
~~~
How did one charm a lady? It couldnât be that difficult. But Ominis was a man of thought and one who aimed for perfection in all he did. So of course the poor boy was overthinking. Despite himself he even went to Sebastian, only to curl his lips in disgust when he found the quill enchanted to write his hearts deepest feelings only wrote crass words.Â
Sebastian should have known Ominis always looked over his work before turning it in after all the years theyâd been in school together, but alas Sebastian wasnât always that good at paying attention to things that didnât involve him. So he got lectured.Â
Chocolates?Â
No, way too basic.Â
Flowers?Â
That was closer. He knew Evelyne loved Herbology and gardening. She was so tender and gentle with plants , speaking to them as if they could hear her.Â
âThey can hear you Ominis, look how much better they grow when you speak kindly to them.âÂ
Sheâd told him once.Â
And they did grow, just like he did. Slowly stretching in her direction, towards her warmth, ears searching for her voice, and his heart? Well that was growing too, growing soft, and tender. His secret garden that she was inadvertently tending day by day.Â
If only he could tell her that. Instead she was meek, and he was stiff, ignoring the pull of the red thread.Â
He needed something meaningful, that showed her how much she was valued, when she didnât even value herself. Chocolate and flowers wouldnât cut it.Â
Ominis would have to use his status, something he usually despised doing. But for her he would.Â
Because she deserved everything.Â
~~Â
Johanna and Evelyne waited on the rooftop giggling nervously as they waited for their victim to come their way. Ominis was making his normal rounds per usual and had no idea what was coming his way.Â
Until just before he passed under the entry to the clock tower he found cold snow falling on his head and down the back of his jacket, making him shiver.Â
Furious Ominis was about to launch into a spiel until he heard her stifled laughter. Lavandin  wanted to play did she? He always knew she had it in her.
He tilted his head up in her direction, a small smirk twisting his lips, a snowball already formed thanks to clever wand work. âYou dare challenge me?â
He heard her squeak.Â
âYou better be prepared to finish what you started Evelyn.â He warned before launching the ball of frozen water in what he assumed was her direction.Â
Instead he heard Jo shriek in cold delight and then the sound of Evelyne falling into a luckily very deep snow bank. Laughing he helped dig her out, only to find them both in a very awkward position.Â
âUhh hi.â Ominis murmured, ears pink as he realized she was underneath him. âSorry, Iâll just-â
He tried to get up but she grabbed his arms for a second stopping him. âWait, I have to say something and if you move I might lose the confidence to say it.  I like you Ominis Gaunt!â
Ominis froze. âYou, you what?âÂ
âI like you.âÂ
Ominis groaned. âYou have no idea how long Iâve been waiting to hear that.âÂ
And then he kissed her, hot and fierce in the snow.Â
For in a way Ominis was like winter and she had melted him. Now he claimed spring as his own.Â
Jo smirked, for growing above them now was mistletoe. âPlant magic or love? Both.âÂ
~~~
A bit later, the new couple sat curled up together on the Slytherin sofa by the fire. Less wet, less shy, and a whole lot happier. His claim was in her hair, a lovely golden brooch in the form of a snake with a pearl. Her claim was kisses, and  jelly beans in his stomach. Another way to his heart you could say.Â
She had originally protested against him giving her such fine a gift but when heâd poetically expressed how it represented his love, her elegance, and the transformation sheâd given him, she couldnât refuse.Â
Now it shone in her hair, a symbol of a snake protecting his precious gem, the best wealth, love. And it represented the healing they could have.Â
The healing we wish on all in the New Year.Â
Also just like Ominis wished  somewhere Jo was getting revenge on Seb, with his full support.Â
Just so long as him and his rose werenât disturbed.Â
The end
â
Dear Libe,
Be transformed this new year, with love and the knowledge of learning something new. đ đ
(I hope I portrayed Evelyne correctly as I wrote this quickly and with not much info on her but what Iâve seen briefly. Hope you enjoyed it!!)
Running to read the newest one-shot Silk & Marble (NSFW, 2.5k words) that @libellule-ao3 just posted!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for it for several days :).
Thank you to @jepao for accepting me as a client and for creating this wonderful fanart of Ominis Gaunt and Evelyne Lavandin. (Art commission: Holiday Blind box)
I am even more delighted that, in Lullaby for Cursed Seeds, there will indeed be, in a future chapter, a scene set in the greenhouses where Ominis will touch Evelyneâs lips in the very same way. Yes, just the lips.đ«
A little nap in the grass in period undergarments (late 19th century.)
Well⊠a nap for Evelyne.
Ominis, on the other hand, is absolutely not relaxed.đ but heâs trying to look like he is!
(I wanted to try making a drawing entirely with markers, without using anything else. Itâs hard, because thereâs no room for mistakes, and there are some. đSo Iâll probably redo it in graphite pencil, which Iâm more comfortable with.)
