happy early birthday, edin!! i love you so so much and i think you’re not only talented and kind and smart, but an overall incredible person who i’m lucky to know. thank you for being an amazing friend. i hope you get all the love and happiness in the world. 💗
s/o to the amazing @lightwoodlesbians for beta’ing 🌟
p.s. this is set in the harry potter universe!!
500 follower celebration (closed)
“So, this is Aconite. The leaves are very poisonous, but the root is used in potions, most notably Wolfsbane Potion. That’s used to treat lycanthropy, or you know, werewolves. That’s totally gonna be on the exam, by the way, so just make sure you remember that,” Simon babbled, flipping through the pages of his textbook.
The sun was setting outside, sending rays of soft light through the windows of the herbology room. They’d been at this for almost two hours now, studying random plants and facts that would be on their exam. The issue, though, was that Jace knew all of this already.
Jace had been trying to talk to Simon for weeks now, after crushing on him from afar since his third year in Hogwarts. He blamed his sister, and her insisting Simon might have a crush on Jace too.
Nevertheless, that was how they ended up studying late into Friday night for their Monday mock-OWL exam. Simon was a good teacher, and even though Jace knew most of the the information Simon was educating him on, he was still managing to learn something new.
“We’ve been at this for two hours now,” Jace said, softly tugging the textbook from Simon’s hands, who reached for it like a child whose toy was just taken away. Jace can’t help but find it endearing. “It’s time for a break.”
“But we’re not even halfway through chapter 5, and chapter 6 is hard, dude,” Simon said, huffing and crossing his arms over his chest.
“Which we can totally get to after we chill out for fifteen minutes,” Jace carefully closed the old textbook and positioned it on the other side of the table, turning to Simon. “How’s uh, Quidditch going?”
Simon was the captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, and that was an impressive position for a muggleborn wizard to have. Not that it wasn’t possible, but Jace had been going to Quidditch games with his siblings since he learned to walk. Simon had only been introduced to the sport six years ago. Yet, somehow, Simon climbed up in ranks, and fuck if he wasn’t one of the most talented Quidditch players at Hogwarts right now. He wasn’t as aggressive as the other players; instead he was sneaky and quiet, and was an incredible Chaser.
Needless to say, Jace was a little in awe of the Hufflepuff before him.
“Good,” Simon replied, picking at a piece of lint on his sweater. “We play Ravenclaw tomorrow which is gonna be tough, but the team’s pumped.”
“Cool,” Jace said as a silence fell over them.
“I was surprised, you know, when you asked me to tutor you,” Simon said out of the blue, causing Jace to look at him.
“Yeah? Why’s that?” Jace asked.
“I thought you were one of the smartest kids in the class. You always get every question right in the class and you’re just really good with - um - plants,” Simon said, shrugging his shoulders. “Do you feel like you have to play dumb to keep up your cool kid facade?”
“No,” Jace responded instantly, licking his lips. “I just needed the extra help.”
“Sure,” Simon said, narrowing his eyes. “So this isn’t just a game of ‘Gryffindor picks on Hufflepuff’ then?”
“No! Simon, what?” Jace asked, eyes wide. Simon just laughed.
“I’m just teasing you, man,” Simon replied. Everything felt quiet around them as Simon met Jace’s eyes. “I guess part of me was hoping you asked me because you wanted to spend time with me.”
The fire in Simon’s eyes gave light to Jace’s brutal honesty.
“I did,” Jace said, a smile blooming on his face. “You’re right, by the way. I do know all of this stuff.”
“I knew it!” Simon exclaimed, pointing a finger at Jace, though it was accompanied with a smile.
“Hey! Don’t blame me for not knowing how to ask out the cute guy in my herbology class,” Jace said, picking up one of the sample leaves on the table and caressing it gently, suddenly feeling impossibly shy.
“Well, then let me do it for you,” Simon said, and Jace looked up, surprised. There was a soft blush on Simon’s cheeks, but he looked confident and sure.
“Jace, do you wanna go out with me? Maybe this weekend, on the trip to Hogsmeade?” Simon asked. Jace returned Simon’s smile easily.
“Yeah, I’d like that,” Jace replied.
“Cool,” Simon said, kicking Jace’s shin softly. “Now let’s get back to herbology. If we don’t know the difference between Gillyweed and Mandrake, then we’re both gonna fail.”
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