‘ Dean, mate. ’ No good sentence ever starts this way. He’s sure years of friendship has Dean already knowing this and yet, arm still slides carefully around his best pal’s shoulder and he pulls him closer, as if attempting to also pull him into a false sense of security. The kind that only comes when Seamus is up to no good. Charm is turned up to full, just like it always is when he’s trying to persuade the other to be his partner in crime in a scheme that very clearly won’t actually work. ‘ Deano. Deanster. The Dean Machine. Y’hear there’s a special celebration later tonight? ’ Voice lowers, mostly for dramatic effect. Partly because he wouldn’t be surprised if the Malfoys had ears everywhere. ‘ The Malfoys are throwing a ball. Now, I know we didn’t get invites, but I figure, that shit never stopped Cinderella, right? I think we should turn our pumpkin into a carriage and go. What say you? ’ It’s a rhetorical question. Seamus is going with or without Dean, but experience tells them both that he’s more likely to survive if they stick together.
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