#teddybeartonks

[archivelottie]

Of course Lottie always enjoyed a party, but this time was different. There was no denying that. She couldn’t help the all be it slightly giddy excitement that bubbled in the pit of her stomach at what the night could hold. The most thrilling part? That she’d get to spend it with Teddy. After the hospital, it felt like Lottie had been been playing catch up. From classes to herbology club and the upcoming Gryffindor quiditch game, missing a week in your last year wasn’t ideal. So much so that she’d let her birthday slip past and hadn’t spent nearly as much time as she would have liked to with her friends and especially with Teddy. Which really- didn’t help with the small anxiety as she tried to get ready. Because of course she was nervous, it was her and Teddy. After everything all that she wanted was for it to be special. Particularly as it was the first real night that they had together. 

Truth be told, Lottie was playing nervously with the hem of her tulle skirt, straightening it with a shaky breath as if adjusting her delicate feather head band for the fifteenth time could make her feel any more steady. Though as soon as her eyes caught a glimpse of him waiting for her outside the dorms, her shoulders sank and a soft smile tugged gently onto her features; meeting her eyes with an equally bright twinkle. There was that moment. All of her worries faded into the background, the soft flutter in her chest and light pink casting over her soft cheeks - which of course felt like a permanent occurrence around him now-. Everything faded and it was just him. Clad in shimmering blue, with the usual glimmer to him that Lottie always saw as he smiled, warm, handsome and Merlin she might have to pinch herself: her date for the evening.

Her hand raising to tug a piece of charmed iridescent hair behind her ear, the shimmering feathers fluttered by her arm as it raised from her side, making her way over to him with a warmth already cast over her gentle features. “Well don’t you look wonderful-” Lottie spoke gently as she offered her hand to him. “I hope you’re ready for no doubt lots of spooks, pumpkin juice and hopefully if I can convince you that is, for you to show me some more of those secret dance skills of yours.” @teddybeartonks​

[archivelottie]

Lottie loved a party there was no denying that, but she always had. People coming together to enjoy each other’s company, to dance so freely into the night as if nothing else mattered. To Lottie, it felt like there was something electric about nights like this. Friendships that could form and memories that could be made, nights like this were always filled with an abundance of promising possibilities. There was something so marvelous to her about the swirling figures, for once not separated by the multitude of things that tended to split the school. Even if it was just for a night, they all possessed the commonality of wanting to enjoy the night and enjoy their youth.

She’d been dancing for most of the night, the drinks she’d had back at the dorm and the one already here making her feel warm as it always did. Whatever awkwardness she faced in her daily life, seemed to dwindle as she stood in admiration of the scene before her. 

Though the fair haired girl was pulled from being a spectator when she caught sight of the familiar male lingering near the outer edge of the party. “Teddy-” The blonde chimed softly, adjusting the strap of her bag before she headed over to join the other. “What are you doing over here all by your lonesome?” Lottie spoke, voice affectionate as she tilted her head lightly in question. A smile easily pulling onto her features, though of course it always did when she was around him. “Do you mind if I join you?” @teddybeartonks​