XX. ━━ okay, he’s seen enough. the sight of the slide down into the chamber of secrets itself is .. far from clean, as one could expect from a chamber that hasn’t seen the light of day in god knows how long. he’s fairly sure that his face mirrors what corinna’s does in this moment: the epitome of y i k e s . they’re supposed to slide down this in their costumes without getting filthy .. how, exactly? maybe no one else cared, but these are his normal clothes. you know, the casual ones that he liked to wear when he wasn’t forced into his wizard’s robes and corinna’s outfit was by far one that he would hate to see get dirty just because of some fifty year old grime.
“ okay, problem solving time. ” his words are grim, and connor scans the room quickly. myrtle’s nowhere to be found so they can’t ask her, and it’s not like they can just apparate down there. but thankfully, the house elves still keep myrtle’s bathroom stocked with their choice of towels ₍ though, it seems he’s not the only one who had this idea ₎. there’s one left that’s at least big enough to sit on whilst going down. he looks over at corinna and his heart twists in shameful ways, eyes pulling from her to instead start placing the towel at the entrance of the slide. “ i’ll sit on this. you can sit on my lap. ” connor pauses, staring down at the towel.
this is awkward and he’s way too tired for this. “ it’s the only way. but you can trust me - ... i won’t let you fall or anything. ”
━━ 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲, @vellichvrs