Addison Avery

Her attention turned to the familiar voice and her lips pulled into a sloppy grin. “Thank Merlin it’s you.” Narcissa closed one eye and squinted the other to analyze how much was left in the bottle. “Here you go Ad.” Cissy replied and outstretched her hand with the booze towards him. “Apologies I snapped at you. I thought you were someone else.”

Addison laughed, “Who’d you think I was?” He wondered, taking the bottle from her hand and taking a hefty swig. He handed the bottle back and wiped his upper lip with the back of his hand. “Oh, that is GOOD” He grinned, he’d always been sort of a lightweight, so he was excited to feel warm and fuzzy.

“Whatever. Just let me finish my bottle first.” Narcissa huffed agitated that her alone time had been disturbed. One healthy gulp of the vodka contents and she shook her head. “Now. What in the hell do you want?”

“A sip of that” Addison said reaching out his hand, “C’mon, sharing is caring!!” He said grinning big. It had been a while since he’d had any alcohol running through his bloodstream and he craved it. “Just a tiny bit?” He suggested.

“There was hardly any work to it!” He pointed out, nose scrunching at the thought of black coffee. “But I still hope you like it.” He rested his head atop Addison’s when feeling the boy lean against his shoulder. “Excuse you? There’s no such thing as enough sunsets.” Noah pretended to be offended.

Cassian wanted to just crawl into a corner and die. He was irritated that his mind and body were not as caught up with the rest of his emotions. Surely, his anger and frustration about not getting enough sleep would’ve been enough to steady himself. He looked up at the boy in front of him, wondering if he’d seen him before. Raising his eyebrows he nods and reaches into his back pocket for the pack of cigarettes and offered it to him. “Help yourself. They’re enchanted to refill so, go nuts.” 

“I’m Addie by the way, if you forgot” He shrugged, lighting his own cigarette before taking a puff and looking at the cigarette between his fingers. “Almost ridiculous that they still make these, eh?” He tried making small talk, but noticed that the other boy didn’t seem to be feeling it much, “I’ve got some weed in my bunk if you need a pick me up?” He offered.

“I beg to differ.” he said, the amused smirk still evident on his face. He took his wand out and it was only a matter of time before he had healed himself – the cut wasn’t as deep but he certainly seemed to have bled a lot. “I guess if they did, he’d be gone.” he nodded, before turning away from the goddamn mess. “I am here now, what’s been going on with you?”

Addison shrugged, “I, kinda started hanging out with someone over break but I’m not really sure where that’s going to go...” He looked down at his hands, almost nervous to come out to Stefan. Not because he wouldn’t accept him, but because of the guy that he had been hanging out with.

“Could you?” Todd asked, looking at him with hopeful eyes. “I really don’t want to sit through another one of Madam Pomfrey’s lectures. I’ve gotten enough of them.” He laughed.

“Yeah, of course” He said steering him toward the Gryffindor common room, and climbing up to the beds. “Just -uh- take off your shirt and lay down on my bed” He stuttered, nodding toward a messy bed by the wall. He began rummaging through a bag, pulling out gauze and tape, “Let’s get to work then” He laughed, walking over to the boy.

Todd chuckled, glancing over the boy as he grabbed his shirt, not really minding much. He shook his head. “I’m not dead, am I? I think I’ll be fine. I’m going to have to deal with a lot worse things if I’m going to be working with different magical creatures. Might as well get used to it now.” He smiled at the boy. “We can still miss class though.” A laugh left his lips. “I’m Todd.”

Addison smiled, “Good... There’s nothing I love more than skipping class” He grinned big, but a somewhat worried look came over his face,” Are you sure you don’t wanna get patched up?” He said scratching his head, “I mean I could probably do it for you, it’d be a damn shame if you got infected” He laughed

“I – what?” he said, turning pink. “Um – I don’t know, someone said I was an annoying girl for getting all worried about if we will turn back to normal or not.” He grinned a little. “I am glad you didn’t, people who saw me were quite annoyed with me, honestly.”

Addison smiled, “No need to blush, I’m just playing” He smirked at the next comment, “Please tell me you’re not annoying in boy form too” He laughed. He knew the kid wasn’t, he just liked to tease. He held the door open for the boy and ushered him inside

“I am bleeding and you’re laughing. Some friend you are.” he said, although it was clear from his tone that he was only teasing the other. He winced a little as he got back up to his feet, looking over at the mess before shaking his head. “How do you think? That stupid poltergeist, of course.” he said with a roll of his eyes. “You think they will ever throw him out of the school grounds?”

“I’d say I’m quite the amazing friend” He shrugged, “Though I must add I haven’t seen much of you lately” He said with a slight frown, “Shit’s be wild” He laughed. “And do they really have a choice whether he stays or goes?” He rolled his eyes examining Stefan’s bloody skin.

“They say it was a potion added to the punch.” he explained, brightening up when he agreed to go with him. “Oh, that’s good, it feels like ages since I went there! Which isn’t far from the truth – I never did after coming back from the holidays!”

Addison smiled, a little excited to become friends with this boy. He’d seen him around often but never really engaged. “So,” Addison smiled wickedly, “Were you a hot girl?” He couldn’t help but laugh to himself about the nonsense words that just came out of his mouth, “It’s a shame I never saw you then” He laughed even more, walking somewhat in the direction of Honeyduke's.

“Don’t worry, this thermos is specifically for you.” He spoke up when hearing someone approach, assuming it was Addison since they agreed to hang out. “We missed the sunset this time, but at least the stars are out.”

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