Misfits Wizarding World AU

“You’re a koala…” Cameron mumbled into the darkness of the room, the only light flitting through the blinds from the bright lights of the city down below. 

The reply to the awkward statement was meant with a low grunt and arms squeezing tighter around his torso. After a few seconds a low and muffled reply came, “If this is a small joke...you’re going on the couch.” Eric yawned out the last few words, resting his face comfortably between his boyfriend’s shoulder blades.

Cam chuckled softly, “Nah, you’re clinging to me like one. You’re my little koala.” He muttered sweetly, making a stereotypical cartoon kissy noise into the darkness and smiling once he heard the giggle that followed afterwards. 

Eric shook his head, squeezing his boyfriend even tighter before loosening his grip and opening his eyes abruptly. “I’m sorry, you’re little koala-” 

Students scattered the large halls, some of them going on their way to class while others just stood around talking to their friends since they had free periods. In this case, Matt had a free period and was heading to a certain area in the garden where he would meet up with Jay. A large smile went across his face at the thought of the mess of curls, the ones which would almost seem to bounce on their own in excitement whenever the Kiwi was happy. Or how his front teeth were ever so slightly crooked like his smile, or how he would do super over the top hand motions when he was trying to be dramatic or-Okay, maybe Matt was a little observational when it came to the things that Jay did.

He shook his head, speeding up a bit as he rounded the corner to find the garden in view. Looking around to see if anyone was paying attention to him, the American was thankful to find that the only two others in the hallway paid him no mind as they seemed caught up in their bubble. Running past them, he found the small wall of the garden that he had grown used to seeing. Matt peered around before knocking once, waiting a few seconds, then knocking twice again in quick succession.

Shuffling and mumbles were heard behind the door, another second passing before the wall opened up for a split second and Matt was quickly pulled inside, the wall shutting behind him.

The American took a moment to straighten himself up a bit before turning around to face the Kiwi who had a large grin going across his face, his curls falling into his eyes and creating an almost curtain effect. Matt could only adore the adorable sight for a few seconds though before Jay was pushing his hair out of his face and starting to talk.

“I did it Matt.” He almost yelled, starting to bounce up and down in

excitement, only to be met with Matt’s confused stare as he tried to understand what he meant.

“What did you do exactly? If you managed to sneak another dragon into the castle I swear-” He started to say before being cut off.

“Okay, well, it’s a dragon but not in the way you think. Don’t give me that look, I didn’t sneak in a dragon egg or a full sized dragon. I...I made a patronus.” Jay finished off with a hushed voice, Matt’s eyes widening as a grin made its way across his face.

“You did it? Oh my god, okay, now you have to show me.” Matt nodded, sitting down in the corner of the small hedge in the wall with hopeful eyes looking up at Jay, waiting to see the figure of his patronus.

Jay took a deep breath in, glancing a look over at Matt before closing his eyes and remembering his happiest memory…

“Jay, it’s going to be okay. You should know that thing isn’t going to hurt, nor is it real.” Matt reassured him, rubbing at his shoulders as the boggart stood in front of the pair.

The boggart had seemed to shift into Jay’s worst nightmare, which shocked Matt a great deal since it was...just a dragon. Matt knew that Jay had grown up around dragons his entire life, hell, he even had a pet one back home apparently! So what made this dragon his worst fear?

It took a moment as the boggart fully formed, quickly curling the dragon’s pearly white head to the floor and hissing as its wings started to make a circle shape to make itself appear bigger. Tears were already beginning to run down Jay’s face as he stared at the form of the dragon.

“Creamy…” Jay mumbled out, dropping his wand to the floor as his grip loosened on it. Then the voices started kicking in, all of them hissing things about how the dragon was dangerous and would hurt Jay, how he was stupid for trusting the mindless creatures…

The Kiwi broke down then and there, tears falling from his face like a dam just broke within him. The American rubbed at his shoulders softly, staring at the form the boggart took and just taking it in.

“Jay it’s alright...you just need to riddikulus it, you can do it.” Matt reassured him, but Jay wasn’t listening, just shaking his head and mumbling that’d be alright.

The sounds of the boggart and Jay’s crying filled the room for a few more seconds before Matt couldn’t handle the sound anymore. “Riddikulus!” He shouted out, the spell firing quickly and causing the boggart to...remain the same? The dragon form seemed to stay, but it stuck it’s tongue out, panting like a...dog. It started panting loudly, bouncing around like it was a puppy wanting attention. The voices shifting to praise and admiration and...love. Matt noticed how the voices seemed to sound like his, but he let it slide as he started to shove the boggart back into the closet before locking it quickly.

Sniffles filled the silent room, Jay wiping away the last of his tears and picking up his wand from the floor. “I’m...I’m sorry.” Jay mumbled walking over to Matt and expecting to be called out for his incompetence with the boggart, instead receiving a tight hug.  

“It’s okay...it’s okay...it’s gone now.” The American muttered into his shoulder rubbing circles on the Kiwi’s back to calm him down. “I’m right here Jay, you’re safe.” A tight grip grabbed at Matt’s back, Jay releasing a shaky breath as he buried his face into Matt’s neck. A calming silence filled the room, a small smile going across his face as he realised that he was in love.

…”Expecto patronum!” Jay shouted, a white light shining from the end of his wand like a spotlight, a large dragon erupting from his wand and landing on the floor in a puddle of pale light, little wisps erupting from its figure as it stood in the room and took up a majority of the space.

Matt stared at the figure in pure awe, a large grin going across his face as he reached a hand out to touch the creature, only for his hand to go straight through it. “This is so fucking cool!” He shouted, continuing to run his hand through the bright light and admiring how a being of pure magic and light could look so real.

Jay stared at Matt’s glowing face, being illuminated by the patronus that stood between them, a small smile going across his face at just how amazing he looked when he was this happy…

After a few more minutes, the patronus took a look back at Jay before fading away into nothingness, the room being a lot more dim then it was earlier.

“Jay that...that’s amazing! Your patronus was brighter than any I’ve ever seen, what kind of memory could’ve made that?” Matt rushed out, walking over to Jay with one of the dopiest grins on his face. A glance was simply sent Matt’s way as the other muttered out his answer, “Love.”

A weirdly uncomfortable silence filled the room, Matt feeling his heart break a little at Jay’s sudden declaration of feelings, but smiling through it and raising his eyebrows. “Love huh? So who’s the lucky lady?” He grinned, his head feeling light once he saw the bright red colour flushing itself across Jay’s face.

“It’s not...it’s not a lady.” He shrugged, turning away so he wouldn’t have to look at Matt’s grinning face.

The American felt his heart swell a bit at that, walking over and placing himself directly in front of the Kiwi so he couldn’t deny his presence. “Who’s the lucky guy then? Is it Toby?” Matt asked, desperately hoping that Jay wouldn’t answer yes to his question.

“I’m not going to tell you.” Jay replied quietly, glancing around everywhere in the small space except at Matt, desperately wanting to avoid the question that was being asked.

“Why not? I’m your best friend aren’t I? So why wouldn’t you tell me-”

“Because I-”

“Do you not trust me to know or something? I won’t tell him if that’s what you’re-”

“I don’t want to tell you that I love you!” Jay shouted out, his eyes welling with a few tears at his sudden declaration, his heart beating harder than it ever had in his life.

Matt felt his face heat up, his stomach wanting to feel light as a kite but also exploding like he was about to throw up. “You’re...you love me?” He muttered, a large smile beginning to go across his face.

Jay just shook his head, staring down at his feet and letting out a shaky breath as tears started streaming down his face, his shoulders shaking as he tried not to have a panic attack then and there. “Don’t hate me please…” He mumbled, shaking his head.

Arms quickly wrapped themselves around the Kiwi’s figure, the American peppering kisses across his face in attempt to reassure him. “For being good at finding things, you really suck at finding the mood in a room.” He chuckled, lightly kissing Jay’s forehead.

The shaking form stopped shaking at the feeling of the kisses, his face quickly glowing bright red. “I don’t...I’m dreaming right?” He mumbled, glancing at the smiling face that stared back at him.

“I hope not, I’ve been waiting to hear you say that for almost a year now.”

“...We’ve only known each other for a year Matt.”

“Remember what I said earlier? At sucking at finding the mood in a room? Yeah, that definitely applies here.”