Little first years Luke and y/n coming to hogwarts and being best friends when they were little. They want to be in the same house but then sheâs Hufflepuff and heâs not (idk what house for him you pick haha) and sheâs all worried they wonât stay friends. They do stay friends at first and then drift apart. They run into each other again finally and realize theyâre still best friends and totally in love even though theyâre separated by houses and have all different friends and such
this is from when i did the hogwarts blurb night with @cakesunflower but i found it in my drafts and got inspired for it.
itâs also 3k so have fun with that lmaoÂ
âLu, Iâm scared.â You whispered once your parents had put you on the express and said their goodbyes. So far, only the older students seemed to be milling around, a lot of them already in their uniforms.Â
Grabbing your hand tightly, Luke pulled you further onto the train, searching out for an empty compartment, or one which wasnât overtaken by older students.Â
Luck was on his side when he happened upon an empty compartment, taking the shrunken luggage out of his pocket before putting it up on the rack, then tapping both trunks so they returned to their normal size.Â
Once that was done, the two of you sat next to each other, his hand never leaving yours.
âYouâre my best friend nâ that ainât gonna change.â He whispered and you tried to let yourself believe him.Â
A few of the older years checked in with you both, Lukeâs older brothers teasing him when they stuck their heads in before seeing how distressed you were and sitting in the compartment, talking about the cool things youâd get to see whilst at Hogwarts.Â
The two of you had grown up together, hearing about Hogwarts from his older brothers. And you were excited, but you were scared, especially of losing Luke.Â
More of his brothers friends seemed to join the compartment and you noticed that they had a mixture of friends from other houses, which was a small relief for you. The older students answered your quiet questions with an amused smile but they were honest with each answer.
By the time youâd reached Hogwarts, the two of you were happily chatting with two other first years who couldnât find a place to sit and soon the worries about Hogwarts were lost on you, especially when you sailed across the Black Lake, your own gasp echoed by the other first years.
Your name was called and with a whispered good luck and a quick squeeze of your hand from Luke, you went up and sat on the stool, the hat slipping over your eyes slightly.
âOh I know exactly where to put you, abundance in loyalty, youâll do well in your house.âÂ
âHufflepuff!â The hat cried out and you felt the hat get taken off and you grinned to Luke before joining the cheering house of yellow and black, some of his brothers friends introducing themselves and promising theyâll look out for you as you sat with your year mates.
âHemmings, Luke!â A few whispers ran up the tables about another Hemmings in Hogwarts as the hat went straight on and you held your breath for a second before the brim ripped open.
Your heart sank, but you clapped for him anyway, sharing excited grins as he went to sit with his brothers.Â
The next morning, you went down to the Great Hall, grateful it was a Saturday so it meant no lessons, and found Luke sat on the end of his table. When he spotted you, he waved you over.
You sat next to him, the relief that he was still there flooding you.
âThe common room is really nice, I donât really care much for my dorm mates though.â You admitted quietly and he grinned.
âOurs is under the lake. At least you donât have donât have dorm mates sucking up to you. My brother got made head boy and everyone is trying to be nice to me to stay on his good side.â He rolled his eyes, making you giggle quietly.
As more students began to filter in for breakfast, the two of you received curious looks from other houses whilst the Slytherins were being downright hostile towards you.
âHemmings, tell your pet badger to stay at their own table.â One of the older years called down and immediately you blushed. Luke, however, stood his ground.
âItâs breakfast. Itâs not like weâre going to the common room.â He snarked back and a few people muttered before falling silent.
âLu, I donât want you to isolate yourself because of me.â You whispered and he shook his head.
âYouâre my best friend and will be forever,â he promised, âthey can get stuffed.â
Part of you wondered if people would ever stop giving you filthy looks as you marched up to the Slytherin table, dripping wet and a snarl on your face.
You spotted the Hemmings that you wanted to talk to.Â
The older ones laughed, but one of Lukeâs brothersâBenâgave you a concerned glance. You hadnât noticed you had cuts littering your face.Â
âHey little badger, whereâs Luke?â His question was casual, shutting up the Slytherinâs that laughed. The Hemmings brothers knew the reputation they had and used it wisely in the snake pit.Â
âYour moron of a brother decided to learn agumenti but forgot that he has power behind his magic. Heâs currently in the infirmary because the idiot got knocked out of the window and broke most of the bones on his right side.âÂ
âAnd youâre angry because?â
âHe told me he didnât want to see me.â You admitted much more quietly and Ben understood.Â
âGo see your Head Girl little badger and get yourself cared for. Iâll go check in my little brother.â He got up and a few of his friends protested.
âYouâre really going on the word of a blood traitor?â You felt your heart sink.
âTheyâre Lukeâs best friend, even if heâs being an idiot right now. Iâd trust them more than Iâd trust your parents to tell me that the sky was fucking blue.â He snapped back, effectively ending the conversation. A few looked chagrined as he headed out of the hall and you went in search of the current Head Girl who was in your house.
âGet in a fight with the venomous tentacular again?â The tease made your anger recede as you found her and she healed the various cuts on your face before casting the drying charm.
âNo, I just happen to be friends with a dumb boy who thinks he can master a powerful spell with no adult supervision.â You grouched and she laughed before ushering you into the badgers den.
âItâll get easier. You might as well get changed and relax for the rest of the evening.â She advised and you complied, concerned about Luke.
He normally never turned you away, yet he didnât want you in the hospital wing with him.Â
As the year progressed, you found yourself welcomed less and less, most of your dorm mates jeering at the fact that Luke clearly didnât want or need you.Â
It hurt to be shut out so harshly and despite Ben being able to see what was happening, he was at a loss of what to do.Â
His only offering was the fact that you should have the summer together with Luke at one point.Â
But when you got off the train and watched as Luke didnât even look your way as he rushed off to find his parents, you greeted yours sadly, a welcomed hug from your father being the only thing to stop the tears from falling in such a public place.
The summer had been a disaster. Youâd tried to send owls to Luke, but he refused to return them.
Despite making friends in both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, most had other plans, holidays and obligations to attend. It was the first time summer had been so quiet for you.Â
You didnât protest the dancing lessons, nor the etiquette instructor your mother insisted on every year.Â
That Luke wasnât with you was neither here nor there. You knew that there would be betrothal contracts, and although you got final say on themâyour father overruling your mother on this argumentâyou knew that eyes would be upon you and it was your duty to family to not cause a scene.Â
Once more you found yourself on the Express, having said goodbye to your parents and kept yourself composed when you spotted Luke. He ignored you in favour of his friends and a small part of you reminded you of last year and the promise heâd made to you.
âPromises get broken dear, head up and move on.â Is what your mother had said. But that didnât sit right with you. A promise made is to be a promise kept. And despite your father saying that it was the innocence of children that thought this, you shook your head stubbornly.
âYou kept every promise to me growing up. If you couldnât promise it, you never did.âÂ
Heâd been surprised that youâd noticed that, but didnât refute what you said.Â
âMaybe Luke should take a leaf from my book then.â Heâd calmly replied with. And despite that thought upsetting you that you knew he wouldnât, you felt better than after your mothers attempts for comforts.
You found some friends and sat with them for the duration and tried your hardest to ignore when Luke finally knocked on the compartment door.Â
âI need to talk to you.â Your anger reared its head and you couldnât stop yourself.
âAfter nearly a year of you either barely speaking with me or outright ignoring me, I think the need to talk walked out of the door long ago. Get out Hemmings.â You snapped.Â
He reeled back as if youâd slapped him before closing the door and carrying on. Your friends looked at you stunned but the subject moved on as fast as the train was moving.
Now that Ben had left the school and Luke being the remaining Hemmings, it wasnât a shock to you that you were on the receiving ends of hexes from older Slytherins.Â
Youâd learned the shield charm in your previous years which deflected most of the hexes but some still struck and left you to retreat to the infirmary.Â
Luke didnât look at you for the entire year as your treatment from the Slytherinâs left you unwilling to be amongst the student population.Â
By the end of the year, youâd sequestered yourself to the badgers den, only having to go a little ways to the Kitchens to get dinner from the elves. If anyone noticed or knew, they never said or brought it up. Even with Hogsmeade trips, you werenât missed and that made your heart sink even further.Â
When you got off the train that year, in your fathers embrace, he apparated almost instantly to let you cry on his shoulder and tell him about the year you had.Â
You had to beg him not to storm over to the Hemmingsâ residence, saying that it wasnât worth it for you.Â
Although he disagreed, he followed your advice.Â
This summer was certainly better than the last. Your friends had realised that theyâd barely spent time with you and bombarded you with owls.
After short notes explaining what was happening, especially the treatment from your dorm mates, your friends were quite justly angry on your behalf. So for the entire summer, you were ferried between your various friends, enjoying the summer days and evenings.
You formed a tight friendship and with these friends, you all began to learn more curses and hexes to payback on those that had made your previous year miserable.
When you got back on the train once more, there was more laughter.Â
You didnât look at Luke once.
Your friends were vicious on your dorm mates, especially now that the majority of the Slytherins that had targeted you, had graduated.Â
A few still tried, but realised that you fought back and had an array of vicious curses too. They soon left you alone.
It was as Christmas approached and you realised that this year would allow your year to finally attend the Yule Ball that was held each year.Â
It made your heart sink as your friends paired off with other students and you accepted the fact that you would be attending alone.
Until you received a surprise note on a Saturday, three weeks before the Ball.Â
âA flower for my apologies, and a token of our friendship. Promises broken arenât fair to you, so with this token and my heartfelt apology, would you accompany to the Yule Ball?âÂ
You had your suspicions, but the flowers made it clear.
Growing up youâd both been trained on the language of the flowers. The white tulip and lavender rose, twined together made your heart race.
He hadnât spoken to you since second year and your heart still felt the implication of the flowers. Seeking forgiveness and either enchantment or love at first sight, you werenât too sure. But you were hesitant, scared.Â
You knew he was watching you as you left the great hall. You knew that he was going to be following soon after. So you waited until he could glimpse where you were going, to follow after.
Then you came to an unused classroom in the charms corridor.Â
He stepped in moments later to be met with a wand pointed at him. He raised his hands, showing you that he was unarmed.
âAfter so long of not speaking, you do this and expect me to fall to my knees for you?â You both ignored the unintentional double meaning behind your words. Luke shook his head.
âI want this, us, to start again. I got lost in the politics of my house, and it was when both Jack and Ben sat me down and gave me a verbal beating did it dawn on me what I was doing.âÂ
âI cried for you, Hemmings. I cried because the one person I truly believed I could rely on broke his promise to me. do you know how often I got my friends to leave you alone when they got the Slytherins back for time times they hexed me into hiding?â Your words had a profound impact on him, anger showing on his normally stoic features.
âThey did what?â His voice was dangerous now and you were reminded that his father was Head of the DMLE many years ago.Â
âI thought you knew, that you would be laughing with them over the fact that I had hidden within the dens to escape being targeted.â You whispered sadly. The look of anger was replaced with sadness.
âWe may have not been talking, but I would never do that to you. I hexed enough of my housemates enough times when they badmouthed you, I thought it was enough to give you a semblance of protection.âÂ
âThat walked out of the door when Ben left.â Your tone had turned bitter and Luke felt his heart sink. Your own was trying to calm down.
âIâm so sorry.â He stepped forward, and hesitated. When you didnât move, he closed the distance and his arms were around you.
You fought every urge to cry until the moment his arms were around you and then you couldnât hold back a second longer.Â
You werenât too sure how much time had passed before you finally calmed down and he conjured a handkerchief carefully wiping it away before vanishing it.Â
âWould you do me the honour of not only attending the ball with this stupid Slytherin, but maybe we can work together in the library?â His words brought a tearful smile to your lips.
âYes to both, kind sir.â The look of hesitation had you giving him a curious one in return.
âWould the token of my affections allow me to kiss them?â And you giggled as you were hit with a memory from when you were both eight and heâd said the exact words to annoy the governess.
âAbsolutely.â You murmured and his lips were on yours, soft and gentle.Â
You melted into him before he pulled away, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.
âLets get to the library. I think I owe an apology to your friends too. First, shall we find Professor McGonagall? Iâm sure if we asked nicely, she could transfigure these into a brooch of some sort.â His words were met with an enthusiastic kiss.
âWhere do this leave us though?â You asked quietly as you took his offered arm. The two of you had done this so many times before, but it felt different this time.
âWould you at least consider, allowing me to court you?â And you felt your heart nearly stop.
âLuke, donât joke with me about something that serious.â He offered you a nervous smile.
âIâm truly not. Iâve had no interest in anyone apart from you, despite what people may say. Iâm not like my brothers. Iâve only ever wanted you, and when you told me off at the start of second year, I realised how badly I messed up.âÂ
âThen why didnât you try again?â
âBecause you were angry.â And you couldnât blame him. You knew that when you were angry, being reasoned with was out of the question.
âSo you decided to wait?âÂ
âI figured if I kept myself quiet, didnât try to push myself into your life when I wouldnât be welcomed, but offer a proper apology for my behaviour this year, you would be more willing to listen.â Again you knew he was right.
âIf I said I donât need to think about it because Iâve loved you since we were children, what would you say?â And he smiled.
âThat you are a credit to your house, and that I may not deserve you, but I wonât let you go. Not a second time.âÂ
âI donât think any wards in the world would save you from my father if he discovered you hurt me a second time. It was only because I begged him to let it go that you didnât receive a personal howler from him.â And Luke flushed, but you leaned up to kiss his cheek.
âHeâs going to make this difficult isnât he?â And you shook your head.
âNot if I tell him we intend to be betrothed before we start next year. I think he knew we would get to this point eventually and accepted it long ago. And heâll leave well enough alone if he decides to say anything about it. If I get to marry the person I love, heâll be happy enough for me.âÂ
The smile on Lukeâs face lasted the rest of the day.Â