#swishypoints:weektwo

“Uh… Hi… Remus?”

Andromeda’s body and face felt hot, but at the same time they felt chilled to the bone. Out of all of the ways they’d thought their friends would find out about their… relationship with Severus, being discovered hiding in a bush with their fellow Slytherin and just about to kiss (possibly, it seemed like that had been the way things were going, their faces were very close and that was the vibe the sixteen year old had gotten, not that they had any experience with those sort of vibes). Granted, they hadn’t been doing anything wrong, but Drom still felt awful. However, they’d never expected Remus to be the first to find out or for him to react so… It was almost like he was mad. 

“We weren’t… I was going to tell you guys, I swear… I don’t…” They stumbled, looking to Severus for help but failing to get any. “I’m not having a conversation with someone that emerged from a bush.” Drom’s eyes flashed with annoyance. Having no back up from Severus was bad enough but for Remus to be so unreasonable. Taking a deep breath to calm themself so they didn’t say anything they regretted, Andromeda looked Remus right in the eye. “I’m not ashamed about this. I like Severus. He’s a good conversationalist and friend - maybe even more. I’m not going to stop seeing him or being his friend just because you, the rest of the boys, and he have issues with one another. I’m sorry, Remus. I value our friendship deeply but I also value my friendship with Severus. I hope the five of you can at least be civil with each other for my sake. I’d hope I at least meant that much to you all.” 

Lily by Benjamin Gibbard  ♫ ♪

lily is a blinding light devouring the dark, lily is a 5 alarm fire that rages inside my heart

Ophelia by Natalie Merchant  ♫ ♪

ophelia was a rebel girl, a blue stocking suffragette, who remedied society between her cigarettes

English Girls Approximately by Ryan Adams  ♫ ♪

said you didn’t love me, didn’t want a thing, english girls can be so mean

Wetsuits by The Vaccines  ♫ ♪

if at some point we all succumb, for goodness sake, let us be young

Death And All His Friends by Coldplay  ♫ ♪

i don’t wanna cycle, recycle revenge, i don’t wanna follow death and all his friends

Sunday Girl by Blondie  ♫ ♪

she can’t catch up with the working crowd, the weekend mood and she’s feeling proud

King And Lionheart by Of Monsters And Men  ♫ ♪

in mountains that are stacked with fear, but you’re a king and I’m a lionheart

Youth by Daughter  ♫ ♪

we are the reckless, we are the wild youth, chasing visions of our futures

Center Of Attention by Jackson Waters  ♫ ♪

the center of attention, and everything is drawn to you

Army by Boy  ♫ ♪

you should see my favorite people, you catch a glimpse of gold through their skins

Flowers In Your Hair by The Lumineers  ♫ ♪

when we were younger we thought everyone was on our side

So Cold by Ben Cocks  ♫ ♪

it’s so quiet here and i feel so cold, this house no longer feels like home

What If by Kate Winslet  ♫ ♪

———  lily marie evans  ———— a twisted sisters moodboard : 002

———  lily marie evans  ———— a gingerstar moodboard

Choking on his own saliva was not a pleasant feeling. Choking on his own saliva and almost spitting all over Lily Evans, head girl, was even less of a pleasant feeling. Stepping back, Arthur willed the wall of the broom closet, the two of them were currently trapped in, to completely absorb him.

“That’s not… That is to say… I don’t have… I’m not…” Arthur stuttered, his face getting redder  by the microsecond as the room’s temperature soared. It was his wand - and not in some weird, one-of-those-guy-things-where-they-feel-the-need-to-name-their-penis kind of terms. It. Was. His. L I T E R A L. Wand. As brilliant as he found Lily Evens, he was not attracted to her in any way and the fact that his peer thought that he had a hard on over her and that it was pressing into her back was just mortifying.

“It’smywandIswearmyactualwandwandnotmypeniswandIhaven’tnamedmydick.”

Cold.      Standoffish.                       Just like a boy.                                           How is   s h e   related to Bellatrix and Narcissa?

The words follow Drom around at school.

Rough.         Unladylike.                        Dirty.                               How is   s h e   a   d a u g h t e r   of ours?

The words follow Drom around at home.

This is why Drom needs to make sure that their friends and sisters know how much they are loved. This is why Drom will go out of their way to remember your birthday or to make sure to cheer you up after a big test. This is why Drom will give you their undivided attention when you are speaking to them. This is why Drom is often a doormat for those in whom they wrongfully places their trust.

Cheeks heated as they read the note in front of them, Drom couldn’t help but feel positively ill. They willed the hot, angry tears that welled up in their eyes not to fall. They couldn’t give the sender the satisfaction of seeing them cry. If this was some kind of sick joke, they weren’t laughing. 

                          [Andromeda was not p r e t t y.] 

                                  [Andromeda was not e l e g a n t like Bellatrix.] 

                                          [Andromeda was not b e a u t i f u l like Narcissa.]

 Andromeda was tall. Andromeda was all lines and angles. Andromeda was all muscle and not soft. Andromeda was awkward and tomboyish. Andromeda looked terrible in a dress. Andromeda had short p a g e b o y hair. Andromeda was uncomfortable and unattractive and unimpressive. Andromeda was a disappointment. Andromeda preferred to fly through the air and heave all their weight into hitting deathly balls at their competitors. Andromeda wasn’t afraid to trudge through the mud, hunting for frogs with their cousin. Andromeda was silent yet wild. 

                          Andromeda was m a s c u l i n e. 

They would never be soft, and demure. They would never be dainty and pretty. Not matter much they wanted to be able to sit still long enough to have high tea with their sisters, they would never be able to. When they wore a dress, which they were often forced to a home and other functions, their lines and angles stuck out like a sore thumb. 

                                                                         [H a n d s o m e - possibly?]

                                      [No. Girls weren’t supposed to be handsome.] 

Screwing the note up into a tight little ball, Drom placed it on the centre of her empty plate and set it alight - ignoring the confused looks of those straggling behind at lunch. No. Andromeda was not the most attractive person in the castle. By far.