Echoes

theoxjxnott:

Stephen grinned and that just pissed Theo even more. “Cut the crap, ravenclaw. Get out of my fucking sight” he hissed. Stephen was pushing his bottons one by one and it probably wasn’t the best thing to do when Theo was so close to explode. “Lucked out?” he said as he got up. “Yeah, maybe we did. Would you get lucked out from me punching the hell out of your bloody face, huh?” he pushed him with his hands and took step forward. “Huh? How Lucky are you feeling, Stephen?”

     Stephens mouth only matches his arrogance in situations, which for him was a M I L E long. Even if Theo had him in size and most likely with fist, the raven in him found enjoyment wanting the other break under the pressures of his words. “Lucky enough Theo, I mean I’ve had my fair hands thrown at am. The downsides of being openly gay, pureblood here.” he replied dryly but calmly, “Depends on how lucky you are feeling?” he turned as the other was in front of him, “I’m not the one with a hundred eyes on him…making sure he doesn’t slip up.”

As she listened to him bragging a bit, a seductive…or maybe seduced smile played across her lips. In all honesty, Sally loved the figure of Theo. He was somehow slender, maybe also because of his height, but at the same time, all that Quidditch and not only, built on his frame such appealing, firm muscles that Sally had no doubt of his power. After all he picked her up like he’d pluck a flower…and Sally had never been the lightest, even if she was slim - she was tall-ish and her bones were pretty heavy. Lucky that, otherwise all those curses she suffered last year would have destroyed her. Theo was already in a waaay better mood than a few minutes ago and so Sally’s mission was completed. “You are not a coward, Theo, I am sorry!” Sally felt the need to take back her words, even if they were a joke only. “Always up for the fight, huh? Nott, darling, why would you even fight over me? I mean… what’s in for you?” What she wanted to say first was: “ You already took down my army, so….” but right before she wanted to start the sentence, something shifted in her brain because, now, after uttering those questions, it seemed she really needed an answer to them. For her, things were pretty clear, but they weren’t so clear when it came to him. And these answers, even in a teasing manner, would help her see the situation a bit, or so she thought. “Also, the majority of the female population….? This is who you are? Someone that needs the majority..or just a few but good ones?”

She knew that last part was a lie. It would definitely not be swell, but that was probably the only thing Draco and Theo had in common. Other than the fact that their fathers were terrorizing Death Eaters. Which brings her to Gregory, who, too, had a Death Eater for a father. And there was also the sudden shift in Theo’s face when she mentioned the trials. So instead, she focused on working up the talk of Gregory. “Was it not obvious as I constantly flaunted myself at him in the fourth year? Oh, come on, Theo. Where are you on the class gossip?” She joked. She always assumed everyone found it pretty obvious, her fancying the guy–especially when she made rather a fool of herself during Valentine’s day in that year. “Really? We’re gonna talk about our love lives now? Alright, Nott. You asked for it.” Tracey snickered as she took a sip from her coffee. “No, I don’t fancy anyone now since Greg. But it’s okay! I’ll find someone, preferably not of our age. Probably a year or two older. Just basic preference. And as for you–I’ve been hearing some stuff about you and Sally. Care to explain?”

Theo smiled slightly as Tracey said she had his back. She said it so lightly but he knew she meant it. That was something he liked about his house. You didn’t trust people easily, but once you did, you would have their backs forever. He shook his head at the mention of the “greengrass girlfriends” He didn’t have one anymore. “Swell is definately not the word  I would use.” he snickered. “But is worth the try”

“I never thought it was serious” he shrugged. He didn’t like getting into people’s business, so he’d rather just keep his inquires to himself. “I’ve never been a fan of gossip” he smirked. “It really annoys me sometimes, getting your head full of that, doesn’t leave space for better things” he sighed. As she agreed to talk about love he was a bit relieved. Yes, he didn’t like gossip but a distraction would come in handy right now. “Someone older then?” he raised an eyebrow. “Don’t go for teachers, that’ll be gross” he admitted with a laugh. “Me?” he pointed at himself and tried to shrug it off as the girl mentioned Sally’s name. “Sally? well...we’re friends. There’s not much to say.”

So…Theo’s gesture surprised Sally in a way she never expected it. Her father used to do it back in the days and Adela would always be defeated. And this was exactly how Sally felt: defeated. Knelt.

She followed his gesture with her sparkling eyes as a loving, sweet smile played across her full lips. The touch of his lips upon her hands was devastating, as millions of shivers went through her body, forcing Sally let her gaze down so he wouldn’t see it. She was a bit swept off her feet, but the blonde still felt she had to remain collected in front of him.

As he started to fake all the innocent attitude regarding her compliment, Sally’s confidence started to build up again. He was cocky. But she loved it - it was challenging. “ You’re such a fraud, Nott!!! Such a fake…” Sally let go of his hand, punching him in the shoulder now, in a playful and somehow gentle manner, even if the gesture in itself didn’t seem like that. “…full of himself”, another punch, getting closer and closer to him slowly, “…that I cannot even imagine how would other girls say such thing! You’re such a sucker for compliments!” And another punch, but this time, she stopped getting closer to him. She realized only then that other girls actually spoke about how good he looked in the Quidditch equipment. “ You’ve heard rumors?! Really? Who said them? Huh??”

Even if she acted very serious a few moments later, now a flirty smile and even somehow too seductive brightened her features. “Or…. you wouldn’t fight him, because you know you can’t win. Admit it, you’re just a coward..” And the teasing game had begun. 

He laughed at Sally’s insult and smirked at her. “Ah, why thank you, miss Smith. I find that quite flattering” he laughed some more and his smirk turned into a smile as she began to move closer to him. She was so intoxicating but in aweridly comforting way. He loved feeling this way around her. She mentioned other girls and he simply rolled his eyes. He knew he was quite the looker, but not a lot of girls managed to get his full attention on them. He was quite picky when it came to that department. “Oh, so you’re interested on knowing that?” he chuckled and shrugged. “I don’t know Sally...someone might think you’re actually jealous” he winked.

He scoffed as she said he wouldn’t win. “A coward?” he said as he raised an eyebrow. “I’m no coward.” he scoffed, his pride deeply wounded. “I could fight him and I could win. I’m strong enough to take someone down” he said as he rolled his eyes and crossed his arms on his chest, pulling away from her. “I mean have you seen this?” he said as he dramatically stretched his arms, so she could see his muscles. They weren’t really big but at this point he just wanted to make her laugh. “Look at this guns! I could take down an army” he snickered. “I’m sure the majority of the female population agrees with me.” he smirked. He said that just to tease her and to confirm if she was actualy jealous or not.

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theoxjxnott:

The boy looked at the girl with disgust and rolled his eyes. “Well, if you are reading why do you have to come and sit here? there’s plenty of space” he pointed out. “Whatever, I’m not in the mood for this shit” he muttered as he shook his head and grabbed his own book, not even making sense of the things he was was reading.

“Just took the first space I saw, don’t get your knickers in a twisted.” Alice huffed. And then just because she was in a bad mood, and there was even less space to be weak than there was to sit, she crooned “bad game?” At him as she lifted her book back up, not sure if she was looking for a fight or not.

Swallowing, she took another bite out of her muffin and started talking as she chewed, “Pretty good, actually. I don’t need another headache on top of my future-seeing ones. You know the stories about me, buddy. I can just as well see the results of the trials.” She joked and almost choked on her muffin if she hadn’t had good gag reflex. This time, though, she really did laugh–but not until she had the muffin she’d been chewing down her throat. “I’m flattered that you’re considering the very thought, but I’m not offering… for now. I have sworn off men since Gregory. Sworn off snogging, at least.” Tracey said with a smirk and a shrug before shaking her head bemusedly. “Oh, yeah. Forget snogging. We still got that other thing in February. You’d think they’d be kinder in choosing a trial month. But no, the Ministry worships no month of love. Cruel little bastards.”

At the mention of being Co-captain with Malfoy, Theo rolled his eyes. He’s rather be on a bench than discuss tsctics with him. Her words about his abilities though, that was something he did enjoy. “They are not encouraging my ego if they are all true” he said with a grin, feeling slightly better now. Tracey always managed to do that when she was in a good mood. The boy took a sip from his coffee as the girl mentioned the Greengrass sisters. He nodded, not saying much about it since Daphne and him were still trying to figure things out. “Honorable? what’s that?” he joked and snickered a bit. “Fine. I’ll...I’ll find a way to talk to him” he rolled his eyes, knowing he just gave Tracey what she wanted. He was okay with it. Doing favors only meant he would get things in return.

The girl brought up the trials and his smile faded away as quickly as it came. The last thing he wanted to talk was about going to Azkaban. Theo knew they will find him guilty, he didn’t need a seer for that but thinking about it made him anxious and nervous.  “Since Gregory, huh?” he said as he tilted his head and looked at her. “I wasn’t aware you fancied Greg.” he said with a big smirk, trying to push the thoughts of the trial away. The boy chuckled as the girl talked about Valentine’s day. He was actually glad he wouldn’t have to celebrate that because of the trials. The holiday was tacky and awkward, he didn’t need that mess in his life right now. “So no snogging for Davis, huh? do you even fancy someone right now?” Crush talk was pathetic and he knew it but right now he needed a distraction and talking with Tracey was helping him to feel better.

“I’m not either.” He shrugged it off. The only reason why Theo was in such a good mood today was because of the two cups of coffee already on his system. “Ha-ha” Theodore said as he rolled his eyes. “We did win at the end.” He said as he looked at Felipe with a fake grin. 

At the mention of Daphne, Theo gave him a confused look. They weren’t as close, why would he have to talk to her? “Oh, so you spend the Holidays with the Greengrass?” he inquired. “Which News, exactly?” Theo wasn’t close to Daphne anymore, but they were in pretty decent terms right now. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t curious about what his ex and Felipe had to talk about.

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The girl grabbed his hands and he didn’t know why he found the gesture so soothing. He took a deep breath and looked at her, finding warmth on her icy green eyes. She said it was normal, she said she understood and for some reason, he believed it. “Thank you.” The words were simply but Theo’s gratitude wasn’t given easily. He didn’t trust everyone, he didn’t like everyone but he surely trusted her. 

He sighed as she asked him to talk. He didn’t. Usually, Theo liked to keep things to himself, sharing was just increasing the useless emotion and he didn’t want to bother her with his stupid problems. “I’m alright” he nodded. When the girl said he scared her, he scoffed. “Well, I did warn you I can be quite scary, didn’t I?” He said as he laughed without emotion. He was a mess. He was too emotional,volatile, agressive but he  thought he hid it well. “Let’s talk about something else, yeah?” he almost pleaded with his eyes. He didn’t want to look like an idiot in front of her.

Those two words, with which Theo expressed his gratitude, made Sally smile, as she clearly perceived them sincere and true.  She really did understand him and, moreover, she also knew why he’d choose not to develop the subject and talk about it - in all honesty, she had the same method. Sally had alway preferred to keep things for herself. Maybe Zach was the only one to know a few secrets about her, but apart from him, she refused to open up to people and let them know her problems -  they didn’t deserve knowing them and  she knew people could use them against her. In a way, the blonde wished Theo had more confidence in telling her stuff, but at the same time, he was just like her, in many aspects and….she wasn’t the person to force someone into something they weren’t comfortable with. Especially someone dear as Theo. 

Sally sighed when Theo’s laughter spoke for itself. She sighed because even if she didn’t know him that well yet, she knew enough to observe the state in which he was deepening into. It was a general mood that Sally observed in all the students on trial, even on her - she was strong, she knew it, but the time was passing so slow and the trial seemed more and more scarier with every day. None of the students on trial wanted to show it, but it was visible - at least for Sally who felt exactly the same. However, there was one thing about Theo: he was giving her hope and strength without even knowing it. When Sally would sit next to him, she felt she had a reason to fight. Theo kinda became the strongest motivation the girl had. Every time she;d look into his eyes, Sally found hope - hope and power. And a possible future for her. Maybe for both of them, but of course, this was a bit too much at this point, given the fact that they weren’t even involved.

“Before obeying to you wish, mister Nott”, of course she had to make it sound like that, kinky and…terribly wrong at this point, “ I want you to know something. I am not here to judge anything or to find happiness in your suffering. I want you to know that I am here to support you, if you ever need it,” Sally was still drawing soft and fine lines on his hand while speaking, as her eyes were trying to inspire him with confidence and honesty.  Also, that little kinky hint was said in playful manner, to lighten the mood a bit.” Now, let’s change the subject and say that you look ridiculously good in that Quidditch equipment. I know a lot of wonderful girls around here told you this already, but… here I am, praising you just as them - this should make you feel better. And don’t worry, Nott, I’d rather live on the edge, scared by someone like you, than stupidly happy with an ordinary, boring other one.” And there it was, she returned his words from a few days back. They came easily, but no doubt that “the damage” was done, as her heart skipped a beat after she uttered them.

“Plus, last time you warned me about being the worst one out of the two of us, I proved you wrong, so I don’t believe your warnings anymore!”

It was not much about the game, to be honest. He just knew that his father was going to be pissed to let someone like Luna make him look bad and let Malfoy have all the glory. He knew he shouldn’t care at this point, but getting his father’s approval was everything Theo wanted. 

The change in Saly’s tone caught him by surprise but it managed to make him smirk. His smirk transformed into a gentle smile and he nodded at her words. “I know.” The boy gave the girl’s hands a gentle squeeze and then lift them up to kiss them. He knew this was childish, yet she seemed to understand and to cheer him up. He was truly grateful for that. 

Theo laughed, for real this time, as Sally said he looked really good in his quidditch attire. “Ah, you think so?” He said with a hint of fake modesty. “I’ve heard a few rumors here and there, I must admit” he shrugged. “Didn’t think they were true.” He lied. “But if you enjoy it this much, I can’t say I’m not glad.” he chuckled. He knew he sounded really dumb but at this point he didn’t care.She didn’t seem to care either but her next words left him breathless. “It’s...” he begun but he didn’t know what to say. “I’m glad.” he said, recovering from the surprise and placing a smirk on his lips. “I wouldn’t like to fight over you with some boring guy. I would win of course” he chuckled. “But I wouldn’t like to fight.”

“You know my New Year’s resolution is not to solve my problems through drinking. You should try it sometime.” Tracey said before taking a big bite out of the muffin. Ah, blueberry. As she chewed, she continued, “You don’t need a drink. What you need is a good snogging from one of your lady friends. And no, not me. But I’m glad you would even consider it.”

“Me? persuade Malfoy?” he raised an eyebrow at her and then scoffed. Malfoy and Nott were in pretty terrible terms at the moment. Engaging a conversation with him would probably end up un a fight and he didn’t need that on his file right now, not with the trials coming up. “That Greengrass can do the work, doesn’t she? you get along with her, why don’t you ask her?” He wasn’t in good terms with Astoria either. In back he was probably bad with everyone right now. 

Theo scoffed and shook his head. “Never knew you could be that corny, Marquez” He said with a smirk. Both boys had been stuck in one of the many rooms in the Marquez Manor. It was an important party for their families but the boys had decided to go and search for something else to do than talking to boring people in the lobby. They found a secret passage but they had managed to get stuck inside of the room. “though I’m glad you think I’m good company. Is always nice to hear that.”