It's far more attractive than it ought to be, the way he cares for his friend. Do you think Theo’s?” She can't say the words /in love/ without choking on them, instead leans closer. Close enough she can feel his next words flit across her cheek, space only for her unfinished thought between them - ThreadSky

sultrynuns.bsky.social • 72 days ago

It's far more attractive than it ought to be, the way he cares for his friend.

Do you think Theo’s?” She can't say the words /in love/ without choking on them, instead leans closer. Close enough she can feel his next words flit across her cheek, space only for her unfinished thought between them

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katsiperennial.bsky.social•72 days ago

ANN STOP MY HEART THE BEAUTY I DIE

sultrynuns.bsky.social•72 days ago

you are too kind to me!!! 🤍🤍🤍

sultrynuns.bsky.social•72 days ago

“I think he's very lonely. Lonelier than he lets on.”

They lock eyes and Hermione is certain they're not talking about Harry and Theo right now, or not /just./

sultrynuns.bsky.social•72 days ago

She sways closer, emboldened by the dark and the intimacy of shared concern, lets her pinky brush against his, casual and deliberate and plausibly deniable.

Approximately one thousand amperes flow from that one point of contact.

sultrynuns.bsky.social•72 days ago

It's an energy that expands, that makes her feel bright enough to shine in the darkened hallway. Fills her with the confidence to follow the wretched enormity of feeling, closer, ever closer, to him.