𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 [𝐑. 𝐋𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐧]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 & 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒

Song:
Swimming Pools (Kendrick Lamar)
"I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it."

T.W.: Drug use, alcohol abuse mentions.

SEPTEMBER 1980

"Easy, love."

Callisto groaned in pain as her eyes fluttered open, bringing a hand to her head. By now, waking up with a hangover and having Narcissa nurse her back to an acceptable state had become part of her morning routine.

"I'm sorry." She murmured, as the woman pushed her hair away from her forehead, handing her a muggle aspirin. She had found that they were very effective when taken around thirty minutes before a Pepper-up Potion.

"It's alright." Narcissa smiled. "You're going through it. It's part of the process."

"Am I part of the process too?"

"No, Nott." Narcissa tiredly said. "You need to get ready for work. Get up and put your big boy suit on."

"Don't bully my friend, Cissa."

Narcissa laughed, "That's new."

"You make the best friends in love and in misery, Mrs. Malfoy." Nott teased. "I just happen to be her partner in misery."

"The bestest of the best."

"Alright then..." Narcissa sighed, standing up. "I'll go bring breakfast. Nott, by the time I'm back, I want you ready to command your little, middle-class workers. Callie, I want a big smile on that face of yours, got it?"

"Yes, Mrs. Malfoy." They both chanted, as Narcissa left the room.

Tobias waited a few seconds until her footsteps were far away and he dug a hand in his pocket, pulling out a small, plastic bag. It was a bit smaller than an uncracked walnut, and contained a strange white powder that Narcissa would kill them both if she knew he possessed.

"I admire your self-restraint." He hummed, spreading it on the surface, and cutting it cleanly with his work card, before he lowered his face on the table. Callisto chuckled slightly as he inhaled sharply, sniffling slightly as he looked at her with a wide grin.

"Ah, there it is." She teased. "Nott's ready to bust some heads at work."

"Made you smile." He shrugged. "Although, I don't get why it's so funny to you. If anything, you should find this sad."

"S' not good for you, you know."

"Hence, why I do it." Tobias said. "It might even get you to make me one of your little projects. You turned Lupin into the man of the year, so I think I'd do wonders."

"Don't mention that name again in front of me, and I won't treat your coke like baby powder."

"Leave my buttocks alone, woman!"