After being expelled from Ilvermorny for a particularly daring prank, Thalia Scamander finds herself having to readjust to life at Hogwarts. Lucky for her, she hits it off with a group called the Marauders...evidently she hit it off with some more t...
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Thalia smiled to herself as James' fingers danced up and down her arm. Her head rose and fell with her boyfriend's chest as he breathed and she relished in the peaceful quiet that the Marauder's Dorm was rarely found basking in. Thalia nestled her cheek on James' shirt and he ran his fingers through her brown hair. The girl looked up at the bespectacled boy. His brow was furrowed and his glasses were slipping off his nose as he focused on the essay he was writing, occasionally groaning quietly and scribbling something out.
"What are the distinctions between a knarl and a hedgehog again, Lia?" he asked his girlfriend, not looking up from his parchment and taking his bottom lip between his teeth. Thalia took a moment to reply as she was pleasantly shocked by the nickname she had never heard before. She liked the sound of it in James' voice and felt her cheeks heat up slightly, "Thals?" James tapped her shoulder lightly and she snapped out of her reverie,
"Uhh, knarls can drink milk but hedgehogs can't and only hedgehogs will accept the gift of food." she said in a rush and James made a small 'oh' sound before hurrying to write it down,
"Are you alright?" he asked as he looked at her and the girl frowned,
"What do you mean?"
"You just sounded a bit flustered." he ran a finger over her freckles and Thalia shrugged,
"You've never called me Lia before." she mumbled and James' smirked,
"I see." he lowered his voice and Thalia raised an eyebrow, "You liked it didn't you?"
"I wasn't opposed to it." Thalia tried to sound indifferent but it didn't seem to work as James' smirk deepened and he maneuvered himself so he was hovering above her,
"So it didn't do anything?" he questioned, deepening his voice and leaning closer to her. Thalia swallowed and shook her head, staring into his hazel eyes, "Nothing at all?" James leant down even further so he was whispering in her ear, "Lia."
Thalia felt a shiver go down her spine as James pressed a kiss to the skin of her neck. Her eyes fluttered shut and she lifted her head to give him more room. James trailed his kisses up her neck and jaw before reaching her lips. "I don't believe you." he whispered and Thalia rolled her eyes,
"Shut up, you twat." she muttered before grabbing his face and connecting their lips. She felt James smile into the kiss and decided she wanted to wipe it off so she bit down on his bottom lip, beginning to trail her hands down his torso and to the bottom of his shirt. Just as she began to lift the fabric, she heard the door to the dorm open.
"Afternoon."
James' groaned as he rolled off Thalia and the girl straightened her hair,
"I thought you locked the door." she muttered to her boyfriend,
"I didn't think we were going to have sex at 3pm on a Sunday." he replied under his breath,
"James, it's us. We have sex all the time."
"You do realise we can hear you right?" Eloise spoke from where she was lounging on Sirius' bed and Thalia flipped her off. The girl threw her head back as she laughed, obviously finding great joy in knowing she interrupted her brother and best friend. "So, my little muffins, before you were about to get it on, what were you doing on this fine summer's day?" Eloise crossed her arms behind her head and leant on the headboard just as Sirius walked out of the bathroom
"Muffins?" Thalia questioned and she heard Sirius chuckle,
"Elle has come up with a new nickname system." he explained with a smirk as he sat beside his girlfriend, wrapping an arm around her waist to lift her onto his lap. Eloise beamed,
"Can I tell you about it?" she clapped her hands excitedly,
"I don't really-"
"Ok, so!" Eloise interrupted her brother and leant forward, "Each of you is a different flavour of muffin, which I think is adorable!" the girl giggled to herself before beginning to explain her 'system', "Moony is my chocolate muffin for obvious reasons, Birdie is vanilla, Petey is peanut butter, Nate is banana - again for obvious reasons, Reg is blueberry, Sirius is salted caramel, JJ you're hazelnut and Thals, you're coconut." Eloise looked very proud of herself once she had finished but Thalia pulled a face,
"Coconut?" she questioned and Eloise pouted,
"Yeah, you smell of sea salt and coconut." her shoulders slumped slightly but she soon brightened up again, "Fine! You can be pistachio, because of your eyes." she smiled again but Thalia still looked sceptical,
"Do those even exist?"
"Well they must do, because I've had one." Eloise huffed and put her nose in the air,
"Okay, pistachio it is then." Thalia gave in and the grin reappeared on Eloise's face,
"Oh, yay! Isn't it cute?" she asked and Sirius stroked her back,
"Very cute, love." he reassured her and she rested her head on his shoulder.
As Eloise and Sirius engaged in their own whispered conversation, James turned back to his girlfriend.
"Lia..." he began, running his hand up her arm,
"Mm?" Thalia questioned, her heartbeat already increasing,
"There isn't any chance that your dorm is free...is there?" he asked and Thalia stared at him for a moment before scrambling to get the map from his bedside table drawer.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." she said in a rush and the ink began to blossom on the parchment.
"What are you doing?" Eloise asked and Thalia raised her arm in a noncommittal gesture,
"Don't worry!" she shouted as she found the girls' dorm on the map. "It's empty." she whispered and James grinned.
"Mischief managed." he said quickly and threw the now empty parchment back in the drawer before grabbing Thalia's hand and dragging her out of the dorm without so much as a goodbye to his sister and best friend.
"They're going to continue what we interrupted aren't they?" Sirius asked his girlfriend and she merely nodded before realising that the boys' dorm was now empty.
"Now, we're alone." she muttered and she smirked as she saw her boyfriend's face light up. "You're so transparent."
"You're the one that suggested it." Sirius smirked as he lessened the distance between them.
"Pervert." Eloise muttered before closing the distance completely.
