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* I’m not longer posting on this page, I’m moving everything over to my primary tumblr @queenveela, so I can interact more directly with the fandom since secondary doesn’t allow that option all posts will be transferred there, and all HL stuff will be posted there going forward.

The Love Story of Sebastian Sallow and Avian Grey

Summary: Avian tries to cheer Sebastian up by taking him to meet Highwing, all the meanwhile they’ve been holding in their feelings for quite some time, what will happen next?

A/N: I really love Sebastian and my MC Avian. I wanted both of them to find happiness after everything they’ve been through. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! I’d love to hear everyone thoughts

Word Count: 3.4K+

Themes: Fluff, Pining, Flirting, Confessions, Making out, Slight Suggestiveness, Slight angst? Sebastian thirsting hard over mc lol

Warnings: All charaters aged up to 18+, Potential Spoilers for Hogwarts Legacy

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Sebastian Sallow sat alone in the silence of the undercroft, He was supposed to be meeting Avian that night, his close friend and dueling partner, however his arrival a few minutes earlier caused him to stumble upon some old textbooks. A letter had fallen out of one of them- a letter from his sister Anne. As he scanned the contents of the letter, He was overcome with a sense of longing as he sighed to himself, recalling a time when they were still close and on better speaking terms, before his path to darkness had brought strain upon their relationship.

“Seb-” he heard a familiar voice call to him, he looked up to see Avian standing before him. She stood there for a moment, her eyes affixed to the letter in his hand, her brows furrowed as if to contemplate her next move, she proceeded to grab him by the arm, pulling him towards the undercroft's exit.

“Ave? wh-”

“Come with me”

“Hang on, we still haven't had our rematch yet.” (they were supposed to have another duel after peeves disrupted their last round of crossed wands)

“Change of plan, I want to show you something”

“Does it involve breaking school rules?”

“Possibly” she replied with a playful glint in her eyes

“Fine” he said letting the painful thoughts leave his mind to focus on the girl before him

He remembered the night she first arrived as if it were yesterday. A barrage of whispers echoed throughout the great hall as its doors opened to reveal the new fifth year student everyone had been speculating about. He could see her white hair trailing behind her as she made her way up to the sorting hat “interesting color” he thought. A few seconds later the sorting hat could be heard belting “Slytherin”. A series of cheers erupted around him, as his fellow Slytherins applauded its choice, welcoming their new housemate over. She sat down at the far end of the table, not close enough for him to observe her features in detail, but atleast from afar he could make out that she seemed “quite pretty”.

It wasn't until the next morning that he really got to look at her, and he wasn't exactly prepared for it either. He had been skimming over a book, one he'd managed to sneak out of the restricted section no doubt, scouring the pages for any inkling of knowledge that could help Anne, as he flipped through its pages he found himself getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of useful information within its contents . He could feel someone approaching him, an annoying first year presumably or perhaps Imelda coming over to make a snarky comment about his most recent detention, letting his frustration get the better of him he let out an annoyed “can I help you?” but as he looked up to see who was standing there his composure suddenly changed, “ah..you’re the new fifth year” he has been immediately captivated upon seeing her so close.

Afterall, there was no doubting Avian's good looks. She possessed a surreal sort of beauty that was unlike anything he'd seen before. Her icy white locks fell just below her shoulders, she had the sides tied up in a half pony-tail (as she often did, which caused Seb to wonder at times what it would look like completely undone.) Her golden-green eyes seemed to possess pensieve-like translucency while her strong jawline and high cheekbones seemed to imply a sense of dignity only natural for a slytherin such as herself.

What sealed his infatuation with her, however, was their duel that day in Professor Hecat’s class. She had impressed him, nobody had beaten Sebastian before, not at dueling. And in that moment where his body hit the ground signifying defeat he decided he wanted to -no, he needed to know everything about her. And so it was no surprise that when Professor Weasley asked him to escort her to hogsmeade he found himself agreeing without a moment's hesitation.

And as they trekked up to Hogsmeade, he found himself trying to impress her with stories of his escapades into the restricted section. Meanwhile she clapped back at any/and all comments with wit that seemed to border on mild flirtation causing him to fall further under her spell.

And while there was no denying the fun they had together breaking into the restricted section, topping the ranks in cross wands, and fighting off all sorts of riff-raff in pursuit of their goals their relationship wasn’t always perfect. You see, they both possessed an unyielding sense of ambition attune to their slytherin nature. He had been set on finding a cure for his sister Anne, and she on her journey to defeat Ranrok and hone her special abilities. The extremes they were both willing to go to in their search for answers took them down a dark path, one that had resulted in undoable consequences and emotional turmoil .

He had become comfortable enough in her presence to allow the darker side of his personality to make an appearance, one that could be cruel at times. Despite his feelings for her she was not spared from his bouts of anger and frustration which almost caused a rift in their friendship. Nonetheless, she stayed by his side, forgiving any and all flaws, as if she could see straight through the harsh exterior that seemed to shield the person suffering underneath it all.

He was in love with her, and he was pretty sure she felt the same, the trouble is he didnt know how to tell her. It’s not like he wasn’t confident, he had always possessed a charismatic charm that in addition to his handsome looks and reputation as crossed wands champion made him quite popular among his peers. Avian was the only thing that slightly intimidated him.

She led him out of the undercroft towards the astronomy wing, they made their way down a long hallway till Avian stopped at a specific section of bricks. Within a few seconds the bricks suddenly began to shuffle making way for a mass of silver vines to spring up from the ground and form a door.

Sebastian gave her a look of anticipation, she gave him a slight nod in response urging him to open it.

He was immediately taken aback by the gargantuan nature of the space they walked into. A large glass dome sat in the center of its ceiling allowing light to illuminate the room’s large tile floor. Walls of wooden panels surrounded the room, adorned by mirrors and various portraits. At the center of the far wall sat a large glass structure that seemed to glow with possibilities.

“What is this place?” He whispered in astonishment

“The room of requirement, Professor Weasley showed it to me in fifth year, it was meant to be a place for me to study in peace so I could catch up with the other fifth years”

“Hang on, why am I only just hearing of this?”

“Hm I suppose I really never thought about it since we already have undercroft and all...I'm not really supposed to tell anyone, so keep it a secret alright?”

“First the veela thing and now this? do you have anything else you want to tell me? (Sebastian was referring to the fact that he had only recently been made aware of Avian’s veela heritage)

“As a matter of fact, I do!” she grabbed him once again, guiding him towards the large glass structure he had first observed upon entering.

A sudden burst of light engulfed them as they entered through its tall archway, fading to a grassy meadow, and infinite blue sky.

Seb suddenly felt something rub against his leg, he looked down to see a group of kneazles staring up at him.

“Merlins beard” he gasped “Ave what is this?”

“A vivarium, it's a sanctuary for all the beasts Poppy and I rescued when we took down all those poacher camps in fifth year.

“Its brilliant”

“It is, isn't it?” she said looking around, as if she was seeing it for the first time herself

A large bird-like creature suddenly came up behind Avian, nudging her with its beak. Sebastian found something endearing about the way she turned around the greet it. A playfulness only reserved for those close to her.

“Sebastian, meet Highwing”

“ A hippogriff? Ave How did you-?

“Poppy introduced us back in fifth year, and then Natty and I ended up having to rescue her from rookwoods lot”

“Unbelievable”

“Come on best to introduce yourself, I’ll show you”

She lead him through the hippogriff greeting ritual, telling him when to bow and when to make eye contact, Highwing accepted him almost immediately returning his bows before nudging him to pet her

“See, she likes you!” said Avian excitedly

“She’s magnificent” he said, continuing to look at Highwing in awe.

He turned back towards Avian who was giving Sebastian a look he knew all to well the “were about to do something were not supposed to” look

“Do you….want to ride her?”

“Do you really have to ask?” he replied a mischievous grin appearing on his face

“I suppose that was stupid question really” she laughed

She took out her nab-sack, “come on Highwing, in you get, were going for a ride!”

Is she going to be alright in there?

Yes, it's quite comfortable actually. Avian replied in “matter of fact” sort of way. “Sweet of you to worry about her like that though, come on let's go!”

They made their way out to the courtyard, where Avian let Highwing out, she climbed atop Highwing’s back, “Come on, Get on” she said motioning for Sebastian to get behind her. He got on behind her, proceeding to wrap his arms around her waist, taking note of how small it was “Make sure you hold on tight, I don't want to have to fly after you if you fall off”. She joked. He leaned in closer to her, enough for Avian to feel his breath against her ear. “Don't worry, I don't plan on let go” he whispered, earning a nervous jolt from Avian.

“Fly Highwing” she barely managed to hide the shakiness in her voice as she encouraged the beast to take off.

Highwing sprung into action, gaining speed as she lifted her front legs off the ground, using her back legs to catapult them into the starry night sky. She flew them far and wide crossing over hogsmeade, circling the forbidden forest, skimming the black lake, and diving between the cliffs that wove their way throughout Hogwarts valley “Ave this is amazing!” Sebastian shouted over gusts of wind passing by “It is isnt it?” she shouted back excitedly. She could feel Sebastian's grip around her tighten, the warmth of his body pressing up against hers, as if he was grateful to be with her in this moment.

She led them to the edge of a cliff, not far from the jobberknoll tree overlooking hogsmeade valley.

They sat here in silence, staring out across the horizon.

A few moments passed, before Sebastian interrupted the silence.

“Ave”

“Yes?” she said turning to face him

He had a solemn look on his face that implied something had been on his mind “You saw me reading that letter didn't you? you knew it was from Anne.”

She gave him a quiet nod.

He turned to face her, his dark brown eyes staring intently into hers

“I know you were trying to cheer me up tonight..it worked..thank you” he said smiling softly at her

“I’m glad” she said, responding with a small smile, before she turned back to stare at the valley.

He found himself staring at her again. The moonlight seemed to highlight her features in a way that made her veela heritage hardly surprising. He wanted so badly to kiss her, but he was blocked by the age-old question he’d asked himself any time he felt this way.. Did she feel the same?

A few more moments passed

“Hm, I suppose it makes sense” he thought aloud to himself, as he found himself leaning in closer towards her.

“W-what makes sense?” she whispered nervously, taking note of their sudden closeness

“Your veela blood”

“What about it” she turned to him evidently confused

“Hm nevermind” he said turning back

She looked at him suspiciously

“Veela blood except I cant turn into a harpy, shame really” she mused to herself sarcastically

“Id love to see that” Sebastian joked

“Shut up or I really will turn into a fire throwing bird”

“That'll come in handy during crossed wands, not that you need it!”

“Gracious as usual” she giggled, she was so sweet when she laughed-

There was few seconds of silence, before Sebastian broke it again

“You know I read something about veelas once”

“Oh you did, did you?”

“yes..I read that they tend to make people…act on impulse..so to speak”

She let out a nervous giggle “I'm not a full veela so i don't know if I have that effect…”

“Are you sure about that?”

“Seb whatever do you-”

But before she could finish her sentence he was grabbing her by her shoulders pressing his lips against hers, and before he knew it she had weakened into his grasp, parting her lips under his, allowing his tongue to come in contact with hers. She pulled him closer, deepening the kiss. After a few seconds they broke apart for air, exchanging a look that expressed any and all feelings that had held back for the past two years, before leaning into kiss each other once again, this time stronger, and more intense, he proceeded to plant kisses along her neck and jawline, appreciating the softness of her skin, before returning to her lips again. She let out a soft moan that nearly caused Sebastian to lose any ounce of self control he had left. The kiss lasted several more seconds, before they broke apart for air a second time. They stared at one another for a few moments before Avian let out a soft chuckle.

“Took you long enough”

Sebastian initially looked puzzled before the realization became evident in his face

“Do you mean?”

She nodded

“How long?”

“Since that first day in professor Hecat’s class”

“You mean we could've been doing this the whole time?”

She raised one of her brows as if to say “obviously”

“heh Ominis was right, I really am an idiot”

“Yes, but I suppose you're my idiot now” she said rolling her eyes and smirking back at him

before she proceeded to plant a soft peck on his lips

“Suppose we’ll have to get married now” he said half jokingly but half serious

She looked at him as if he had two heads before laughing to herself

“Hmph You really are impulsive, you better slow down we've barely started preparing for our N.E.W.T.S”

“Okay, but after we leave hogwarts-”

Avian did not respond, but instead turned away smiling to herself

“Come on let's go back to the castle”

“Already?”

“Seb, its 2 AM! we have potions first thing tomorrow morning”

“We can skip”

She gave him a teasing look of disapproval before letting out a short suppressed laugh

“Don't forget were supposed to meet up in the library tomorrow!”

“Oh I haven't forgotten” he said with an expression that seemed to imply he was already imagining everything they'd do aside from studying now they were a couple.

“To study” she emphasized as she playfully pushed him

“Oh yes, don't worry, i'm sure we’ll get alot of that done” he said raising a brow

“heh - if you say so” she said as she interlaced her fingers with his, standing up to lead him back towards Highwing

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The next morning they were both standing in the library annex waiting for potions to start. Knowing Seb, Avian felt it necessary to give him a mini lecture on self control before entering the classroom.

“Right you!- time to be subtle, I don't want any attention on the fact that were now a couple”

He looked her up and down, before giving her an eyebrow raise.

I'm warning you Seb! you better control yourself!

“I can’t make any promises” hes said slyly

She sighed “I'm starting to regret this already”

“Oi!” he remarked pretending to be offended

“I’m only joking” she teased before looking around to make sure no-one was watching, she then planted a soft kiss on lips before whispering “that's all your getting for now, if you play your cards right, there might be more”

She hadn’t caught him blushing as he watched her make her way to the potions classroom

Upon entering the potions classroom, they were immediately stopped by Ominis who wanted an explanation as to why Sebastian had not gotten back to their dormitory until 3 in the morning.

“Any particular reason I could hear you getting into bed at 3 O’Clock in the morning Sebastian?

But before he could answer Imelda who had been eavesdropping chimed in, much to his dismay

“Thats strange I thought I also heard something in the girls dormitory last night around the same time”. She said shooting Avian a suspicious look.

“We were studying for our end of the year exams” Avian said defensively

“Thats not until June” Imelda responded, clearly unconvinced

This also earned a suspicious glance from Poppy and Natty who were situated at the potions station next to them.

“We wanted to get a head start!”

“Heh, alright then!”

Sebastian rolled his eyes “Imelda why are you even in this class? Last time I checked you didn’t need a n.e.w.t in potions to become a quidditch player!”

“My parents insisted I have something to fall back on just in case the whole quidditch thing doesn't work out” she sighed “not that I need it of course!”

Sharp came out of his office proceeding to immediately start the lesson.

“Today were going to be brewing an edurus potion, you're not going to be using your potions textbook as you'll be expected to memorize it for the exam” this was met with a couple of annoyed groans. “Anyone caught using their books will sit in detention with me!” he said shooting Garreth Weasley a look

About halfway through class Avian felt something cup the side of her waist, before she had a chance to turn around she heard Sebastian whisper “Your supposed to stir it three times not two” his lips were barely touching her ear.

Sebastian! She whispered urgently through gritted teeth, blushing furiously and looking around frantically to see anyone had noticed.

Natty who evidently saw the whole thing was now smirking at the both of them

“Blast! I'm gonna have to tell her now” she thought

Apparently Natty wasn't the only one who caught it, as they heard Imelda from the other side of the classroom boisterously shouting “Oi you two! Get a room” and suddenly all eyes were on them, causing Avian to turn a deeper shade of red, she might as well have been asking Professor Weasley to transfigure her into a tomato at this rate.

“Bloody Imelda-” she thought “Were really in for it now”

Sharp approached them, a suspecting but slightly amused look on his face “Miss Grey and Mister Sallow do I need to remind you that this is a potions classroom? ….10 points from Slytherin each.

Snickers erupted throughout the classroom, Imelda giving them a smug look as if to say “your welcome” before turning to Garreth Weasley “Right weasley, that 5 galleons you owe me”

“Ugh fine!” Garreth mumbled digging into his robes.

Sebastian looked over in astonishment “Wait, hang on, you lot were betting on us? bunch of nosy sods you are!” he turned back to see Ominis standing before them, arms crossed. He had same look as an annoyed parent about to scold their child. “Sounds like the two of you have some explaining to do, undercroft! later! and don't try to get out of it!” he said swiftly as he turned back towards his station.

“Fine” Avian groaned, accepting defeat “I suppose there’s no hiding it now” she was now glaring at Sebastian, who smiled back at her as if knowing it was her one weakness. She blushed once again, turning back to her potions station to avoid his gaze “Idiot” she whispered under her breath, before smiling to herself, as she thought about all the things she was going to do to him later.

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