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How to Seduce a Magician

Summary:

Julian tries out shitty pickup lines on the Apprentice. Apprentice is generally written as gender-neutral if at all possible.

Chapter 1: I Like Your Name

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"So, Magician, what did you say your name was again?" The disgraced plague doctor asked, leaning against the doorway in an attempt to look nonchalant. 

 

You rolled your eyes. Leave it up to this disaster of a man to basically get strip searched by someone, run through half of Vesuvia avoiding the royal guard, and save your life without knowing your name. 

 

"Really, Jules? You don't know my name after all that we've been through?" 

 

"Well, ahem." He coughed, having the decency to blush away his feelings. 

 

You rolled your eyes yet again. At this rate, this boy would have you rolling your eyes so hard that they'd fall out of your skull or you got an injury from overworking them. Seeing that he wasn't suddenly having some type of epiphany as to your identity, you gently reminded him of your name, even though you'd told him perhaps a dozen times before. 

 

Upon hearing your name, a smile lit up his face. "Oh? What a lovely name!"

 

"Why thank you! I got it for my birthday!"