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It was three days ago. You know to the hour. Three days ago your powers, your finger glow, just stopped. Not sputtering, not weak, not temperamental, it's just gone.
You noticed when trying to use your magic for something small, you were too focused on the fact that your magic wasn't working to remember what you even wanted to do to begin with, and you thought that maybe it was just your magic deciding to be picky. So you tried it again on a different task, but the results were the same.
To say you were confused and upset was an understatement. You were feeling so many things and none of them were good feelings. As time went on, you became increasingly frustrated because you never realized just how much you relied on your magic.
You tried hiding not only your lack of magic use but also how you were feeling about the situation. And even though you were a teacher for The School of Good, your students didn't catch on. There were some questioning looks about your slight shift but none of them really cared too much to ask. You were able to hide it well enough from Dovey and Anemone, seeing as you really only saw them during meal times and you didn't need to use your magic during that.
However, the Dean of Evil wasn't convinced everything was fine. You knew she could tell that something was off, but didn't know what exactly it was. She's very observant so it wasn't all that surprising, and she's your girlfriend so of course she'll immediately catch on to the different moods that settled within you.
In your defense, you wanted to tell her, to see if maybe there was something she could do, but your worries told you it wasn't a good idea. What if she'd find you pathetic? What if she doesn't want to be with someone without magic? What if she finds you weak and no longer good enough to be with her? And those are the reasons you've kept a bit of distance.
And caught on she did. Lesso was mentally tracking the different occurrences of your mood shifts, just waiting to see if there was something specifically causing it or if you were just having a moody day. But once that 'moody day' was on day three, she knew something was wrong.
And that's what led you here. Lesso called you into her office. Of course, you knew the reason, you aren't thick. But maybe, just maybe, if you played dumb you could get away with not telling her.
Her arms were crossed over her chest and she was leaning against her desk in front of you.
You were twiddling your thumbs as both of you remained silent, waiting to see who'd break first. Lesso knew you'd be stubborn about this, but she wouldn't admit she finds it cute.
You pursed your lips when you saw her eyebrow raise and you knew she was beginning to lose her patience.
"Okay, out with it. What's going on?" She lowered her gaze in an attempt to pry it out of you.
And if you know anything from being with Lesso, the things she taught you, you'd never break that easy. And you both were well aware of that.
"I don't think I know what you mean." You remained nonchalant, not letting on to your frustrations with the situation.
"Baby, come on. I know something going on, or else you wouldn't be avoiding me." Damn her pet names for you.
Your facade faltered for a moment, briefly showing your panic, and Lesso saw it. She knew there was something wrong.
It was already hard enough to keep it from her, but seeing and hearing her concern was making it increasingly difficult.
She reached out for your hands in an attempt for comfort before you flinched away, you weren't sure why. This really confused Lesso.
But you couldn't hide it anymore.
You abruptly stood from the chair and immediately started pacing the room, the beginning of your tears weren't noticed by you.
"Leo, I don't know what to do! I-I've tried everything!"
She didn't want to admit it, but this whole situation and how you were acting, was really concerning her. But she didn't want you to know that, it may upset you further.
Lesso stood up, now facing you, "What? What happened, love?"
"I lost my magic! Leo... It's gone." A strangled sob came from you, finally letting out your annoyance.
"Wha- I'm sure that's not true." You stopped pacing and faced her, you knew she wasn't accusing you of lying but that she simply couldn't believe it.
You didn't look away from her eyes as you moved your hand to attempt to light her fireplace, nothing happening.
Then you walked over to her couch and to her constantly unorganized stack of books, the very one that she knows annoys the hell out of you and waved your hand over it. Nothing happened.
You turned back to her desk, your last move was an attempt to grade the sheets of paper that were askew on it. But nothing.
"Leo, I have no magic. It's gone. Nothing, not even a little bit." She could hear the annoyance in your voice, but she also heard the fear you were trying to conceal.
Your pacing picked up again, and you started rubbing your temples as the thoughts started racing and the tears started flowing again.
"I mean, you're the most powerful person I know!" You glanced at her with worry laced in your features. "What if I'm not good enough for you? Or- or what if you don't want to be with me anymore? I can't do anything anymore, I'm not good en-"
She grabbed your wrists to stop your pacing.
"Absolutely not. Y/n, no. That's my girlfriend you're talking bad about, and I won't let that slide," She tried to lighten the mood. "But don't think like that. Your abilities are not why I'm with you. I don't care if you have magic or not."
You looked at her with the tears streaming down your face, your mind was feeding itself with lies again, "You don't?"
She reached out and started drying your tear-stained face, "Of course not. I'm with you, because you're amazing,"
"But, I'm no-"
A playful smirk came to her face, "Evers and their need to be perfect at everything. To me," She pulled you closer to her body. "You are perfect as is."
"Besides, now you just have to come to me for help anyways." She loved when you came to her for anything, but especially when you needed help. You never asked anyone else for help.
Well, in all honestly, you never needed help. You just loved seeing how Lesso would light up every time you came to her for something.
"I don't know what to do." You planted your head into the crook of her neck, a sigh being emitted from you when she started rubbing your back.
"I'm not sure what we can do. How long has it been like this?"
"Three days..." You whispered.
"Thr- love, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
You felt a little ashamed for not coming to her sooner, "I don't know, I was kind of hoping it would've come back before you could even notice it was gone."
"Well, if waiting it out won't work then to the library we go." She gave no room for your response, instantly grabbing your hand and pulling you out of her office.
Once in the library, both of you began searching in any magic-related book for any possible solution. You thought your attempts were in vain, with nothing coming up that could at least provide information on why it happened.
Until Lesso found something.
The book summarized that although rare, it's possible to lose magical gifts. Some instances last a few days while others are more... long-term.
As Lesso read that you may have permanently lost your abilities, your worries returned but are now worse. Before you could spiral further, Lesso pulled you flush against her again.
"Love, hey, it says that permanent loss is the rarest case. We probably just have to wait a few more days. And in that time, we can do more research. Maybe even look to outside resources," She briefly scratched her nails on your scalp. "I fully believe they'll come back. We just need to be patient."
"But, I don't want to be patient! You have no idea how annoying it is to not have magic after experiencing the luxury of magic." You grumbled into her shoulder.
Lesso stifled a laugh, "Maybe not, but at least you're not doing this alone." She placed both of her hands around your head and positioned you to look at her, keeping her eyes locked on yours so you can see the sincerity of her words.
Of course, you knew she was being entirely sincere and honest, that's your Leo for you. No matter what you were experiencing, you knew you wouldn't be alone in it. Even if she had no idea what you were feeling, she would always try to make you feel better.
And she always did. There was just something about her that always made things better.
And something inside you told you that this would be no different.
"Thank you, Leo. I don't know what I'd do without you."
She smirked, "Oh, probably perish. Or-" You cut her off with a playful smack to her shoulder, lightly rolling your eyes.
You wouldn't tell her that she was probably right and definitely adorable.
"Okay, okay. You're welcome, my dove."
You bit back your smile and just pecked her lips again, moving to hide your face in her neck. There was no real reason for that besides the immense amount of comfort she brings you.
"But really, how long do you think it'll be gone?" Lesso let out a loud laugh at your question.
"I'm not sure, love. But you know dwelling on the fact you don't have it will make it seem longer."
"I know." You were well aware that you were pouting, but you didn't care.
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It had been four more days. One week. One total week since you became magic-less. To your credit, you still tried to use your powers up until today. Just hoping that they'd come back by chance.
But they hadn't.
You spent most of today sulking, your hope becoming almost entirely diminished. And on top of that, you didn't feel good. Well, it's not like you felt sick, you felt strange. You couldn't get comfortable, no matter what you did. It was annoying and there was no way to describe it.
You just wanted to curl up next to Lesso on her couch and have her read to you while you watch the flames dance in her fireplace.
And that's what you've been doing for the last 20 minutes. Trying to get comfortable. You succumbed to your discomfort and gave in to thinking about your Leo. Your classes were done for the day so you had free time, but you knew that Lesso still had the things she needed to work on and wouldn't be done for another hour-ish.
But there was suddenly a shift, you felt even more weird than before, then something changed. You weren't in your classroom thinking about Leo anymore, now you were in her office.
She hadn't even looked up from her paper, your presence going unnoticed. You must've come in silently. But how the hell did you get in?
"What the fuck?" You were beyond confused, looking around and at yourself. You were entirely intact still.
You teleported. You teleported? You were never able to do that before.
Lesso startled in her chair, but she hid her reaction, not hearing you enter, "How did you get in here? My office was locked? I didn't hear you?"
Both of you looked at each other in disbelief at your sudden emergence.
"I- I don't know. One moment I was thinking of you, and the next I'm here."
She smirked, "You were thinking of me?"
You gave her a pointed glare, "I'm choosing to not focus on that right now."
"Right, right, right... so what did you do?"
"Nothing! I was just thinking!"
"And you were suddenly here?"
You shrugged, "Well, I mean I've felt strange all day but it felt even more intense just before I arrive here."
"Interesting. Have you tried your magic at all today?"
You lightly bit your bottom lip, "Uh, no."
"You were fully convinced you had lost your magic weren't you?" Lesso asked though it wasn't a question but a statement because she knew you all too well.
"Yes..."
"Well, what are you waiting for?!" Lesso stood up from her chair and started walking to you, confusion was evident on your face. "Try it out! Do something! Maybe you can do more than you could before!"
You thought about it, she had a point. Especially since you teleported into her office, you must have at least something back.
"Okay," You took this opportunity to reorganize her books, waving your hand in the direction of the stack by her couch.
You smiled in glee as the books replaced themselves on her shelf. A chuckle came from Lesso because, of course, she should've known that would've been the first thing you tried.
"Did you see that?!" You glanced back to Lesso but your excitement took over and your eyes didn't linger long enough to her her own excitement.
You decided to test her theory, maybe you could do more now. After all, you did get here just by thinking.
Leo watched you as intently as you were looking at her fireplace. You were thinking of nothing but lighting it. Your glare narrowed at the fireplace as you focused on lighting it. Just as you were about to give in and try your hand wave, it lit. It lit by you just thinking about it.
"Oh shit!" Your mouth was dropped open but the words didn't come from you.
Lesso almost couldn't believe it. And she wouldn't have if she hadn't just witnessed it.
"You just- with no- damn!"
Usually, you would've found her response funny if you weren't currently experiencing that exact response.
Just then, an idea popped into your head. You had plenty of time to figure out what all you could do exactly, but this? This you wanted, no need, to find out now.
You wordlessly walked up to Leo, her eyes curiously examining you, "You're not going to set me on fire next, right? I mean that would be totally badass but I'd rather you not."
You just chuckled and grabbed her hands, interlocking your fingers with hers, "No, I'm not going to set you on fire. I just, I have something I want to try?"
She looked between your eyes, both of you getting lost in each others, "Okay, anything."
Your grip on her hands tightened and you stepped closer to her, your eyes closing for a brief moment as you thought about where you wanted to go.
You had that weird feeling again and you opened your eyes, yours instantly locked on hers. And hers were locked on yours until you both looked around at where you now were.
The sudden breeze distracted you.
You were outside, in the gardens.
It worked. It worked? It worked!
"Yes!" You celebrated.
"You can relocate? Like, anywhere you chose? This, this is where you wanted to go right?" Lesso looked back at you.
"Yes! Yes and yes." The smile Lesso gave you made your heart swell.
She wrapped her arms around you and picked you up, instantly spinning you around.
"That's amazing! Dove, your powers are back. And better than before." She planted kisses all over your face, her happiness at your magic being returned matching yours.
"That's my powerful girl." Your cheeks reddened at her words until you got lost in the gleam that was sparkling in her eyes.
"Thank you, Leo. All thanks to you."
She looked at you with confusion, "As much as I'd love the credit for this, Dove, I've had no contribution to this. This was all you."
"Maybe, but you kept me hopeful and you stayed by my side. So, I have every reason to thank you too."
She smiled and leaned down to capture your lips with hers, all words and emotions being portrayed in it.
"But, I am curious to see what all you can do now."
And for at least the rest of the day, you tried seeing what all was different with your magic. Leo stayed by your side and supported you, but also curiously watched. Maybe with a smidge of envy too, she loved that you finally had the magic you deserved but a part of her wanted that too.
The main thing you noticed, besides the teleportation, is everything you could do with the wave of your hand before, you could do with a simple thought.
You knew you were going to have fun discovering all you can do, and with the new ease they have. But hands down the best part was being able to get to Leo as soon as you want, and being able to go anywhere you want, especially with her.
Yeah, you were gonna have fun.