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with a taste of your lips im on a run

Summary:

Where Barty texts a wrong number thinking it's Regulus

OR

Evan recieves a text from an unknown number and his friends convince him to indulge

Notes:

no TWs for this chapter but this is where they'll be on each one

Chapter 1: Chapter one

Chapter Text

saturday 19th september

asshat 💩

 

barty 😈

ASSHAT

16:13

barty 😈

REG

16:13

 

asshat 💩

???

16:18

barty 😈

YOU FUCKING TRAITOR

16:18



asshat 💩

wrong number

16:24

barty 😈

GIRL DONT FW ME RN

16:25

barty 😈

I HAD TO ENDURE AN LUNCH TIME LISTENING TO MULCIBER COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW THEY CHANGED THE FUCKING SILVERWARE THEY SELL AT FUCKING WAITROSE

16:25

 

asshat 💩

seriously. wrong number.

16:43

 

barty 😈

bitch. i will never forgive you for this.

17:01

 

seen 17:01





demon sauce 👹😈

panda 🐼 added barty 😈 to demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

hello, children

17:05

barty 😈

not u reg, fuck u

17:05

 

panda 🐼

hey bartyyyy

17:05

 

+44 1234 567891

the fuck did i do?

17:05

 

barty 😈

…reg why don’t i have ur number saved

17:05

 

+44 1234 567891

cs ur a fake fucking friend

17:06

 

are you sure you want to save +44 1234 567891 to your contacts?

yes     no

 

barty 😈

lol i think i messed up

17:07

 

panda 🐼✨

what did u do?

17:07

 

reggiekins 😋😩

okay idc

17:07

 

barty 😈

so yk how i had to get a new number and phone n shit

17:07

barty 😈

i tried to text reggie earlier but i think i typed his number wrong

17:08

 

reggiekins 😋😩

okay?

17:08

 

panda 🐼✨

???

17:08

 

barty 😈

i very much just harassed an unsuspecting stranger

17:08

 

panda 🐼 

oh barty

17:09

 

reggiekins 😋😩

lmao

17:09

 

barty 😈

stop revelling in my stupid decisions reggie

17:09

 

reggiekins 😋😩

dont call me reggie and i’ll consider it

17:09

 

barty 😈

no 💞

17:10

 

reggiekins 😋😩

then no 😱😱

17:10

 

barty 😈

smh

17:10





not reggie

 

barty 😈

lols it turns out you really were the wrong number

18:33

 

not reggie

i know

18:33

 

barty 😈

im barty btw

18:34

 

not reggie

okay??

18:34

 

barty 😈

arent u gna give me ur name?

18:34

 

not reggie

no?? why would i do that

18:34

 

barty 😈

so we can be besties ofc

18:34

 

not reggie

no thanks

18:35

 

barty 😈

but whyy

18:35

barty 😈

at least give me something

18:35

barty 😈

hellooooo

18:38

barty 😈

sigh

18:40

 

seen 18:42





fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

guys im lowk being harassed

18:33

 

cap 🫡⚽️

r u okay???

18:33

 

marls 🎸

lmao

18:33

 

remus’ bitch 😎

fym harassed?

18:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

idk someone texted me thinking i was their friend

18:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wrong number ig?

18:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

LMAO HIS NAME IS BARTY AHAHA

18:34

 

shakespeare 🤓

the fuck kinda name is barty?

18:34

 

cap 🫡⚽️

oh sure, cs yours is so normal, r e m u s

18:34

 

shakespeare 🤓

die

18:34

 

lils 🙏

not you telling ur bsf to die

18:35

 

shakespeare 🤓

he had it coming

18:35

 

mcdonalds 🍟

is no one else interested in this wrong number thing???

18:35

 

xeno 🔮

i am!!

18:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i think he wants to be friends

18:36

 

remus’ bitch 😎

with u?? damn

18:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

kys.

18:36

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view: 3 screenshots

18:36

 

marls 🎸

BAHAHAHA MULCIBER

18:38

 

dork

who carries a kid for 9 months and then calls it mulciber??

18:38

 

cat food 🐀

💀

18:38

 

cap 🫡⚽️

ev js block him if its that weird

18:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yeah im about to

18:39

 

mcdonalds 🍟

NO DONT

18:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

??

18:39

 

mcdonalds 🍟

im intruiged

18:39 

 

lils 🙏

by what exactly?

18:39

 

mcdonalds 🍟

what if this guy is evans soulmate??

18:40

 

shakespeare 🤓

18:40

 

marls 🎸

fym???

18:40

 

dork

are you high?

18:40

 

mcdonalds 🍟

nahh think about it

18:40

 

mcdonalds 🍟

evs always had the worst luck w relationships

18:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

cheers.

18:40

 

mcdonalds 🍟

am i wrong?

18:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

.

18:40

 

mcdonalds 🍟

exactly. 

18:41

 

mcdonalds 🍟

anyway, so he JUST broke up w that asshole dylan, and then all of a sudden he gets a random text from a random guy???

18:41

 

mcdonalds 🍟

i say dont block him, keep ur options open

18:41

 

cat food 🐀

i think everything u just said was bs but i’ll take ur side cos this feels fun

18:41

 

lils 🙏

wtf

18:42

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

xeno can u pls knock some sense into these idiots

18:42

 

xeno 🔮

…im with them on this one

18:42

 

cap 🫡⚽️

top 10 worst anime betrayals

18:42

 

mcdonalds 🍟

see??? if xeno agrees then i must be right

18:43

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i hate it here

18:43

 

shakespeare 🤓

welcome to my world

18:43

 

remus’ bitch 😎

moony :(

18:43

 

cap 🫡⚽️

moony :(

18:43

 

cat food 🐀

so u gna block him or what?

18:43

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fine i wont

18:44

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ive left him on opened tho

18:44

 

cap 🫡⚽️

awww ev dont be mean to ur soulmate

18:44

cap 🫡⚽️

btw we have practice at 7 tomorrow

18:44

 

marls 🎸

damn james u couldnt have booked the field any fucking earlier 😃

18:45

 

cap 🫡⚽️

sorry marls i’ll buy you all hot chocolates

18:45

 

lils 🙏

oh, to be rich enough to buy a whole team of footballers hot chocolates in central london

18:45

 

xeno 🔮

ev i think u should respond to ur mystery guy

18:46



evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i dont wanna talk to him

18:46

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what would i even say??

18:46

 

cat food 🐀

tell him ur name

18:46

 

marls 🎸

but what if hes a 50 year old stalker?

18:46 

 

remus’ bitch 😎

what if hes an axe murderer

18:47

 

lils 🙏

what if hes evans dad

18:47

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the fuck?

18:51

 

xeno 🔮

just tell him to call you E or sm

18:52

 

marls 🎸

thats so weird tho

18:52

 

mcdonalds 🍟

well what else is he supposed to do?

18:52

 

lils 🙏

block him??????

18:52

 

cat food 🐀

nahh do the E thing

18:53





little shit 💞

 

sirius ⭐️

reggie

20:31

 

little shit 💞

im literally 2 steps away from you

20:31

 

sirius ⭐️

thats so far

20:31

 

little shit 💞

IM OPPOSITE YOU

20:31

 

sirius ⭐️

and yet youre texting me back

20:32

 

little shit 💞

ihy

20:32

little shit 💞

what do you want?

20:32 

 

sirius ⭐️

you have a friend called barty right?

20:32

 

little shit 💞

yeah why

20:32

 

sirius ⭐️

just wondering

20:32

sirius ⭐️

bye reggie

20:33

 

little shit 💞

bye freak

20:33





MARAUDERS 🐺🐀🦌🐕‍🦺

 

sirius ⭐️

im a genius

20:34

 

wormy 🐀

thats a stretch

20:34

 

sirius ⭐️

prongs :(

20:34

 

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

wormtail dont be mean to pads

20:34

 

sirius ⭐️

thank you

20:34

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

why are you a genius?

20:35

 

sirius ⭐️

so you know this random number guy evan was talking about??

20:35

 

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

yeah

20:35

 

sirius ⭐️

well in the screenshot, the guy said ‘reg’

20:35

sirius ⭐️

and i was like thats my brothers name

20:35

 

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

omg

20:36

 

sirius ⭐️

and i had a vague memory of reg being friends w someone called barty

20:36

 

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

o m g 

20:36

 

sirius ⭐️

so then i asked reg if he knew a barty

20:36

sirius ⭐️

and he said yes

20:36

 

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

OMG

20:36

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

SO IT COULD BE THE SAME GUY

20:37

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

WE MIGHT KNOW RANDOM NUMBER GUY

20:37

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

guys the chances of us actually knowing the random number guy is so fucking small

20:37

 

sirius ⭐️

but the area code is the same

20:37

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

do you know how big london is?

20:37

 

wormy 🐀

moons, just let them have this

20:37

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

fine 🙄

20:37





are you sure you want to save (unknown) to your contacts?

yes     no



barty???

 

barty???

sigh

18:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you can call me E

21:49

 

barty???

OMG

22:30

barty???

HI

22:30

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hello

22:31

 

barty???

hi :)

22:31

 

 

xeno 🔮

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why am i even amusing this idea

22:34

 

xeno 🔮

bc you believe us kinda

22:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i dont tho

22:34

 

xeno 🔮

humour me

22:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fine. i believe you

22:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

now what?

22:35

 

xeno 🔮

now go get ur boyfriend

22:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i hate you.

22:35

 

xeno 🔮

:(

22:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

sorry 

22:36

 

 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

GUYS THEY TEXTED ME

22:30

 

panda 🐼

who?

22:35

 

reggiekins 😋😩

random number guy?

22:35

 

barty 😈

YEAH

22:35

 

reggiekins 😋😩

why are you so excited about talking to some random guy?

22:36

 

barty 😈

hush, reginald, im making a new friend

22:36

 

reggiekins 😋😩

🖕

22:36



 

E :)



barty 😈

so how old are you??

22:38

 

E :)

im not gna tell u that

22:38

 

barty 😈

why? im not a murderer or anything

22:40

 

E :)

that sounds like something a murderer would say 

22:41

 

barty 😈

ouch, E, you wound me

22:41

 

E :) 

i dont care

22:41

 

barty 😈

then why did u text me again?

22:41

 

E :)

peer pressure

22:42

 

barty 😈

awww you told ur friends about me?

22:42

 

E :)

no 

22:54

 

barty 😈

oh yh? was there a reason it took you ten mins to respond to that?

22:56

 

E :) 

no 

22:56

E :) 

bye. 

22:56

 

barty 😈

bye, E ;)

22:56






 

monday 21st september

 

barty???

 

barty???

i’m bored asf

09:16

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why is that my problem?

09:17

 

barty??? 

cs im in your life

09:17

barty???

naturally its ur problem.

09:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no.

09:19

 

barty???

:(

09:19

barty???

ur so mean to me

09:19

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

again, not my problem.

09:19

 

barty???

but im borrrrrreeedddd

09:20

barty???

im in english rn

09:24

barty???

we’re reading jane eyre

09:24

barty???

i hate that rochester guy fr

09:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you hate rochester??

09:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he treats her so well tho

  09:24

 

barty???

??? are you dumb

09:25

barty???

he completely lied to her??

09:25

barty???

and she didnt even find out until their wedding day

09:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

initially, yeah, but the way she accepts him and his past changes him for the better

09:26

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

like his character development throughout the book is insane

09:26

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yes he lied but he also treated her differently than she’d ever been treated before in her life, like compared to any of her friends from school or the adults she surrounded herself with

09:26

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he actually somewhat respected her

09:26

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

compare him with st john, for example. even he sort of demanded her life when he asked her to marry and run away with him

09:27

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

rochester never did that. and after their separation, it was clear how true their love was

09:27

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

plus, it was the only romance story of that time that wasn’t based off of a beautiful man that

swoops a woman off her feet. these were just normal people

09:28

 

barty???

i wouldnt have pegged you as such a fan of romance novels

09:29

barty???

honestly i just couldnt get passed the lying

09:29

barty???

liars are fucking scum.

09:29

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well that i can agree with

09:30

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and im not, two of my friends are book nerds and have lengthy debates about their favourites. they made me read this one.

09:30



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view: 4 attachments

09:34

 

shakespeare 🤓

he reads? approved.

09:36

 

lils 🙏

ditto

09:36

 

cap 🫡⚽️

who the fuck is st john????

09:36

 

lils 🙏

JAMES U LITERALLY READ THE BOOK

09:36

 

cap 🫡⚽️

i do NOT remember a st john

09:37

 

remus’ bitch 😎

wasn’t that like her cousin or sm shit?

09:37

remus’ bitch 😎

the one that tried to get her to run away w him to india?

09:37

 

cap 🫡⚽️

ohhhh yeah that guy

09:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

him reading is the bare minimum

09:40

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

it means nothing - remus i expected better from you

09:40

 

shakespeare 🤓

now wait a damn minute

09:40




 

E :)

 

barty 😈

oh yeah ive got a book nerd friend like that

09:32

barty 😈

hes a grumpy little shit tho

09:32

 

barty 😈

whereve you goneeeee

09:34

 

barty 😈

sigh

09:36

 

E :)

sorry my friends were bickering

09:41

 

barty 😈

 well my class is done now and it was my only class of the day so im all yours now :)

09:46

 

E :)

ur only class of the day finished at 9 in the fucking morning?

09:46

 

barty 😈

yeah

09:46

barty 😈

so what you wanna talk about?

09:46

 

E :)

unfortunately for you, my class is about to start

09:46

E :)

and unfortunately for me, i have classes all day

09:47

E :)

so bye

09:47

 

barty 😈

thats just so rude

09:47

 

seen 09:47



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

bartemius 🥴

reggie he reads

10:26

 

regulus 🐍

???

10:28

 

bartemius 🥴

he READS

10:28

bartemius 🥴

view: 4 attachments

10:28

 

panda 🔮

awww 

10:30

 

regulus 🐍

i am NOT a grumpy little shit

10:31

 

bartemius 🥴

thats all you took from that?

10:31

bartemius 🥴

reggie, this is the love of my life we’re talking about

10:31

 

regulus 🐍

okay…

10:31

 

bartemius 🥴

i need new friends

10:31

 

regulus 🐍

good riddance.

10:32

regulus 🐍

now, fuck off im in class

10:32





 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

james 🥱

so ive been seeing this guy

13:02

 

pads 💞💖

who omg

13:02

 

wormy 🐀

moons get that tenner ready

13:02

 

moons 🌚

hush wormtail

13:03

 

james 🥱

i bumped into him outside of campus a couple of weeks ago

13:03

james 🥱

hes hot and funny and mean

13:03

 

pads 💞💖

ah yes, the qualities everyone looks for in a new partner

13:03

pads 💞💖

name, please?

13:03

 

james 🥱

13:03

james 🥱

regulus black… :)

13:04

 

marly 🤭

oop

13:04

 

moons 🌚

dammit, james

13:04

 

wormy 🐀

pay up, big boy

13:04

 

pads 💞💖

EW???????????

13:04

pads 💞💖

JAMES WTF

13:04

 

marbear 🐻

bloody hell james 😭

13:04

 

pads 💞💖

blasphemy against nature.

13:05

pads 💞💖

no, wait, no its not

13:05

pads 💞💖

its fucking INCEST

13:05

 

moons 🌚

sirius 💀💀

13:05

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

wtf i just woke up

13:06

 

lils 🙏

xeno its literally one in the afternoon

13:06

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

so? no classes today 💪

13:06

witch man 🧝‍♂️

so whats happening?

13:06

 

wormy 🐀

prongs is in love w sirius’ little brother

13:07

 

lils 🙏

yeah… theyre being strangely quiet about this 

13:07

 

marly 🤭

anyone got eyes on them?

13:07

 

moons 🌚

well sirius left the dorm about two minutes ago, screaming about killing james

13:07

moons 🌚

considering theyre both quiet, i’d imagine its not going very well

13:08

 

james 🥱

HELPAOUEFH

13:09

 

wormy 🐀

that checks out

13:09



 

little shit 💞

 

sirius ⭐️

so

13:49

sirius ⭐️

heard through the grape vine that you met james recently.

13:49

 

little shit 💞

oh yeah

13:50

little shit 💞

that i did

13:50

 

sirius ⭐️

‘oh yeah’?

13:50

 

little shit 💞

yeah

13:51

little shit 💞

hes fit yk

13:51



sirius ⭐️

ew shut up

13:51

 

little shit 💞

dare i say

13:51

little shit 💞

more so than lupin

13:51

 

sirius ⭐️

REGULUS ARCTURUS

13:51

 

little shit 💞

yes, dear brother?

13:52

 

sirius ⭐️

you cant go on a date with him

13:52

sirius ⭐️

you are f or b i d d e n

13:52

 

little shit 💞

oh, but i already did

13:53

 

sirius ⭐️

ew

13:53

 

little shit 💞

yeah, he bought me caffeine and everything

13:53

little shit 💞

a man who truly knows the way to my heart

13:54

 

sirius ⭐️

13:54

sirius ⭐️

i’ll be right back

13:56

 

little shit 💞

lmao okay

13:57

little shit 💞

all i ask is that you spare his face

13:58

little shit 💞

tis rather lovely, don’t you think?

13:58

 

sirius ⭐️

you’re next

14:00

 

seen 14:00



 

pretty boy 💫

 

james 🥱

im alive

15:16

 

pretty boy 💫

he’s so dramatic

15:16

 

james 🥱

dont be mean, reg

15:16

 

pretty boy 💫

what? its true

15:16

pretty boy 💫

he literally tried to beat you up

15:17

pretty boy 💫

although it is kind of your fault. i literally told you not to tell him

15:17

 

james 🥱

i hated lying to him :(

  15:17

james 🥱

he didnt beat me up dw

15:17

james 🥱

he sort of just begged me to not ‘defile his innocent baby brother’

15:17

 

pretty boy 💫

i hate him 

15:17

pretty boy 💫

you picked the messiest possible way to break the news to him btw

15:17

pretty boy 💫

youre coming to my flat later, yeah?

15:18

 

james 🥱

ofc

15:18

james 🥱

you want me to bring anything?

15:18

james 🥱

doughnuts again?

15:18

 

pretty boy 💫

no, just yourself

15:18

pretty boy 💫

see you later 

15:19

 

james 🥱

bye love

15:19

 

seen 15:19



 

E :)

 

barty 😈

ive been abandoned

18:09

 

E :)

i cant imagine its the first time

18:09

 

barty 😈

uncalled for

18:10

 

E :)

why have you been abandoned

18:10

 

barty 😈

because my so called ‘best friend’ has kicked me out of our flat so that the guy hes seeing can come over

18:10

barty 😈

im not even allowed to meet him

18:10

 

E :)

well i’d imagine he doesnt want you to scare him away

18:11

 

barty 😈

youre quite mean today

18:11

barty 😈

did you know that?

18:11

 

E :)

my sincerest apologies

18:11

 

barty 😈

accepted

18:11

barty 😈

anyway so now im just roaming around the streets of london

18:11

 

E :)

how sad for you

18:11

 

barty 😈

ikr

18:12

barty 😈

anyway so what do you look like?

18:12

 

E :)

no

18:12

 

barty 😈

u cant js say no

18:12

 

E :)

i just did

18:12

 

barty 😈

rude

18:13

barty 😈

cant i at least have ur name? you know mine

18:13

 

E :)

u gave it to me willingly

18:13

E :)

zero prompting

18:13

 

barty 😈

because im js so lovely like that

18:13

 

E :)

sure

18:15

 

barty 😈

:(

18:15

 

E :)

deserved

18:15

 

barty 😈

:o

18:17

 

 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

dork

EVANNN GET OFF UR PHONE

18:17

 

lils 🙏

so real so true cas

18:17

 

dork

we’re having movie night you have to be present

18:17

 

remus’ bitch 😎

why you smiling at ur phone like that

18:17

 

mcdonalds 🍟

i bet its that barty guy

18:18

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

shut up all of you

18:18

 

xeno 🔮

i heard no denial

18:18

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

die

18:18

 

marls 🎸

GET OFF UR PHONE

18:18 

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why do i have to be present? james isnt even here

18:19

 

remus’ bitch 😎

ugh dont remind me

18:19

 

mcdonalds 🍟

whats his problem?

18:19

 

shakespeare 🤓

james is w his brother

18:19

 

mcdonalds 🍟

LMAOOO i hope he gets laid icl

18:20

 

remus’ bitch 😎

now, why the FUCK would u say sm like that

18:20

 

mcdonalds 🍟

because im a rascal

18:20

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why dont we just not watch a film

18:20

 

dork 

because we’re bonding, rosier.

18:20

 

shakespeare 🤓

he just wants to keep texting his boyfriend

18:20

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no.

18:24

 

remus’ bitch 😎

so you turning your phone off, leaving the room and coming back 5 mins later was entirely unrelated?

18:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yeah

18:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bye.

18:24



 

barty??? 

 

barty??? 

you’ve abandoned me just like reg 😔

18:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

is this the same reg you were yelling at when you first texted me?

18:26

 

barty??? 

yes and i now see that he has a habit of abandoning me

18:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

how had he abandoned you the first time?

18:26

 

barty??? 

look at you engaging in conversation

18:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bye

18:26

 

barty???

NO NO WAIT I’LL ANSWER

18:26

barty???

his older brother was supposed drive us somewhere for lunch but reg is my grumpy little shit book nerd friend and he has the patience of a gnat

18:26

barty???

anyway my teacher had asked me to stay back to give me a detention or something

18:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

or something?

18:27

 

barty???

well i wasnt listening was i

18:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

of course

18:27

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

continue

18:27

 

barty???

anyway so reg has the patience of a gnat and he couldn’t be arsed to wait for me so he made his brother just drive away

18:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and so you had to endure a lunch time with mulciber

18:27

 

barty???

so you DO remember :DDDDD

18:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i dont know what youre talking about

18:28

 

barty???

bitch you cant gaslight me

18:28

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

whats gaslighting

18:28

 

barty???

fuck you

18:28

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no thanks

18:28

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hold on im being harassed again

18:28

 

barty???

???

18:28

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

my friends and i have a movie night every week

18:28

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

theyre upset im on my phone

18:28

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view: 1 attachment

18:28

 

barty???

‘that barty guy’ im conflicted bc on one hand u told ur friend abt me, but on the other hand im ‘that barty guy’

18:29

barty???

UR NAME IS EVAN

18:29

barty???

OMGGGG

18:29

barty???

thats so hot lowkey

18:29



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

GUYS LOOK
18:30

barty 😈

HIS NAMES EVAN

18:30

barty 😈

view: 1 attachment

18:30

 

panda 🐼 

basic but cute

18:34

panda 🐼 

i see the potential

18:34

 

 

E :)

 

E :)

NO

18:40

E :)

NO ITS NOT

18:40

 

barty 😈

lies and slander

18:40

barty 😈

now that i have ur name u may as well send wyll

18:41

 

barty 😈 changed E :) ‘s contact to evan 🤭

 

evan 🤭

now how the fuck did you figure that

18:41

 

barty 😈

idk but send a pic

18:41

 

evan 🤭

no

18:41

 

barty 😈

pleeeasssseeeee

18:41

barty 😈

evannnnnn

18:41

barty 😈

evebenenannananansndnabbaenj

18:41

barty 😈

por favore

18:41

barty 😈

sigh

18:41

barty 😈

so rude

18:41

barty 😈

fake friend

18:41

barty 😈

evananannnnn

18:41

 

 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

marls 🎸

evan make ur phone stop fucking buzzing before i launch it out of the window

18:41

 

 

barty???

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh my god shut up

18:42

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

here

18:42

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view: 1 attachment

18:42

 

barty???

oh

19:02

barty???

thats

19:02

barty???

oh

19:11 

 

seen 19:23

Chapter 2: Chapter two

Notes:

THIS IS A FILLER CHAPTER so has very little structure !!!
(i'll explain why at the end)

no TWs, enjoyyy

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

sunday 9th october



incoming call from barty???...

accept decline

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what the fuck are you doing

01:12

 

barty???

voglio sapere come parli

01:12

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the fuck?

01:12

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

is that fucking italian??

 01:13

 

barty???

hello evan this is bartys friend

01:13

barty???

barty is drubnk

01:13

barty???

sometines he finds englihs too hard when hes drunk

01:13

barty???

reggie is truing to hekp hnim but hes speaking french so idk how thsts going to go

01:13

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh hi

01:15

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

is he good?

01:15

 

barty???

yeahh hes all godd 

01:15

barty???

cant really stand uo thp

01:15

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you guys at a party?

01:15

 

barty???

nooo we’re celebeating becaiase reggie’s parents are ogne 

01:15

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

uh

01:15

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

gone as in

01:15

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

dead?

01:15

 

barty???

noo they just can’t go near him anymre 

01:15

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i see

01:15

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

each to their own ig

01:15

 

barty???

dw they werent very nice people

01:15

barty???

anyways ive gtg before b throws humsekf out tje winfow

01:15

barty???

byeeeweee

01:15

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wait what??

01:15

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yo did u throw urself out a window or what

13:17

 

barty???

i in fact did not throw myself out of a window

13:23

barty???

kinda wish i did tho

13:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hungover?

13:23

 

barty???

hangover, liver failure, nd to top it all off im pretty sure i have a cold

13:23

barty???

kmn

13:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

when and where

13:24

 

barty???

ugh im not in the mood for ur meanness

13:24

barty???

bye

13:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

rude

13:24

 

seen 13:24



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

guys hes fucking italian

13:30

 

dork

uh oh

13:30

 

cap 🫡⚽️

who

13:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty

13:31

 

marls 🎸

reckon hes got an accent?

13:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i really fucking hope not man im cooked

13:31

 

remus’ bitch 😎

shi u got a thing for accents?

13:31

 

shakespeare 🤓

cant blame him tbf

13:31

 

cap 🫡⚽️

preach

13:31

 

remus’ bitch 😎

nah u better stfu

13:32

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

focus please

13:32

 

cat food 🐀

i dont understand the problem

13:32

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i dont even know what the guy looks like

13:32

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

how can i fold over an accent i dont even know he has???

13:32

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

lowk ive known him for like a month

13:33

 

shakespeare 🤓

well he liked the pic u sent him right?

13:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ig

13:33

 

shakespeare 😎

and youve asked him for a pic right?

13:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

13:34

 

shakespeare 😎

herein lies the problem

13:34

shakespeare 😎

mate you wont know what he looks like until u ask

13:34

 

lils 🙏

thats common sense i fear

13:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

thats so awkward tho

13:34

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

how do i js ask for a pic

13:34

 

cap 🫡⚽️

ev where r u

13:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

my fucking house why

13:35

 

cap 🫡⚽️

k stay there im coming over and then i’ll text him for u

13:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

thats so much worse than doing it myself

13:35

 

cat food 🐀

so then do it urself

13:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

13:35

 

cat food 🐀

then let james do it

13:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

13:35

 

cat food 🐀

bitch 

13:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

not today

13:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what if hes hot? i dont need another reason to be attracted to a stranger from the internet

13:35

 

cat food 🐀

another reason?

13:35

 

remus’ bitch 😎

the accent pete keep up

13:36

 

cat food 🐀

mb mb

13:36

 

dork

not to interrupt this nonsense but ev and xeno do u wanna go to the shopping centre with us

13:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i have an online meeting in like 30 mins for the chem mentoring crap

13:36

 

dork

with?

13:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

slughorn

13:36

 

dork

yeah ur coming with us

13:36

 

xeno 🔮

im free :)

13:36

 

cap 🫡 ⚽️

i wanna come too :(

13:36

 

marls 🎸

no.

13:36

marls 🎸

(i’ll buy u sm)

13:36

 

cap 🫡⚽️

:D

13:36



 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

evananananananannn

15:09

 

evan 🤭

what 

15:14

 

barty 😈

watcha doooing

15:14

 

evan 🤭

trying to socialise w my friends

15:14

 

barty 😈

well thats boring

15:14

 

evan 🤭

im so very unboring

15:15

evan 🤭

im literally buying a chameleon rn

15:15

 

barty 😈

say sike rn

15:17

 

evan 🤭

nahh look

15:17

evan 🤭

view: 1 attachment

15:18

 

barty 😈

oh my fucking god

15:18



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

guys evan just got like a million times hotter

15:18

barty 😈

he just bought a fucking chameleon

15:18

barty 😈

view: 1 attachment

15:19

 

reggiekins 😋😩

damn the hand tattoos too

15:20

 

barty 😈

back off 

15:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

smh

15:20

 

panda 🐼

awww its so cute

15:20

panda 🐼

tell him to call it cactus

15:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

??? why cactus

15:20

 

panda 🐼

cos look at the little spikey things on its back

15:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

ofc

15:20



 

barty???

 

barty???

my friend says u should call it cactus

15:21

barty???

she said its on account of the spikes on its back

15:21

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well my friend says that urs is v smart

15:21

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

cactus it is

15:21

 

barty???

yayy

15:21

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

salve io sono marlene im taking evans phone away bc hes supposed to be bonding with us

15:23

 

barty???

okay… 

15:23

barty???

wait do you speak italian??

15:23 

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i wish lmao ‘io sono’ is lowk the only thing i know 

15:23

 

barty???

omgomg i could teach you

15:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

that’d be so slay i’ll get ev to send u my number later

15:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

until then goodbye

15:23

 

barty???

bye bye marlene

15:24



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

xeno 🔮

chat evan is simping over someone we saw at footasylum

15:59

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i am NOT

15:59

 

lils 🙏

he absolutely is

15:59

lils 🙏

‘lils, did u see the fucking piercings oh my god’

16:00

 

dork

‘his smirk?? bro he was wearing grillz’

16:00

 

marls 🎸

‘i’d let him step on my neck with those boots i cant lie’

16:00

 

xeno 🔮

‘eyebrow slit, piercings AND tattoos i think god is trying to punish me’

16:00

 

mcdonalds 🍟

‘ive never wanted to be railed so hard by a stranger in a crop top’

16:00

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃 has left fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

xeno 🔮 added evan 😶‍🌫️🍃 to fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no.

16:01

 

cap 🫡⚽️

ev’s in loooove

16:01

 

remus’ bitch 😎

lmao down bad

16:01

 

shakespeare 🤓

so are we over barty and his accent then?

16:01

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no we’re not doing this

16:01

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty is a random stranger online that just so happened to text me one day - there is nothing to get over

16:02

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the guy from the shopping centre was simply just a guy from the shopping centre - there is nothing to get over with. i didnt even get his number

16:02

 

mcdonalds 🍟

i felt the regret heavy in ‘i didnt even get his number’

16:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

christ 

16:02

 

remus’ bitch 😎

r u guys still at footasylum??

16:02

 

lils 🙏

yh but the guy left already

16:02

 

remus’ bitch 😎

go find him!! get his number!!

16:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

NO

16:02

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

n o

16:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

lets not

16:03

 

marls 🎸

i personally think thats a fine idea

16:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i will drive the fuck home right now

16:03

 

mcdonalds 🍟

thats such a shit threat bro

16:03

 

lils 🙏

mary he literally drove us all here

16:03

 

mcdonalds 🍟

oh shi yeah lmao

16:03

 

shakespeare 🤓

oml

16:03

 

remus’ bitch 😎

LADIES AND GENTLESHITS
16:04

remus’ bitch 😎

before i forget, im having a party at mine and james’ for my 18th

16:04

 

cap 🫡⚽️

are you?

16:04

 

remus’ bitch 😎

yeah

16:04

remus’ bitch 😎

and dont u worry ur disgusting brother-fucking little head about anything, i’ll organise the whole thing and yes, im inviting reggie and his friends

16:04

 

cap 🫡⚽️

alr

16:04

cap 🫡⚽️

mum said its cool

16:06

 

marls 🎸

effie potter, the woman you are

16:06

 

cap 🫡⚽️

NO

16:06

cap 🫡⚽️

NOT AGAIN

16:06

 

remus’ bitch 😎

tbf ive never seen a milf that milfs quite so much as effie

16:06

 

cap 🫡⚽️

oh my god

16:06

cap 🫡⚽️

ur literally gay sirius

16:06

 

remus’ bitch 😎

yeah and i’d get on my knees for both monty and effie if they asked

16:06

 

cap 🫡⚽️

im going to throw up

16:07

 

remus’ bitch 😎

dw prongsie, ur sexy too

16:07

 

cap 🫡⚽️

ew bye

16:07

cap 🫡⚽️

(thanks pads)

16:07



 

bartemius 🥴

 

regulus 🐍

bitch why have you left six fucking plates in the sink

16:11

 

bartemius 🥴

because im just a girl

16:17

 

regulus 🐍

what could you have possibly needed six plates for

16:17

 

bartemius 🥴

bc im 17, hungry and i live with another 17 yo that cant cook

16:17

bartemius 🥴

i did what i had to 

16:17

bartemius 🥴

(dino nuggets)

16:17

 

regulus 🐍

you ate s i x plates of dino nuggets?

16:17

regulus 🐍

if i open the fridge and find no food i will actually kill you

16:17

 

bartemius 🥴

16:17

 

regulus 🐍

bartemius crouch jr

16:18

 

bartemius 🥴

yes reggiekins?

16:18

 

regulus 🐍

go buy some more fucking food

16:18

regulus 🐍

where even are you?

16:18

 

bartemius 🥴

they were having a sale at footasylum so im omw back from the shopping centre

16:18

bartemius 🥴

it was all shit so i didnt get anything

16:18

 

regulus 🐍

wonderful. so u have money w you

16:18

regulus 🐍

go get food

16:18

regulus 🐍

im going to james’ now but istg there better be food here when im home

16:18

 

bartemius 🥴

yes, mother

16:18

 

seen 16:18



 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

i need new friends

16:20

barty 😈

specifically i need a new roommate

16:20

 

evan 🤭

???

16:20

 

barty 😈

reggies being mean 

16:20

barty 😈

view: 2 attachments

16:20

 

evan 🤭

i actually agree with him why tf r u eating so much food and then not clearing the plates

16:20

evan 🤭

wait ur 17?

16:21

 

barty 😈

oh shit i forgot that was in there

16:21

 

evan 🤭

r u in college then?

16:21

 

barty 😈

yeah

16:21

barty 😈

a levels are a slow death fr

16:21

 

evan 🤭

first or second year?

16:21

 

barty 😈

first why?

16:21

 

evan 🤭

oh

16:22



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

chat hes in the year below

16:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view: 1 attachment

16:24

 

marls 🎸

dammnn thats a sign ev

16:25

 

remus’ bitch 😎

from the universe

16:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

🤨🤨 how

16:25

 

dork

hes our age

16:25

 

xeno 🔮

the chances of that are 🤏🤏

16:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

how do i respond

16:25

 

shakespeare 🤓

tell him ur in ur second year

16:25



 

barty???

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh

16:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im in second

16:26

 

barty???

!!!!!! 

16:26

barty???

you go to college too??

16:26

barty???

i figured u were already in uni

16:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nope

16:26

 

barty???

shii so ur my age?

16:26

barty???

thats crazy sauce

16:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

crazy sauce 😭

16:26

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wait if ur only in college how come you live alone??

16:26

 

barty???

well not alone 

16:26

barty???

i live w reg

16:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i mean like without parents

16:27

 

barty???

oh

16:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

shit sorry if its personal then pretend i didnt say anything

16:27

 

barty???

no ur good

16:27

barty???

my parents arent great people

16:27

barty???

same w reggie so we just live together instead

16:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh im sorry

16:27

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

my dads not amazing either

16:29

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

but i cant get away yet

16:29

 

barty???

parents suck

16:29

barty???

u should come live w us

16:29

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i couldnt think of anything worse

16:30

 

barty???

:0

16:30

 

barty???

okay well i was gna go lock in cos i got a chem test next week but idc

17:01

barty???

i wanna go get snake bites

17:01

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

like the piercing?

17:01

 

barty???

uh huh

17:01



 

xeno 🔮

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

XENOOOOO

17:01

 

xeno 🔮

HELLO???

17:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

BARTY WANTS TO GET SNAKE BITES

17:02

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

IM SO COOKED ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY

17:02

 

xeno 🔮

date him

17:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

thats not helpful

17:03

 

xeno 🔮

what the hell am i supposed to say??

17:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fucking sedate me idk

17:03

 

xeno 🔮

no

17:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

sigh

17:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

this was a very useless interaction

17:04



 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

uh huh

17:01

 

evan 🤭

cool u should do it

17:04

 

barty 😈

good

17:04

barty 😈

view: 1 attachment

17:04

 

evan 🤭

if u were already at the fucking piercing studio why did u ask for my opinion

17:04

 

barty 😈

wanted to know ur thoughts on piercings

17:05

 

evan 🤭

thats so dumb

17:05 

 

barty 😈

yeah yeah what do u think of them

17:05

 

evan 🤭

idk

17:05

 

barty 😈

lies

17:05

 

evan 🤭

i have zero opinions on piercings

17:05

 

barty 😈

i hope yk i wont stop asking until u tell the truth

17:05

 

evan 🤭

ffs

17:05

evan 🤭

theyre hot

17:08

 

barty 😈

knew it

17:08

 

seen 17:08





wednesday 12th october

 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

did yk that eating pineapple makes u taste good

09:34

 

evan 🤭

what in the genuine fuck

09:36

evan 🤭

i fear i need to tell a trusted adult about you

09:36

 

barty 😈

im js giving you a fun fact 😔

09:36

 

evan 🤭

that fact was not fun

09:36

evan 🤭

i hated every second i spent reading it

09:36

 

barty 😈

:(

09:37

 

seen 09:37



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

reggiekins 😋😩

sirius wanted me to invite you two to this party hes having for his 18th

11:19

reggiekins 😋😩

it’ll be on nov 3rd

11:19

reggiekins 😋😩

please be there so i dont have to deal with his friends alone

11:19

 

barty 😈

arent u literally shagging his bsf

11:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

thats so unrelated

11:20

 

barty 😈

girl

11:20

 

panda 🐼

i’ll be there reg

11:20

 

barty 😈

me too me too

11:20

 

panda 🐼

bee hows it going with evan

11:20

 

barty 😈

u mean the love of my life?

11:21

barty 😈

its going great

11:21

barty 😈

we’re getting married tomorrow

11:21

 

reggiekins 😋😩

poor evan 

11:21

 

barty 😈

ur such a cunt yk that right

11:21

 

reggiekins 😋😩

i thrive in it

11:21

 

barty 😈

ofc u do

11:21



 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

so how is the love of my life doing?

12:16

 

evan 🤭

i am not the love of ur life

12:16

 

barty 😈

i meant cactus but way to be full of urself ig

12:16

 

evan 🤭

kys

12:16

evan 🤭

cactus is fine

12:17

 

barty 😈

cool

12:17

barty 😈

im gna come kidnap her

12:17

 

evan 🤭

the fuck?

12:17

 

barty 😈

she would have a much better home w me

12:17

 

evan 🤭

she’d probably kill herself after like a day

12:18

 

barty 😈

well thats fucking rude

12:18

 

evan 🤭

its true

12:18

evan 🤭

you dont exactly strike me as star caretaker

12:18

 

barty 😈

um

12:18

barty 😈

bitch?

12:18

 

evan 🤭

i said what i said

12:18

 

barty 😈

i’ll have you know i had two hamsters as a kid

12:18

 

evan 🤭

i feel like ‘had’ is the keyword there

12:18

 

barty 😈

n o

12:19

barty 😈

my asshole father starved them to death whilst i was on a school trip once

12:19

barty 😈

twas not my fault

12:19

barty 😈

they were thriving w me

12:19

 

evan 🤭

i literally have no responses to that

12:19

 

barty 😈

get on my level

12:19

 

evan 🤭

im good

12:19

evan 🤭

ur dad sounds like a dick tho

12:19

 

barty 😈

thats why i dont live w him anymore

12:19

barty 😈

FUCK

12:19

 

evan 🤭

???

 

barty 😈

im out of cigarettes

12:20

 

evan 🤭

you smoke?

12:20

 

barty 😈

like a chimney according to reg

12:20

barty 😈

he says it’ll kill me

12:20

barty 😈

acting like he doesnt smoke just as much

12:20

barty 😈

wtv im here for a good time, not a long time

12:20

 

evan 🤭

yeah oml

12:20

evan 🤭

cap says the same thing to me

12:20

evan 🤭

this man is literally a ‘social smoker’ so idc what he says

12:20

 

barty 😈

i dont trust social smokers

12:20

 

evan 🤭

no one does

12:21

 

barty 😈

shit i gtg before reg nags me to death

12:21

barty 😈

bye bye

12:21

 

evan 🤭

i hope he succeeds

12:21

 

barty 😈

stop being such a wank.

12:21

 

evan 🤭

:)

12:21

 

seen 12:21



 

j 🫶

 

j 🫶

hey love

14:26

 

regulus 🐍

hey

14:26

 

j 🫶

i missed you 

14:26

 

regulus 🐍

you saw me like an hour ago

14:26

 

j 🫶

an hour is so long if u think abt it

14:26

 

regulus 🐍

sure, james

14:26

 

j 🫶

can u come over?

14:26

 

regulus 🐍

i cant im forcing bee to be an upstanding member of society

14:26

 

j 🫶

sounds exciting

14:26

j 🫶

text me when ur done?

14:26

 

regulus 🐍

ofc

14:27

regulus 🐍

bye

14:27

 

j 🫶

bye baby

14:27

 

seen 14:27

Notes:

okay so i have my a level mocks in like three weeks and lowk i want to unalive but thats not really an option
anyway i wanted to get at least something out but ive been having a sort of writers block moment except its with literally everything in my life so i couldnt think of an actual structure for the chapter - the solution was to get this out as a filler and then get something out properly after mocks

i hope you enjoyed this even though it was short, i js thought it was a nice way of showing personalities etc

byeee

Chapter 3: Chapter three

Summary:

THEY MEET

Notes:

translations at the end

TWs// drinking, mention of being high (?), fight, mention of blood, mention of bones breaking, severus snape

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

saturday 3rd november

 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

remus’ bitch 😎

everyone needs to bring alc to the party tn

10:12

 

marls 🎸

what if i dont

10:12

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i know 200 ways to kill a bitch

10:12

 

cat food 🐀

glue the open end of a jar full of rats to someones face

10:13

cat food 🐀

light the jar on fire on the other side

10:13

cat food 🐀

the rats will have no choice but to chew their way out through the persons face

10:13

 

cap 🫡⚽️

10:13

 

remus’ bitch 😎

201

10:13

 

shakespeare 🤓

pads is a little stressed

10:13

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you dont say

10:14

 

xeno 🔮

pete why the fuck do you know that

10:14

 

cat food 🐀

🤷🤷

10:14

 

cap 🫡⚽️

can anyone get here early to help out?

10:14

 

lils 🙏

mary and i can be there in 20

10:14

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why is sirius so stressed

10:14

 

marls 🎸

he done invited the entire sixth form

10:14

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh ew

10:14

 

shakespeare 🤓

thats what i said but then he yelled at me

10:14

 

remus’ bitch 😎

lils ily, everyone else fuck off if youre not going to be helpful.

10:14



-

 

MARAUDERS 🐺🐀🦌🐕‍🦺

 

james 🥱

i just had a thought

10:59

 

wormy 🐀

did it hurt?

10:59

 

james 🥱

why do i bother

11:00

 

moons 🌚

what was your thought, prongs?

11:00

 

james 🥱

well im not telling you now

11:00

james 🥱

i’ll just tell reg

11:00

 

pads 💞💖

you will NOT tell my brother something and not tell me

11:00

 

wormy 🐀

with all my heart, i am sorry for what i said

11:00

wormy 🐀

will you please tell us about your thought

11:00

 

james 🥱

okay :]

11:01

james 🥱

so the party

11:01

james 🥱

evan is going

11:01

james 🥱

and so is reg’s mysterious friend barty

11:01

 

pads 💞💖

oh yeah

11:01

pads 💞💖

the mystery texter

11:01

pads 💞💖

i lowk forgot about that

11:01

 

james 🥱

right? well anyway, barty knows what evan looks like

11:01

james 🥱

ev, however, doesnt know what barty looks like

11:01



wormy 🐀

what are u suggesting, you beautiful weirdo

11:01

 

james 🥱

just how entertaining its gna be when they realise

11:01

james 🥱

we cant let them be alone for even a moment

11:02

 

moons 🌚

you wanna cockblock them?

11:02

 

james 🥱

no moons omg

11:02

james 🥱

i wanna spy on them so we can see the exact moment in which the shit hits the fan

11:02

 

wormy 🐀

i quite like this plan

11:02

 

moons 🌚

ofc u do

11:02

 

pads 💞💖

how nice. now can we finish setting up pls

11:02

 

moons 🌚

🙄🙄🙄 coming

11:02

 

wormy 🐀

view attachment: 1 GIF

11:02

 

moons 🌚

i am NOT whipped

11:02

 

wormy 🐀

mhm sure

11:02

 

moons 🌚

you little rat

11:02

 

pads 💞💖

GUYS

11:03

pads 💞💖

PLEASE

11:03

pads 💞💖

IM ABT TO CRASH TF OUT

11:03

 

moons 🌚

okok we’re coming

11:03




 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

bartemius 🥴

what r u guys wearing later

12:17

 

panda 🐼

the blue skirt i wore to reggie’s birthday last year + white crop top

12:21

 

regulus 🐍

im gonna go naked at this point idk what to wear

12:21

 

bartemius 🥴

well james would like that

12:21

bartemius 🥴

as would i

12:21

 

regulus 🐍

stfu

12:21

 

bartemius 🥴

😔

12:21

 

panda 🐼

reggie wear ur mesh top + the cargos w white stitching

12:21

 

regulus 🐍

i love you

12:22

 

bartemius 🥴

double standards is crazy work

12:22




 

j 🫶

 

j 🫶

hey babyy

12:34

 

regulus 🐍

hi

12:34

 

j 🫶

:(

12:34

 

regulus 🐍

hi <3

12:34

 

j 🫶

:)

12:34

j 🫶

u want me to pick you up later?

12:34

 

regulus 🐍

yes pls

12:34

 

j 🫶

what abt ur roommate

12:34

 

regulus 🐍

what about him?

12:34

 

j 🫶

does he want a ride too

12:34

 

regulus 🐍

no i dont like him

12:35

 

j 🫶

reg 🤨

12:35

 

regulus 🐍

sigh

12:35

regulus 🐍

hold on

12:35

regulus 🐍

he said yes

12:35

 

j 🫶

okay

12:35

j 🫶

i’ll be there at like 7 ish

12:35

j 🫶

see you later love

12:35

 

regulus 🐍

❤️

12:35

 

j 🫶 reacted ‘💞’ to your message

 

seen 12:35



 

freak 🤢

 

freak 🤢

what time r u getting here

13:49

 

regulus 🐍

james is picking barty and i up at 7

13:49

 

freak 🤢

okok

13:49

freak 🤢

what about pandora?

13:49

freak 🤢

hows she getting here

13:49

 

regulus 🐍

im actually not sure

13:50

 

freak 🤢

well she lives in the opposite direction to u so moons can go and get her if she needs it

13:50

 

regulus 🐍

i’ll make sure she knows

13:50

regulus 🐍

do u want us to bring anything?

13:50

 

freak 🐍

nah marls bought the entirety of Lidl’s alcohol section so we’re good

13:50

 

regulus 🐍

charming

13:50

 

freak 🤢

see u later reggieeeeee

13:50

 

seen 13:50




 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

*bumps into you cutely*

14:12

barty 😈

well hey there

14:12

 

evan 🤭

what in the most significant fuck

14:15

 

barty 😈

hey uwu

14:15

 

evan 🤭

stop

14:15

 

barty 😈

b-b-b-but w-why…?

14:15

 

evan 🤭

view attachment: 1 screenshot

14:15

evan 🤭

i will block you.

14:15

 

barty 😈

you wouldnt dare

14:15

 

evan 🤭

try me

14:15

 

barty 😈

gosh, we’re quite grumpy today arent we?

14:16

 

evan 🤭

what do u want

14:16

 

barty 😈

i need help

14:16

barty 😈

im going to a party tn and idk what to wear

14:16

barty 😈

reggies being suffocatingly helpful as always

14:16

 

evan 🤭

i cant help you

14:16

evan 🤭

im also going to a party and i also dk what to wear

14:16

 

barty 😈

imagine its the same one lololol

14:16

 

evan 🤭

i’d shoot myself on site

14:17

 

barty 😈

how ridiculously rude

14:17

barty 😈

reggies bf is coming to pick us up in like 4 hrs and im still in bed

14:17

barty 😈

help me

14:17

 

evan 🤭

i cant

14:17

 

barty 😈

why ever not

14:17

 

evan 🤭

two very simple reasons

14:17

evan 🤭

1, i dont even know what im wearing for my party

14:17

evan 🤭

2, i dont care

14:17 

 

barty 😈

sigh

14:18

barty 😈

well now what do i do

14:18

 

evan 🤭

not my problem, i fear

14:18

 

barty 😈

:(

14:18

 

evan 🤭

:)

14:18

evan 🤭

why dont u ask reggie to help u

14:18

 

barty 😈

i alr tried that

14:18

 

evan 🤭

and?

14:18

 

barty 😈

and he told me where to shove it

14:18

barty 😈

im surrounded by useless people

14:18

 

evan 🤭

i think that maybe ur the problem

14:18

 

barty 😈

i resent that

14:18

 

evan 🤭

sometimes its hard to face the truth, sweetheart

14:18

 

barty 😈

SWEETHEART?????????

14:20

barty 😈

i knew you were in love with me

14:20



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

view attachment: 1 screenshot

14:20

barty 😈

GUYS HE CALLED ME SWEETHEART

14:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

foul.

14:20

 

barty 😈

acting like james doesnt call u ‘baby’

14:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

thats different

14:20

 

barty 😈

yeah?

14:20

barty 😈

whys that?

14:20

 

reggiekins 😋😩

CS JAMES IS ACTUALLY MY BF

14:20

 

barty 😈

fucking RUDE

14:21

barty 😈

evan will be my bf

14:21

barty 😈

mark my words

14:21

 

panda 🐼 

okay shush both of you

14:21

panda 🐼

bee do you want me to cast a love spell

14:21

 

barty 😈

fuck yes

14:21

 

reggiekins 😋😩

NO

14:21

reggiekins 😋😩

you are NOT casting a love spell on some poor unsuspecting stranger

14:21

 

barty 😈

break up w james

14:21

 

reggiekins 😋😩

what why

14:21

 

barty 😈

hes made you non-vengeful

14:22

barty 😈

i dont like it

14:22

 

reggiekins 😋😩

shame

14:22

 

barty 😈

gna go talk to my future bf now bye losers

14:22



 

barty???

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i am NOT in love with you

14:20

 

barty???

mhm sure

14:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

14:22

 

barty???

its okay if u dont know it yet

14:22

barty???

i know and thats all that matters

14:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

let me live

14:22

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im not in love w u

14:22

 

barty???

u cannot gaslight gatekeep girlboss ur way out of this one, ev

14:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

14:22

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the brainrot is insane

14:22

 

barty???

lies and slander

14:22

barty??? 

see look how easy our banter is

14:22

barty???

a clear sign of love

14:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bye

14:23

 

barty???

noooo dont go

14:23

barty???

:(((((

14:23

 

seen 14:23



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

lils 🙏

sirius is crashing out

15:01

lils 🙏

remus and james come back quick

15:01

 

shakespeare 🤓

we JUST left

15:01

shakespeare 🤓

like he hasnt even turned on the engine

15:01

shakespeare 🤓

what on earth couldve possibly happened since we left

15:01

 

lils 🙏

calamity

15:01

 

shakespeare 🤓

well james has driven off now

15:01

shakespeare 🤓

we cant come back

15:01

shakespeare 🤓

what an utter shame

15:01

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

if u guys need any more help i can be there in the next hour

15:01

 

mcdonalds 🍟

PLS DO I CANT W SIRIUS

15:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

😭😭 okay i’ll be omw

15:02

 

marls 🎸

i cant i only just started my makeup

15:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

…the partys in like four hours

15:02

 

marls 🎸

theres a reason im hotter than u, rosier

15:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

damn

15:02

 

xeno 🔮

if ev can pick me up then i can come early too

15:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

👍👍

15:02

 

cat food 🐀

i would offer but im in bed

15:02

 

dork

i would offer but i dont want to

15:02

dork

also marlene is very nice to look at and i would like to continue doing so

15:02

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ew

15:02

 

dork 

just bc ur salty that barty hasnt fucked u yet

15:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

um NO

15:03

 

dork

yeah

15:03

 

cat food 🐀

soooo plan for tn is to get evan laid?

15:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

15:03

 

mcdonalds 🍟

challenge accepted

15:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

CHALLENGE????

15:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i hate it here

15:03

 

you left fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

xeno 🔮 added you to fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

let me live

15:04

 

xeno 🔮

only if u stay in the chat

15:04

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fine but im going now

15:04




 

barty???

 

barty???

pick my grillz

15:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

15:31

 

barty???

pick

15:31

barty ???

view attachment: 2 photos

15:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh

15:34

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the second one

15:34

 

barty??? 

thank you ml

15:34



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he has nice teeth

15:34

 

cat food 🐀

what the fuck does that even mean

15:34

 

marls 🎸

who are we talking about

15:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty

15:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he has nice teeth

15:35

 

shakespeare 🤓

and why do you know what his teeth look like?

15:35

 

cap 🫡⚽️

do u finally have a pic of him????

15:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nono

15:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he wanted me to choose which grillz he wears tn

15:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he has some party

15:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the pic was v zoomed in i could only see his teeth

15:36

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hes got like

15:36

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

sharp canines

15:36

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yk

15:36

 

xeno 🔮

why r u talking like a simpleton

15:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

die

15:36



 

evan 🤭

 

barty 😈

thank you ml

15:34

 

evan 🤭

im not ur love

15:36

 

barty 😈

just you wait

15:36



evan 🤭

ive been here for two hours already

17:43

evan 🤭

no ones even here we’re just setting up

17:43

evan 🤭

im bored out of my very mind

17:43

 

barty 😈

ur quite chatty today

17:45

 

evan 🤭

well fuck u then

17:45

 

barty 😈

NO I LIKE IT

17:45

barty 😈

DONT GO

17:45

 

evan 🤭

my friends crashing out rn

17:45

evan 🤭

hes gone and invited everyone and their mums to this party

17:45

evan 🤭

apparently this is now my fault

17:45

 

barty 😈

unfortunately i cant entertain u rn

17:45

barty 😈

regs bf will be here to get us in like a hr and i have to do both of our makeups before then

17:45

barty 😈

so goodbye

17:45

 

evan 🤭

rude

17:45

 

seen 17:45



 

“Poke my eye out and I’ll fucking kill you,” Regulus huffed as Barty reached up to smear black eyeliner across his waterline.

 

“You think so little of me, Reggie,” He replied, gently whacking Regulus’ hand away when he reached up to grab his wrist. “Have faith, Christ. I’ve done this for you so many times.”

 

He was met with an exaggerated eye roll when he took the eyeliner away, clicking the cap on and dropping it to the floor with the rest of their makeup. 

 

The two of them were sitting on the floor of Barty’s bedroom, in front of the floor length mirror that he kept propped up on the wall closest to the windows. 

 

Regulus glanced around the room. “When are you ever going to clean this place? It’s such a shit tip.”

 

Barty rolled his eyes, despite the fact that Regulus probably had a point. He had clothes strewn across his bed and the floor, both dirty and clean from the hour he had spent trying to decide what to wear. There were two full ashtrays on his bedside table, next to an empty beer bottle from the night before. One of the posters that had lined the wall above his bed had fallen to the floor, crumpled next to the empty laundry basket in the corner.

 

“Whenever I can be arsed,” Was his reply. He lifted up one of the eyeshadow pallets he’d stolen from Sirius and dipped a brush into the silver glitter, spreading it carefully under Regulus’ eyes and giving the illusion of tears.

 

“Seriously, Bee, it’s unnerving.”

 

“Relax, Reg,” He sighed. “I’ll get around to it.”

 

A loud knock at the front door rang through the flat. Regulus glanced down at the clock that Barty had placed next to the mirror. “Shit, it’s almost seven.” He pushed himself off the floor and jogged through the flat to answer the door. “Bee, come here!”

 

Barty flicked the pallet closed and stood up, following Regulus’ voice to the living room area.

 

James was shrugging off his jacket, smiling softly at Regulus as he rambled on about how he hadn’t quite finished getting ready and that he needed a little more time. 

 

“All good, love.” James interrupted Regulus’ rant. “We’re not in a rush.” He leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to his lips before his eyes flicked over to where Barty was standing. “Hi.”

 

Regulus spun around. “Right. Barty, James. James, Barty.”

 

“Nice to finally meet you.” James stuck out a hand.

 

Barty took it, a grin spreading slowly across his face. “Likewise.”

 

“Don’t you dare.” Regulus shot him a glare, the glitter under his eyes catching in the room’s artificial light.

 

“What? I didn’t do anything.” He held his hands up in surrender, the grin on his face unwavering. 

 

“You were thinking about it. Don’t think about it.”

 

“I wouldn’t dare, love .”

 

Regulus just scowled and took his wrist to drag him back to his room. “You suck.”

 

“And swallow.” Barty’s grin widened.

 

“Jesus.”

 

It was less than five minutes before the three of them left the flat, settling into James’ car as he reversed out of the driveway. Regulus was connecting his phone to the aux cord almost immediately, earning no protest from James.

 

The two of them seemed to live easily in the presence of the other, it was honestly strange to see Regulus live in such harmony with another person. Every time he spoke, James would smile softly to himself, keeping his eyes on the road and only responding with short answers that kept Regulus talking for as long as possible.

 

It was frankly sickening.

 

Barty lifted his feet to rest them on the console that separated James and Regulus, reaching a hand into his pocket to pull out his cigarettes.

 

“Oi, Bambi?” He called out, tapping James’ left arm lightly with his foot.

 

“Bambi?” Regulus asked, twisting in his chair to show Barty his confused expression.

 

The latter shrugged. “He looks like a deer. Anyway, can I smoke in here?”

 

James glanced up at him through the rear-view mirror. “Sure. Reg does.”

 

“Wonderful.” Barty cracked open one of the windows and lit his cigarette, leaning his head back against the black leather chair behind him.

 

His phone buzzed in his pocket.




evan 🤭

 

evan 🤭

kill me

19:09

 

barty 😈

um

19:09

barty 😈

no?

19:09

 

evan 🤭

fake

19:09

 

barty 😈

???

19:09

barty 😈

i wouldnt dare kill the loml

19:09

 

evan 🤭

once again

19:10

evan 🤭

im not the love of ur life

19:10

 

barty 😈

and once again

19:10

barty 😈

just you wait

19:10

 

evan 🤭

i’m good thanks

19:10

 

barty 😈

smh

19:10

barty 😈

what’s wrong w you

19:10

 

evan 🤭

my friend that’s hosting the party is already smashed

19:10

 

barty 😈

and that’s a bad thing because…?

19:10

 

evan 🤭

bc now i have to watch him make out w his bf in the middle of the living room

19:11

 

barty 😈

ur just sad u cant make out w me

19:11

 

evan 🤭

kys

19:11

 

barty 😈

where are ur other friends

19:11

 

evan 🤭

the only ones that are here fucked off somewhere to find cap’s smoke stash

19:11

evan 🤭

and cap left to pick up his bf

19:11

 

barty 😈

so what im hearing

19:11

barty 😈

is that u need a bf

19:11

 

evan 🤭

oh my god

19:11

evan 🤭

bye

19:11





Barty snorted and slipped his phone back into his pocket. He reached out the window to tap off some of the excess ash on his cigarette before he lifted it to his mouth for a drag.

 

“What are you laughing at?” Regulus asked, not looking away from his phone.

 

“Just texting the love of my life,” Barty sighed, the corner of his mouth curling upwards.

 

Regulus turned, shifting his legs so he could face him comfortably. “Really? You’re still on that?”

 

James peered over at him through the rear-view mirror with a raised eyebrow, alternating between looking at him and the road. “Love of your life?”

 

Barty grinned, breathing smoke out through his nose. “Name’s Evan.”

 

“It’s some random number that Barty texted like three months ago,” Regulus added with a roll of his eyes. “Barty’s convinced they’ll fall in love.”

 

“You’re just a hater, Reggiekins.” Barty sat up, leaning between his and James’ chairs. “We’re already in love.”

 

Regulus raised his eyebrows at him. “Does Evan know about this?”

 

Barty rolled his eyes so hard it was truly a miracle they didn’t roll right out of his head. “What about you, Bambi? What do you think?”

 

James shrugged lightly, lifting his left hand off the gear stick to turn on the indicator. “I say pursue it.”

 

“What?” Regulus’ head snapped towards his boyfriend. 

 

“What’s he got to lose?” The older man tapped Regulus’ leg twice, using his free hand to turn the car onto a street lined with expensive-looking houses. “It’s a bit of fun, no?”

 

“Uh, no ,” Regulus huffed. “Nothing’s ever just ‘a bit of fun’ with Bee. Something always goes wrong.”

 

“You have no faith in me.”

 

“Correct.”

 

James chuckled, turning into a driveway. “We’re here.”

 

Barty dropped his cigarette to the floor as he climbed out of the car and stumped it out with the tip of his beat-up docs. He looked up at the house, a large but simple building with ivy climbing up the sides and tangling together above the window frames.

 

“Bloody hell, Bambi,” Barty said, looking up at the house. “You’ve hit the jackpot, Reggie.”

 

James scoffed, locking his car and crossing the garden to the front door. “Acting like he doesn’t have the entire Black family fortune on his back.”

 

Regulus rolled his eyes. “I can’t access any of it until I’m eighteen.”

 

“Aw, shucks, what a sad life to lead.” Barty drawled sarcastically. 

 

“Alright, alright,” James opened the door, the three of them immediately being hit by a wave of loud music and the unmistakable stench of alcohol.

 

Barty had barely stepped through the door before a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his and Regulus’ shoulders. 

 

“You guys took forever!” Pandora exclaimed, squeezing them both tight. Barty’s hands fell to her waist, an instinct.

 

Her long, white braids were draped over her shoulders like a waterfall, a few pieces tangled in her silver waist chain. There was a bottle loosely held between her fingers that Barty could feel pressed against his back.

 

“Hey, Panda,” He grinned, poking her waist playfully.

 

James pressed a kiss to Regulus’ hair before turning to the group. “Gonna grab some drinks. Barty, what’s your go-to?”

 

“Anything that gets me drunk.”

 

The older man laughed. “Coming right up.” He weaved through the people that were gathered in the corridor and disappeared into a room on the left.

 

“Guys, guys,” Pandora stage-whispered, gesturing for the two of them to lean closer. “There’s this guy here—I don’t know where he’s gone—that I think Barty would hit.”

 

Regulus raised an eyebrow. “I don’t think so. Not whilst this Evan guy exists.”

 

Pandora shook her head wildly, dropping her arms from their shoulders. “Trust me. He’s his type to a fucking T.” She glanced over her shoulder quickly before leaning back in. “There’s another guy here that, honestly, I would hit.”

 

“Yeah?” Barty grinned. “What about that girl from the library?”

 

She scoffed, taking a swig of beer. “Driest texter ever. This guy’s funny, you’d like him.”

 

“He better not be an arsewipe like that guy from your art class,” Barty rolled his eyes. “Honestly, I should’ve hit him harder.”

 

“Drinks!” James exclaimed, holding three cups above his head so he could walk through the crowd without knocking them into anyone. He handed Barty and Regulus a cup each.

 

Barty looked into his, a pierced eyebrow shooting up. “This looks fucking radioactive. What is it?” He asked, staring at the bright blue liquid suspiciously.

 

James just grinned, bringing his own cup to his mouth. “You said you wanted to get drunk.” He weaved an arm around Regulus’ waist. “C’mon, love. You’re brother’s looking for you.”

 

Regulus responded with an exaggerated eye roll, though he followed James happily through the house.

 

Barty brought the drink closer to his face to smell it, reeling back almost immediately with his nose scrunched up. “Fuck me, that’s awful.”

 

“Oh, don’t go soft on me, Bee,” Pandora huffed. “Drink it!”

 

“Okay, okay,” He took a deep breath and knocked back the drink in one go. “Good God , my eyes hurt.”

 

Pandora grinned, grabbing his hand. “Let’s get you something to wash that down with.” She pulled him through the corridor and into the kitchen. Pushing past a large group of girls, Pandora took a beer from the drinks table and thrusted it into Barty’s hands.

 

“Hey! I love your piercings!” A girl caught Barty’s attention, gesturing to his snake bites. She had a few facial piercings herself; a septum and a ring in her right nostril, as well as a bar in her eyebrow. She had shoulder length blond hair, the tips dyed red like flames.

 

“Cheers.” He grinned, clapping his hand to hers when she stretched it out to him.

 

“I’m Marlene, this is Dorcas.” Marlene nodded her head to the girl next to her. Long braids were tied up into a bun on top of her head, a silver snake charm wrapped around one of the strands that framed her face.

 

“Barty. That’s Pandora,” He placed a hand on the small of her back.

 

“Barty?” Dorcas repeated, sharing a look with Marlene that Barty couldn’t decipher. “Do you guys go to our school?”

 

“Nah, we go to school with Sirius’ brother,” He shrugged before turning back to Marlene. “Your hair is sick as fuck, by the way.”

 

“No shit,” She laughed. “I like you, Barty.”

 

“Yes, well,” He imitated a hair flip. “It’s hard not to.”

 

Pandora scoffed. “Please, you’re literally the hardest person to form a bond with. Well, except Regulus.”

 

“You wound me, Dora.”

 

“You’ll survive.”

 

“Have either of you seen Sirius?” Barty asked, turning away from Pandora to look at Marlene and Dorcas instead. “I haven’t spoken to him yet.”

 

“Probably asleep already, the centenarian he is,” Marlene rolled her eyes. “I can’t believe he’s legally an adult. Him. An adult .”

 

Dorcas just laughed at her. “I think I saw him outside with Remus.”

 

“Oh, cheers,” Barty shot them a quick smile before he clutched onto Pandora’s hand and led her through the kitchen. There was a glass door on the far end, leading to the back garden, that was propped open using a small decorative elephant, a lamp held in its trunk.

 

The garden was as big as Barty expected. Flower beds lined the walls of the garden, filled with wildflowers, and two wisteria trees stood proud at the opposite end. 

 

Sirius was laid back on his elbows in the middle of the grass, head tilted back towards the stars. Remus was next to him, watching fondly as two girls Barty didn’t recognise conversed excitedly beside them.

 

As he and Pandora approached, Sirius glanced down at them, a grin spreading wide across his face. “Hey!”

 

“Hey, Junior,” Remus spoke, eyes rimmed red. “Look at this.” He twisted his back to feel around the grass behind him before he turned back around, brandishing a deodorant can and a lighter.

 

“Why the fuck do you have that out here?” Barty asked, a laugh on the tip of his tongue. He glanced over at Pandora to see her reaction, but she was immersed in a conversation with the two girls that, frankly, was moving at a speed that Barty struggled to comprehend.

 

“Just watch.” Remus smirked. He lifted the lighter in front of the deodorant can and flicked them both on at the same time. Barty jumped out of the way just in time for the flame to blow out towards him, barely missing the fabric of his shirt.

 

Remus turned off the lighter and dropped the deodorant back onto the floor. “How sick is that?”

 

Barty stared at him for a beat before his face broke out into a grin. “You got cigarettes?”

 

The older man’s smile grew. “Fuck, yes. Here.” He pulled out a pack and handed one to Barty who then put it in his mouth and leaned forward, waiting for Remus to turn on his make-shift blowtorch.

 

The heat from the flames stung Barty’s cheeks slightly as he focused on the tip of his cigarette. It lit quickly, and he stepped back as Remus let go of the trigger again.

 

Barty grinned over his cigarette, blowing smoke out of his nose. “Fucking awesome.”

 

“Alright, my beautiful pyromaniac,” Sirius patted the side of Remus’ cheek. “Let’s not set Prongs’ garden on fire. Monty’d never forgive us.”

 

Remus just rolled his eyes, his lips curled upwards in a fond smile. He turned back to Barty as Sirius began to fiddle with his hands.

 

“How’s it going, Junior?”

 

“Can’t complain,” Barty shrugged, before narrowing his eyes at Remus’ overly relaxed expression. “Mate, are you high?”

 

Remus let out a loud laugh that told Barty all he needed to know. “Mayhaps.”

 

Barty snorted. “Alright. How’re A levels treating you?”

 

“Like dogshit,” He laughed again. “I haven’t slept properly in fucking forever. Got mocks in January.”

 

Barty frowned. “That’s two months away.”

 

“No rest for the wicked, Crouch.”

 

“I respect the grind, Lupin,” He said with a derisive snort.



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

rosier 🥶

FOOTLOCKER GUY ISBHERE

20:31

rosier 🥶

HELPHELPEHEKRJEHRJ

20:31

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

ITS A SIGN

20:31

witch man 🧝‍♂️

GET HIS NUMBER

20:31

 

rosier 🥶

are you insane

20:31

rosier 🥶

im not going to go over to him???

20:31

 

james 🥱

dont be shy, rosier

20:32

james 🥱

bite the bullet

20:32

 

marly 🤭

or

20:32

marly 🤭

come drink with me

20:32

 

rosier 🥶

i like that idea

20:32

 

james 🥱

mate

20:32

 

rosier 🥶

byeeee

20:32



 

Barty was ecstatic . He adored the feeling of being drunk. The gentle buzz in his veins, the quietness of his mind, the unsteadiness of his steps. He loved every second. 

 

He was pushing his way across the kitchen, through the crowds of people that appeared to be dancing in slow motion. Pandora was still outside with the two girls that he’d later discovered were named Mary and Lily, and Barty hadn’t seen Regulus since they’d arrived.

 

Not that he cared much, though, he was perfectly content with drinking his thoughts away as he wandered through the house.

 

“Barty!” He spun around on his heel, tequila bottle in his hand, to see James waving him over to the living room.

 

He stumbled over, knocking his shoulder into the door frame as he did. “‘Sup, Bambi?”

 

“That drink did the trick, then?” James laughed, clapping his back. 

 

Barty nodded lazily. “Did wonders.”

 

The older man grinned. “Reg was looking for you earlier.”

 

“Oh?” He raised his eyebrows. “Where is he?”

 

“Over there,” James pointed to the far corner of the room, where Regulus was sitting cross-legged on the floor and talking animatedly with two of James’ friends. “He’s a little out of it, too,” He added with a fond smile.

 

“Cheers, Bambi,” Barty bounded over, flopping himself onto the floor and dropping his head into Regulus’ lap. “Hey, Reggiekins.”

 

“Hi, Bee,” He smiled, patting his hair gently. “Where’ve you been?”

 

“Was with Dora outside,” He explained, closing his eyes. “Wanted another drink.” 

 

Regulus pried the bottle out of his hands to take a sip. He gestured to the two people in front of them. “That’s Xenophilius, and that’s Peter.”

 

Barty pushed himself up into his elbows to wave at them. “Hello. I’m Barty.”

 

Peter tilted his head to the side. “Nice to meet you, Barty.”

 

His phone buzzed in his pocket so he dropped back into Regulus’ lap and shifted his weight until he could pull it out.




evan 🤭



evan 🤭

footlocker guy is here

22:34

evan 🤭

fine asf

22:34

 

barty 😈

whu do yoi hate me

22:34

 

evan 🤭

???

22:35

 

barty 😈

ur the live of MU lfie

22:35

 

evan 🤭

are you drunk

22:35

 

barty 😈

np

22:35

barty 😈

mo

22:35

barty 😈

n p

22:35

barty 😈

NO

22:35

 

evan 🤭

mhm sure

22:35

evan 🤭

i believe u

22:36

 

barty 😈

die

22:36

 

evan 🤭

fuck you

22:36

 

barty 😈

fuck me yourself you coward

22:36

 

seen 22:36



Barty huffed, dropping his phone onto his chest. Just then, Peter let out a snort, angling his phone towards Xenophilius.

 

“Look what Rosier just sent,” He said.

 

Xenophilius took the phone, eyes scanning across the screen. He huffed out a laugh, handing it back to Peter. “He honestly just needs to fuck him.”

 

“What is it?” Regulus asked, curiously leaning closer.

 

“Our friend texting some guy he knows,” Peter turned his phone around to show a screenshot that had been sent to a group chat, a glint in his eye as he watched Barty’s face carefully.



fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

rosier 😵‍💫

view attachment: 1 screenshot

22:36

rosier 😵‍💫

WHAT.

22:36

 

prongs 🦌

YOOOOO

22:36

 

mcnugget

you heard the man

22:36

 

rosier 😵‍💫

kys

22:37

rosier 😵‍💫

HELP WHAT DO I SAY

22:37

 

prongs 🦌

‘when and where’

22:37

 

rosier 😵‍💫

thats so???? un-useful????

22:37



Barty could’ve sworn his heart stopped. He sat up, pushing away from Regulus’ lap, and grabbed the phone. Blinking away the fuzziness in his vision, he frowned. 

 

“Reg,” He said, picking up his own phone and opening Evan’s chat. “Reg, look.”

 

Regulus peered over his shoulder at the phone, both of his eyebrows shooting up to his hairline. “No fucking way.”

 

“Everything okay?” Peter asked, though the smirk that played at his lips suggested he already knew what they were thinking.

 

Regardless, Barty spun both phones around, comparing the screenshot to his own chat.

 

Xenophilius’ jaw dropped, blond hair falling over his eyes as he leaned forward. “What? You’re that Barty?”

 

“I—uh,” He hesitated, his frown deepening. “I don’t—I don’t know?”

 

Barty bit down on his snake bites nervously, eyes flicking from one screen to the other as he tried to find just one inconsistency that suggested this wasn’t his Evan .

 

Regulus hooked his chin over his shoulder, analysing the chats with him. “Bee, I think it’s him.”

 

“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” Barty cursed under his breath, a chill running down his arms and leaving goose bumps in its wake. “What do I do?” He looked up at Peter and Xenophilius. “You know him? You know Evan?”

 

Peter nodded, reaching to take back his phone. “We know Evan.”

 

“What do I—How do I—“ Barty cut himself off, eyes widening in realisation. “Is he here?”

 

Another nod.

 

Barty exhaled sharply, running both of his hands through his hair. He snatched the tequila bottle from Regulus’ hands, desperately needing his suddenly racing mind to quiet down again.

 

The music grew louder, his heart pounding in his ears in time with the beat. The bottle was empty. He felt too hot, and was suddenly too fucking aware of the metal bar that ran through his tongue.

 

“Bee, are you okay?” Regulus tapped his shoulder, trying to catch his eye.

 

Barty shook his head once. “I need a smoke.”

 

Regulus excused the two of them before quickly leading Barty out of the house. They were in the back garden before his brain had a chance to catch up. His best friend pulled his cigarettes from his pocket and lit two, placing one of them in Barty’s mouth and taking the other for himself.

 

“What was that?” He asked after Barty had managed a few puffs.

 

The older man shook his head, breathing smoke out through his nose. “Not a fucking clue. Everything was very—a lot, all of a sudden,” He took a deep breath. “Also—your boyfriend gave me some nuclear fucking drink, maybe it made me, like, panic-y or something.”

 

Regulus nodded, taking a drag. “Barty,” He started after a minute of silence. “I know you’ve been joking around these last few months, but I really think you like this guy.”

 

He shifted so that his arms were braced against the porch railing and let his head hang between them. “Really?” He let out a humourless laugh. “Didn’t fucking notice.”

 

“Are you going to go find him?” Regulus asked, blowing past his sarcastic comment.

 

“What?” Barty lifted his head back up to look at his best friend.

 

“Well, he’s here, right? James and Sirius probably know him.” Regulus shrugged. “Don’t you want to meet him?”

 

Barty turned to face the rest of the garden. Pandora was nowhere to be seen, neither were her new found friends. It was much darker now, a light haze of smoke covered the motion sensor lights on the house from their cigarettes.

 

He shrugged one shoulder, focusing his attention on tapping the ash off his cigarette. “I guess.”

 

“You don’t seem convinced.”

 

Another shrug. “What if he’s different in real life? Compared to online, I mean. That would suck.”

 

Regulus raised an eyebrow, dropping his cigarette to the floor to stump it out. “Only one way to find out, no?” He turned. “C’mon. It’s cold out here.”

 

Barty took one last drag from the cigarette before he put it out. He followed Regulus back into the kitchen and over to the drinks table where they found James and Remus.

 

Remus handed him a beer as soon as they were close enough. “Hey, Junior. You figured it out, huh?”

 

Barty sighed. “You knew?”

 

“We…we had a hunch.”

 

“We?”

 

“Pete and Sirius, too. Pete texted us just now that you’d figured it out.”

 

The younger man dragged a hand down his face slowly. “Of course.”

 

In the corner of his eye, Barty could see James greet Regulus. Arms dropping to his waist like they belonged there, a smile so wide that his eyes crinkled at the corners. 

 

Regulus leaned up on his tiptoes to plant a kiss on his cheek, smiling just as wide as he whispered something that only James could hear.

 

It was then that a man passed by the drinks table. Barty watched him as he moved, the way his lips were curled downwards in disgust as he glared at Regulus and James. The way his shoulders were hunched forward, and the way his hair looked as though it was matted together with grease.

 

The man sneered. “Fucking faggot.”

 

James’ head snapped up at the sound of the man’s voice, eyebrows knitting into a tight scowl.

 

Barty was up in the man’s face before James had a chance to move, red hot anger bubbling in his gut. A furious combination of emotions rising to the surface, desperate for a way out. “The fuck did you just say, playboy?”

 

The man looked him up and down, scoffing with a roll of his eyes before trying to push past Barty. The latter grabbed hold of his arm to stop him from leaving. He dug his nails into his forearm, visibly bristling. “Arsehole, I asked you a question.”

 

The man’s scowl deepened. “I said ,” He spat, tearing his arm out of Barty’s grip. “That he’s a fucking faggot.”

 

Barty almost laughed in his face, practically giddy at the thought of pummelling this man’s face into the kitchen’s white tiles. He took a swig of his beer before handing the bottle to Regulus, who looked entirely too amused by the situation. He took a step back, curling his right hand into a fist, and swung forward. The skull ring on Barty’s middle finger landed square between the man’s eyebrows and he stumbled backwards into a group of unsuspecting dancers. 

 

“What the fuck—“ The man regained his balance, swinging forward so that his fist connected with Barty’s right cheek.

 

The latter’s face split into a manic grin as he felt the warm dripping of blood from his nose. “I’m impressed, you greasy fuck. Didn’t really see you as the type, to be honest. Your form isn’t great, though, maybe you should try tucking your thumb in a bit more—“

 

He was cut off as the man swung again, hitting him in the exact same place. This only fueled Barty’s enjoyment and his grin grew impossibly wider. “Much better.”

 

The people around them scrambled to get out of the way just as the younger man lunged forwards again, backhanding him across the face so hard that his head snapped back and hit against the wall behind him. He collapsed to the ground, a puppet with no strings, but Barty wasn’t done.

 

“Shit, Barty—“ James started to move towards them, but Regulus placed a hand to the centre of his chest to stop him from intervening. 

 

He swung once, twice, a third time, feeling the man’s nose crack beneath his knuckles and hearing the way he cried out in pain. He straightened up, resting his right boot on the man’s chest and pressing down hard. Regulus passed him his beer back and he chugged the rest of it down before launching the bottle to the ground, shit-eating grin widening further as it smashed next to the man’s head.

 

Barty kneeled down, grabbing the man’s collar and using it to lift the upper part of his body off the floor so that their faces were merely inches away. He switched his expression to a look so cold that even his father would cower from it. 

 

“If you even think about disrespecting my best friend or his boyfriend ever again, I swear to you, I’ll make you wish you were never born,” He spoke through gritted teeth. “I don’t know who you are, but trust me when I say you have no fucking clue of what I’m capable of doing to you. I am my father’s son, cunt .”

 

Barty dropped the man’s collar and watched as his head slammed against the tiled floor. “Pleasure doing business with you.” He stood up and walked back to his friends, leaning over to grab another beer and tearing the cap off with his teeth. He took a long gulp.

 

Remus turned to him, mouth slightly agape. “Bloody hell, Junior.”

 

James kept his eyes narrowed on the man on the floor, watching as he struggled to stand up. “You—why did you—what the fuck?”

 

“What?”

 

“Why?”

 

Barty shrugged, bringing the bottle back to his lips. “People aren’t allowed to disrespect Reggie, Potter.” He tapped his temple twice with the neck of his bottle. “Keep that in mind, yeah?”

 

“Right,” James nodded, more to himself than to anyone else. “Okay, well. Do you need ice?”

 

Barty brought his hand up to his nose, his fingertips becoming slick with blood. “Probably.”

 

“Love, take him to my bathroom, I’ll be up in a second.”

 

Regulus hooked his arm around Barty’s, leading him out of the kitchen. “My knight in shining armour,” He exhaled dramatically, pretending to swoon.

 

Barty smirked. “My damsel.”

 

Regulus snorted, lightly elbowing Barty’s side. “Thanks, Bee. Pandora’s going to kill you, though.”

 

The bloodied victor sighed, letting himself be dragged up the stairs by Regulus. “She’ll understand.”

 

“Sure, Bee. Sure.”

 

Pandora did not, in fact, understand.

 

Regulus had left Barty in the bathroom to help James, and he had barely been in there for one minute, feet swinging below him as he sat on the counter next to the sink when Pandora stormed in, the door practically flying off its hinges.

 

She grabbed his face between her hands, inspecting his injuries closely and frowning each time he winced.

 

She leaned back, slapping his chest. “What the fuck were you thinking?” She chastised. “You have got to stop picking fights with random people. You don’t know how strong they are, you’re going to get yourself fucking killed.”

 

Barty just sighed, leaning his head back against the mirror. “Panda, I’m fine. I survived my father, I can survive some homophobic little shit stain at a high school party.”

 

Pandora scowled, ignoring the door as it opened behind her. “Smettila, Bee. Non è uno scherzo del cazzo. If you keep this shit up and die, I’ll fucking kill you.”

 

“Sto bene,” He assured her, smiling as much as he could with his cheek throbbing. “Lo prometto.”

 

She held eye contact with him for a moment longer before sighing and stepping out of the way so James could hand him an ice pack. “Honestly, Barty, I’m not worried about your cheek. Just keep the pack on your hand.” He lifted said hand to examine his knuckles, gently brushing over where there were bruises forming. “I doubt Snivellous hits hard enough to cause any real damage.”

 

Barty scrunched up his nose. “His name is Snivellous?”

 

“Well,” James laughed. “No. His name’s Severus Snape but no one likes him enough to call him his actual name. Sirius came up with Snivellous back in year seven.”

 

“Good man,” Barty nodded, jumping down from the counter. 

 

“Wait,” James stopped him as he moved towards the door, Pandora following behind. “Evan asked about you.”

 

“He—what?”

 

“Well, not by name. He asked about the ‘hot Footlocker guy that just beat the shit out of Snivellous’.” He corrected himself.

 

Barty’s eyebrows shot up. “ I’m hot Footlocker guy?”

 

James cocked his head to the side. “You know hot Footlocker guy?”

 

Pandora blinked. “What the hell have I missed? Evan’s here? As in your Evan?”

 

“I’ll explain it all in a bit, I just—“ He turned back to James. “Does he know who I am?”

 

The older man shrugged. “I don’t know. He just asked about the guy that beat up Snape. Didn’t mention your name.”

 

“What did you say?”

 

“I just told him you were Regulus’ friend.”

 

Barty let out a harsh breath through his nose. “Okay—okay well. Now what?”

 

James shrugged again. “It’s your choice, Junior.”

 

“I hate that,” Barty huffed. “Where’s Reg? I need a consultation.”

 

“Living room.”

 

Barty bolted from the bathroom, Pandora hot on his tail. There were a million thoughts shooting through his head, and not a single one of them made sense to him.

 

He’d always been so fucking sure of himself, and even when he wasn’t he was amazing at pretending that he was. So why was Barty so nervous?

 

The most obvious reason was that Evan wasn’t Evan. That he portrayed himself differently online to how he actually was. What if Barty approached him, and was met with an entirely different person? Yeah, that would suck. 

 

On the other hand, Barty had met most of Evan’s friends, and they all seemed to be fairly likeable people. Surely they wouldn’t be friends with a complete arsewipe, right?

 

Barty was shaken from his thoughts when Pandora gripped his shoulder, pulling him to a stop before they reached the bottom of the stairs.

 

“Are you sure it’s him?” She asked tentatively.

 

Barty nodded. “I think so. Like, everything points to the fact that it is.”

 

“So, are you going to introduce yourself to him?”

 

“I don’t know. I’m really fucking nervous for some reason.”

 

She frowned, tilting her head in a way that made her braids fall over her shoulder. “You’re never nervous.”

 

“I know. I don’t—” He sighed, turning to face her properly. “I think I really like him, Dora. It’s utterly fucking ridiculous because I’ve never even met the guy, but, ah—you know when you like someone’s personality? I guess it’s like that.”

 

Pandora nodded in understanding. “I know what you mean, but that all sounds quite nice? What is it that you’re afraid of?”

 

“That he’s different online compared to in person,” Barty shook his head. “I mean, like a catfish, I guess?”

 

Pandora took a step down. “Why don’t we have this conversation with Reg?”

 

They reached the bottom of the stairs and made a beeline for the living room. Regulus was lounging on the large L-shaped sofa, surrounded by Sirius’ friends.

 

The party was much less crowded now. It was past midnight and people had started to leave, taxis and parents lining the street outside. This made it much easier to cross the room to Regulus.

 

“Hey, you’re alive!” He exclaimed, holding out Barty’s unfinished bottle. 

 

He took it, looking around nervously. He didn’t know who here was friends with Evan, and honestly he wasn’t in the mood for taking a chance. “James ha detto che Evan ha chiesto di me.”

 

“Oh?” Regulus sat up as Barty and Pandora situated themselves on the floor in front of the sofa.

 

“Sì. L’hai visto?”

 

Regulus shook his head. “Non so che aspetto abbia.”

 

“Calmati, Bee,” Pandora rested her hand on his arm. “Va bene.”

 

Barty let out a loud groan, burying his face into his hands. “For fuck’s sake, this is not that deep.”

 

Pandora moved her arm to his back. “It’s okay to feel nervous, we’re just trying to help you realise that you don’t need to be.”

 

Looking up, Barty shot her a grateful smile before he pushed himself off the floor. “I’m going to get a smoke. I’ll talk to you guys later.”

 

Without waiting for a response, he left the living room, dodging around the last few people that were milling about the stairs and crossed the kitchen to the garden. 

 

There were two deck chairs to the right of him on the wooden porch, a white table separating them. He flopped down on the one closest to the door and lit his cigarette. He huffed, realising he’d left his drink inside and reached into his pocket to pull out his phone instead.

 

He scanned over the notifications that covered his lock screen, eyes catching on a few texts from Evan.



evan 🤭                18 min ago

the hot guy just beat the shit out of…

 

evan 🤭                18 min ago

i wanna go talk to him

 

evan 🤭                18 min ago

hes always w friends dammit

 

evan 🤭                1 min ago

shit he just went outside by himself

 

evan 🤭                1 min ago

im going im going




Barty felt his heart drop into his stomach. He lifted his gaze from his phone just in time to see the half-closed glass door open slowly.

 

Evan stepped onto the polished wood and Gods , the picture he’d sent all those weeks ago didn’t do him justice.

 

Blond dreadlocks hung over his eyes, dread beads scattered throughout. He wore a baggy green shirt which had tears running across his chest and stomach, one below his collar, and another on his shoulder. A few tattoos peaked through the gaps that were likely widespread across his body, but Barty couldn’t quite tell what they were. His trousers were a washed-out grey colour that hung low on his hips and were baggy enough to almost entirely cover his shoes.

 

There was a silver hoop in his left nostril, a matching bar running through his right eyebrow. He had a vertical labret, and Barty startled himself with the very sudden urge to walk up to him and bite .

 

“Hi,” He spoke, catching Barty’s eye. “I’m—“

 

“Evan,” Barty breathed, smoke curling into the cold air of the night. 

 

Evan’s eyebrows fell into a frown. “How did you—“ His gaze caught on Barty’s phone on the chair beside him, unlocked and open on their chat. His eyes widened. “Barty?”

 

The younger man forced a smirk onto his face to replace the shock that he felt. “I’m hot Footlocker guy?”

 

Evan opened and closed his mouth a few times, seemingly at a loss for words. He let out a long breath. “I—“

 

Barty tilted his head to the side innocently, taking a long drag from the cigarette. “Cat got your tongue, Rosie?”

 

Evan furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. “How do you know my last name?”

 

“Peter,” He replied with a shrug. 

 

Evan leaned back against the door until it shut with a soft click . He stared at Barty, his eyes darting between his face and his unlocked phone. “Did you know?” He asked after a long moment of silence.

 

Barty shook his head, bringing the cigarette back to his lips. “Not until like an hour ago,” He said on an exhale.

 

“Oh,” The older man took a tentative step forward. “Hi.”

 

Barty cocked an eyebrow. “You said that already.”

 

“I don’t know what else to say.”

 

Barty leaned forward to rest his elbows on his knees, tapping the ash off the tip of his cigarette. “You’re even hotter in person, Rosie.”

 

He smirked. “You think I’m hot?”

 

“Don’t even try,” Barty rolled his eyes. “I just found out that I’m the guy you’ve been irrevocably obsessed with for the last few months.”

 

“Nope,” Evan quickly shook his head. “No, you’re not.”

 

Barty’s eyebrows shot up. “Yeah? Let’s see, shall we?” He picked up his phone and scrolled through Evan’s chat. “From just twenty minutes ago; ‘the hot guy just beat the shit out of this wank from my class’.” He locked his phone, laying it faced down on the table. “Something tells me that you, sir, think I’m hot.”

 

Evan bit down on his vertical labret, a smile threatening to take over his face.

 

“Not that you can be blamed,” Barty continued, blowing smoke through his nose as he talked, pointedly not looking at the older man’s mouth. “It’s hard not to.”

 

Another step closer. “Hm, I can imagine.”

 

Barty stood up so they were face to face, just an arm’s length apart. “I told you I was the love of your life.”

 

The older man huffed out a soft laugh. “We’ll see.”

 

“We’ll see?” Barty raised his eyebrows, a pleased smile crossing his features.

 

Evan just hummed, nodding down at the cigarette. “Got any more of those?”

 

“Last one.” Shaking his head, Barty lifted his right hand, brandishing the smoke in front of Evan’s face. The latter raised an eyebrow, but Barty just smirked. “Go on.”

 

Leaning down slightly, Evan closed his lips around the tip of the cigarette, inhaling slowly and all the while maintaining steady eye contact with Barty.

 

When Evan leaned back again, a satisfied glint in his eye, he blew out the smoke through the corner of his mouth, watching as it danced between the small space between them.

 

Lord, he was beautiful .

 

Just as Barty opened his mouth to speak, the door to the house swung open again, this time with James stumbling out.

 

“Junior, are you—Rosier?”

 

Evan took a step back from Barty, shoving his hands into his pockets and turning to James. “Hey, Cap.”

 

With a poor attempt to hide his smile, James laughed. “Well. Okay, then,” He pointed at Barty. “Are you staying here tonight?”

 

He shrugged, flicking the cigarette stump out into the garden. “What’d Reg say?”

 

“He wants to stay.”

 

“I guess I’m staying, then.”

 

“Great,” James then turned his attention to Evan. “Marls is looking for you. Her mum wants her back.”

 

“Alright.”

 

James lingered for a moment longer, eyes darting between the two of them before he slipped back through the door and further into the house.

 

Evan shifted his weight, slowly beginning to walk backwards. “I’m, uh—I’m driving Marlene back, so.”

 

The corner of Barty’s lip curled up in a smile. “Addio, amore mio.”

 

Evan faltered in his steps, wide eyes meeting Barty’s. “I forgot you speak Italian.”

 

Letting out a snort, Barty shrugged. “Text me?”

 

“Bien sûr,” The older man winked, turning around and calling over his shoulder. “Salut.”

 

“Was that—“ Barty stepped towards Evan as he opened the door. “Was that French ?”

 

Evan just shrugged, his smile practically splitting his face in two. “Bye, Barty.” He slipped through the door, leaving Barty on the porch as he stared at the place he had once stood.

 

“What the fuck,” Barty muttered to himself, shaking his head slightly and beginning to move to the door.

 

Eyes catching the kitchen window that looked out at the garden, Barty saw Sirius and James staring at him, matching grins on their faces. When they realised he had spotted them, they startled, practically tripping over each other to hide from him.

 

“What the fuck?” He repeated, this time followed by a short laugh.

 

He re-entered the house, rolling his eyes at Sirius, who had been tackled by James and was desperately trying to gain the upper hand, and made a beeline for the living room.

 

Regulus and Pandora were in the same place they’d been in when he left them. They looked up at him expectantly when he returned.

 

Regulus broke the silence first. “So, the blond guy that followed you out there…?”

 

Barty groaned, dramatically falling onto the sofa beside him. “That was Evan. I just met Evan .”

 

Pandora clapped her hands excitedly. “Finally! Was he nice? Did he talk to you? Is he the same as he is online?”

 

“Slow down, Dora,” Regulus shushed her before turning to Barty. “But, yeah, was he?”

 

“He was French ,” Barty stressed, throwing a hand over his eyes. “He was fucking French.”

 

His friends, both of whom were fluent in French, stared at him with blank looks on their faces. “So?” Regulus asked, eyebrow raised.

 

Barty leaned up on his elbows and fixed him with a deadpan look. “It’s like when you found out James was fluent in Spanish and Hindi.”

 

“Oh.”

 

“Yeah,” Barty lay down flat again. “Fuck me, he’s so much hotter in person.”

 

“But is he nice?”

 

“I don’t know, Pan, I wasn’t exactly thinking straight whilst he was breathing smoke in my face, was I?”

 

“Jesus,” Regulus rolled his eyes. “You are a truly pathetic man.”

 

“Oh yeah?” Barty challenged, sitting up to poke Regulus in the shoulder. “James Potter, fresh out of the shower, only a towel around his waist.”

 

“Fuck off,” Regulus hissed, though the light blush dusting his cheeks gave him away. Barty smirked, but before he could respond, someone approached the group.

 

“Hey,” The redheaded girl, Lily, that Pandora had been speaking to smiled. “Barty, right?”

 

“Yeah,” Barty reached over to shake her outstretched hand.

 

“I’m Lily. I just wanted to tell you how much respect you earned from literally all of us,” She sat down next to Pandora. “Beating the shit out of Snape is something we’ve all wanted to do. Especially Sirius and James.”

 

Barty snorted. “Yeah, he had a very punchable face. If you don’t mind, what did he do to you guys?”

 

“He’s just a dickhead, really,” She fiddled with the ring on her middle finger. “I used to be friends with him back in primary, but I came out to him when we were fourteen. He insisted that he could ‘fix me’, and then called me a slur when I refused.”

 

“James has had it out for him ever since,” She continued. “Almost ran him over with his car a couple of weeks ago.”

 

“Why didn’t he go through with it?” Pandora asked with a light laugh.

 

“Remus managed to convince him that he wouldn’t be able to see Regulus if he went to prison.” Lily smiled, looking at where James and Sirius were fighting each other for the last bottle of vodka.

 

Regulus rolled his eyes, a small smirk playing at his lips. “He’s so stupid.”

 

As though he could sense the topic of their conversation, James bounded over, Sirius following closely behind.

 

He hopped onto the sofa next to Regulus, gathering the younger man in his arms as he grinned at Barty. “So,” He prompted, resting his chin on Regulus’ shoulder.

 

“So, what?” Barty quizzed.

 

“What do you think of our young Mr. Rosier?” Sirius asked, plopping himself down on Barty’s other side.

 

“He thinks he’s hot and French,” Pandora supplied, rather unhelpfully. “What?” She shrugged at Barty’s glare. “That’s all you’ve said about him so far.”

 

Barty just rolled his eyes, surrendering himself to Sirius’ teasing as he lay his head down in Regulus’ lap.

 



evan 🤭

 

are you sure you want to change evan 🤭 ’s contact to rosie 🥀 ?

yes       no

 

barty 😈

are you back yet?

00:56

 

rosie 🥀

yeah

00:57

rosie 🥀

got back a while ago

00:57

rosie 🥀

has everyone left?

00:57

 

barty 😈

yep

00:57

barty 😈

i’m on james’ sofa

00:58

barty 😈

reggie ditched me for james 🙄

00:58

 

rosie 🥀

how dare he want to sleep w his bf

00:58

 

barty 😈

ikr

00:58

barty 😈

hes so mean to me

00:58

 

rosie 🥀

ofc

00:59

 

barty 😈

anyways im going to sleep now

00:59

barty 😈

just thought i’d check in on u

00:59

barty 😈

night rosie

00:59

 

rosie 🥀

gn barty

00:59

 

seen 00:59

 

 

sunday 4th november



barty???

 

barty???

i keep trying to sync our dreams so i can terrorise you in different dimensions

13:21

barty???

one day i’ll get u

13:21

 

are you sure you want to change barty???’s contact to barty 🫠 ?

yes       no



evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well hello to you too

13:21

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hungover?

13:22

 

barty 🫠

cant quite tell whether its a hangover or that guy hit harder than i thought 

13:22

barty 🫠

how did u sleep knowing i was the guy youve been pining over for the last few months?

13:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

 never gonna let that go, huh?

13:23

 

barty 🫠

not a chance, rosie

13:22

Notes:

okay so like
i havent proof read any of this and i rewrote it like eight times but im TIRED NOW so if u dont like it i actually just dont care anymore

dont you worry, there will be longer rosekiller interactions over the next few chapters, this was sort of like, easing you in????????

Translations:
italian:
smettila - stop it
Non è uno scherzo del cazzo - its not a fucking joke
sto bene - i am fine
lo prometto - i promise
james ha detto che evan ha chiesto di me - james said evan asked about me
l'hai visto - have you seen him
non so che aspetto abbia - i don't know what he looks like
calmati - calm down
va bene - it's okay
addio, amore mio - goodbye, my love

french:
Bien sûr - of course
salut - bye

Chapter 4: chapter four

Notes:

the speed at which i wrote this shan't be spoken of

translations at the end

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

wednesday 15th november

 

pretty boy 💫

 

james 🥱

baby

09:12

james 🥱

love

09:12

james 🥱

mi amor

09:12

james 🥱

cariño

09:13

james 🥱

jaan

09:13

james 🥱

LOML

09:13

james 🥱

HELLO???

09:13

 

pretty boy 💫

i will literally kill you

09:14

pretty boy 💫

why the fuck are you awake rn

09:14

pretty boy 💫

and why have you made it my problem

09:14

 

james 🥱

good morning, light of my life

09:14

james 🥱

how are you this fine morning

09:14

 

pretty boy 💫

potter.

09:15

 

james 🥱

sorry love

09:15

james 🥱

ive been at practice since 5 i didnt realise what time it was

09:15

 

pretty boy 💫

whatever

09:15

pretty boy 💫

what do u want

09:15

 

james 🥱

i have a football game on saturday

09:15

james 🥱

first game of the season

09:15

james 🥱

and i would love to be able to look into the stands and see ur beautiful face with my name across your back

09:16

 

pretty boy 💫

09:16

pretty boy 💫 

you are

09:16

pretty boy 💫

disgustingly possessive

09:16

 

james 🥱

reg, my love, will you come to the game?

09:16

 

pretty boy 💫

hmm

09:17

pretty boy 💫

idk

09:17

pretty boy 💫

see i had this bf that would probs want me to go to his game

09:17

 

james 🥱

HAD????

09:17

 

pretty boy 💫

and then he woke me up at 9 when i had no morning classes

09:17

 

james 🥱

baby

09:18

james 🥱

im so so so sorry

09:18

james 🥱

plsplspls forgive me and come to the game

09:18

 

pretty boy 💫

ummmm

09:18

pretty boy 💫

no

09:18

 

james 🥱

i’ll be at yours in one hour with coffee

09:18

 

pretty boy 💫

yeah okay

09:19

 

you reacted ‘ 💖 ’ to pretty boy 💫 ’s message

 

seen 09:19




 

rosie 🥀



rosie 🥀

so

10:12

 

barty 😈

so

10:15

 

rosie 🥀

wyd

10:15

 

barty 😈

rosie?

10:15

 

rosie 🥀

yeah?

10:15

 

barty 😈

what do you want

10:16

 

rosie 🥀

?????

10:16

 

barty 😈

you have never

10:16

barty 😈

and i mean NEVER

10:16

barty 😈

initiated small talk with me

10:16

barty 😈

so what do you want

10:16

 

rosie 🥀

okay well first of all 

10:17

rosie 🥀

fuck you

10:17

 

barty 😈

name a time and a place baby i’ll be there

10:17

 

rosie 🥀

AND SECOND

10:17

rosie 🥀

u wanna come to this thing i have on saturday?

10:17

 

barty 😈

!!!

10:17

barty 😈

ur football game??

10:17

 

rosie 🥀

how tf u know its a fb game?

10:18

 

barty 😈

james is here begging for reg’s forgiveness

10:18

barty 😈

three coffees and a football jersey in hand

10:18

 

rosie 🥀

begging for forgiveness?

10:18

rosie 🥀

what did he do

10:18

 

barty 😈

woke reg up at 9 in the morning on a day we have no morning classes to ask if he wanted to go to the game

10:18

barty 😈

duh

10:18

 

rosie 🥀

right yes ofc

10:18

rosie 🥀

anyway

10:18

rosie 🥀

will you be there?

10:18

 

barty 😈

will i be wearing ur jersey?

10:19

 

rosie 🥀

do you want to wear my jersey?

10:19

 

barty 😈

yes

10:19

 

rosie 🥀

then yes

10:19

 

barty 😈

okay

10:19

barty 😈

yeah i’ll be there

10:19

 

rosie 🥀

great okay

10:19

rosie 🥀

well i have to go before my teacher walks over and snaps my phone in half

10:19

rosie 🥀

bye

10:19

 

barty 😈

bye rosie

10:19

 

seen 10:19



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

panda 🐼 

so

10:36

panda 🐼

we all got invited to the game huh

10:36

 

reggiekins 😋😩

yeah 💀

10:36

 

barty 😈

rosie’s gonna give me his jersey 🤯

10:36

 

reggiekins 😋😩

pathetic

10:37

 

barty 😈

you’re in james’ arms, already wearing his jersey

10:37

barty 😈

pipe down

10:37

 

reggiekins 😋😩

stfu

10:37

 

panda 🐼 

ladies please

10:37

 

barty 😈

wait dora

10:37

barty 😈

did xeno ask u to the game????

10:37

 

panda 🐼 

nope

10:37

panda 🐼 

twas mary

10:37

panda 🐼 

xeno is…hard to read

10:38

 

reggiekins 😋😩

we’ll watch out for him on saturday and report back

10:38

 

barty 😈

yes bc ur people skills r so good, i bet u can read his mind

10:38

 

reggiekins 😋😩

kys

10:38

 

barty 😈

😔

10:38




 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍



cat food 🐀

LADIES AND GENTLESHITS IVE GOT A DATE TO THE GAME

11:02

 

marls 🎸

YES PETE

11:02

 

xeno 🔮

WHO????

11:02

 

cat food 🐀

benjy fenwick 😌

11:03

 

remus’ bitch 😎

!!!

11:03

remus’ bitch 😎

he finally asked you out??????

11:03

 

cap 🫡⚽️

WOOOOOO

11:03

 

cat food 🐀

so does anyone else have a date 

11:03

cat food 🐀

a certain mr rosier perhaps 👀👀

11:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

possibly

11:05

 

cap 🫡⚽️

i also have a date 🙃

11:05

 

remus’ bitch 😎

no one cares you insolent little brotherfucker

11:05

 

mcdonalds 🍟

damn james

11:05

mcdonalds 🍟

got him pulling out the big words

11:05

 

remus’ bitch 😎

fym

11:06

 

shakespeare 🤓

what he means to say

11:06

shakespeare 🤓

is that hes happy for u guys, evan and pete

11:06

 

cap 🫡⚽️

um

11:07

 

shakespeare 🤓

and james

11:07

 

cap 🫡⚽️

omg really?? thanks sirius

11:07

 

marls 🎸

💀💀

11:07




 

barty 🫠

 

barty 🫠

evvvvannnnnnnn

16:29

barty 🫠

rosieieieiee

16:29

barty 🫠

ev

16:29

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

stop

16:30

 

barty 🫠

EVEVEVEVNANANANN

16:30

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

shut up

16:30

 

barty 🫠

:(

16:30

barty 🫠

why are u being mean

16:30

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im in class

16:30

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

strict teacher

16:30

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

give 10 mins

16:30

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

okay what

16:41

 

barty 🫠

THAT WAS 11 MINUTES

16:41

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh my god

16:41

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

tell me what u want so i can drive home and sleep

16:41



incoming call from barty 🫠 …

 

accept        decline

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

16:42

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

16:42

 

incoming call from barty 🫠 …

 

accept        decline

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ffs

16:42

 

incoming call from barty 🫠 …

 

accept         decline





rosie 🥀



call ended

duration ~ 7hr 54min



rosie 🥀

you fell asleep so i ended the call

00:36 

rosie 🥀

goodnight bee

00:36




 

fifty shades of grey 🤪😍

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im going to END MY LIFE

00:37

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i was just on a call w barty for 8 hours

00:37

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

EIGHT FUCKING HOURS

00:37

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

someone kill me

00:37

 

marls 🎸

awwww evvy’s in love

00:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

shut the genuine fuck up

00:39

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

someone tell me one of his icks or something

00:39

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

this is fucking ridiculous

00:39

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

someone sedate me

00:40

 

shakespeare 🤓

go to sleep evan

00:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

HELP ME LUPIN

00:40

 

shakespeare 🤓

rosier

00:40

shakespeare 🤓

sleep

00:40

shakespeare 🤓

now.

00:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fuck you lupin

00:40



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

view attachment: 1 screenshot

08:16

barty 😈

im sick.

08:16

 

panda 🐼 

EIGHT HIURS????????

08:16

panda 🐼 

holy shit

08:16

panda 🐼 

‘goodnight bee’ awwwww

08:16

 

reggiekins 😋😩

oh so thats who you were talking to

08:17

reggiekins 😋😩

i thought you’d finally given in to the voices

08:17

 

barty 😈

spare me ur sarcasm reggie

08:17

 

reggiekins 😋😩

ykw i dont think i will

08:17

 

barty 😈

bitch

08:18



 

rosie 🥀

 

rosie 🥀

goodnight bee

00:36

 

barty 😈

awwww rosie

08:19

barty 😈

new nickname???

08:19

 

rosie 🥀

no i didnt say that

08:20

rosie 🥀

ur hallucinating

08:20

 

barty 😈

view attachment: 1 screenshot

08:20

barty 😈

caught in 4k

08:20

 

rosie 🥀

damn ai getting more and more realistic

08:20

 

barty 😈

girl

08:21

 

rosie 🥀

bye

08:21

 

barty 😈

im—

08:21

 

seen 08:21



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍



remus’ bitch 😎

so like wtf u even talk abt for 8hrs

10:17

 

mcdonalds 🍟

real ur not the most talkative person in the world ev

10:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

idfk

10:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

it was mostly him talking tbh

10:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i reluctantly admit that hes a very interesting person

10:23

 

xeno 🔮

we’ve lost another one lads 😔

10:24

 

remus’ bitch 😎

girl u gotta ask pandora out before we all start tweaking

10:24

remus’ bitch 😎

u literally got mary to ask her to the game for you

10:24

remus’ bitch 😎

thats literally insane

10:24

 

xeno 🔮

im not taking advice from the man who took SIX FUCKING YEARS to ask his crush out

10:24

 

remus’ bitch 😎

fuck you

10:25

 

xeno 🔮

no thanks i’d rather go for ur bf

10:25

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i will fucking eat you

10:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

aaaaand im leaving

10:25




 

barty 🫠



barty 🫠

so im thinking of getting a new piercing

12:38

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

again??

12:38

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

do u just get a new one at any minor inconvenience

12:38

 

barty 🫠

well yeah

12:38

barty 🫠

but nothing has inconvenienced me

12:38

barty 🫠

im just thinking of getting one

12:38

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

which one

12:39

 

barty 🫠

maybe like a bridge

12:39

barty 🫠

oh or i ciuld get a smiley

12:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why not get both

12:39

 

barty 🫠

i like the way you think rosie

12:39

barty 🫠

both it is

12:39

barty 🫠

i’ll go after class

12:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well okay then

12:39

 

barty 🫠

view attachment: 1 screenshot

14:23

barty 🫠

so what do u think

14:23



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

marls 🎸

is anyone in the common room?

14:24

 

lils 🙏

yup

14:24

 

marls 🎸

who tf is screaming

14:24

marls 🎸

i can hear them from the study rooms

14:24

 

lils 🙏

oh thats ev

14:24

lils 🙏

barty sent him a pic of his new piercings

14:25

 

marls 🎸

tell him to stfu

14:25

marls 🎸

i have a test next

14:25

 

lils 🙏

well now hes just silently staring at his phone so

14:25

 

marls 🎸

if he starts screaming again i’ll castrate him

14:25

 

lils 🙏

lovely

14:25

 

 

rosie 🥀

 

rosie 🥀

yeah looks good

14:32

 

barty 😈

some enthusiasm would be appreciated 😒

14:32

 

rosie 🥀

apologies

14:32

rosie 🥀

let me try again

14:32

rosie 🥀

OMG THEY LOOK SO GOOD AHHH

14:32

rosie 🥀

better?

14:33

 

barty 😈

much

14:33

 

seen 14:33



 

Barty leaned forward, forearms braced on the steel barriers, and scanned the football pitch in front of him. There was a scattering of red jerseys across the grass, but not a single one of them stood out to him.

 

Evan’s school was bigger than Barty would’ve ever expected. It was a private school, and the people in the crowd around him ranged from age thirteen to eighteen, all of them eager to watch their Sixth Form’s first football game of the year.

 

Regulus and Pandora were beside him, along with the rest of Evan and James’ friends. Mary had managed to reserve enough space at the front of the stands for the group, so they were practically on the field itself.

 

In his peripheral, Barty could see James jogging towards them, a jersey loose in his hand and a lopsided grin on his face as he bounded over.

 

“Hey, Reg,” He greeted, leaning over the barrier to press a kiss to Regulus’ cheek before turning to Barty, eyebrows raised. “Dressed to impress, Crouch?”

 

Barty smirked, glancing down at himself. Deep green cargo trousers that hung low on his waist, a slightly cropped black shirt that fit a little too snug, black combat boots, a cropped leather jacket with a snake embroidered on the back, and enough jewellery for him to walk the line of just enough and downright slutty. Yeah, he was dressed to impress.

 

“You haven’t seen him, have you?”

 

James nodded over to the locker rooms. “He’s helping Marls with her hair. Wanted me to give you this.” He held out the jersey.

 

Barty took it, letting it unravel in his hands. Rosier stared back at him in large gold letters, just above the number 7 . He grinned and shrugged off his jacket, handing it over to Regulus so he could wear the jersey. 

 

Turning to Pandora, he wiggled his eyebrows. “What do you think, Dora?”

 

“Suits you.” A voice from behind him made his grin widen and he spun around to lean over the barrier again. 

 

“Hey, Rosie,” Barty smirked. “What do you think?”

 

“I think it’s nice,” Evan rested his elbows on the barrier, leaning forward just enough to hook his finger around one of Barty’s necklaces and tug . “S’good colour on you.”

 

Barty hummed and allowed himself to be pulled closer, lightly tracing the visible tattoos on Evan’s arms. “Yeah?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Good God,” Regulus rolled his eyes. “Get a fucking room, please.”

 

James let out a hearty laugh, pressing a kiss to his boyfriend’s knuckles before moving away and clapping a hand against Evan’s shoulder. “Come on, Romeo. We gotta go.”

 

“Coming, Cap.” The blonde man replied, though he made no effort to move. Eyes boring into Barty’s, he tilted his head ever so slightly. “Wish me luck?”

 

“Good luck, Rosie,” Barty grinned, leaning back when Evan’s finger untangled itself from his chain. He blew the older man a kiss, a feeling of satisfaction running through him at Evan’s barely suppressed smile as he followed James over to where their team was huddled.

 

“Bloody hell, Crouch,” Mary let out a loud laugh, patting him on the back. “Got him wrapped around your finger already.”

 

Barty just grinned, eyes following Evan as he jogged over to quickly talk to their goalie. “Hook, line and sinker, Mcdonald.”

 

The game began, not that Barty knew what the fuck was going on, but he was enjoying himself nonetheless. Between there being an unlimited supply of beers and the view of Evan sprinting around the pitch, Barty was kept very entertained.

 

Just before halftime, Regulus excused himself for the bathroom, pushing his way through the crowd behind him. As soon as he left, a girl took his place, leaning on the barriers next to Barty.

 

She had long, black hair that fell to her waist, and held herself with an elegance that Barty honestly didn’t care for.

 

“Who are you?” She asked, a perfectly plucked eyebrow raised in his direction.

 

“Who’s asking?” Barty countered, eyes never leaving Evan as he jogged over to James, the two of them speaking to each other at lightning speed.

 

“Aurora Greengrass,” The girl, Aurora, held out a manicured hand. Her wrist was adorned with delicate looking bracelets, and her fingers housed two gold rings.

 

Barty tore his eyes away from Evan to glance down wearily at her hand. He removed one of his hands from where his beer bottle was dangling between his fingers and reached out to shake it. “Barty Crouch.”

 

Aurora’s eyebrows raised in mild surprise. “As in—Crouch Enterprise?”

 

Barty took a swig of his drink as he shook his head, focusing back on the pitch. “My dad. Not me.”

 

She accepted this answer, falling silent beside him for a few, precious seconds, before opening her mouth again. “You’re wearing Evan’s jersey.”

 

“Astute observation.”

 

Why are you wearing Evan’s jersey?”

 

“Why?” Barty repeated, shifting his attention to her once again. “He gave it to me.”

 

“Hm.” Aurora hummed, not sounding convinced at all. Her eyes lit up at something over Barty’s shoulder. “Sirius!” She exclaimed, waving excitedly.

 

The halftime whistle blew and Sirius looked over, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. When he saw Aurora, he barely suppressed a groan. “Greengrass,” He nodded instead and squeezed Barty’s shoulder. 

 

“Can you believe that this guy is wearing Evan’s jersey?” She laughed, high-pitched and shrill. 

 

Sirius winced. “What do you want, Greengrass?”

 

Aurora brushed off his tone, trailing a finger gently up Barty’s arm. He shuddered. “Just came over to make it known that Evan’s mine.” She smiled sweetly.

 

Barty turned to glare at her, gripping her wrist tight. His rings dug into her arm and she frowned. “Hands off or I’ll have you laid out faster than you can fucking blink,” He murmured, dropping her wrist.

 

She scoffed. “What? You think I’m afraid of you just because you hit Severus at that party?” Severus . James had said that no one actually used his real name. She was friends with the git.

 

“Frankly, I don’t care what you think of me,” He shrugged, turning back to the pitch to find that both teams had retreated to the locker rooms. “You don’t have to believe me, just don’t be surprised when you’re lying unconscious on the grass.”

 

Sirius patted his shoulder before moving away, clearly having decided that Barty could handle himself. 

 

“Excuse me, who do you think you are?” Aurora scowled. “Do you know who my father is?”

 

Barty heaved out an exhausted sigh, turning to her once more. “No, and I don’t care. But you know my father. And you know the Blacks, yes?”

 

She nodded, eyes narrowing cautiously.

 

“Well then, I take it you know their cruelty,” He continued, fingers tightening around the bottle. “And let me tell you, I’ve been around the Blacks long enough to have practically been raised by Walburga, the dreadful woman. I may have even learned a thing or two.”

 

Aurora’s eyes widened slightly, a flash of fear behind her pupils.

 

“Walburga’s blood may not run through my veins, but if she taught me anything, it was how to knock a bitch on their arse in one swift punch. Want me to demonstrate?” A smirk played at Barty’s lips, just as it always did.

 

“Hey?” A familiar voice sounded on the other side of the barrier, and Barty turned to meet Evan’s confused expression.

 

“Hey, Rosie,” Barty grinned, voice practically dripping with honey as Aurora scowled at him.

 

“Hey,” Evan approached slowly, a bead of sweat running down his temple and his chest heaving from the game. “What—are you okay?”

 

Barty waved him off. “Perfectly fine. Aurora, here was just letting me know that you belong to her.”

 

Evan’s face contorted from confusion to exasperation. He turned to Aurora, whose cheeks were covered in a light dusting of blush. “Greengrass, please.”

 

She simply rolled her eyes. “Whatever, Evan. You’ll see.” Spinning on her heel, she disappeared back into the crowd.

 

Evan shook his head and reached over the barrier to hook a finger through one of Barty’s belt hoops, pulling him until his hips were flush with the metal. “I need a fucking restraining order from her.”

 

Barty raised an eyebrow, his smirk returning. “Too hot to handle, eh, Rosie?”

 

“Shut up.”

 

“So, how’s the game? Are you winning?”

 

Evan tilted his head. “You're not watching it?”

 

Barty chuckled. “I have no interest in football, I think we both know that’s not why I’m here.”

 

“So, why are you here?” Evan’s voice was low, only for Barty to hear.

 

“Well, there’s this guy on your team that caught my attention.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“Yeah. He’s awfully distracting, running across the pitch like that in his too-tight shirt,” Barty pulled down the top of Evan’s jersey to expose his tattooed collarbone, emphasising his words. “So no, I have no idea what’s going on in the game.”

 

“Yes, that does sound quite distracting,” Evan agreed, leaning into Barty’s touch. “I’ll have to talk to this team member. Know his name?”

 

“I know him as ‘E’,” He grinned, recalling the nickname that Evan had provided when they first started texting.

 

“I’ll have a word with him for sure,” Evan shot him a wink, untangling his fingers from Barty’s belt loops. “I do, however, have to go before Cap rips my head off.”

 

Barty released his shirt, stepping back. “Bye, Rosie.”

 

“Bye, Bee.”

 

Barty watched Evan jog back over the pitch, his cleats kicking up the dirt behind him as he made his way over to the locker rooms. One of his teammates was waiting for him outside the door. He gestured in Barty’s direction before nudging Evan in the ribs. The older man just scoffed, shoving his teammate away and pushing open the locker room doors.

 

“Stop staring at him,” Regulus’ voice appeared to his right.

 

Barty rolled his eyes. “Where have you been?”

 

“Went to the bathroom, bumped into James,” He shrugged. “Got distracted.”

 

“Okay, ew,” Barty waved him off. “That’s enough.”

 

“You asked.”

 

“Fuck off.”

 

Regulus flicked his ear. “James asked if we wanted a ride to his after this. Apparently it’s tradition for some of their group to go to his house after their games.”

 

“Will Evan be there?”

 

“Oh my God, you’re pathetic, I don’t know.”

 

“Dorcas said he usually goes,” Pandora sidled up to them, pressing into Barty’s side. He wrapped an arm around her waist to hold her close.

 

“See?” He raised an eyebrow at Regulus. “She’s a good friend.”

 

“If only I liked you enough to care,” Regulus drawled.

 

Barty turned to Pandora, an affronted look on his face. “Do you see this? I refuse to take this abuse.”

 

“Good, then piss off.”

 

“Be nice, Reggie,” Pandora chided him. “Are you guys going to James’ or not?”

 

“We are,” Regulus nodded. “Dora, how’s it going with Xeno?”

 

Pandora loosened her grip around Barty’s shoulder to look over at Xeno. He was with Lily, laughing at something she’d said as they pointed to the locker rooms.

 

She let out a sigh. “I honestly don’t know. He acts like he likes me, but then he seems to realise that he’s flirting and he just—he gets all shy again.”

 

Barty followed her gaze to watch him carefully. “If he leads you on or hurts you, I’ll kill him.”

 

“I know,” Pandora smiled. “Thank you, but it’s unnecessary. I just need him to be a little more forward.”

 

Barty hummed thoughtfully. “Leave it to me, Panda.”

 

Regulus shot him a sideways glance just as the players filtered back onto the field. “I wouldn’t trust him, Dora.”

 

“I don’t know,” She ruffled Barty’s hair. “I’m intrigued.”

 

“It’s your funeral,” Regulus shrugged, fully turning his attention to the pitch.

 

 

The game had ended—Barty still had no fucking clue what had happened, but Evan’s team had won, so he didn’t really care.

 

He, Regulus, Pandora, Dorcas and Xenophilius were huddled together in the car park waiting for Marlene, James and Evan. Sirius and Remus had gone ahead so they could pick up snacks, and had said that they would rendezvous at James’ house. 

 

“How long are they going to take? It’s fucking freezing.” Regulus huffed, shoving his hands under Barty’s jersey.

 

Barty hissed as his cold fingers touched his skin, but made no move to push him away. “Fuck me, your hands are cold.”

 

“I don’t give a shit. You’re warm.” Regulus bit back.

 

“Oi, Crouch, hands off!” James’ voice carried across the car park.

 

Barty turned, hands raised in surrender to see the three players walking towards the group. “Does it look like I’m fucking touching him? Been there, done that. I’m all good.”

 

“Been there— what ?” James repeated, eyes widening. He jogged the rest of the way to them and dropped his duffle bag on the floor so he could pull Regulus away. “Been there, done nothing, Crouch.”

 

Barty just let out a loud laugh. “Chill out, Jim, he’s all yours.”

 

James shook his head, silent laughter playing on his lips. “Okay, so we’ll split between my car and Cas’ car?” He suggested.

 

Barty turned to Evan. “Didn’t drive in?”

 

“I did, I just—uh,” The older man lifted up his phone to show Barty, his father’s name flashing across the screen. “Gotta go home first. I’ll meet you guys there, though.”

 

 

Barty had been at James’ for almost an hour before Evan showed up.

 

He was watching, amused, as Sirius and James warbled their way through You’re The One That I Want from Grease , when Evan walked into the living room, one hand in his jacket pocket, and the other clutching his phone.

 

He’d changed out of his clothes from the game and his dreads were tied up in a half-up-half-down style.

 

“Ev!” Dorcas exclaimed when he was close enough. “Nice of you to join us.”

 

Evan let out a humourless laugh. “Sorry. Dad was—well, he was being him, I guess,” He shrugged, flopping down next to Barty’s bent legs on James’ sofa. “What’s happening?”

 

“Sirius and James are confessing their love for each other.” Remus replied with a smirk.

 

“So nothing new, then,” Evan concluded before tilting his head in Barty’s direction. “Hi.”

 

“Hey, Rosie.”

 

“Still wearing the jersey, huh?” He pinched the fabric between his fingers, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.

 

“Wouldn’t dare take it off,” Barty shook his head. “Who do you take me for?”

 

Evan laughed. “Of course, my bad, I apologise.”

 

Barty broke into a grin before he winced, eyes scrunching closed as the pain from his new smiley piercing shot through his mouth.

 

“You okay?” Evan asked, concern crossing his features.

 

Barty hummed, lifting his lip up to show off the piercing. “Hurts like a bitch.”

 

“Still can’t believe you did that,” He said quietly, eyes locked on Barty’s lips. He tapped the bridge of his own nose. “And that one.”

 

“You like ‘em?” Barty smirked.

 

“Hm,” Evan nodded slightly. “I like ‘em.”

 

“I like yours, too,” Barty reached his hand out to hook his forefinger under Evan’s chin and pressed his thumb down gently on his vertical labret. The older man stared at him curiously, but let him tug at his lower lip. “This one’s my favourite.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

Barty hummed distractedly. “How long have you had it?”

 

“Not long. Just under a year, I think.”

 

“Does—does your dad let you get them? And the tattoos.” The younger asked, letting his hand fall away from his face.

 

Evan shook his head. “Used to go fucking ballistic. He doesn’t care as much now; I think he can feel me pulling away.”

 

“And he doesn’t mind?”

 

He shrugged. “I honestly think I’m doing us both a favour. I don’t really think he ever wanted kids.”

 

“I get that,” Barty heaved out a sigh. “I—“

 

He was cut off as Xenophilius approached, passing Evan a water bottle and shooting Barty a quick smile. He disappeared from the living room, following James and Remus’ voices in the kitchen. Barty hadn’t even noticed they’d left. 

 

Glancing around the room, he realised that he and Evan were the only two people left.

 

He looked back at the other man, only to find that his gaze had never left him.

 

“Can I ask you something?”

 

“Shoot,” Evan replied.

 

“What’s the deal with Xenophilius?”

 

The older man frowned, shifting so his body was facing Barty. “The deal?”

 

“Yeah. Is he single?”

 

Evan smirked, his eyes glittering playfully. “And here I thought you only had eyes for me.”

 

Barty scoffed. “Not like that. Does he like Pandora or not?”

 

“Oh,” Realisation washed over Evan’s face. “Well, yeah. He doesn’t know it yet, though.”

 

“He doesn’t—how can he not know?”

 

Evan moved to rest his elbow on the back of the sofa, using his hand to keep his head propped up. “Xeno isn’t the most…in touch with his feelings. He knows that he thinks she’s pretty, and he knows he likes to be around her, but that’s about it. He hasn’t quite clocked that he should ask her out.”

 

Barty nodded in understanding, eyes straying to the doorway Xenophilius had gone through. “If he leads her on, I swear to God.”

 

“He won’t,” Evan assured him. “He’ll realise it soon enough.”

 

“I know he’s your friend, but if he does, Reggie and I will kill him.”

 

Evan smiled softly, and Barty immediately decided that that was his favourite sight. “That honestly doesn’t surprise me.”

 

“Good. It shouldn’t.”

 

Regulus peeked his head around the door. “Come choose your snacks.”

 

Evan stood up first, straightening his trousers before he reached out a hand for Barty.

 

The latter smirked, taking his hand and standing up. “What a gentleman,” He teased, following Regulus through the house.

 

The three of them entered the kitchen. The table was practically overflowing with the snacks that Sirius and Remus had bought, and everyone was picking at what they wanted as they talked.

 

James was hunched over the table, trying to open a jar of pickles. His jaw was clenched, jar pressed into his abdomen as he tried to twist the lid.

 

Regulus rolled his eyes at his boyfriend and pinched the jar from his hands. He walked over to the stove, flicking it to life and hovered the jar’s rim over the flames. After a minute, he turned off the hob and grabbed a tea towel. He laid it over the lid and twisted it, smirking as it came off easily.

 

James gaped at him. “You’re so smart, love.” He reached for the jar and spun around to grab himself a fork. As he did, he held the jar at such an angle that some of the pickle juice fell out and landed directly on the jersey Barty was wearing.

 

“Fucking hell, Potter,” He cursed, looking down. 

 

“Shit, sorry, Junior,” James gestured to a shut door at the back of the kitchen. “Washing machine’s in there if you want to use it.”

 

Barty grabbed the collar of the jersey and tugged it over his head. He turned it around to look at the stain up close before sighing and crossing the room to the washing machine.




fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

xeno 🔮

view attachment: 1 photo

13:24

xeno 🔮

actual footage of evan losing his shit cos barty took off his jersey in front of him and now hes only in a crop top

13:24

 

cat food 🐀

pathetic

13:25

cat food 🐀

benjy agrees

13:25

 

marls 🎸

ykw i cant even blame him 

13:25

marls 🎸

like im a lesbian but that man’s got the sluttiest fucking waist ive ever seen

13:25

 

lils 🙏

frrr

13:25

 

dork 

preach

13:25

 

mcdonalds 🍟

say it louder

13:25

 

marls 🎸

evan cant be blamed for his weakness

13:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wtf

13:26

 

“Jim, how the fuck do you work this thing?” Barty called out to the kitchen after about a minute of eyeing the machine.

 

James sauntered in, chewing through a mouthful of pickles. He opened a cupboard to the left of the machine and pulled out a box of Tide pods, throwing one in with the jersey. He slammed the door shut and pressed a few buttons.

 

The older man turned to Barty as the machine began to groan. “You don’t know how to use a washing machine?”

 

“Why the fuck would I know how to do that?”

 

“You’ve lived alone for the last year?”

 

Barty waved him off. “Reg does the washing.”

 

James snorted. “No he doesn’t. He makes Pads do it.”

 

Barty gasped, hand covering his chest in exaggerated shock. “What a lying little shit.”

 

James just smiled softly; a stupid, love-struck smile that made Barty chuckle. He followed the older man back into the kitchen and watched with a mixture of disgust and fondness as he approached Regulus from behind. Pressing his chest into his back, he leaned down slightly to whisper in his ear. 

 

“Hey, baby.”

 

Barty couldn’t see Regulus’ face, but he could imagine it was just as fond. He reached up behind him to stroke a hand through James’ hair, not looking up from the array of snacks in front of him.

 

“Hi, Sun,” His voice was gentle, more so than Barty had ever heard it. “You okay?”

 

James hummed, burying his nose in Regulus’ hair.

 

Barty looked to his left just in time to watch Sirius fake gag, using Remus’ jumper to wipe at his eyes. “Good fucking God , can’t get any fucking peace around here.”

 

Regulus pulled himself from James’ grip with an exaggerated eye roll. “Shut the fuck up. I’ve walked in on you and Remus making out far too many times for you to have an issue with this.”

 

“Garce,” Sirius cursed, scowling at his brother.

 

“Salope,” Regulus countered, raising an eyebrow.

 

“Va te faire foutre, petite merde.”

 

Regulus rolled his eyes. “Tue toi.”

 

“Okay!” Pandora draped an arm over Regulus’ shoulder, leading him away from his brother. “Let’s not.”

 

“Why don’t we watch a film, huh?” James suggested with an awkward laugh, starting to gather snacks in his arms. “Marls, Cas, help me carry this stuff.”

 

The group situated themselves around the Potters’ living room, a gathering of snacks in the middle of them. 

 

Barty sat cross-legged on the sofa with Pandora’s head in his lap, his fingers occasionally fiddling with her braids. 

 

Evan came to sit next to him, bending the leg closest to Barty as he did, and their knees touched.

 

It was such a small, insignificant gesture, but Barty smiled to himself nonetheless. Evan looked straight ahead at the TV, acting as though they hadn’t made contact. Barty looked down, biting on his lip to suppress his smile and tangled his fingers in Pandora’s hair to distract himself.

 

When James finally settled on a film and turned up the volume, Barty found that he couldn’t quite concentrate. Not with Evan’s leg against his, sometimes gently shaking as the older man laughed. 

 

He felt a foreign feeling, one that he didn’t tend to get very often. Butterflies in his stomach, a yearning in his chest. He would rather die than admit it, but he liked that feeling, and he liked the fact that Evan was the reason for it.

 



rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

i just realised i still have your jersey

18:22

 

rosie 🥀

thats okay

18:22

rosie 🥀

keep it for the next game

18:22

rosie 🥀

looks better on you anyway

18:22

 

barty 😈

awww rosie

18:22

 

rosie 🥀

when did you guys get back?

18:23

 

barty 😈

we left abt 20 mins after you

18:23

barty 😈

was ur dad okay?

18:23

 

rosie 🥀

he was a bit pissed i was late

18:23

rosie 🥀

but he was fine

18:23

 

barty 😈

ik we joked abt it before but srsly

18:23

barty 😈

if he ever isnt fine

18:23

barty 😈

reg wouldnt mind u coming here

18:23

 

rosie 🥀

aww you care about me, crouch?

18:23

 

barty 😈

god no i wouldnt dare

18:23

 

rosie 🥀

mhm sure

18:23

rosie 🥀

thank you, though

18:24

 

barty 😈

anytime, rosie

18:24

 

seen 18:24

Notes:

I HOPE U LIKE IT AHHHH
i have a maths test tmrw someone kill me
anyways

translations
garce - bitch
salope - slut
va te faire foutre - fuck you
petite merde - little shit
tue toi - kill yourself

Chapter 5: note!!

Chapter Text

hey, so small note from me

just wanted to let you know that i havent forgotten about this story, and i am currently working on a chapter, but i have some pretty important exams over the next couple of months and i dont know when i’ll be able to get the chapter out

im saying this bc i know a few of you have this story open in your tabs (thank u sm i love you) and i dont want you to think ive abandoned it!

thank you so much for all the love on the story so far, it really helps with my motivation

thanks again, i’ll hopefully update soon 

ily bye bye <3

~ s

(p.s. theres like an authors note at the bottom of this that i made when i posted the first chapter and idk how to get rid of it so just ignore it)

Chapter 6: chapter five

Notes:

enjoy :)))

TWs// hospitals, very brief mention of past child abuse (this makes the chapter sound really dark i promise its not)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

monday 20th november



bee 🐝 

 

bee 🐝 

im literally so hot

01:22

bee 🐝 

like these bitches got nothing on me

01:22

bee 🐝 

never have i seen anyone hotter than me

01:22

bee 🐝 

except maybe you

01:23

bee 🐝 

but thats different

01:23

bee 🐝 

im SO hot

01:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

its one in the fucking morning

01:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

on a monday

01:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why are you doing this to me

01:23

 

bee 🐝 

so do you not think im hot

01:24

bee 🐝 

thats crazy

01:24

bee 🐝 

all those months of ‘hot footlocker guy’ just to deny it when asked

01:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty.

01:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

1 am.

01:24

 

bee 🐝 

yes

01:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what do u want

01:25

 

bee 🐝 

nothing i cant sleep

01:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

so youve decided to make me suffer with you

01:25

 

bee 🐝 

yes

01:25

bee 🐝 

now back to the more important questions 

01:25

bee 🐝 

do you or do you not think im hot

01:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im not answering that

01:26

 

bee 🐝 

whyever not?

01:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bc i dont like you

01:26

 

bee 🐝 

yes but do u think im hot

01:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

if i call you will you stop asking

01:26

 

bee 🐝 

yes

01:26

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

grand

01:26

 

outgoing call to bee 🐝 …

 

call ended

duration ~ 4h 56min

 

 

demon sauce 😈👹

 

barty 😈

attachment: 1 screenshot

08:33

barty 😈

when u fall asleep to him rambling about descartes 😍😍

08:33

 

panda 🐼 

awwww

08:36

panda 🐼 

damn 5 hours??

08:36

panda 🐼 

you fell asleep 2 hours ago?????

08:36

 

barty 😈

i couldnt help it he was so cute rambling abt philosophy 

08:36

barty 😈

hes such a nerd im obsessed

08:37

 

reggiekins 😋😩

disgusting

08:37

reggiekins 😋😩

and when u fall asleep in binns’ class today?

08:37

 

barty 😈

reggie i do that regardless

08:37

barty 😈

its to be expected by now

08:37

 

reggiekins 😋😩

sure

08:37

 

panda 🐼 

so did evan talk abt descartes for the whole 5 hrs??

08:38

 

barty 😈

no ofc not

08:38

barty 😈

he talked abt fyodor dostoevsky’s white nights too

08:38

 

reggiekins 😋😩

i like him

08:38

reggiekins 😋😩

give me his number

08:38

 

barty 😈

hey now what the fuck

08:38

barty 😈

mine

08:38

 

reggiekins 😋😩

stfu u possessive shit

08:39

reggiekins 😋😩

i just want to finally bond w someone intellectual for once

08:39

 

panda 🐼 

um

08:39

 

reggiekins 😋😩

no offense dora

08:39

reggiekins 😋😩

u dont make me want to kms when i talk to u

08:39

 

panda 🐼 

mhm

08:40

 

barty 😈

ur a bitch

08:40

barty 😈

and im not giving u his number

08:40

 

reggiekins 😋😩

pls im only a bitch bc u made me a bitch

08:40

 

barty 😈

accusations

08:41

 

reggiekins 😋😩

facts

08:41

 

barty 😈

you were all shy when i met you

08:41

barty 😈

now ur a whore

08:41

 

reggiekins 😋😩

character development

08:41

 

panda 🐼 

okay bye

08:41



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

marls 🎸

REMUS COME GET UR FUCKING DOG BEFORE I PUT HIM THE FUCK DOWN

10:16

 

shakespeare 🤓

???

10:16

shakespeare 🤓

i dont have a dog???

10:16

shakespeare 🤓

oh

10:16



 

light of my life ❤️❤️

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

sirius wru

10:16

 

sirius ⭐️

nowhere

10:16

sirius ⭐️

everywhere

10:16

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

sirius

10:17

 

sirius ⭐️

cafe

10:17

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

thank you

10:17

 

seen 10:17



 

little shit 💞

 

sirius ⭐️

reg

12:02

sirius ⭐️

reggie

12:02

sirius ⭐️

regulus

12:02

sirius ⭐️

reeeeggggggg

12:02

 

little shit 💞

what

12:02

 

sirius ⭐️

what are you doing later

12:03

 

little shit 💞

ur best friend preferably

12:03

 

sirius ⭐️

im

12:03

sirius ⭐️

i dont

12:03

sirius ⭐️

i just

12:03

 

little shit 💞

spit it out i dont have all day

12:03

 

sirius ⭐️

bye

12:03

 

seen 12:03



 

j 🫶

 

j 🫶

okay so why did sirius just bust through the common room door like the fucking kool aid man, screaming ‘brother fucker’ and throwing uncooked pot noodles at me?

12:16

 

regulus 🐍

havent the foggiest

12:16

 

j 🫶

love

12:16

 

regulus 🐍

view attachment: 1 screenshot

12:17

 

j 🫶

christ

12:17

j 🫶

dont provoke him

12:17

j 🫶

he’ll actually kill me one day

12:17

 

regulus 🐍

oh please

12:17

regulus 🐍

sirius can barely breathe without having some sort of physical contact with you

12:17

regulus 🐍

its fucking disgusting

12:17

regulus 🐍

i have never met anyone quite so codependent as the two of you

12:18

 

j 🫶

aw shucks

12:18

 

regulus 🐍

not a compliment

12:18

 

j 🫶

idc im taking it as one

12:18

j 🫶

uh oh hes back

12:18

j 🫶

and hes holding a pool cue

12:18

j 🫶

oh dear

12:18

j 🫶

bye love

12:18

 

regulus 🐍

bye james

12:18

 

seen 12:18



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

THE DAY THAT I MET YOU I STARTED DREAMINGNGGGG

12:32

 

rosie 🥀

yeah?

12:32

rosie 🥀

thats funny cos the day i met u i started having rather violent recurring nightmares

12:33

 

barty 😈

why

12:33

barty 😈

do you INSIST

12:33

barty 😈

on hurting me

12:33

 

rosie 🥀

helps me sleep at night

12:33

 

barty 😈

god you sound like reg

12:33

barty 😈

thats not a good trait, mind you

12:33

 

rosie 🥀

i think it’s a great trait

12:23

 

barty 😈

he wanted ur number earlier

12:24

barty 😈

cos i told him u were talking abt dostoevsky

12:24

 

rosie 🥀

did u give it to him

12:24

 

barty 😈

no ur mine

12:24

 

rosie 🥀

shame

12:24

 

barty 😈

ur such a nerd

12:24

barty 😈

im leaving

12:24

 

rosie 🥀

whatever you say gorgeous

12:24

 

barty 😈

AHA

12:24

barty 😈

so you DO think im hot

12:24

 

rosie 🥀

whaaaaat

12:24

rosie 🥀

who said that

12:24

 

barty 😈

don’t try and act all nonchalant

12:25

barty 😈

christ alive im so attracted to you

12:25

 

rosie 🥀

who wouldve thunk it

12:25

 

barty 😈

proper name place name backstory stuff

12:25

 

rosie 🥀

jesus

12:25

 

barty 😈

youre so

12:25

barty 😈

yeah

12:25

 

rosie 🥀

an interesting description

12:25

 

barty 😈

its accurate tho

12:25

 

rosie 🥀

sure

12:25




 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

cat food 🐀

so we all saw that right

12:25

 

xeno 🔮

yep

12:25

 

lils 🙏

yeah

12:25

 

marls 🎸

yeah and its fucking wrong

12:25

 

cap 🫡⚽️

see what????????

12:25

cap 🫡⚽️

guys im still in detention ☹️

12:25

cap 🫡⚽️

what happened

12:26

 

lils 🙏

evan is SMILING

12:26

 

cap 🫡⚽️

what

12:26

cap 🫡⚽️

are u fr

12:26

cap 🫡⚽️

say sike rn

12:26

 

xeno 🔮

its trueee

12:26

 

cap 🫡⚽️

whys he smiling ?!?!?!

12:26

 

marls 🎸

we dk

12:26

marls 🎸

hes on his phone

12:26

 

remus’ bitch 😎

do u think its barty

12:26

 

lils 🙏

probably

12:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i can see all of this

12:27

 

marls 🎸

who r u texting

12:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no one

12:27

 

shakespeare 🤓

definitely barty

12:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fuck off

12:27

 

marls 🎸

awww ur so cute when ur in love

12:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

kys

12:27

 

remus’ bitch 😎

so what did barty say to get you smiling

12:27

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nothing

12:27

 

cat food 🐀

why do you lie

12:27




 

bee 🐝 

 

incoming call from bee 🐝 …

 

accept         decline

 

 

xeno 🔮

did he just

12:28

 

cat food 🐀

💀💀

12:28

 

remus’ bitch 😎

nahh thats crazy

12:28

 

cap 🫡⚽️

what!! did!! he!! do!!

12:28

 

lils 🙏

bro got a call from barty, smiled, answered with no hesitation, and left the common room

12:28

 

marls 🎸

IS NO ONE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT HIS CONTACT NAME FOR BARTY IS BEE???????????

12:28

 

cap 🫡⚽️

awww

12:28

 

xeno 🔮

answered with no hesitation, james

12:28

xeno 🔮

he doesnt do that for any of us

12:28

 

remus’ bitch 😎

what has barty done to our evan 😔💔

12:28

 

marls 🎸

our poor, nonchalant evan 😔💔

12:29



 

pretty boy 💫

 

james 🥱

view attachment: 3 screenshots

12:33

james 🥱

ur friend has broken ours it seems

12:33

 

pretty boy 💫

so thats where he went

12:33

 

james 🥱

???

12:33

 

pretty boy 💫

we were under our tree and then he just got up and left

12:33

 

james 🥱

is pandora with you?

12:33

 

pretty boy 💫

no shes off today

12:33

 

james 🥱

so youre alone???

12:34

 

pretty boy 💫

🤨🤨

12:34

pretty boy 💫

im fine james im not a child

12:34

 

james 🥱

well yeah

12:34

james 🥱

i just worry about that wanker that you told me about

12:35

 

pretty boy 💫

alexi avery?

12:35

 

james 🥱

yeah

12:35

 

pretty boy 💫

hes not a problem anymore

12:35

 

james 🥱

12:35

james 🥱

do i want to know what u mean?

12:35

 

pretty boy 💫

probably not, no

12:35

 

james 🥱

alright then

12:35

 

pretty boy 💫

is it true that evan has barty saved as ‘bee’?

12:36

 

james 🥱

with a bee emoji im told

12:36

 

pretty boy 💫

thats hilarious

12:36

pretty boy 💫

im gonna tell him when he comes back

12:36

pretty boy 💫

anyway hows detention

12:36

 

james 🥱

mind meltingly boring

12:36

james 🥱

i miss you love

12:36

 

pretty boy 💫

ridiculous

12:36

pretty boy 💫

(i miss you too)

12:36

 

james 🥱

ur so mean to me

12:37

james 🥱

(sounds like an excuse to go to yours later)

12:37

 

pretty boy 💫

🙄

12:37

pretty boy 💫

(i agree)

12:37

 

james 🥱

sigh

12:37

james 🥱

(see you later love)

12:37

 

pretty boy 💫

shut up

12:38

pretty boy 💫

(see you later mon cœur)

12:38

 

you reacted ❤️‍🔥 to pretty boy 💫 ‘s message

 

seen 12:38




 

bee 🐝 

 

bee 🐝 

save me

15:37

bee 🐝 

pls

15:37

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

??

15:37

 

bee 🐝 

james is here

15:37

bee 🐝 

my headphones are broken

15:37

bee 🐝 

the walls are THIN

15:37

bee 🐝 

im going to rip my skin off in a second

15:38

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

💀💀💀

15:38

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

with a roommate in the next room is crazy

15:38

 

bee 🐝

REGGIE DOESNT CARE

15:38

bee 🐝 

i’d expected better from james

15:38

bee 🐝 

evidently hes a weak weak man

15:38

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im not surprised

15:38

 

bee 🐝 

get me the fuck out of here

15:38

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wish i could

15:38

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

dads home

15:38

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i cant leave

15:39

 

bee 🐝 

how ridiculously inconvenient 

15:39

bee 🐝 

okay im going for a walk i cant stand this

15:41

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

dont die

15:41

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wait

15:41

 

outgoing call to bee 🐝 …

 

call ended

duration ~ 2hrs 11mins

 

bee 🐝 

u were right they’re done

17:52

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

see i told u

17:52

 

bee 🐝 

ugh theyre cuddling

17:52

bee 🐝 

gonna vomit

17:52

bee 🐝 

brb im gonna go terrorise them

17:53

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

tell james to cancel practice tomorrow

17:53

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i miss sleep

17:53

 

bee 🐝 

he said to shoot up redbull

17:54

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

tell him hes a wank

17:54

 

bee 🐝 

‘love you too, rosier’

17:54

bee 🐝 

side rant

17:54

bee 🐝 

rosier is such a fancy ass bitch name

17:54

bee 🐝 

like wyd walking around with a name like ‘evan rosier’

17:54

bee 🐝 

its so unnecessarily snazzy

17:54

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i mean

17:55

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i didnt pick it

17:55

 

bee 🐝 

now now rosie

17:55

bee 🐝 

i didnt say it was a bad thing did i

17:55

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

true

17:55

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

cancels out the monstrosity that is bartemius crouch jr

17:55

 

bee 🐝 

fuck you

17:55

bee 🐝 

bye

17:55

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

💀💀

17:55

 

seen 17:55



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

r u done being a bitch or what

14:29

 

rosie 🥀

what

14:42

 

barty 😈

about my name

14:42

barty 

r u done being a bitch

14:42

 

rosie 🥀

barty that conversation was TWO DAYS ago

14:42

 

barty 😈

so are you done

14:43

 

rosie 🥀

😭😭 yes im done

14:43

 

barty 😈

okay good

14:43

barty 😈

so regs pissing me off

14:43

 

rosie 🥀

whats he done

14:43

 

barty 😈

hes being a SLAG

14:43

 

rosie 🥀

in what way

14:43

 

barty 😈

he stole MY TOP

14:44

barty 😈

for a date with james

14:44

 

rosie 🥀

…okay?

14:44

 

barty 😈

MY TOP EVAN

14:44

barty 😈

MINE

14:44

barty 😈

NOT HIS

14:44

barty 😈

AND U WANNA KNOW THE WORST PART?????

14:44

 

rosie 🥀

theres more?

14:45

 

barty 😈

HE TOOK IT AFTER I TOLD HIM I WAS GONNA WEAR IT OUT W PANDA LATER

14:45

 

rosie 🥀

okay two questions

14:45

rosie 🥀

first being why don’t you just take it back

14:45

rosie 🥀

and then who tf is panda

14:45

 

barty 😈

pandora dumbass

14:45

barty 😈

and i cant get it back bc he left already :(

14:45

 

rosie 🥀

class???

14:45

 

barty 😈

he didnt have any today 🙄🙄

14:45

barty 😈

little whore

14:45

 

rosie 🥀

why don’t you get a new top

14:45

rosie 🥀

a better one

14:45

rosie 🥀

shopping excuse

14:46

 

barty 😈

thats so true

14:46

barty 😈

youre so right

14:46

barty 😈

i love that idea

14:46

 

rosie 🥀

great

14:46

rosie 🥀

can i go now

14:46

 

barty 😈

no

14:46

barty 😈

do u have any classes today

14:46

 

rosie 🥀

yes im quite literally in one

14:47

 

barty 😈

wanna skip and come shopping w me?

14:47

 

rosie 🥀

i have mocks in 2 months

14:47

 

barty 😈

…sooo

14:47

barty 😈

i’ll meet u at ur gates?

14:47

 

rosie 🥀

14:47

rosie 🥀

yeah okay

14:47

 

barty 😈

yay

14:47

 

seen 14:47



 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

shakespeare 🤓

…guys evan just left????

14:52

 

cap 🫡⚽️

wdym

14:52

 

shakespeare 🤓

like

14:52

shakespeare 🤓

our lesson ended and he left??

14:52

 

cap 🫡⚽️

crazy that he left the classroom once the class ended

14:52

 

shakespeare 🤓

no stupid fuck

14:52

shakespeare 🤓

he left the school

14:52

 

marls 🎸

fym he left

14:53

 

shakespeare 🤓

i mean precisely what i said

14:53

 

dork

evans never skipped on his own before

14:53

dork 

is xeno w him?

14:53

 

xeno 🔮

no im w pete and benji

14:53

 

remus’ bitch 😎

did u see where he went moons

14:54

remus’ bitch 😎

maybe we can follow

14:54

 

shakespeare 🤓

i didnt see

14:54

 

cat food 🐀

i bet hes with barty

14:54

cat food 🐀

like without a doubt

14:54

 

cap 🫡⚽️

regs texting him hold on

14:54

 

remus’ bitch 😎

are you

14:54

remus’ bitch 😎

are you WITH MY BROTHER?????

14:54

remus’ bitch 😎

DURING SCHOOL HOURS

14:54

 

cap 🫡⚽️

he had no classes today

14:55

cap 🫡⚽️

im gonna wine and dine him pads

14:55

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i will kill you

14:55



 

demon sauce 😈👹

 

regulus 🐍

bartemius where r u

14:55

 

bartemius 🥴

shopping for a new top bc you stole mine

15:02

bartemius 🥴

like a BITCH

15:02

 

panda 🔮

so youve left me at school all on my own 💔

15:02

 

bartemius 🥴

im sorry panda 💔

15:02

 

regulus 🐍

is evan with you

15:02

 

bartemius 🥴

yeah why

15:02

 

regulus 🐍

his friends are looking for him

15:02

 

bartemius 🥴

oh

15:02

bartemius 🥴

i’ll tell him to check his phone

15:03




 

fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

cap 🫡⚽️

reg says hes with barty

15:03

cap 🫡⚽️

theyre?? shopping???

15:03

 

xeno 🔮

without me?

15:03

xeno 🔮

what a fake bitch

15:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

apologies xeno

15:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

we’re shopping for a new top

15:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

cs regulus stole the top he wanted to wear tn

15:04

 

cap 🫡⚽️

what a little bitch

15:05

cap 🫡⚽️

THAT WAS REGULSU

15:05

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

tell him hes a cunt ~barty

15:05

 

cap 🫡⚽️

whore

15:05

cap 🫡⚽️

~regulus

15:05

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

SLUT

15:05

 

cap 🫡⚽️

PUTE

15:05

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

PUTTANA

15:05

 

cap 🫡⚽️

TÊTE DE NOEUD

15:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

SFIGATO

15:06

 

cap 🫡⚽️

imbécile

15:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

faccia di culo

15:06

 

cap 🫡⚽️

okay!

15:06

cap 🫡⚽️

thats enough of that

15:06

 

marls 🎸

what a lovely friendship

15:06

 

xeno 🔮

15:06

 

dork 

what just happened

15:06

 

remus’ bitch 😎

my darling brother happened

15:06

 

lils 🙏

are we moving on from the fact that evan is skiving

15:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yes

15:06

 

shakespeare 🤓

no

15:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

rem its not that deep

15:06

 

shakespeare 🤓

you BITCH we have FUCKING CHEMISTRY NEXT AND YOU LEFT ME

15:06

shakespeare 🤓

LEFT ME TO THE SLIMEY HANDS OF FUCKING SLUGHORN

15:06

shakespeare 🤓

but no. its not that deep.

15:07

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

15:07

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wanna join us?

15:07

 

shakespeare 🤓

desperately 

15:07

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

sharing location with shakespeare 🤓

15:08

 

shakespeare 🤓

be there in 10

15:08

 

remus’ bitch 😎

what fuck

15:08




 

bee 🐝 

 

bee 🐝 

imb lirterally onsessed with yoi

22:41

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

22:46

 

bee 🐝 

ur uust si

22:46

bee 🐝 

si

22:46

bee 🐝 

do

22:46

bee 🐝 

SP

22:46

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

take your time

22:46

 

bee 🐝 

SO

22:46

bee 🐝 

jesis

22:46

bee 🐝 

omds

22:47

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i take it night outs going well?

22:47

 

bee 🐝 

helllls yeha

22:47

bee 🐝 

hey ykw reghie tokd be the other day

22:47

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

22:47

 

bee 🐝 

that jamens told hum that u saved me as ‘bee 🐝’ inur phoen

22:47

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

lies

22:47

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ur saved as ‘bane of my existence’

22:47

 

bee 🐝 

u can lie all u want rosie

22:47

bee 🐝 

reg waa tellifb the rtuth

22:48

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

sure

22:48

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

drink water before u sleep

22:48

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

like a full cup and then u wont get a hangover

22:48

 

bee 🐝 

i dont ger hagovers

22:48

bee 🐝 

immtoo good dor that

22:48

bee 🐝 

oh pandas back

22:48

bee 🐝 

bys rosieeeee

22:49

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bye barty

22:49

 

seen 22:49



 

j 🫶

 

j 🫶

did you get back okay?

01:22

 

regulus 🐍

james you watched me walk through the door

01:22

 

j 🫶

shhh im being a gentleman

01:22

 

regulus 🐍

sure

01:23

regulus 🐍

yes i got back okay

01:22

regulus 🐍

did you?

01:22

 

j 🫶

i did, thank you for asking

01:22

 

regulus 🐍

dora and bee are passed out on the sofa

01:23

 

j 🫶

awww

01:23

j 🫶

omg rosier was completely spaced out during practice yk

01:23

j 🫶

i bet he was thinking abt barty

01:23

 

regulus 🐍

disgusting

01:23

 

j 🫶

dont be mean reg

01:23

 

regulus 🐍

sigh

01:23

regulus 🐍

what do u want me to say

01:24



j 🫶

be their number 1 supporter

01:24

j 🫶

i’ll be pads and moonys no. 1

01:24

j 🫶

and u can be evan and bartys

01:24

 

regulus 🐍

i dont like barty enough for this

01:24

regulus 🐍

wdym he was spaced out

01:24

 

j 🫶

he just kept zoning out

01:25

j 🫶

like when i was briefing

01:25

j 🫶

marls kept having to whack him on the back of the head.

01:25

 

regulus 🐍

what makes u think it was about bee

01:25

 

j 🫶

bc he was fine until he got back from their little shopping date

01:25

j 🫶

the only thing that happened between practice and the last time i saw him, was him going out w barty

01:25

j 🫶

which leads me to the conclusion

01:25

j 🫶

that he was thinking abt barty

01:25

 

regulus 🐍

you are far too invested in this

01:25

regulus 🐍

give me a minute

01:25



 

bartemius 🥴

 

regulus 🐍

do with this what you will

01:25

regulus 🐍

view attachment: 2 screenshots

01:25

 

bartemius 🥴

omg 

01:26

 

bartemius 🥴 saved 2 photos to camera roll

 

seen 01:26



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

cant get me off ur mind, huh?

01:33

barty 😈

view attachment: 2 photos

01:33



 

cap 🫡⚽️

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you BITCH

01:33



 

rosie 🥀

 

rosie 🥀

what is that

01:33

 

barty 😈

you

01:33

barty 😈

being obsessed w me

01:33

 

rosie 🥀

lies and slander i never said that

01:33

 

barty 😈

u didnt have to say it

01:33

barty 😈

evidently potter is more useful than i thought

01:33

 

rosie 🥀

potters a bitch

01:34

 

barty 😈

now now rosie

01:34

barty 😈

dont be mean

01:34

 

rosie 🥀

im not being mean

01:34

rosie 🥀

im being truthful

01:34

 

barty 😈

ur not

01:34

barty 😈

i can f e e l the lies from here

01:35

 

rosie 🥀

oh would you look at the time

01:35

rosie 🥀

time for bed me thinks

01:35

rosie 🥀

bye now

01:35

 

barty 😈

ur the worst

01:35

 

seen 01:35



 

rosier 🥶

 

rosier 🥶

you BITCH

01:33

 

james 🥱

WHAT DID I DO

06:17

 

rosier 🥶

‘what did i do’

08:22

rosier 🥶

view attachment: 2 photos

08:22

rosier 🥶

bitchass

08:22

 

james 🥱

uh

08:24

james 🥱

hehe?

08:24

 

rosier 🥶

WHY WOULD YOU SAY ALL THAT TO HIS LITERAL ROOMMATE

08:24

 

james 🥱

bc reg lets me gossip to him 😔

08:24

 

rosier 🥶

IDC

08:25

rosier 🥶

U COULDVE SAID IT TO SIRIUS OR REMUS OR MARLS, LILY, DORCAS, XENO???? YOU COULDVE SAID IT TO PETE THE CHATTY LITTLE FUCK

08:25

rosier 🥶

BUT NO

08:25

rosier 🥶

YOU TOLD HIS BSF AND ROOMMATE

08:25

rosier 🥶

count ur days potter

08:25

 

james 🥱

now, evan

08:25

james 🥱

why dont we just calm down

08:25

 

rosier 🥶

are u in the common room 😀😀😀

08:26

 

james 🥱

…yes

08:26

james 🥱

why??

08:26

james 🥱

HELLO???

08:26

james 🥱

WHY???????

08:26

james 🥱

oh shit

08:26

 

seen 08:26



 

little shit 💞

 

sirius ⭐️

so uh

09:01

sirius ⭐️

james is in the hospital

09:01

 

little shit 💞

what

09:03

 

sirius ⭐️

he and evan were…um

09:03

sirius ⭐️

✨fighting✨

09:03

sirius ⭐️

and evan flipped him onto a table so hard it collapsed

09:03

sirius ⭐️

james is fine hes been cackling since he got here

09:03

sirius ⭐️

but yeah hes concussed

09:04

 

little shit 💞

what the fuck

09:04

 

sirius ⭐️

its actually quite funny now i know hes not dead

09:04

sirius ⭐️

he didnt move for a solid minute at first i almost had a heart attack

09:04

sirius ⭐️

turns out he was just shocked

09:04

sirius ⭐️

rosier does NOT care lmao

09:04

 

little shit 💞

im coming

09:04

little shit 💞

im bringing barty and dora

09:04

 

sirius ⭐️

we’re at st mary’s

09:04

 

seen 09:04

 

 

bee 🐝 

 

bee 🐝 

you BEAT HIM UP???

09:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i have no idea what ur talking about

09:06

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

besides hes fine

09:06

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hes literally teaching remus gangam style

09:06

 

bee 🐝 

you broke a fucking table rosie

09:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh like you can talk

09:07

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you broke snapes FACE when u fought w him

09:07

 

bee 🐝 

yes well he deserved that

09:07

bee 🐝 

james was simply doing gods work

09:07

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he was not

09:07

 

bee 🐝 

🙄🙄

09:08

bee 🐝 

anyways we’re almost there

09:08

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

where?

09:08

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

here?

09:08

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ur coming HERE??

09:08

 

bee 🐝 

yeah reg panicked

09:08

bee 🐝 

panda’s coming too

09:08

bee 🐝 

problem? 🤨🤨

09:08

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nope

09:09

 

bee 🐝 

mhm

09:09

bee 🐝 

sure

09:09

bee 🐝 

we’re pulling up i’ll see u guys in a sec

09:10

bee 🐝 

bye rosie

09:10

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bye barty 

09:10

 

seen 09:10

 




Barty and Pandora followed as Regulus darted through the hospital’s corridors with wicked precision. He dodged past patients, beds, wheelchairs and nurses with the grace of a ballet dancer.

 

Barty and Pandora gripped onto each others’ arms, struggling to keep up with him. 

 

James had texted Regulus to tell him that the doctors had finished running their precautionary tests, but that he had to stay for another hour for monitoring. Regulus, frantic since the moment Sirius had texted him, refused to believe that James was okay until he was able to see him with his own eyes.

 

They reached A&E in record time and Regulus stormed to the reception desk.

 

“James Potter,” He rushed out as Barty and Pandora came to stand at his side.

 

The man behind the desk looked up at him with a pace that a glacier would envy. “What?”

 

Barty snickered as Regulus gritted his teeth. “James Potter. Where is—“

 

“Reg!”

 

The trio whipped around to see Sirius waving them over. He was standing in front of a slightly opened privacy curtain, James’ unmistakable red converses peeking out from underneath.

 

Regulus shot a glare at the man behind the desk before he crossed the room to his brother.

 

“Hey, guys,” Sirius said as they got closer. “James is in here.”

 

Regulus ignored him, slipping straight behind the curtains to where his boyfriend was.

 

James was sitting cross-legged in the centre of his hospital bed, clutching his stomach as he laughed with Remus.

 

“James,” Regulus breathed, moving over to the side of the bed.

 

James’ face lit up at the sight of him and he shuffled over on the bed to make space. “Hi, Reg.”

 

Regulus sat down next to him and ran a hand through his hair, eyes darting across his face as he searched for any visible damages. When he found none, he sighed with relief before curling his hand into a fist and hitting him on the shoulder.

 

“Ow,” James frowned. “What was that for?”

 

“For being a fucking idiot,” He hissed, standing up. “What the fuck were you doing?”

 

Barty snorted, nudging Pandora’s arm excitedly. “Someone’s going home with a note.”

 

“It wasn’t me!” James defended. “Evan was on a bloody war path!”

 

Regulus’ eyes snapped up to Evan who was leaning, arms crossed against the windowsill. 

 

The older man shrugged. “I don’t regret it. Deserved.”

 

Regulus shot him a glare that Barty was certain his own father would cower from. Evan didn’t falter.

 

James rolled his eyes. “Dramatic arse.”

 

“Want me to go again?” Evan raised an eyebrow. “I will.”

 

James raised his hands in surrender. “Barty, you need to tame him.”

 

And then Evan’s eyes were on his, and Barty had never been God’s strongest soldier.

 

“Hey, Rosie,” He smiled, feeling Pandora’s hand fall from his arm. “Reg wants you to know that if you hospitalise his boyfriend again, he’ll castrate you.”

 

The corners of Evan’s eyes crinkled so slightly that Barty would’ve missed it if he hadn’t been paying such close attention.

 

“Is that right?”

 

Barty nodded, eyes falling to where Evan was tugging his tie loose, letting the material slip into his hands.

 

He smirked. “You guys still have a uniform?”

 

Evan rolled his eyes. “Fuck off.”

 

“Bee, I’m going to get snacks with Remus and Sirius,” Pandora tapped his elbow twice, handing him her bag before she slipped through the privacy curtains.

 

Barty slung the bag over his shoulder and moved until his left shoulder was leaning against the wall beside Evan. Regulus was fussing over James by the bed, so Barty had Evan’s attention all to himself.

 

“Where are the rest of you?” He asked, gesturing to the almost empty space.

 

“Still in classes. Sirius and Remus are here because they care about James,” Evan replied with a sigh. “I’m here because…well, I did this to James.”

 

Barty snorted. “And you don’t care about him?”

 

“Not at the moment.”

 

Barty shook his head fondly, admiring the way Evan’s eyes were alight with humour as he looked at his captain. He turned back to the younger man after a moment.

 

“You don’t have classes?”

 

Barty hummed, glancing down at the watch on his wrist. “Supposed to be in double chemistry right now.”

 

Evan raised an eyebrow teasingly. “Skipping? Didn’t peg you as a bad boy, Crouch.”

 

“Of course not. I’m practically buzzing to be the academic weapon my father always wanted me to be,” Barty smirked, sarcasm dripping from every word before he nodded in Regulus’ direction. “Reg panicked when Sirius texted him. I was mid-titration and he dragged me out of the lab.”

 

“Why did he panic? James was conscious the whole time.”

 

Barty shot him a deadpan look. “Rosie, you broke a table over his back.”

 

“So? I’ve seen him and Sirius do worse to each other,” Evan turned until his right shoulder was leaning against the wall, mimicking Barty’s stance. “You weren’t there when Sirius rage-quit their game of pool in the common room and broke the cue over James’ head. Or when James literally pulled out one of the pipes from under the sink so he had something to throw at Sirius.”

 

“How the fuck are you still allowed in your common room?”

 

“Beats me,” Evan shrugged, eyes flicking to the gap between the curtain as Pandora, Sirius and Remus walked back in before he looked at Barty again. “The headmistress has a soft spot for them, I think.”

 

Barty cocked his head to the side. “And you?”

 

“One week in-school suspension,” Evan shrugged. “But, she won’t tell my dad. Which is good enough for me.”

 

“I like her already,” Barty murmured, turning his head at the sound of Regulus and Sirius bickering in the corner. Evan’s presence was warm next to him, their quiet conversation oddly comforting. 

 

The whole area had a feeling that had Barty’s shoulders untensing, his breath evening out. This was strange for him—he’d always hated hospitals, having been admitted one too many times after taking a particularly rough punch from his father, and having to tell the doctors that, no, he was just a little clumsy.

 

They weren’t even in a room—a flimsy blue curtain being the only thing that separated them from the chaos of A&E—but Barty felt…at ease.

 

Evan tilted his head forward a little to catch Barty’s eye. “You okay?”

 

Barty hummed, tearing his eyes away from the brothers in the corner. “I’m good.”

 

Evan stayed quiet for a moment before pushing himself off the wall and starting towards the gap in the curtains. “Wanna get a coffee?”

 

“I’d rather get a redbull,” Barty replied, the corner of his mouth lifting.

 

“Of course you would,” Evan scoffed. “At least it’s not a monster.”

 

Barty grimaced, following Evan to the vending machine near the waiting room. “Monsters are an absolute disgrace.”

 

Evan just snorted, glancing over the snacks in the machine.

 

“That’s new,” Barty lifted a hand up to lightly graze a finger over a new tattoo just behind Evan’s ear. His dreadlocks had been tied back, so Barty had a clear view.

 

The tattoo was of a small dagger, blood dripping from the tip. The handle was extraordinarily detailed, each engraving clear for Barty to see, even with how small it was.

 

Evan let Barty touch it, tilting his head ever so slightly so he had more access. “I got it on Saturday. After the game.”

 

Barty dropped his hand and Evan turned his head to look at him. “Sorry I couldn’t go this week. I’ll try harder not to get detention next time.”

 

The older man dropped his head to hide his laughter, a few loose dreads falling over his face. “Sure. I’d appreciate that.” He looked up and cocked his head toward the vending machine. “Want anything? It’s on me.”

 

Barty smirked. “Gourmet. I’m into it,” He pursed his lips as he scanned over the snacks. “You know what? Surprise me.”

 

“Oh, great,” Evan pulled out his phone and tapped a few numbers into the screen on the machine. “I’m going to wine and dine you, Crouch, just wait.”

 

“I’m on the edge of my seat, Rosie.”

 

A minute later, Evan turned around to face Barty, spreading out a few packets of sour patch kids like a stack of cash.

 

“I’m about to blow your mind,” He winked, chucking him one of the packets.

 

Barty smirked, his right eyebrow raising. “I wish you would.”



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

water flavour is its temperature

00:03

 

rosie 🥀

what the fuck

00:04

 

barty 😈

sorry i needed to tell someone

00:04

 

rosie 🥀

what the fuck

00:04

rosie 🥀

actually what the fuck

00:04

rosie 🥀

why does this make sense

00:04

rosie 🥀

barty

00:04

rosie 🥀

oh my god

00:04

 

seen 00:04

Notes:

bit of a shorter chapter than usual (and rushed), but i wanted to get sm out for u guys :)
i probably wont update again until after exams (end of june ish), so i hope u enjoy this chapter

anyways im literally so tired so im going to sleep now byeeeeeeee <333

Chapter 7: chapter six

Notes:

OKAY I KNOW I SAID I WOULDNT UPDATE FOR A WHILE BC OF EXAMS BUT REVISION IS SO BORING AND I JUST MISSED THEM SO MUCH I HAD TO KEEP WRITING
more notes at the bottom

enjoy mwah mwah

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

friday 1st december

 

bee 🐝 

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i have a question

19:22

 

bee 🐝 

go on

20:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

why tf that take u so long to respond

20:04

 

bee 🐝 

i was busy 🙄🙄

20:04

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

doing what

20:04

 

bee 🐝 

jealous, rosier?

20:04

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

keep dreaming, crouch

20:04

 

bee 🐝 

what was ur question

20:04

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

right yes

20:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well my school hosts a new years party for y13s every year

20:04

evans 😶‍🌫️🍃

no teachers or anything, honestly the schools just the venue

20:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

its this whole big thing and everyone looks forward to it

20:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ive gotta buy tickets soon

20:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

anyway i was wondering if u wanna go with me

20:05

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty???

20:11

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hellloooo

20:16

 

bee 🐝 

hello its regulus

20:16

bee 🐝 

barty is broken

20:16

bee 🐝 

you broke him

20:16

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

uh

20:17

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

20:17

 

bee 🐝 

well

20:17

bee 🐝 

hes just

20:17

bee 🐝 

sitting there???

20:17

bee 🐝 

literally just staring at the wall

20:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

right

20:17

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

idk what that means

20:18

 

bee 🐝 

it means you broke him

20:18

bee 🐝 

now im going to drag james off the sofa to come and fix him

20:18

bee 🐝 

bye evan

20:18

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

?? bye regulus

20:18



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

cap 🫡⚽️

rosier broke barty

20:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh fuck you

20:23

 

marls 🎸

what did he do??

20:25

 

lils 🙏

did he kiss him

20:25

 

dork 

did they fuck

20:25

 

xeno 🔮

did he smile again

20:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

???

20:25

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what the fuck??

20:25

 

shakespeare 🤓

these are all valid questions tbf

20:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i fucking hate it here

20:26

 

marls 🎸

yeah yeah wtv

20:26

marls 🎸

potter what did he do

20:26

 

cap 🫡⚽️

he asked him to the new years party

20:27

cap 🫡⚽️

barty hasnt moved since

20:27

 

xeno 🔮

damn thats negative aura

20:27 

 

cap 🫡⚽️

i only just abt convinced reg that slapping him would not help the situation

20:27

cap 🫡⚽️

oh nvm he just slapped him

20:27

 

marls 🎸

big up baby black

20:27



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

YES

20:27

barty 😈

YES I’LL GO

20:27

barty 😈

also

20:27

barty 😈

regulus arcturus black is a compulsive liar. anything he says should not be taken seriously at the risk of capital punishment.

20:28

 

rosie 🥀

20:28

rosie 🥀

okay

20:28

rosie 🥀

so you’ll go with me?

20:28

 

barty 😈

kind of disappointed you asked

20:28

barty 😈

i would’ve appreciated being kidnapped and taken there against my will

20:28

barty 😈

but yes i’ll go with you

20:28

 

rosie 🥀

uh

20:28

rosie 🥀

i take it back

20:28

 

barty 😈

you cant

20:28

barty 😈

the written contract is binding in the United Kingdom

20:28

 

rosie 🥀

💀

20:29

 

seen 20:29



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪



remus’ bitch 😎

so did he say yes or what

22:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he did

22:33

 

marls 🎸

damnnn evan rizzier

22:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

evan WHAT

22:33

 

xeno 🔮

sigh i remember when barty was just the annoying guy that kept texting you

22:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he is

22:34

 

lils 🙏

yeah but now you looooove him

22:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i do NOT

22:34

 

mcdonalds 🍟

do u think hes preeetty

22:34

 

dork 

do you wanna kiss him

22:34

 

marls 🎸

thats gay

22:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wtf

22:34

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

homophobia????

22:34

 

shakespeare 🤓

fym

22:35

shakespeare 🤓

they saw gay

22:35

shakespeare 🤓

so they said gay

22:35

 

cat food 🐀

thats not homophobia its an astute observation 

22:35



 

bee 🐝

 

bee 🐝 

wanna get drunk

22:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

???

22:34

 

bee 🐝 

james n reg are pulling out the alcohol but i dont fancy getting drunk w just them

22:35

bee 🐝 

theyre even more shameless than usual when theyre drunk

22:35

bee 🐝 

pandas in scotland for some reason

22:35

bee 🐝 

wanna come over?

22:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

give me 5

22:35

 

bee 🐝 

shared their location with you

22:35

 

seen 22:35



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

remus’ bitch 😎

where tf did he go 

22:37

 

cat food 🐀

we probably pissed him off too much 💀

22:37

 

cap 🫡⚽️

nah barty invited him round

22:37

cap 🫡⚽️

we’re having drinks n shi

22:37

 

remus’ bitch 😎

WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS WITH MY BABY BROTHER

22:37

remus’ bitch 😎

DO YOU HATE ME???

22:37

remus’ bitch 😎

IS THAT IT

22:37

 

cap 🫡⚽️

james cant come to the phone right now

22:38

cap 🫡⚽️

hes too busy sticking his tongue down my throat xx

22:38

cap 🫡⚽️

-regulus

22:38

 

remus’ bitch 😎

😟😟😟😟

22:38

 

 

rosie 🥀

 

rosie 🥀

hey ur asleep rn and i dont wanna wake u up

02:19

rosie 🥀 

i need to leave so i can get back before my dad notices

02:19

rosie 🥀

i’ll see you later barty

02:19

rosie 🥀

goodnight

02:19



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

regulus 🐍

dora when are u coming back

10:13

 

panda 🔮

tomorrow i think

10:17

 

bartemius 🥴

you think???

10:17

bartemius 🥴

panda we’re dying without u 🙏

10:17

 

panda 🔮

im entirely unsurprised

10:17

panda 🔮 

burned down your flat yet?

10:18

 

regulus 🐍

no but we have new scorch marks on the kitchen ceiling

10:18

 

bartemius 🥴

I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE

10:18

 

panda 🔮

what did u do 😭

10:18

 

regulus 🐍

he tried to cook for evan and james

10:18

 

panda 🔮

U GUYS HAD EVAN OVER??

10:18

 

bartemius 🥴

MAYBE 😋😋

10:18

 

panda 🔮

OMG

10:18

panda 🔮

WHAT HAPPENED

10:18

 

bartemius 🥴

WE ALL GOT DRUNK

10:18

bartemius 🥴

view attachment: 1 screenshot

10:18

bartemius 🥴

and hes a gentleman

10:18

 

panda 🔮

awwwwwwww

10:18

panda 🔮

i like him

10:18



rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

ur so cute rosie

10:18

barty 😈

“i dont wanna wake u up”

10:18

barty 😈

marry me

10:18

 

rosie 🥀

erm

10:19

rosie 🥀

ykw hell yeah

10:19

 

barty 😈

:0

10:19

barty 😈

WE’RE ENGAGED NOW NO TAKE BACKS

10:19

 

rosie 🥀

oh god

10:19

 

seen 10:19



 

elder  

 

barty 😈

view attachment: 1 screenshot

10:19

barty 😈

send this to ur gc

10:19

 

elder 

🫡🫡

10:19

 

seen 10:19



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

sirius ⭐️

view attachment: 2 screenshots

10:20

sirius ⭐️

barty’s orders

10:20

 

MARLY 🌝

HAHAHAHAHAH

10:20

 

lilypad 🪷

HES ENGAGED!!

10:20

 

marbear 🐻

they grow up so fast 😪

10:20

 

MARLY 🌝

‘rosie 🥀’ good fucking GOD

10:20

 

ev 💪

oh FUCK you

10:20

 

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

i mean

10:21

the daddiest daddy to ever daddy

its not like we didnt already know

10:21

 

wormy 🐀

admit it rosier youve been married to him since the very first day you met

10:21

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

i call bullshit

10:21

 

ev 💪

thank you remus

10:21

 

light of my life ❤️❤️

theyve been married since the first time barty texted him

10:21

 

ev 💪

fuck you remus

10:22

 

MARLY 🌝

seriously, how long did it take before you caved to letting him call you ‘rosie’

10:22

 

ev 💪

10:22

 

lilypad 🪷

go on

10:22

 

ev 💪

… it was the very first thing he called me at james’ party

10:22

ev 💪

i didnt even try to stop him

10:22

 

MARLY 🌝

omg im wheezing

10:22

 

WITCH 🫵🫵

damn evan ur down BAD

10:22

 

ev 💪

whose side are you on xeno

10:22

 

cas(siopeia)

clearly not urs 💀

10:22

 

‘ev 💪 ’ left the fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

cas(siopeia) added ‘ev 💪 ’ to fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

ev 💪

FUCK OFF DORCAS LET ME LIVE

10:23

 

cas(siopeia)

no ❤️

10:23



 

bee 🐝 

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

SHIT STIRRER

10:23

 

bee 🐝 

new phone who dis

10:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty.

10:23

 

bee 🐝 

evan.

10:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i will kill you

10:23

 

bee 🐝 

shi you’d kill ur own husband?

10:23

bee 🐝 

thats cold

10:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

my phone is about to vibrate itself into the afterlife

10:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you have created MONSTERS

10:24

 

bee 🐝 

so whos gonna be ur best man

10:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

jesus christ

10:24

 

bee 🐝 

damn good luck trynna get in contact w him

10:24

bee 🐝 

i heard hes been pretty m.i.a recently

10:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i hate you

10:24

 

bee 🐝 

see if that were true, you wouldn’t have said yes

10:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ur RUINING my reputation

10:25

 

bee 🐝 

ah, yes the nonchalant dread head

10:25

bee 🐝 

dont worry rosie, your reputation is very much in tact

10:25

bee 🐝 

ive been previously referred to as a complete and utter lunatic

10:25

bee 🐝 

i’d imagine next to me, you look pretty tame

10:25

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

omds

10:25

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im leaving

10:25

 

bee 🐝 

bye rosie :D

10:25

 

seen 10:25



 

monday 4th december

 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

james 🥱

EVANS NOT AT PRACTICE

20:12

james 🥱

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE HE IS

20:12

 

rosier 🥶

i do

20:12

rosier 🥶

hes in the shower rn :)

20:13

 

marly 🤭

now what the fuck

20:13

 

wormy 🐀

why tf r u texting in third person 💀

20:13

wormy 🐀

to tell us ur in the shower no less

20:13

 

rosier 🥶

this is barty

20:13

rosier 🥶

evan is in the shower rn

20:13

 

pads 💞💖

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

20:13

 

marbear 🐻

WHAT ‼️‼️

20:13

 

james 🥱

alr i’ll be mad at him for missing practice later

20:13

james 🥱

have fun

20:14

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

what in the genuine fuckery is going on here

20:14

 

rosier 🥶

he has funny names for u guys

20:14 

rosier 🥶

“remus’ bitch 😎”

20:14

rosier 🥶

im assuming thats you, sirius

20:14

 

cascas 🥸

HAHAHAHAHAH

20:14

 

pads 💞💖

wtf

20:14

 

marbear 🐻

barty what do you MEAN

20:14

 

rosier 🥶

what

20:14

 

lils 🤗

WHY IS HE IN UR SHOWER

20:14

 

rosier 🥶

hes not

20:14

rosier 🥶

im at his

20:15

 

moony 🌚

what upside down world are we living in

20:15

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

YOURE TELLING ME

20:15

witch man 🧝‍♂️

EVAB—OUR EVAN—HAS ELT YOU IN HIS HISUE???

20:15

 

rosier 🥶

…yeah?

20:15

rosier 🥶

god forbid a man hangs out w his fiance

20:15

rosier 🥶

wait hes coming back

20:15

rosier 🥶

bye ladies

20:15

 

rosier 🥶

not a word from any of you.

20:26

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

what in the kentucky fried fuck

20:29



 

bee 🐝 

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

did u get back alr?

22:12

 

bee 🐝 

i did ty rosie :)

22:12

bee 🐝 

james isnt here for once so reggie is sulking

22:12

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

james is gonna kill me for skipping practice

22:12

 

bee 🐝 

are u saying u didnt have fun w me?

22:13

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nuh uh dont twist my words, bats

22:13



 

demon sauce 👹😈



barty 😈

view attachment: 1 screenshot

22:13

barty 😈

BATS

22:13

 

 

bee 🐝 

 

bee 🐝 

bats?

22:13

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yeah

22:13

 

bee 🐝 

rizz

22:13

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bats or bee?

22:13

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

preference?

22:13

 

bee 🐝 

well no ones ever called me bats before

22:13

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bats it is

22:13

 

are you sure you want to change ‘bee 🐝 ‘s’ contact to ‘bats 🦇 ’?

yes             no



bats 🦇 

😋

22:14

bats 🦇 

do u like ur new tattoo?

22:14

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yeah

22:14

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hurts like a bitch whenever i move my arm tho

22:14

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hows urs??

22:14

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ribcage was BRAVE

22:14

 

bats 🦇 

are you saying you DIDNT enjoy staring at my bare chest for 3 hrs?

22:14

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well i didnt say that

22:14

 

bats 🦇 

knew it

22:14

bats 🦇 

ur obsessed w me

22:14

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i didnt say that either

22:14

 

bats 🦇 

🙄🙄

22:14

bats 🦇 

i hear no denial

22:14

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

goodnight barty

22:14

 

bats 🦇 

at 10pm? u cant fool me

22:14

 

bats 🦇 

okay fuck you goodnight

22:20

 

seen 22:25



 

panda 🐼 

 

panda 🐼 

BEEEEEEEEE

08:09

 

barty 😈

PANDAAAAAAAA

08:11

 

panda 🐼 

i got a date

08:11

panda 🐼 

toDAY

08:11

panda 🐼 

what do i wear

08:11

 

barty 😈

dora you’re the one that helps us w our fits

08:11

barty 😈

im not good at outfits

08:11

 

panda 🐼 

redemption, crouch

08:11

panda 🐼 

that outfit u pulled together for evan’s game ATE down

08:11

panda 🐼 

do that again

08:12

 

barty 😈

ur burgundy mesh off the shoulder w ur grey baggy jeans

08:12

barty 😈

also docs

08:12

 

panda 🐼 

i love you

08:12

 

barty 😈

i know

08:12

barty 😈

whos the date with??

08:12

barty 😈

xeno???

08:12

 

panda 🐼 

noo he hasnt made any moves

08:12

panda 🐼 

its with emmeline

08:12 

panda 🐼 

from english

08:12

 

barty 😈

oh shit shes cool

08:13

 

panda 🐼 

ikr

08:13

panda 🐼 

i’ll lyk how it goes

08:13

 

you reacted ‘ ❤️ ’ to panda 🐼’s message

 

barty 😈

r u in today?

08:13

 

panda 🐼 

nope

08:13

panda 🐼 

reg isnt either

08:13

panda 🐼 

have fun xxx

08:13

 

barty 😈

you SUCK

08:13

 

panda 🐼 reacted ‘ 😘’ to your message

 

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rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

do u have any classes today

10:22

 

rosie 🥀

no thank FUCK

10:22

 

barty 😈

do u feel like whisking me away?

10:22

barty 😈

reg and panda arent in and im BORED

10:22

 

rosie 🥀

u want me to pick u up?

10:22

rosie 🥀

when?

10:22 

 

barty 😈

now would be lovely

10:23

 

rosie 🥀

omw 

10:23

 

barty 😈

my knight in shining armour 😍😍

10:23

 

seen 10:23



 

“You have no idea how much I love you,” Barty breathed out as he approached Evan at his school gates. 

 

He was leaning against the black iron gates, looking effortlessly stunning under the cold December sun. He was bent over his phone, one hand tucked into his jacket pocket.

 

Evan slipped his phone away as Barty walked closer, letting the corner of his mouth lift up in a smirk. “I know.”

 

They fell into step beside each other, Barty hooking his pinky finger around the leather band that Evan always had strapped around his right wrist.

 

“So, where are you taking me?”

 

Evan quirked an eyebrow. “Huh?”

 

Barty smirked, halting his movements and tightening his grip around Evan’s bracelet so he stopped too, the two of them standing together a few paces from the school.

 

“You’re taking me on a date, Rosie,” Barty’s tone was suggestive, humour evident on his face. “This is a date. You don’t plan your dates?”

 

“A date, huh?” Evan cocked his head to the side. “Well, I better take you away then.”

 

He nodded across the road, pulling Barty’s attention away from him and to the black BMW parked opposite them.

 

Barty gaped. “ That’s your car?”

 

“My dad’s,” Evan corrected with a shrug, tugging Barty across the road to the car. “But he doesn’t drive it, so I took it.”

 

“You stole your dad’s car,” Barty deadpanned, raising an eyebrow in Evan’s direction.

 

“Not technically,” He defended, pulling the key from his jacket. “That man refuses to drive in anything less than his ridiculous Cadillac limo with a chauffeur. Poor thing was going to waste, I saved it.”

 

“So, you’re rich.”

 

Evan shook his head. “My dad’s rich.”

 

“So? He’s gotta die someday,” Barty shrugged, turning back to the car. “Pandora would lose her shit over this. She loves cars.”

 

“We’ll have to take her somewhere, then,” Evan leaned forward and opened the passenger side door, resting his forearms on the top as he stared at Barty. “You said she has a date later?”

 

“Yeah, with a girl from her english class.”

 

“Double date if it goes well then, huh?” Evan winked, gently shoving Barty’s chest backwards to guide him into the car. He slammed the door shut and walked around to the driver’s side.

 

When he climbed in, he dropped his phone into the cup holder in the centre console. It buzzed once, twice, three times as he pulled onto the road.

 

“Check that, will you?” Evan asked, leaning forward in his seat as he approached a junction.

 

Barty picked up the phone and clicked on one of the notifications.



 

cap 🫡⚽️

XENO

10:31

cap 🫡⚽️

U DUMB FUCK

10:31

 

xeno 🔮

?????

10:31

 

cap 🫡⚽️

REG SAYS PANDORA HAS A DATE TN

10:31

cap 🫡⚽️

AND ITS NOT U???

10:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh yeah its a girl from her english class

10:31

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

emmeline

10:31

 

remus’ bitch 😎

why tf do u know that

10:31

 

shakespeare 🤓

its barty again

10:31

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

it is

10:32

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

evans driving

10:32

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

wait james are u with reggie rn

10:32

 

cap 🫡⚽️

yup

10:32

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

pass him the phone?

10:32

 

cap 🫡⚽️

what

10:32

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

FUCK you

10:32

 

cap 🫡⚽️

fuck you too

10:32

cap 🫡⚽️

why

10:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you and panda both ditched me today

10:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

she has no classes, so its fine

10:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

YOU on the other hand

10:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

are simply a cunt

10:33

 

cap 🫡⚽️

oh pls u can last one day without us

10:33

cap 🫡⚽️

request for you to stop being a bitch

10:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

request denied

10:33

 

marls 🎸

oop

10:33

 

cap 🫡⚽️

well the fact that im not in has led you to be able to spend time with evan

10:33

cap 🫡⚽️

fact

10:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

true but ur still a bitch

10:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fact

10:33

 

cap 🫡⚽️

i’d love to continue arguing with you but i’d much rather have james on his knees rn

10:33

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

girl

10:34

 

remus’ bitch 😎

UM??????

10:34

remus’ bitch 😎

WTF

10:34

 

cap 🫡⚽️

sorry sirius i forgot u were here

10:34

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i hate you

10:34

 

cap 🫡⚽️

and i you

10:34

cap 🫡⚽️

bye

10:34



 

“Regulus is such a bitch,” Barty huffed, dropping the phone into the cup holder and leaning back in his seat.

 

Evan let out a snort, sliding one hand off the wheel and onto his gear stick. “What’s he done?”

 

“He just didn’t come in today, even though he has lessons,” Barty turned in his chair, bending his right leg onto the leather and pressing his back to the door so he could look at Evan. “I mean, Dora had every right to not be in. If I had no classes, I’d skip too. Reggie just sucks.”

 

“You don’t have anyone else to hang out with?”

 

“I don’t like anyone else,” Barty dropped his head back onto the window. “I have plenty of people that I know through Pandora, but I don’t like any of them. They’re all a bunch of arse-kissing, artificial dickwads .”

 

Evan cast him an amused glance before refocusing on the road. “Is there really no one in any of your classes that you like?”

 

“Regulus is in all of my classes! I don’t need to like anyone else.”

 

“Clearly you do.”

 

“I don’t want to,” Barty pushed a petulant pout onto his face, watching the scenery shoot by behind Evan’s head. 

 

“Sure,” The older man chuckled, low and teasing. “That makes sense.”

 

“You know what would be good?” Barty spoke up after a long moment of silence. “If you went to my college.”

 

“I’d leave by the end of the year. You’d still have to do next year on your own.”

 

Barty shook his head, leaning forward. “Nope. You’d take me to uni with you. Pack me in your suitcase or something.”

 

Another snort. “Would I?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“I—“ Evan hesitated, glancing quickly at Barty again. “I don’t even know if I want to go to uni.”

 

“No?” Barty tilted his head in question, eyes trained on the side of Evan’s face.

 

“I just—that’s my dad’s thing, you know? He wants me to go to St Andrews or something equally as obnoxious, and take Business, but I’m not really interested in all of that,” He waved a hand lazily between them. “I don’t know what I want to do.”

 

“You could take a gap year?” Barty suggested. “It’s not like there’s any sort of rush. Besides, you’re almost eighteen, you can walk away from your dad and never look back.”

 

“Yeah,” Evan sighed. “It just feels weird not knowing what I want. I mean, all the others know where they want to go next.”

 

“Isn’t Marlene taking a gap year?”

 

“Yeah,” He raised an eyebrow. “How did you know that?”

 

“She sent me her number a while ago,” Barty shrugged. “A little after Potter’s party. I’m teaching her Italian.”

 

“Oh, yeah? How come you never teach me Italian?”

 

Barty raised an eyebrow, the corners of his lips quirking upwards. “You never asked.”

 

“Well, I’m asking now,” Evan smiled, turning into a parking complex. “Tell me something.”

 

Barty pursed his lips, thinking of something to say. He let his eyes track Evan’s side profile. The way the sun behind him cast a golden outline along his nose and jaw, almost like he was glowing. His dreadlocks were shorter than when Barty had last seen him, and his teeth gnawed gently at his vertical labret.

 

Barty hummed, lifted his gaze back up to his eyes. “Mi piaci davvero tanto.”

 

Evan pulled into a parking space a few levels above the ground floor and turned in his chair to face Barty. “What’s that mean?”

 

“Guess,” Barty cocked his head to the side.

 

Evan was quiet for a minute, giving Barty enough time to admire the thoughtful look on his face. A piece of his hair flickered gently every time he blinked, getting slightly caught on his eyelashes.

 

He sighed eventually, shrugging his shoulders. “I’m not sure.”

 

“Then I guess we’ll never know,” Barty smiled, smug, before looking around the parking complex. “Where are we?”

 

“One of my cousins owns a restaurant around here. I thought I’d take you there,” Evan gestured vaguely behind himself, unbuckling his seatbelt with his free hand and then leaning forward to do the same for Barty. “Y’know. For our date.”

 

Barty looked down at where Evan’s hand had slipped from the belt buckle to his bent knee, cool rings meeting his skin through the rips in his jeans.

 

“Impress me, Rosier.”





fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

guys barty makes me want to kms

16:21

 

cap 🫡⚽️

ones partner generally shouldnt make one feel like that

16:22

 

shakespeare 🤓

weeeeell

16:22

 

remus’ bitch 😎

what the fuck

16:22

 

cap 🫡⚽️

wait before u guys start arguing

16:22

cap 🫡⚽️

evan what happened

16:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

we went on a DATE

16:22

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

IDEK IF HE WAS JOKING OR NOT HE JUST SAID IT WAS A DATE

16:22

 

marls 🎸

rizz

16:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

shut the FUCK up im literally going to tweak

16:22

 

cap 🫡⚽️

why are you tweaking

16:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i LIKE him

16:22

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

WHAT THE FUCK

16:22

 

remus’ bitch 😎

uhhh

16:23

 

xeno 🔮

we thought u knew that already

16:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fuck u i just thought he was hot

16:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

but then all of a sudden

16:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i liked him

16:23

 

dork

my girl we been knew

16:23

 

marls 🎸

bitch even BARTY knows

16:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

how tf does he know

16:23

 

remus’ bitch 😎

mf fym

16:23

remus’ bitch 😎

EVERYONE knows

16:23

 

shakespeare 🤓

i fear you’ve liked him from the very moment he called you rosie

16:23

 

lils 🙏

real bc why tf are YOU of all people calling him ‘bats’

16:23

 

dork

face it ev

16:23

dork 

u couldnt be nonchalant about him if you tried

16:23

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i hate you all

16:23

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i need damage control

16:23

 

xeno 🔮

i have an idea 🙋

16:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

16:24

 

xeno 🔮

fuck him

16:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

kill urself

16:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i need an exorcism or something

16:24

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

or a long year in solitude in like a cave or some shit idk

16:24

 

marls 🎸

well u arent half dramatic are you

16:24

 

dork 

evan just

16:24

dork

chill

16:24

dork 

its not the end of the world

16:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

it is

16:24

 

dork 

jesus

16:24

dork 

go take a nap or sm

16:24

dork

that can be ur solitude

16:24

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

:(((

16:24



 

bats 🦇 



bats 🦇 

AND IT WAS COLD

02:56

bats 🦇 

AND IT RAINED

02:56

bats 🦇 

SO I FELT LIKE AN ACTOR

02:56

bats 🦇 

AND I THOUGHT OF MA

02:56

bats 🦇 

AND I WANTED TO GET BACK THERE

02:56

bats 🦇 

UR FACE UR RACE THE WAY THAT U TALK

02:56

bats 🦇 

I KISS U UR BEAUTIFUL

02:57

bats 🦇 

I WANT U TO WALK

02:57

bats 🦇 

WE’VE GOT FIIIIVE YEARS

02:57

bats 🦇 

STUCK ON MY EYES 

02:57

bats 🦇 

WE’VE GOT FIIIIIIVE YEARS

02:57

bats 🦇 

WHAT A SURPRISE

02:57

bats 🦇 

WE’VE GOT FIIIIIVE YEARS

02:57

bats 🦇 

MY BRAIN HURTS A LOT

02:57

bats 🦇 

WE’VE GOT FIIIIVE YEARS

02:57

bats 🦇 

THATS ALL WE’VE GOT

02:57

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what

09:45

 

bats 🦇 

my lord and saviour david bowie

09:59

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

remus would be so proud rn

10:00

 

bats 🦇 

who do u think got me into it

10:00

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

touché 

10:00

 

bats 🦇 

ur acting extra nonchalant today

10:00

bats 🦇 

whats on ur mind

10:00

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nothing

10:00

 

bats 🦇 

liar

10:00

bats 🦇 

i bet ur thinking abt me

10:00

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh hes humble

10:00

 

bats 🦇 

only for you rosie

10:00

bats 🦇 

seriously whats up

10:00

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nothing im chill

10:01

 

bats 🦇 

🙄🙄

10:01

bats 🦇 

such man behaviour

10:01

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

arent you literally a man

10:01

 

bats 🦇 

physically? yes

10:01

bats 🦇 

spiritually? honestly who fucking knows

10:01

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fair enough

10:01

 

bats 🦇 

okay ur being boring now

10:01

bats 🦇 

text me ur done brooding

10:01

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

🤨🤨

10:01

 

seen 10:01



 

cap 🫡⚽️

 

cap 🫡⚽️

mf where r u

17:22

cap 🫡⚽️

i can only cover for you once mate

17:22

cap 🫡⚽️

coach WILL kill you

17:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

chill im literally omw

17:22

 

cap 🫡⚽️

why are you late????

17:22

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

just dad stuff

17:22

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

its fine i’ll be there in 5

17:22

 

cap 🫡⚽️ reacted ‘❤️’ to your message

 

seen 17:22

 

 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

are you free?

23:46

 

rosie 🥀

yeah why

23:46

 

outgoing call to rosie 🥀 …




“Hey,” Evan’s tired voice broke through Barty’s speaker.

 

“Hi,” Barty breathed out, shuffling in his bed until he was facing the ceiling, his phone lying next to him on the pillow.

 

“You okay?” The older man asked. There was a slight roughness to his voice, a little muffled as though he wasn’t near the phone.

 

Barty hummed, letting his eyes fall closed. “Couldn’t sleep again.”

 

A low laugh sounded by his ear, as though Evan was right next to him. His voice sounded clearer the next time he spoke.

 

“Sounds like it’s becoming a regular thing,” He muttered thoughtfully. “Maybe you should go to a sleep clinic.”

 

“Fuck off,” Barty snorted. “I’m not going to a sleep clinic.”

 

“Well, what do you expect me to do?”

 

Barty hesitated for a moment, quickly weighing out the pros and cons of what he was about to say. He bit the inside of his cheek before letting out a harsh breath and turning his head slightly to the phone.

 

“Bats?”

 

“Can you just talk?” He asked finally, ignoring the way the nickname had his stomach turning.

 

Evan was quiet for a beat. “Talk?”

 

“Yeah. I like your voice,” Barty explained, entirely unashamed. “It—it wraps around my brain.”

 

Another moment of silence passed. “It what?”

 

“It wraps around my brain,” He shrugged as though it was obvious, despite the fact that Evan couldn’t see him. “Comforting or something.”

 

“Are you for real?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Okay, uh,” Evan shuffled around for a minute before the call fell quiet again. “Well, Marlene almost beat up a year seven today because they were walking too slow. I wish I was kidding—I actually had to hold her back.”

 

Barty snorted, but let Evan continue.

 

“Lily crashed out because her History teacher finally marked her coursework, even though she handed it in like a month ago. He wants her to change most of it, but the deadline is next week. James and Sirius almost set the pool on fire—“

 

“What?” Barty interrupted, opening his eyes.

 

“What?”

 

“How the fuck do you set a pool on fire?”

 

“Toaster.”

 

“I’m… I’m actually a little offended that I didn’t think of that first.”

 

“Of course you are,” Evan commented, and Barty could practically hear his smirk through the phone. “Do you—uh, am I supposed to talk about something specific?”

 

“Talk about whatever you want, Rosie,” Barty replied, turning until his cheek was squished into the pillow that his phone rested on. 

 

Evan hummed. “My English Lit teacher recommended Wuthering Heights to us the other day. I can confidently say that I’m thirty-five pages in and it’s the worst book I’ve ever read in my life.”

 

Barty smiled to himself, his eyes closing again. “Why’s that?”

 

“It’s so fucking boring, Bats, honestly ,” He huffed. “I mean, I’ve read other shit from that time period and I’ve actually enjoyed it. Wuthering Heights? Hate it.”

 

Barty let out a quiet laugh. “You’re such a little nerd.”

 

Little? ” Evan repeated. “Okay, shortass.”

 

“Fuck you, just keep talking.”

 

Barty settled further into his pillow as Evan continued to ramble about his day. As weird as it sounded, Evan’s voice felt like Barty was dipping his brain in a bucket of ice water after a long day. It was refreshing—relaxing even.

 

It wasn’t long until he had drifted off to sleep, Evan ranting about a particularly annoying squirrel that had taken residence under the tree he and Xeno liked to hide under when their friends were being unbearable.

 

It wasn’t the first time Barty had fallen asleep on call to Evan. It was, however, the first time he’d woken up a full eight hours later to find that Evan hadn’t hung up.



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

someone give me a lobotomy

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i should no longer be in charge of my own actions

08:03

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i volunteer

08:03

 

shakespeare 🤓

no he doesnt

08:03

 

remus’ bitch 😎

😒😒

08:03

 

dork

what did u do ev

08:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

barty called last night

08:03

 

mcdonalds 🍟

booty call

08:03

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

gtfo

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

anyway he said he couldnt sleep

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and usually when he cant sleep he’ll just spam text

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

so i was like what am i supposed to do

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and he deadass

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

‘just talk’

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

so i asked why

08:03

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and he goes

08:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

‘i like your voice it wraps around my brain’

08:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

mf what does that even MEAN

08:04

 

remus’ bitch 😎

you kind of text like him now

08:04

remus’ bitch 😎

sorry continue 

08:04

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

so anyway i talked

08:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and after a bit he fell asleep

08:04

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

usually when he falls asleep on calls i just end it and go about my day

08:04

 

marls 🎸

its happened before awwww

08:04

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

but this time i didnt end it

08:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bc what if he woke up in the middle of the night again and couldnt fall back asleep

08:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

????!!!!!

08:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

HELLO THATS NOT ME

08:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

WHEN HAVE I EVER

08:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

1) THOUGHT AHEAD

08:05

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

OR 2) GIVEN A SHIT?????

08:05

 

cap 🫡⚽️

fucking hell

08:05

 

mcdonalds 🍟

chat hes too far gone

08:05

 

lils 🙏

youve gone soft evan

08:06

 

marls 🎸

fr who are you

08:06

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i asked for a lobotomy not for you to point out the fucking obvious

08:06

 

remus’ bitch 😎

someones salty

08:06

 

marls 🎸

just tell him ur in love w him already smh

08:06

marls 🎸

then you can be as aware of his feelings as you want without having an existential crisis

08:06

 

remus’ bitch 😎

eg

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎

reggie was a spiteful little bitch pre james

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎

but the other day he actually made me take him to get SOUP bc james had a sore throat and he “didn’t want him to catch a chill”

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎

you wouldnt have to obviously pay attention to his feelings

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎

god knows ur too emotionally vacant

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎

but reggies an observer

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎

if he notices something wrong he will wordlessly fix it

08:07

remus’ bitch 😎 

that could be you

08:07

 

cap 🫡⚽️

do you fucking stalk us or sm

08:08

 

remus’ bitch 😎

my best friend is dating my little brother

08:08

remus’ bitch 😎

its my JOB to make sure everything is running smoothly

08:08  

 

cap 🫡⚽️

i knew you secretly approved

08:08

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i dont

08:08

 

dork

evan lowkey just go up to barty and kiss him

08:08

dork

heaven knows he would be MORE than happy to be there

08:09

 

lils 🙏

real

08:09

lils 🙏

get it over with already we’re TIRED

08:09

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

??? ive liked him for like two days

08:09

 

shakespeare 🤓

if i have to say ts ONE MORE TIME im going to tweak

08:10

shakespeare 🤓

you have liked him since september

08:10

shakespeare 🤓

step UP rosier

08:10

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and if i have to say THIS one more time, i will tweak

08:10

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i am not talking advice from someone who took SEVEN YEARS to realise his feelings were requited

08:10

 

marls 🎸

clocked

08:10

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

you too mckinnon

08:10

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

enemies to lovers ahh relationship

08:10

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

mf out there in y7 like ‘shes such a bitch i hate her so much’

08:10

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

switched up so fast i got whiplash damn

08:10

 

xeno 🔮

💀💀💀

08:11

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

xeno sit DOWN

08:11

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

had thousands of crushes but have been bitchless your whole life

08:11

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

SHES INTO YOU ASK HER OUT

08:11

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i mean shit it took me a minute to figure out i liked him but at least i asked him to new years

08:11

 

mcdonalds 🍟

jesus christ

08:11

mcdonalds 🍟

ive just witnessed a serial murder fr

08:11

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

cant say shit about u mcdonald

08:11

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

ur too aware for any of us

08:11

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

on another level of being fr

08:12

 

cap 🫡⚽️

this is like the most words evan has spoken ever

08:12

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

potter do NOT get me started

08:12

 

cap 🫡⚽️

alr damn 💀

08:12

 

mcdonalds 🍟

💅💅

08:12



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

sirius just texted me that youre out of control and to fix you

08:16

barty 😈

why are you tormenting your friends

08:16

 

rosie 🥀

okay no

08:16

rosie 🥀

if anything im the one being tormented

08:16

 

barty 😈

what happened

08:16

 

rosie 🥀

nothing i just need new friends

08:17

 

barty 😈

are you going to elaborate at all?

08:17

 

rosie 🥀

nope

08:17

 

barty 😈

alr well do u have a class rn

08:17

 

rosie 🥀

nuh uh

08:17

 

outgoing facetime call to rosie 🥀 …

 

call ended

duration ~ 1hr 22min

 

rosie 🥀

if she takes my phone away its your fault

09:39

 

barty 😈

empty threat

09:40

barty 😈

nothing would happen to me

09:40

 

rosie 🥀

i’d get her to contact ur school

09:40

 

barty 😈

shiver me timbers rosie

09:40

 

rosie 🥀

i have to go but to be continued 🤨

09:40

 

barty 😈

bye bye

09:40

 

seen 09:40



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

reggiekins 😋😩

dora how was ur date the other day

11:32

 

barty 😈

🙄🙄

11:32

 

reggiekins 😋😩

what

11:32

 

panda 🐼 

🙄🙄

11:32

 

reggiekins 😋😩

…?

11:32

 

barty 😈

its been TWO DAYS, reggie dearest

11:33

barty 😈

someone has been too wrapped up in his boyfriend it seems

11:33

 

panda 🐼 

my date was great reg

11:33

panda 🐼 

we’re having another one on saturday

11:33

 

reggiekins 😋😩

well good for you dora

11:33

reggiekins 😋😩

and i apologise for not having asked earlier

11:33

reggiekins 😋😩

but its NOT bc ive been too wrapped up in james

11:33

 

barty 😈

mhm sure

11:33

barty 😈

and thats why ur going to his later right?

11:33

 

reggiekins 😋😩

i hate you

11:34

 

barty 😈

aw 🥰

11:34

 

reggiekins 😋😩

as if you havent been absolutely GLUED to ur phone every second of the day

11:34

reggiekins 😋😩

evan may as well live with us, i hear his voice so often

11:34

reggiekins 😋😩

at. least. james. asked. me. out. 

11:34

 

barty 😈

um FUCK you evan asked me out

11:34

 

reggiekins 😋😩

oh please he asked you to a DANCE

11:34

 

barty 😈

not that you twonk

11:34

barty 😈

he took me on a date on tuesday 💅

11:34

barty 😈

when YOU TWO abandoned me at school

11:35

 

panda 🐼 

WHAT

11:35

panda 🐼 

BARTY 

11:35

panda 🐼 

YOU DIDNT TELL US???

11:35

 

barty 😈

oh my bad

11:35

barty 😈

mustve slipped my mind

11:35

 

reggiekins 😋😩

i dont believe you

11:35

reggiekins 😋😩

you couldnt keep a secret if ur life depended on it

11:35

reggiekins 😋😩

ESPECIALLY if that secret was evan taking you on a date

11:35

 

barty 😈

🙄

11:35

 

you added rosie 🥀’ to demon sauce 👹😈

 

rosie 🥀

uh

11:35

 

panda 🐼 

💀

11:35

 

barty 😈

rosie did you or did you not take me on a date the other day

11:35

 

rosie 🥀

yes?

11:35

 

barty 😈

okay bye rosie

11:35

 

rosie 🥀

bye bats

11:35

 

you removed rosie 🥀’ from demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

see

11:36

 

reggiekins 😋😩

i stand corrected

11:36

 

barty 😈

yes you do

11:36

barty 😈

and with that

11:36

barty 😈

bye ladies

11:36

 

panda 🐼 

‘bats’

11:36



 

little shit 💞

 

sirius ⭐️

do i want to go to james’ to look for the eyeliner i left there

21:12

 

little shit 💞

no

21:12

 

sirius ⭐️

right thanks

21:12

Notes:

okay so like i hope we enjoyed this one
it was written with a sleep deprived, emotionally exhausted brain but i just kept thinking of things that barty would absolutely say and then i would be like 'oh i'll just note that down for later' and then i'd end up writing a whole thing but anyway

and guys dont worry, this is not the end of xeno and pandora, they will get their shit together

speaking of people getting their shit together, everyone buckle the fuck up for chapter 7 😋😋😋

also everyone say thank you to @ajthecrayon on here and on tumblr for giving me the idea that barty finds evans voice so comforting that he can fall asleep

okay i had more to say but ive been up since 4 this morning cos i had a physics exam today and i was stressing so im tired and i'll see you probably after exams for real this time bc i have like 7 exams in a span of three weeks and four of those are way too difficult and im scared

last exam is 19th of june i'll see you then bye ladies

Chapter 8: note part 2

Chapter Text

well hi

evidently i cant keep away from you guys (or rosekiller)

since i have exams rn and im finally locked in, i cant post anything new for the next few weeks, but i just posted a short oneshot to my page (its called 'i thanked god to touch the flame') that i wrote a while ago based on one of @ z-eel 's posts on tumblr

i technically wrote half of it and then forgot about it but i decided to post this first half and then, if you guys like it, i'll write a second part (AFTER exams)

anyways go check it out

as always have a good day love you lots 

mwah mwah

~ s

p.s.

sorry for all the notes i know theyre misleading -- never again i promise

Chapter 9: chapter seven

Notes:

IM BACK MFSSSSS

alr buckle up guys this ones a bit of a rollercoaster

TWs// blood (kink????), but then like actual blood, bruises, child abuse, deteriorating mental health, self harm (not in an explicit way, but it is a form of sh), mentions of past child abuse

okay i promise its not as bad as it sounds guys enjoy

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

friday 23rd december



rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

i feel neglected

13:11

barty 😈

christmas break and i cant even yap to you

13:11

barty 😈

our conversations have been ridiculously sparse

13:11

 

barty 😈

sigh

13:48

 

rosie 🥀

im not having this conversation again 😭

15:23

rosie 🥀

i have mocks and an intense father 

15:23

rosie 🥀

im all yours next saturday

15:23

rosie 🥀

but for now im locked in

15:23

 

barty 😈

i can order a hit on your father

15:24

barty 😈

say the word

15:24

 

rosie 🥀

you can order a hit on my father 🤨

15:24

 

barty 😈

i know people

15:24

barty 😈

well

15:24

barty 😈

i know regulus

15:24

 

rosie 🥀

right

15:24

rosie 🥀

well im good for now

15:24

rosie 🥀

listen im sorry bats

15:24

rosie 🥀

but im being cooked by chemistry atm

15:24

rosie 🥀

i’ll call you later

15:24

rosie 🥀

happy?

15:24

 

barty 😈

excruciatingly

15:24

barty 😈

take ur time rosie

15:25

 

22:19

 

incoming call from rosie 🥀 …

 

barty 😈

YAY

22:19



accept               decline



 

reggiekins 😋😩



reggiekins 😋😩

remus and i are going to sirius and james’ for christmas

23:01

reggiekins 😋😩

do u wanna come

23:01

 

barty 😈

oh

23:01

barty 😈

no thanks

23:01

 

reggiekins 😋😩

its different with the potters i promise

23:01

reggiekins 😋😩

you might like it

23:02

 

barty 😈

thanks reg but i’d rather just keep pretending that christmas doesnt exist

23:02

 

reggiekins 😋😩

okay

23:02

reggiekins 😋😩

well if you change your mind lmk

23:02

reggiekins 😋😩

i’ll go tomorrow morning and i’ll be back on monday

23:02

 

barty 😈

have fun reg

23:02

 

 

pretty boy 💫



pretty boy 💫

bartys not coming

23:04

 

james 🥱

oh

23:04

james 🥱

will he be okay?

23:04

 

pretty boy 💫

yeah he prefers to be on his own for xmas

23:04

pretty boy 💫

i told him he could still join us if he changed his mind

23:04

 

james 🥱

yeah okay thats good

23:04

james 🥱

i’ll tell mum tomorrow

23:04

james 🥱

are you okay?

23:05

 

pretty boy 💫

yeah i mean

23:05

pretty boy 💫

i get why he hates it

23:05

pretty boy 💫

and i really think that he should be replacing his bad memories with good ones rather than just being alone

23:05

pretty boy 💫

but i dont need to be worried

23:05

pretty boy 💫

hes literally on the phone to evan right now

23:05

pretty boy 💫

he’ll be fine

23:05

 

james 🥱

evan realised he liked him like two weeks ago yk

23:05

 

pretty boy 💫

are you serious

23:05

pretty boy 💫

dont you dare

23:05

 

james 🥱

i wasnt going to

23:05

james 🥱

(no im james)

23:06

 

pretty boy 💫

anyway

23:06

pretty boy 💫

how has he only just figured it out

23:06

 

james 🥱

i dare not talk about it

23:06

james 🥱

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23:06

james 🥱

evan was NOT happy

23:06

 

pretty boy 💫

“had thousands of crushes but have been bitchless your whole life” oh my god

23:07

pretty boy 💫

poor xeno

23:07

 

james 🥱

do my eyes deceive me

23:07

james 🥱

the great regulus black is sympathising?!

23:07

 

pretty boy 💫

i hate you

23:07

 

james 🥱

sure love

23:07

james 🥱

i have to go sirius is knocking my door down

23:07

james 🥱

bye bye

23:07

 

pretty boy 💫

bye james

23:07

 

james 🥱

:(

23:07

 

pretty boy 💫

bye james <3

23:07

 

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bats 🦇 



evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

help

11:36

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

my father sucks so bad

11:36

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

especially at christmas

11:36

 

bats 🦇 

ur getting really good at this whole texting me first thing

11:37

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and now i regret texting you at all

11:37

 

bats 🦇 

shut up u love me

11:37

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i dont

11:37

 

bats 🦇 

dont lie to me

11:37

bats 🦇 

i know everything about you

11:37

bats 🦇 

im in ur walls rosier

11:37

bats 🦇 

anyways whats wrong

11:37

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

my dad is responsible for the migraine ive had since last week

11:38

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hows your christmas going

11:38

 

bats 🦇 

its not christmas yet rosie 🙄🙄

11:38

bats 🦇 

but i prefer to pretend christmas doesnt exist

11:38

bats 🦇 

regs gone to sirius and james’

11:38

bats 🦇 

so if u need a place to take refuge

11:38

bats 🦇 

by all means

11:38

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

might have to take you up on that bats

11:38

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

how come u hate xmas?

11:39

 

bats 🦇 

barty crouch sr is a very religious man

11:39

bats 🦇 

christmas was miserable for me

11:39

bats 🦇 

it was always suffocating and he was always extra aggressive around then

11:39

bats 🦇 

i dont associate it with the happiest of times

11:39

bats 🦇 

now that i dont live with him i just prefer to pretend it doesnt exist

11:39

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i see

11:39

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well i might have to crash your non-christmas

11:39

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

we have all the most insufferable family members over

11:39

 

bats 🦇 

just come over when its too much

11:40

bats 🦇 

oh i have a new nickname for you

11:40

bats 🦇 

in french

11:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh?

11:40

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

what is it

11:40

 

bats 🦇 

mon oie

11:40

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

GOOSE

11:40

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no WAY did you just call me a goose

11:40

 

bats 🦇 

i said MY goose

11:40

bats 🦇 

i think its really fucking cute

11:40

bats 🦇 

just the word

11:40

bats 🦇 

mon oie

11:41

bats 🦇 

my goose 💞💞💞

11:41



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view attachment: 1 screenshot

11:41

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

in the most normal way possible

11:41

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i want to eat him

11:41

 

xeno 🔮

that was the least evan thing ive ever heard in my life

11:41

 

cap 🫡⚽️

what if he was kidnapped back in september and we’ve just been talking to an intruder ever since

11:42

 

shakespeare 🤓

so why are you converting to cannibalism?

11:42

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hes so cute

11:42

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i want to EAT him

11:42

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he said i could go to his if christmas becomes too much

11:42

 

cap 🫡⚽️

nahh he rejected us just so he could invite you

11:42

cap 🫡⚽️

crazy work

11:42



 

rosie 🥀

 

rosie 🥀

i am NOT a goose

11:42

 

barty 😈

ur not A goose, ur MY goose

11:42

barty 😈

obviously

11:42

 

rosie 🥀

obviously

11:42

rosie 🥀

the french word for bat is chauve-souris

11:42

rosie 🥀

which literally translates to ‘bald mouse’

11:42

 

barty 😈

i don’t know whether or not to be offended by that

11:43

barty 😈

bald mouse

11:43

barty 😈

are you deadass

11:43

 

rosie 🥀

yeah 😭

11:43

 

barty 😈

im fact checking

11:43

 

 

panda 🐼 

 

barty 😈

dora how do u say bat in french

11:43

 

panda 🐼 

chauve-souris

11:43

 

barty 😈

well shit

11:44

 

 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

damn

11:44

 

rosie 🥀

told you

11:44

 

barty 😈

in italian its pipistrello

11:44

barty 😈

which means ‘little evening bird’

11:44

barty 😈

i like that a lot more

11:44

 

rosie 🥀

idk bald mouse kind of suits you

11:44

 

barty 😈

wtf

11:44

barty 😈

dont expect to ever hear from me again

11:44

 

rosie 🥀

😭😭

11:44

 

barty 😈

yo

14:56

barty 😈

hows it going

14:56

barty 😈

im bored

14:56

 

rosie 🥀

im about to pull a sylvia plath

14:56

rosie 🥀

i cant stand these people

14:56

rosie 🥀

if i hear one more homophobic comment

14:56

rosie 🥀

ive been hiding in my room w my cousins for like three hours

14:56

 

barty 😈

pls dont pull a sylvia plath

14:56

barty 😈

it would be a shame for such a pretty face to go to waste

14:56

 

rosie 🥀

did you just

14:57

rosie 🥀

call me pretty

14:57

 

barty 😈

have u seen urself

14:57

 

rosie 🥀

but PRETTY?

14:57

 

barty 😈

you are the prettiest person ive ever seen in my life rosie

14:57

barty 😈

like honestly otherworldly levels of attractive

14:57

barty 😈

you are THE pretty boy

14:57

barty 😈

ur name is LITERALLY evan rosier

14:58

 

rosie 🥀

make me smile like that in front of my cousins again and i will destroy you

15:02

rosie 🥀

i just had to dodge all of their questions

15:02

rosie 🥀

reckon if i killed them

15:02

rosie 🥀

they’d leave me alone

15:02

 

barty 😈

dont kill your cousins rosie

15:02

 

rosie 🥀

U CALL UIM ROSIE

15:03

 

incoming call from rosie 🥀 …

call ended

 

rosie 🥀

DONT ASNWER THAT

15:03

 

barty 😈

😭😭 r u okay

15:03

 

rosie 🥀

she stole my phone

15:03

rosie 🥀

let me get revenge i’ll brb

15:03

 

barty 😈

dont kill anyone

15:03

barty 😈

although im sure your mugshot would be hot

15:03

barty 😈

but dont kill anyone

15:03

 

rosie 🥀

i didnt dw

15:22

 

barty 😈

so you get along w ur cousins?

15:22

 

rosie 🥀

yeah it makes these gatherings a lot easier

15:22

rosie 🥀

our parents are all just as bad as each other so like

15:22

rosie 🥀

we are each others safe haven ykwim

15:22

 

barty 😈

yeah i get that

15:22

barty 😈

im glad u have that

15:22

 

rosie 🥀

:)

15:22

rosie 🥀

i have to go help cook now

15:22

rosie 🥀

im not kidding i WILL pull a sylvia plath

15:22

 

barty 😈

dont

15:23

barty 😈

if its too much, just come here

15:23

barty 😈

here

15:23

barty 😈

shared your location with rosie 🥀

15:23

 

rosie 🥀

thanks bats

15:23

rosie 🥀

i’ll talk to u later

15:23

 

barty 😈

bye bye

15:23

 

rosie 🥀 reacted ‘ ❤️’ to your message

 

seen 15:23

 



Barty sighed, dropping the TV remote onto his lap after clicking on a film that he’d watched a hundred times. There was nothing on that interested him, and he was bored out of his very mind.

 

Regulus had gone to James’ hours before, and Barty had been left to his own devices. 

 

He was considering ordering a takeout that was big enough for at least four people when a knock sounded at the door. 

 

He smiled to himself slightly, remembering his conversation with Evan. He crossed the room to the door, hoping that the older man had taken up his offer.

 

Yanking it open, he found Evan standing on the other side, a bottle of Bailey’s in his right hand.

 

“Hey,” The blonde greeted, holding the bottle up. “Nicked it from my cousin. Figured it’d be a nice treat.”

 

Barty smiled, opening the door wider so Evan could come in. “Hey, Rosie. Alcohol this early?”

 

Evan let out a breathy laugh, taking a seat on the sofa. “It’s almost eight, Bats.”

 

“Oh. I haven’t seen my phone in a while,” Barty shot him a grin, pulling open the fridge and ducked down slightly to rummage through the almost empty shelves. “Want anything?”

 

“What do you have?”

 

“Not a lot, I’m not gonna lie to you, Rosie. Honestly, nothing’s been cooked in this flat since James was last here, and that was almost a month ago.” Barty stood up straight, leaning against the door to the fridge as he looked at Evan.

 

Oh, he was pure temptation.

 

The older man was looking over the back of the sofa, chin resting on his forearms and gazing at Barty through hooded eyes.

 

Barty was a weak, weak man

 

He cleared his throat, turning his attention back onto the fridge. “We have beer and dino nuggets. And your Bailey’s.”

 

Evan glanced down at the bottle in his hands. “Wanna try this?”

 

Barty nodded, moving away to the fridge. “We’re going to have to use mugs. Reg and I aren’t sophisticated enough to have glasses.”

 

“You broke them all, didn’t you?”

 

“Not all ,” Barty defended, joining Evan on the sofa. “Reg broke one too.”

 

“Yeah, one. I don’t know how many you owned, but sets usually come in sixes. So, you broke at least five.”

 

“Seventeen,” The brunette bit down on his lip as Evan filled the two mugs.

 

Seventeen ?!” He paused in his movements. “How on Earth did you break seventeen glasses?”

 

Barty simply shrugged. “Reg kept buying more after I broke them.”

 

“I’m glad he finally learned his lesson,” Evan screwed the cap back onto the Bailey’s bottle and set it down on the coffee table in front of them. 

 

“Do you want to talk about your dad?” Barty asked softly, handing Evan his mug.

 

Evan shook his head. “He’s just a lot right now. I don’t really want to think about it. Cheers?”

 

“Cheers.”

 

They tapped their mugs gently together and each took a sip.

 

Evan scrunched his nose up, pulling the mug away from his face. “ God , that’s sweeter than I expected.”

 

“I like it,” Barty hummed.

 

“Yeah? I’m not convinced.”

 

“Imagine it in a hot chocolate or a cheesecake.”

 

“Oh, yeah. Fair enough.”

 

“Yeah,” Barty nodded. “I don’t think I’m in the mood for something this sweet, though. Beer?”

 

“Beer’s good,” Evan nodded, letting him take the two mugs over to the kitchen counter.

 

Barty took two bottles from the fridge and bumped his hip against the door to close it. “We can break out the dino nuggets later if we’re feeling extra rowdy.”

 

Evan broke out into a quiet laugh, thoughtful eyes still tracking Barty’s movements as he found his way back to the sofa. He flopped down onto the cushions and brought Evan’s bottle to his mouth, hooking his bottom teeth on the underside of the cap. He tugged, the cap popping off. As it did, the sharp edge caught on his lip. Blood beaded on the surface as he spat the cap in the direction of the coffee table.

 

Evan raised his eyebrows, his gaze drawn to Barty’s lip.

 

“What?” The younger man asked, oblivious as he handed Evan his bottle.

 

He didn’t respond, and Barty frowned slightly as Evan lifted a hand to his face. He pressed a thumb down on Barty’s lip, taking his own between his teeth as he did.

 

Barty lifted his eyes to meet Evan’s, thoughts flickering like static. 

 

After a long moment, Evan removed his thumb, allowing Barty to glance down at the blood that covered the tip. 

 

“Oh.”

 

Barty’s tongue darted out subconsciously, the metallic taste filling his mouth. Evan’s grip around his bottle tightened and his heated gaze intensified as a drop of blood tipped over, trailing slowly down Barty’s chin.

 

Oh.

 

Evan’s thumb moved to wipe it away, the red smudging against Barty’s pale skin. He looked entranced, like he wouldn’t have been able to look away if he tried.

 

“Rosie?” Barty spoke, voice low.

 

Evan hummed distractedly in response.

 

“Kiss me.”

 

Brown eyes snapped up to meet his own, pupils blown wide. “What?”

 

“Kiss me.”

 

Evan’s eyes darted across his face as he moved the hand from Barty’s mouth to instead tangle his fingers in the hair at the base of his head. His gaze flickered down to his bloodied lips once more before he exhaled, tugging him forward until there was no space between them.

 

Barty gasped quietly as their lips pressed together, the air rushing out of his lungs. His blood was slick between them, Evan let out a harsh breath at the sensation.

 

Evan, Evan, Evan. The name replayed in his head like a prayer; a devotee to a God.

 

Barty had never understood when people described first kisses as fireworks exploding in their stomachs , but now that he was here, a fistful of Evan’s dreads, mouths moving in sync as Evan gripped his hair and tugged ? Now, he knew there was no other way to describe such a wonderful fucking experience.

 

Evan ran his tongue across Barty’s bottom lip, and the latter granted him access without hesitation, welcoming the dull sting from his fresh cut. The pair moved as one, slowly leaning backwards until Barty was lying flat against the sofa.

 

Evan’s hands began to wander, falling from his hair to slowly drag over his shoulders and down his back, revelling in the way Barty arched off the sofa and into him when his hands gripped his waist.

 

Barty’s shirt had ridden up, and Evan took the opportunity to slide his hands beneath the fabric. Barty hissed, the cool metal of Evan’s rings meeting his burning skin. 

 

Pulling back, Barty tugged at Evan’s lip gently with his teeth before he leaned his head back against the cushions. His breaths came heavy as Evan continued to mouth along his jaw. He nipped gently at the corner, before moving down Barty’s neck. The feeling of Evan’s vertical labret dragging down his skin was intoxicating .

 

If this was what Heaven was like, Barty would be willing to amend a lifetime of sin to ensure access to those white gates.

 

When the other man’s teeth grazed over a particularly sensitive spot on his neck, just below his ear, Barty let out a soft noise, somewhere between a breath and a moan. Evan leaned back up and met his lips to swallow it down.

 

“You’re fucking perfect,” Evan rasped after he pulled away to catch his breath, chest heaving. He leaned forward, mouthing at that sensitive spot. “Fuck.”

 

“Rosie,” Barty groaned, back arching once again.

 

Evan chuckled, soft and slow. He pushed forward to steal another kiss. It was more gentle this time, filled with much less urgency. Evan pressed both hands back into the younger man’s waist, pulling him impossibly closer once more. 

 

Evan lifted his right hand to trace the arch of his back before he broke the kiss again, dropping his forehead into the curve of Barty’s shoulder. “Dieu, sauve-moi.”

 

“Dio non può aiutarvi ora, Rosie.” The latter grinned, winding one of Evan’s dreads around his index finger. 

 

Evan looked up at him, lips painted red with Barty’s blood. “I have no fucking idea what you just said.”

 

Barty laughed, pushing himself further into Evan’s embrace. “I said, ‘God can’t save you now.’” 

 

“You understood me?” He asked, voice absent as his gaze dropped to Barty’s swollen lips.

 

“Panda and Reg speak French,” Barty shrugged. “I’ve picked up some phrases, though Reg usually says that one in exasperation. Not in…what’s the word? All-consuming lust?” He wiggled his eyebrows teasingly.

 

Evan let out a breathy laugh, nosing gently up the side of Barty’s neck until their lips could meet once again. 

 

Evan’s phone buzzed against Barty’s hip. It buzzed again, and then again, and again until finally Barty pushed at Evan’s chest. 

 

“Answer it or turn it off.”

 

With a sigh, Evan reached down to pull the phone from his pocket as Barty continued to fiddle with his hair.

 

 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

cap 🫡⚽️

roooooosier

20:34

cap 🫡⚽️

reggie wants to know if ur with barty bc apparently he’s not answering his phone

20:34

 

xeno 🔮

i bet he is

20:34

 

cat food 🐀

i say if he doesnt reply, we should break down bartys door

20:35

 

shakespeare 🤓

i hate that i have to say it

20:35

shakespeare 🤓

but please no one break down his door

20:35

 

lils 🙏

i second that

20:35

 

marls 🎸

i dont

20:35

marls 🎸

let’s do it

20:35

 

shakespeare 🤓

do NOT

20:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fuck off

20:35

 

remus’ bitch 😎

oh hes alive

20:35

 

cap 🫡⚽️

are you with barty???

20:35



Barty chuckled, having turned his head to the side so he could watch Evan’s phone as the texts came through.

 

“Can I?” He asked, taking his hand from his hair and holding it out for the phone.

 

Evan shrugged, dropping it into his hand. Barty stretched out his arm, holding the phone above the two of them and opening the camera app. He grinned at the image that stared back at him.

 

There was blood smeared across his chin, a faint trail that had followed Evan along his jaw and down his neck. He had a hand fisted in blonde dreadlocks, and Evan’s teeth grazed gently below his ear, waiting patiently for him to finish what he was doing.

 

He snapped the picture and sent it straight to the group chat, a satisfied smirk playing at his lips.




evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view attachment: 1 photo

20:37

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hes here

20:37

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

now fuck off

20:37

 

xeno 🔮

WOAHAHAHNDAUEHRN

20:37

 

remus’ bitch 😎

WHAT THE FUCK????

20:37

 

shakespeare 🤓

if only they listened to us, lils

20:38

 

lils 🙏

i know 😔

20:38

 

cap 🫡⚽️

obscene ~regulus

20:38

 

marls 🎸

FILTHY

20:38

 

mcdonalds 🍟

is that BLOOD?????

20:38

 

cat food 🐀

i feel violated

20:38



Evan took his phone back and put it on silent mode. He dropped it to the floor before turning his attention back to Barty. 

 

“Do you—“

 

“Yes.”

 

Evan chuckled. “You don’t even know what I was going to ask.”

 

“Don’t care. Whatever you say,” Barty pushed himself up onto his elbow, craning his neck upwards until there was once again no space between them.

 

He felt Evan’s hands slip back under his shirt, travelling higher and higher, until—

 

Evan pulled back, eyes wide and shining with shock. “Wha—Barty, what is—“

 

Barty just grinned. “Everything okay, Rosie?”

 

“Are you—I’m—“ Evan shook his head, lifting his gaze from Barty’s chest to meet his eyes. “Are those fucking nipple piercings ?”

 

Barty’s grin widened. “Maybe.”

 

Evan’s eyes fell closed in exasperation, forehead dropping onto Barty’s shoulder and muttering under his breath.

 

“What was that?” Barty teased, pressing a thumb under Evan’s jaw to lift his head up.

 

“You’re going to be the fucking death of me.”

 

 

Barty shifted so that he was lying on his side, careful not to move Evan’s arm that was loosely wrapped around his waist.

 

He pushed up onto his elbow and leaned over to lift his phone from his bedside table. The time read 11:03

 

Sighing, he dropped his phone back onto the table and rubbed his hands over his eyes. The duvet fell from shoulders and pooled at his waist, only just covering Evan’s arm.

 

Barty lazily dragged his eyes across Evan’s exposed back, looking at the tattoos he’d coloured with his tongue the night before, at the silver chain around his neck that he’d held between his teeth.

 

It was surreal, the fact that Evan was real, and he was here. 

 

Barty reached out to brush away the dreadlock that had fallen over his face, smiling when Evan scrunched his nose in response.

 

“Morning,” He whispered.

 

Evan opened one eye and peered up at him before closing it again and shuffling further into the pillow. “Hey.”

 

His voice was rough from lack of use, a deep tone that had the sparks in Barty’s stomach reigniting.

 

“Your phone’s been buzzing non-stop,” Barty flopped back down and pulled the duvet back over his shoulders. “I think it’s your friends.”

 

Evan pulled him closer using the arm draped around his waist. His fingers danced up the dip of Barty’s spine, nails gently scratching at his skin. “I don’t care.”

 

Barty hummed softly. “Good answer.” He let his eyes fall closed. “Merry not-Christmas, Rosie.”

 

“Merry not-Christmas, Bats.”

 

“Want a cigarette?”

 

Evan pushed himself up onto one elbow. “Later,” He pushed forward, his other hand bracing him beside Barty’s head. He leaned down, only to frown when Barty shook his head.

 

“Not on the mouth,” He wrinkled his nose. “Morning breath.”

 

Evan let out a surprised laugh. “Morning breath?”

 

“Can’t stand it. Reg’s not allowed near me in the mornings until we’ve both brushed our teeth. Be lucky that you’re this close, Rosier.”

 

“Oh, yeah. Honoured. Thank you for this opportunity.”

 

“Shut up. Everyone has their thing. This is my thing.”

 

Evan just smiled, soft like Barty had never seen before. “Sure. It’s your thing. Any opposition to neck kissing?”

 

“Hm, I suppose I could let it slide.”

 

Evan grinned and ducked down, teeth grazing from Barty’s collarbone up to his jawline. The younger man craned his neck back to give more access, his hair splaying around him on the pillows like a halo. 

 

Barty’s eyes closed, a reflex, and he let out a quiet groan when Evan sucked on the sensitive spot below his ear.

 

One of their phones buzzed on the table, but both of them ignored it. It wasn’t until it buzzed again, three times in the span of five seconds, Evan’s hand ghosting over Barty’s stomach, that he pushed him away.

 

“Rosie, answer your fucking phone or I’ll snap it in half,” He grumbled. “And tell your fucking friends to stop interrupting.”

 

Evan just sighed deeply, rolling over to pick up the phone and scrolled to the bottom of his group chat.




fifty shades of gay 🤪😍

 

remus’ bitch 😎

WHY ISNT HE FUCKING RESPONDING

11:14

 

shakespeare 🤓

pads, my love, leave them alone

11:14

 

remus’ bitch 😎

but i need to know

11:15

 

cap 🫡⚽️

no you dont

11:15

 

remus’ bitch 😎

ur in bed with my brother, pipe the fuck down

11:15

 

cap 🫡⚽️

oh well i tried

11:15

 

mcdonalds 🍟

icl im with sirius

11:15

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

im going to fucking murder you all

11:16

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

not ONE second of peace

11:16

 

remus’ bitch 😎

fucking FINALLY

11:16

remus’ bitch 😎

are you home yet?

11:16

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

no

11:16

 

dork

WHY was there blood????

11:16

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he cut his lip

11:17

 

mcdonalds 🍟

are you still at his??????

11:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yes

11:17

 

marls 🎸

and??????

11:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

and what

11:17

 

lils 🙏

give us a detail

11:18

 

shakespeare 🤓

lily???

11:18

 

lils 🙏

well hes here, i may as well

11:18

 

remus’ bitch 😎

so?

11:18

remus’ bitch 😎

detail!!!!

11:18

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

tongue piercings are a fucking godsend.

11:18



 

demon sauce 👹😈

 

barty 😈

(we fucked)

13:22

 

panda 🐼

and the world took a collective sigh

13:45

 

reggiekins 😩😋

fr no one is surprised

13:48

 

panda 🐼 

honestly i was gonna start tweaking if u didnt fuck before new years

13:48

panda 🐼 

speaking of

13:48

panda 🐼 

xeno asked me to go to that party with him 🤭

13:48

 

barty 😈

what did u say??

13:49

 

panda 🐼 

i said yes

13:49

 

reggiekins 😩😋

finally

13:49

 

barty 😈

look at us ho

13:49

barty 😈

i meant go

13:49

barty 😈

but ig that works too

13:49

 

panda 🐼 

weve gotta look extra slutty on saturday

13:50

 

reggiekins 😩😋

shopping trip?

13:50

 

barty 😈

YES

13:50

 

panda 🐼 

okay yay how does tomorrow work

13:50

 

reggiekins 😩😋

tomorrows boxing day, nothing will be open

13:50

 

panda 🐼 

right

13:50

panda 🐼 

tuesday then

13:50

 

reggiekins 😋😩

works for me

13:50

 

barty 😈

huge cant wait

13:51



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

remus’ bitch 😎

so like

15:16

remus’ bitch 😎

now what

15:16

 

marls 🎸

wdym

15:16

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i mean we only ever really talk about evans love for barty

15:16

remus’ bitch 😎

what do we talk about now

15:16

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well for starters we can talk about how im not in love w him

15:16

 

shakespeare 🤓

“i want to eat him”

15:17

shakespeare 🤓

“hes so cute”

15:17

shakespeare 🤓

“i want to EAT him”

15:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

fuck u fuck u fck u

15:17

 

shakespeare 🤓

ur still at his right?

15:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

yeah but im about to leave

15:17

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

dad will be pissed

15:17

 

cap 🫡⚽️

dont go back if hes going to be angry

15:17

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i’ll have to go back at some point

15:17

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

the longer im away the worse he’ll be

15:17

 

dork 

be careful evan

15:18

 

cap 🫡⚽️

my offer from before still stands

15:18

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i know i know

15:18

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i’ll be fine guys i’ll text later

15:18



 

rosie 🥀



barty 😈

hey rosie

16:02

barty 😈

are you back yet?

16:02

barty 😈

i’ll spam you until you respond

16:02

barty 😈

r

16:02

barty 😈

o

16:02

barty 😈

s

16:02

i

16:02

barty 😈

e

16:02

barty 😈

im watching pretty woman rn

16:02

barty 😈

u better spoil me like this one day

16:02

barty 😈

sigh

16:02

 

barty 😈

STILL no response r u kidding me

18:29

barty 😈

this is becoming homophobic

18:29

 

barty 😈

okay rosie ur freaking me out a little now

20:34

barty 😈

are you okay???

20:34

barty 😈

i havent scared you off have i

20:34

 

barty 😈

evan seriously

22:53



 

elder 

 

barty 😈

sirius add me to ur groupchat

23:12

 

elder

????

23:12

elder

why?

23:12

 

barty 😈

just do it

23:12

 

seen 23:12



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

elder added you to fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

MARLS 🤯

heyyyyyy roach boy

23:13

 

Maybe~ Lily Evans

omg special guest

23:13

Maybe~ Lily Evans

and why is he roach boy

23:13

 

MARLS 🤯

he told me hes scared of cockroaches

23:13

 

reg stealer 😒

fancy seeing you here barty 

23:13

 

barty 😈

wait guys be serious

23:13

 

reg stealer 😒

i cant im james

23:14

 

wolfy mcwolf 🐺

dude

23:14

 

reg stealer 😒

sorry

23:14

 

barty 😈

have any of you heard from evan in the last 6 hours

23:14

 

reg stealer 😒

no he texted right before he left urs

23:14

reg stealer 😒

but nothing since then

23:14

 

Maybe~ Lily Evans

is everything okay???

23:14

 

barty 😈

i dont know

23:15

barty 😈

usually he responds really quickly

23:15

barty 😈

i just assumed it was revision

23:15

barty 😈

but its late now and i still havent heard from him and im kind of freaking out

23:15

 

reg stealer 😒

maybe his phone died??

23:16

 

elder 

no evan always makes sure its charged

23:16

 

reg stealer 😒

yeah but he spent the night at bartys

23:16

reg stealer 😒

he didnt have a charger

23:16

 

barty 😈

im going to vomit

23:16

 

reg stealer 😒

hold on

23:16

 

 

reggiekins 😋😩

 

incoming call from reggiekins 😋😩

 

accept             decline

 

call ended

duration ~ 3 hours 48 mins

 

 

rosie 🥀



barty 😈

ev?

02:32

barty 😈

pls are you okay

02:32

 

 

demon sauce 😈👹

 

barty 😈

what if hes avoiding me

04:22

barty 😈

like on purpose

04:22

barty 😈

did i do something??

04:23

barty 😈

maybe i upset him

04:23

barty 😈

maybe i annoyed him????

04:23

 

reggiekins 😩😋

bee ur going to drive yourself crazy

09:56

reggiekins 😩😋

i’ll be back in like 20 mins

09:56

reggiekins 😩😋

we can drink and get snacks and make a huge fort in front of the tv

09:56

reggiekins 😩😋

we can watch films all day

09:56

reggiekins 😩😋

dora are u free today?

09:56

 

panda 🐼 

i can be

09:57

 

reggiekins 😩😋

be there in an hour?

09:57

 

panda 🐼 

i’ll bring anything i can find

09:57



 

Despite Pandora and Regulus’ efforts, Barty felt no better. He couldn’t shake the feeling that Evan had decided he was just too much for him.

 

It was pathetic, he knew. He had known Evan for a matter of months, but the thought of being someone worth losing — of someone Evan thought was worth losing — made him want to crawl right out of his skin.

 

He had been disposable to his father, and his mother had been too emotionally vacant to care. Barty had spent his life running towards people that might actually want him, but his energy was spent, and those people were just out of arm's reach.

 

True to his word, Regulus had made them a blanket fort the minute he returned to their flat. Although, he had made it over their sofa, which still smelled like Evan, so Barty had elected to sit on the floor, his head resting in Pandora’s lap.

 

She carded her fingers gently through his hair as they watched whatever film Regulus had put on — Barty hadn’t been paying attention.

 

None of them spoke.

 

Barty kind of hated it.

 

“Alright,” Regulus sighed, pausing the film. “Speak.”

 

“What?”

 

“I can hear you thinking, Barty.”

 

Barty simply shrugged. “I’m just…” He sighed, unable to think of the right words.

 

“You just?”

 

“I don’t think I am to him what he is to me,” He said finally. “I think—what if he regrets asking me? To New Year’s, I mean. What if he doesn’t show?”

 

Pandora frowned. “What makes you think he regrets it?”

 

Barty scoffed. “I don’t know, maybe the fact I haven’t heard from him since we—since yesterday. Maybe he realised he didn’t… like me. I mean, he doesn’t even really know me that well.”

 

“You’ve been talking for months—“

 

Texting ,” Barty interrupted. “Not talking, Reg. We’ve spent the last four months texting. Remember at Sirius’ party, before I met him, I was so afraid that he would be different in real life compared to how he is on text? What if I’m that for him?”

 

“I disagree,” Pandora said, her eyebrows knitting together in thought. “Yeah, you guys met online, but it’s not like yesterday was your first time seeing each other in person. You’ve been to almost every single one of his games and have gone out with him right after. He’s been to the flat before, he took you on a date , Bee. And he doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy to do what he did yesterday if he didn’t truly like you.”

 

“But what if—“

 

Regulus shook his head. “You can’t keep going with the ‘what if’s. And, you know, he might not actually be avoiding you.”

 

Barty shot him a questioning glance. 

 

“None of his friends have heard from him either. If he was ignoring you, he’d still be in contact with them.”

 

“And if he is ignoring you, which I doubt,” Pandora chimed in. “Then he’s an arsehole who doesn’t deserve you.”

 

Barty dropped his gaze to the floor. “He wasn’t supposed to be like that.”

 

“I know. But such is life,” Regulus said before snorting to himself. “Which is possibly the shittiest advice I’ve ever given in my life, but y’know. We’re all in the dark here.”

 

“I guess,” Barty dropped his shoulders, defeated. “You guys said you brought alcohol?”

 

Pandora smiled, wriggling her eyebrows. “I stole my dad’s Don Julio.”



 

j 🫶

 

j 🫶

hows barty?

18:43

 

regulus 🐍

drunk

18:43

regulus 🐍

any word from evan?

18:43

 

j 🫶

nothing

18:43

j 🫶

we drove past his house earlier

18:43

j 🫶

it looked empty

18:43

j 🫶

his car was in the driveway tho

18:44

 

regulus 🐍

im so confused by all of this

18:44

regulus 🐍

barty was so happy

18:44

regulus 🐍

rosier better have a damn good reason for this or so help me god i will kill him

18:44

 

j 🫶

alright love chill

18:45

j 🫶

evans not that guy

18:45

j 🫶

he wouldnt just ignore barty and everyone else for no reason

18:45

j 🫶

i have a feeling his dad has something to do with it

18:45

 

regulus 🐍

wdym

18:45

 

j 🫶

he up and left in the middle of christmas celebrations

18:45

j 🫶

he wasnt at the house on christmas morning

18:45

j 🫶

mr rosier is a VERY religious man

18:45

j 🫶

idk what evan has told barty about his relationship with his dad but its not exactly great

18:45

j 🫶

hes verbally abusive and manipulative and awful

18:46

j 🫶

evans a good guy

18:46

j 🫶

he keeps his head down and he gets good grades, hes one of the best players on our fb team, and he literally never gets into trouble

18:46

j 🫶

but his dad always always finds something to belittle him about

18:46

j 🫶

he got good at shrugging it off and just kept going but idk

18:46

 

regulus 🐍

i dont think barty knows everything

18:46

regulus 🐍

he knows evan doesnt like his dad

18:46

regulus 🐍

but thats about it

18:46

regulus 🐍

hes very under the impression that this is all his fault

18:46

regulus 🐍

i have to go, barty wants me

18:46

regulus 🐍

bye james <3

18:46

 

j 🫶

bye love <3

18:46



 

MARAUDERS 🐺🐀🐕‍🦺🦌

 

prongs 🫣

apparently bartys not great

18:48

prongs 🫣

hes drunk

18:48

 

pads 🖤

i would be too

18:48

pads 🖤

im getting quite worried about evan

18:48

 

remus 😶

me too

18:48

remus 😶

this is all very out of character

18:48

remus 😶

has anyone texted him again

18:48

 

prongs 🫣

i did about 20 mins ago

18:49

 

wormy 🙂‍↔️

nothing?

18:49

 

prongs 🫣

yup

18:49

 

pads 🖤

lets raid his house

18:49

pads 🖤

kill his sorry excuse of a father

18:49

pads 🖤

and get him o u t

18:49

 

remus 😶

i dont think thats the answer here

18:49

 

pads 🖤

really?

18:50

pads 🖤

when i was still at grimmauld

18:50

pads 🖤

i wouldve given anything for someone to come and get me

18:50

 

remus 😶

i know pads but you wouldnt be helping anyone by getting arrested

18:50

remus 😶

and you WOULD get arrested

18:50

 

pads 🖤

as long as evan gets out idc

18:50

 

prongs 🫣

sirius im coming to ur room

18:50

 

wormy 🙂‍↔️

evan is capable of getting himself out if he needs to

18:50

 

pads 🖤

no pete you dont get it

18:51

pads 🖤

none of you fucking get it and thats half the fucking problem

18:51

pads 🖤

not a single person on this planet is ‘capable’ of escaping abusive parents

18:51

 

wormy 🙂‍↔️

you did

18:51

 

pads 🖤

it took me 17 years and i almost fucking died

18:51

pads 🖤

i only got out bc my parents happened to be at some obnoxious little gala

18:51

pads 🖤

no matter how strong evan is, he cant get out on his own

18:51

pads 🖤

i had james

18:52

pads 🖤

evan has us

18:52

pads 🖤

we need to help him

18:52

 

remus 😶

i understand you sirius but right now we dont even know if his dad is ACTUALLY the reason

18:52

remus 😶

we’re just guessing right now

18:52

remus 😶

thats not enough in a situation like this

18:52

remus 😶

i know how hard this is for you but you have just got to stay put

18:52

remus 😶

if evan asks for our help, then we’ll all be there

18:52

remus 😶

but we dont want to risk making his situation worse

18:52

 

pads 🖤

but no one ever does

18:52

pads 🖤

and thats when the bad things happen

18:53

pads 🖤

the really bad, irreversible ones

18:53

 

james 🫣

okay ive got his phone

18:53

james 🫣

i’ll calm him down

18:53

james 🫣

he’ll be okay and evan will be too

18:53



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

evan i hope youre okay

01:33

barty 😈

if ur dad does anything i swear i will kill him

01:33

 

barty 😈

if its not ur dad then

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

what the fuck

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

evan

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

evan?????

message not delivered



 

pretty boy 💫



pretty boy 💫

bartys messages stopped going through last night

09:46

pretty boy 💫

hes devastated james

09:46

pretty boy 💫

i had to take away his phone

09:46

 

james 🥱

oh god

09:52

james 🥱

how does it keep getting worse

09:52

james 🥱

i can send evan a text to see if its a thing for everyone

09:52

james 🥱

or if he yk

09:52

james 🥱

blocked barty

09:52

 

pretty boy 💫

yeah do that

09:52

 

james 🥱

it says ‘message not delivered’

09:53

 

pretty boy 💫

wait so has he changed his number

09:53

pretty boy 💫

or is his phone broken

09:53

pretty boy 💫

or has he just blocked everyone

09:53

 

james 🥱

my guess is as good as yours love

09:53

james 🥱

im gonna ask the others if it works for them

09:53

 

pretty boy 💫 reacted ❤️ to your message  

 

seen 09:54



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

james 🥱

guys reg said that apparently bartys messages stopped sending last night

09:55

james 🥱

i just tried it and mine arent sending either

09:55

 

lils 🌸

isnt barty still on this gc

09:55

 

james 🥱

reg took his phone away

09:55

james 🥱

anyways can u guys try texting him too

09:55

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

‘message not delivered’

09:57

 

moony 🌚

same here

09:57

 

pads 💞💖

and me

09:57

 

marly 🤭

yeah same for me and cas

09:57

 

lils 🌸

this is so awful

09:58

 

dork

hows barty taken it?

09:58

dork 

does anyone know?

09:58

 

james 🥱

hasnt been sleeping apparently

09:59

james 🥱

reg says theyve stayed up together the last couple of nights

09:59

james 🥱

hes worried he chased evan away

09:59

 

marbear 🐻

aw no

09:59

 

marly 🤭

i was thinking about going to his house and knocking

10:00

marly 🤭

maybe he’ll answer?

10:00

 

pads 💞💖

i think thats a good idea

10:00

pads 💞💖

come get me on the way?

10:00

 

marly 🤭

sure i’ll leave in 20

10:00

 

james 🥱

let us know how it goes

10:00

 

marly 🤭

his dad answered 

11:02

marly 🤭

he said evan wasnt home but his car was still there and his converses were by the door

11:02

marly 🤭

they still had family over but it was like scary quiet

11:02

 

you added pretty boy 💫 and pandora 🤗 to fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

pads 💞💖

im literally going to kill him

11:02

pads 💞💖

he cant just fucking keep evan hidden there forever

11:02

pads 💞💖

is he fucking insane

11:03

pads 💞💖

oh hi reg

11:03

 

pretty boy 💫

why am i here

11:03

 

pandora 🤗

ditto

11:03

 

james 🥱

i just thought it’d be easier to share info so i dont have to keep going back and forth between chats

11:03

 

pretty boy 💫

okay

11:03

pretty boy 💫

well who does sirius want to kill and why

11:03

 

pads 💞💖

evans fucked up father

11:04

pads 💞💖

he is quite literally holding evan hostage

11:04

 

pretty boy 💫

wait so youve confirmed that its his dads fault and hes not just up and left

11:04

 

pandora 🤗

i do have to add that if it is the latter, i WILL poison him for hurting barty

11:04

 

pads 💞💖

can u poison his dad instead

11:04

 

moony 🌚

sirius

11:04

 

pads 💞💖

🙄🙄🙄

11:05

 

marly 🤭

to answer regulus’ question

11:05

marly 🤭

me n sirius went to his house and his dad answered

11:05

marly 🤭

said evan wasnt home but his cars in the drive and his shoes were by the door

11:05

marly 🤭

so im like 99% certain this is his dad

11:05

 

pandora 🤗

sooooo we ride at dawn or what

11:05

 

witch man 🧝‍♂️

im down

11:05

 

dork

ofc u are

11:06

 

james 🥱

okay people chill

11:06

james 🥱

sirius i know we argued over this yesterday

11:06

james 🥱

but i do think we need to let evan do this on his own

11:06

james 🥱

you kept saying u didnt do it on your own bc u had me

11:06

james 🥱

but i didnt do anything dude you DID get out by yourself

11:06

james 🥱

you came to our house all on your own

11:06

james 🥱

ev knows we’re all here

11:06

james 🥱

he KNOWS he can come to one of us

11:06

james 🥱

if hes not walking away then theres got to be a reason

11:07

 

pads 💞💖

but what if hes trying but he cant

11:07

pads 💞💖

what if he needs help

11:07

 

pretty boy 💫

siri imagine ur back at the house and james tries to come busting down the door to save u

11:07

pretty boy 💫

imagine how much worse that wouldve made it

11:07

pretty boy 💫

we just have to wait

11:07

pretty boy 💫

either evan will ask for help or he’ll get out himself

11:07

 

pads 💞💖

i dont like this

11:07

 

pretty boy 💫

you dont have to like it you just have to sit the fuck down

11:08

pretty boy 💫

i gtg now i have to see if i can feed barty

11:08

pretty boy 💫

feel bad n shit but hes like a child

11:08

 

marly 🤭

😭😭 bye baby black

11:08




 

wednesday 28th december

 

dora 👀



dora 👀

reg what happens if evan doesnt show up for new years

13:22

dora 👀

its in three days

13:22

 

regulus 🐍

i dont know

13:48

regulus 🐍

honestly i dont even know whats going through bartys head rn

13:48

regulus 🐍

i mean hes clearly still upset 

13:48

regulus 🐍

but hes acting like everythings normal

13:48

regulus 🐍

its a complete switch from the last few days

13:49

 

dora 👀

whats he doing rn??

13:49

 

regulus 🐍

fucking cleaning

13:49

regulus 🐍

im so confused

13:49

regulus 🐍

hes done the entire flat three times already

13:49

regulus 🐍

and hes going again?????

13:49

regulus 🐍

what the fuck is going on

13:49

 

dora 👀

uh

13:50

dora 👀

i thought he hated cleaning

13:50

 

regulus 🐍

i thought so too

13:50

regulus 🐍

hes not even got any background noise on

13:50

regulus 🐍

i gave him his phone back yesterday but hes got no music or shows on

13:50

regulus 🐍

im SO confused

13:50

 

dora 👀

is he just fucking cleaning in silence

13:50

 

regulus 🐍

yeah 😭

13:51

regulus 🐍

dora i think hes been possessed

13:51

 

dora 👀

exorcism?

13:51

 

regulus 🐍

exorcism.

13:51



 

little shit 💞



little shit 💞

how are you doing?

14:22

little shit 💞

i know u care about him but evan’ll be okay

 

sirius ⭐️

are you being

14:26

sirius ⭐️

sympathetic?????

14:26

 

little shit 💞

i take it back.

14:26

 

sirius ⭐️

no dont

14:26

sirius ⭐️

thank you reg

14:26

sirius ⭐️

it all just feels very sick

14:26

sirius ⭐️

it sort of reminds me of orion

14:26

sirius ⭐️

i dont want evan to have an orion

14:26



incoming call from little shit 💞 …



accept           decline

 

 call ended

duration ~ 1 hour 18 mins



 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

hey rosie

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i wanted to vent

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

but i only really wanted to say it to you

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

but then i remembered i cant even contact you

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i really hope youre okay

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

reg said marlene and sirius went to your house

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

and your dad said u werent home but they saw ur car and shoes

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

he better not hurt you rosie

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

apparently i really care about you

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i think i got very attached very quickly

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i tend to do that

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

and i cant stand the thought of letting you go

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

so im not letting you go

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

im here for you rosie

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

so are all ur friends, i mean james and remus had to physically stop sirius from decking ur dad

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

just know that you have us

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

and you can get out

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

god you better be okay

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i’d kill for you i hope you know

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i’ll talk to you later rosie

message not delivered





Barty’s hands stung. The chemicals from the cleaning products were beginning to irritate his skin. He glanced down. His fingers were red and raw, the skin around his nails slightly broken.

 

Shaking his head, he picked up his cloth and cleaner and walked back out into the living room to start all over again.

 

His mind was unusually quiet, only one thing replaying again and again. His father’s stern voice, telling him he had to keep cleaning. Before he left his house, Barty’s punishment was always to clean. Clean the entire property over and over again until his father ordered him to stop. The voice in his head hadn’t told him to stop yet. 

 

Barty eyed the sofa as he reentered. It still smelled like Evan, or maybe it didn’t—he wasn’t quite sure anymore. He dropped the cloth and the bottle and moved over to the sofa, picking up each cushion and stripping off the covers. He dumped them in the corner of the room and wiped his forehead with his arm.

 

There was still so much to do. The floors still felt sticky, the oven oily, the bathroom wasn’t anywhere near clean. The showerhead hadn’t been removed, the TV cabinet still had dust on it, the bins hadn’t been wiped down, he had been doing a whole lot of fucking nothing for hours. 

 

His father would be disappointed. Hours of work, just for nothing to have been done. And now he was wasting time just standing there? Ridiculous, pathetic .

 

There was a part of him that enjoyed the burning in his fingers. Welcomed it, in fact. Something between a distraction and a punishment. It felt a little like control. Barty could control so little in his life, but he could control this. The burn.

 

“Barty?” Barty was snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of Regulus’ apprehensive voice. He stood at the edge of the corridor that led to their bedrooms. “You have to stop.”

 

Barty shook his head, gesturing around them and going to pick the cloth back up. “I can’t, Reg, there’s so much—”

 

“You cleaned it all, Bee,” Regulus plucked the cloth from his hands and kicked away the bottle on the floor. “It’s done.”

 

“But I can hear him still,” Barty stressed, a layer of tears blurring his vision.

 

“Who?” Regulus guided him to the bathroom, putting his stinging hands in the sink and turning on the tap.

 

“Dad,” He choked on the word, bile threatening to claw its way up his throat.

 

Regulus’ shoulders tensed. “He’s not here, Barty. You don’t have to listen to him anymore.”

 

“If I don’t listen, he won’t go away,” Barty scoffed at his own words. “I sound fucking insane—Reg, I—I can’t—I can’t just ignore him.”

 

“You don’t sound insane, I get it. But you kind of just have to ignore him,” Regulus turned his hands over, making sure the cold water ran over ever inch of his angry skin. “It’s shitty advice but he can’t touch you here.”

 

“When I ignore him, he just gets louder, Reg.”

 

“I know. But you already got out. You don’t have to deal with him anymore—drunk or sober. You don’t have to listen. Don’t let him control you even now. Even after you ran away. Do not let him get to you.”

 

“I can’t—“

 

Regulus removed Barty’s hands from the water and pulled him into a hug. “You can. I’m here.”

 

A single tear slipped down Barty’s cheek. He didn’t notice it was there until it fell onto the tiled floor with a splat .

 

He leaned his head onto Regulus’ shoulder, trying desperately to ignore the feeling of worry that coiled in his gut like a snake, ready to strike at any moment.

 

 

friday 30th december

 

“Barty?” 

 

Barty glanced up from where he was curled up in his bed, phone clutched pathetically in his hands in the ridiculous hope that Evan might text him. James’ voice sounded through the door. Barty didn’t even know he was at the flat.

 

“Can I come in?”

 

Barty let out a sound of approval, dropping his head back onto the bed as the door creaked open.

 

The bed dipped as James perched himself on the edge, crossing his legs underneath him.

 

“I think I know how you feel.”

 

“What?” Barty murmured, pushing his phone away from him with a defeated sigh.

 

James ran a nervous hand through his hair. “You feel everything in abundance. The bad and the good. I get it, it drowns you.”

 

Barty pushed himself up onto his elbow, an eyebrow raised. “James, no offence, but you’re the embodiment of the fucking sun.”

 

He was met with a sad smile. “Look, I haven’t even told Reg yet—I’m not quite ready to scare him away. Only Sirius knows, and that’s just because he lives with me.”

 

“Get on with it, Potter.”

 

“I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder when I was nine. I got,” James huffed out a humourless laugh. “Really fucking good at hiding it from those around me, but I get it. And I’m not saying you have it, but I see some similarities in the way you and I cope with things. I just wanted you to know, you’re not pathetic for feeling so strongly for Evan, or for shutting down like this after just a few days of no contact. First of all, you're completely right to be worried—we are too, but don’t—it’s not weird that you're this worried after only having known him for a few months.

 

“I fell for Reg like one would fall from the top of the Burj Khalifa, right onto the concrete below, and if he—” James shook his head once, cutting himself off. His tone was light, but there was an undercurrent of something much heavier. “I feel emotions at their most extreme, and I think you do too.”

 

Barty’s eyes darted across James’ face for a minute before he spoke, voice quiet. “I feel like I’m going out of my brain.”

 

“I know.”

 

“I think I got attached too quickly.”

 

“I think that’s how you and I are wired.”

 

“It sucks.”

 

“It does,” James nodded. “But it can also be beautiful. If you channel all of those feelings into your person, it really is wonderful.”

 

“My person isn’t here. That’s the problem.”

 

“You have to keep looking at the bright side of things. It’s exhausting, I know, but otherwise the darkness will consume you, Junior. Be glad that you found your person,” James shifted his weight, leaning on one of his arms. “We’re all scared for him right now, but when he does get out, and he will, he’ll need you. Because you are as much his person as he is yours.”

 

The coil in Barty’s gut loosened slightly at that. “Really?”

 

James smiled. “Are you kidding? He sends us screenshots of your chats all the time. Just the other day he was telling us about how he wanted to eat you.”

 

Barty let out a startled laugh, sitting up fully in his bed. “Seriously? What the fuck does that even mean?”

 

“You called him a goose, he said it was cute.”

 

“I knew he secretly liked it,” The younger man grinned, before letting out a long sigh and meeting James’ eyes. “Can I ask you something?”

 

“Shoot.”

 

“Why haven’t you told Reg about your BPD?”

 

“He doesn’t need that burden,” James replied simply. “He’s lived a life full of emotionally constipated people. I don’t want to be another person he has to take care of. He deserves more than that.”

 

"Okay," Barty raised a disbelieving eyebrow. “Try the truth now?”

 

“What?”

 

“Bambi, you and I both know that you aren’t just someone Reg ‘has to take care of,’” Barty said, lifting his hands in air quotes. “We both know he’d burn the world for you, and we both know that you’re very different from the people he grew up with. So, what’s the real reason you haven’t told him?”

 

James was quiet for a moment, eyes cast downwards to where his socked feet met the veneered floors. “I’m scared.”

 

“Of what?”

 

“That I’ll be too much for him. BPD isn’t exactly easy to deal with. I’m scared he’ll witness one of my…episodes, and decide it’s too much. I don’t want to lose him to this.”

 

“You wouldn’t lose him.”

 

“How do you know that?”

 

“‘You have to keep looking at the bright side of things. Otherwise the darkness will consume you,’” Barty shrugged, quoting James’ own words back to him.

 

James snorted, rolling his eyes. 

 

“Seriously, though,” Barty continued. “You just spent the last five minutes essentially telling me that the way we feel things doesn’t define us. Regulus loves you. He loves you already, and you are who you are whether you put a label on it or not. The knowledge that you have BPD won’t change what Regulus thinks of you, because it doesn’t change you .”

 

James blinked. “When the hell did you get so wise, Junior?”

 

“I’ve always been a genius. You’re all just too hung up on the insanity to see it,” Barty grinned. “You should tell Reg eventually. Whenever you’re ready, but don’t be scared when the time comes. Regulus would kill you if he knew you thought he would leave you.”

 

“I’ll tell him,” James chuckled, standing up from the bed. “Are you, uh, are you coming to the party tomorrow?”

 

Barty shook his head. “No. This was Evan’s thing. I don’t want to do it without him.”

 

“Okay. Then I’ll see you on Sunday.”

 

 

saturday 31st december

 

rosie 🥀

 

02:33

 

barty 😈

i miss you so much its driving me crazy

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

its a blessing and a curse that these messages arent sending bc on one hand it means youve vanished, but on the other hand thank fucking god you’ll never see me say this

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

you are the best thing thats happened to me in a long time

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

and maybe i came on too strong - maybe i scared you off

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

but as more time passes i really dont think thats whats going on here

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i miss you in a way ive never missed anyone before

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i never really had to miss anyone before

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i missed my parents in a different way

message not delivered

 

barty 😈 

they were both still there, but they also werent?

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

it was different bc i missed people that i never really had

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

not you

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i had you

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

that made it so much worse bc i had a taste

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

and fuck me you were intoxicating

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

you were addictive

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

ive spent my whole life wanting wanting wanting

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

but wanting you might be the thing that destroys me

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i’d go happily tbh

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

as long as i have the memory of you idc what happens to me

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

be okay evan

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

please be okay

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

i’ll set your dad on fucking fire if youre not okay

message not delivered

 

barty 😈

talk to you later rosie

message not delivered

 

 

 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪



Maybe~ Marlene McKinnon

regulus and pandora, is there anything we can do to distract barty today?

10:13

 

lily 🪽

again, hes in this chat

10:13

 

regulus 🐍

its fine hes in his room

10:14

regulus 🐍

his phones out here

10:14

regulus 🐍

and no theres nothing to do

10:14

 

freak 🤢

i feel so bad that evans missing this

10:14

freak 🤢

hes literally been looking forward to this party for years

10:14

 

j 🫶

im considering mild kidnapping

10:14

 

freak 🤢

oh so NOW we resort to crime

10:14

 

j 🫶

yeah well im not suggesting MURDERING his father

10:15

 

remus 🌙

both of u shut up before i come over there and hit you

10:15

 

j 🫶

dont threaten me with a good time moons

10:15

 

freak 🤢

james keep going so he comes over

10:15

 

Maybe~ Dorcas Meadowes

lets maybe not

10:15

 

regulus 🐍

can i leave this chat now

10:16

 

j 🫶

nooooooo

10:16

 

freak 🤢

yes

10:16

freak 🤢

(no)

10:16

 

j 🫶

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10:16

j 🫶

brotherly love caught in 4k

10:16

 

freak 🤢

YOU HAVE MY BROTHER SAVED AS PRETTY BOY

10:17

freak 🤢

thats DISGUSTING

10:17

 

regulus 🐍

why tf are there so many hearts after sirius’ name

10:17

 

mary 💋

james maybe ur the one that should leave the chat

10:17

mary 💋

or the planet idk

10:17

 

j 🫶

good shout, mar, cheers

10:17



 

It was the day of the New Years party, and Barty had a hollow feeling in his chest.

 

Regulus and Pandora were on the floor in front of him, doing each other’s hair and makeup. They were running slightly later than they would’ve liked, Xeno and James would be arriving any second.

 

Barty smiled as Pandora yelped, a jar full of glitter spilling from the coffee table.

 

“Shit!”

 

“Dora!” Regulus groaned, jumping up to avoid getting glitter on his clothes. “Bee, do you mind?”

 

Barty waved a dismissive hand. “I’ll get it when you guys are gone.”

 

Regulus kneeled back down again, away from the glitter but near enough so he could see himself in the small mirror propped up on the table. He picked up a liquid eyeliner and thrust it in Barty’s direction.

 

“Help?”

 

Barty snorted and sat forward, gripping Regulus’ chin between his forefinger and thumb to hold him still.

 

A minute of concentrated silence passed before a knock sounded at the door, indicating Xeno and James’ arrival.

 

Pandora, who had been adding last minute touches to her hair, hopped up and skipped over to the door.

 

“Oi, hands off my boyfriend, Crouch,” James’ amused voice filled the flat, seeing Regulus practically in Barty’s lap.

 

“He was mine first, Potter,” Barty murmured, trying not to break his concentration. He finished one eye and leaned back. “Open, Reg.”

 

“I feel like ‘was’ is the keyword, there,” James sighed as Barty moved to start on his other eye. 

 

Barty risked a quick sideways glance in Pandora’s direction, finding her pulling out a rose from a bouquet that Xeno had given her, and placing it gently behind his ear with a smile.

 

Turning his attention back to Regulus, he finished off the wing and put the eyeliner down, gently tilting his best friend’s head back and forth so he could see if they matched.

 

“Open.”

 

Regulus blinked up at him.

 

“You look gorgeous, love,” James smiled from behind Barty.

 

The younger man shuddered, releasing Regulus’ face. “Enough of that, get out of here.”

 

The ravenette grinned and stood up, leaning over the back of the sofa to press a quick kiss to the corner of James’ mouth before retreating to his room for his shoes.

 

“Alright?” James asked, rounding the sofa to sit beside Barty. 

 

“Yeah. I do feel awful that he’s missing this. It’s all he’s talked about over the last few weeks.”

 

James nodded once in understanding. “I get it. And a little helpless that we don’t know what’s going on.”

 

“Exactly.”

 

“Well, you’re not alone in that feeling,” James squeezed his shoulder, standing up as Regulus returned to the living area. “Remember to look at the bright side.”

 

Barty raised his eyebrows. “What’s the bright side this time?”

 

James shrugged, a lopsided grin on his face. “He’s your person.”

 

Pandora walked over to plant a kiss on Barty’s cheek before he could respond. “Bye, Bee. See you later.”

 

“Bye, guys. Have fun.”

 

The group left in a flurry of long black jackets and polished shoes hitting the floor, and it wasn’t long until Barty was completely alone.

 

 

Regulus and Pandora had been gone for two hours, and Barty didn’t know how to occupy his mind. The TV was on, shuffling through a Spotify playlist that Pandora had made for him years ago, his phone was playing reruns of Friends . He had his laptop balanced in his lap, his most recent assignment staring back at him and a lighter in his left hand, watching as the flames danced and died.

 

Every possible thing he could think of to distract himself was on, and yet his fingers itched to clean. His father’s voice was, while muffled, ever present.

 

The last few days with no word from Evan had been torture. Despite James’ words, his mind was racing , and no amount of background noise could quiet it down.

 

A knock on the door tore him from his thoughts. He sighed, pushing his laptop off of him and standing up from where he had been sitting in front of the sofa.

 

Barty crossed the flat, tugging the sofa’s throw blanket over his shoulders. He peered through the peephole, but it was too dark in the corridor outside for him to see who it was, so he opened the door.

 

Barty’s heart stuttered in his chest at the sight of familiar brown eyes and blonde dreadlocks.

 

“Hey, Bats.”

 

Evan’s voice was raw and broken, words slurring together ever so slightly. He was leaning his weight against the doorframe, curled into himself like he would collapse at any moment. There was blood running down his chin from his nose and mouth, coating his teeth in a red sheen. 

 

His eyebrow piercing looked agitated, the skin around it slightly raised and faintly discoloured. His eyes were rimmed red, and a blood vessel in his left eye had burst, a pool of crimson seeping into his cornea.

 

The usual carefree smile on his face was absent, and Barty almost didn’t recognise him.

 

Almost .

 

Almost, because as pathetic as it sounded, Barty would’ve recognised Evan, even if he was a blind man in a sea of people. He would’ve known him in any light, in any context, anywhere.

 

“Evan, what the fuck?” Barty’s eyes widened, hands shooting out to steady Evan when he shifted, stumbling slightly to one side. 

 

Barty moved to help Evan wrap and arm around his shoulders, supporting him as much as he could as they made their way into the flat. He kicked the door shut behind them and guided the older man to the sofa.

 

He slumped down, wincing at the change in position. Barty ran a hand through his hair, chewing nervously on his lip. “What the fuck?”

 

Evan only smiled, as much as he could with his split lip and bruised cheek. “I missed you.”

Notes:

sooooooooo i hope u guys liked this one... :)

it gets better i promise

anyways so i had my last exam on the thursday just gone but i was w family all weekend and there were bits i wanted to edit so that why im posting a little later than i had planned
but whatever guys im fucking free from school so im alllll yours

pls lmk if this chapter felt at all rushed -- i wrote it quickly bc i wanted to get something out for you guys, but i hope it still flows smoothly :)

as always leave comments i adore reading them

mwah mwah byeeeee <3

p.s.
i got halfway through before i decided i cba to proof read the whole thing and im so insanely sleep deprived so just roll with any mistakes, cheers.

Chapter 10: note again (sorry)

Chapter Text

okay so we’re a little sad right now

i tried to firm it but i let a man hurt me (ew) and now im having writers block and its literally been weeks but he keeps bothering me so it keeps coming back ykwim?

anyway i felt bad that im not publishing another chapter for a bit and i wrote this little rosekiller microfic (which i also put on my tumblr) and i hope its enough to keep you entertained whilst i finish off chapter 8

just to lyk, ch8 is almost done, im just struggling a little to decide what comes next. hopefully it’ll be out in the next couple of weeks :)

anyway enjoy the microfic bye guys mwah <3

 

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Barty gazed up at Evan, eyes tracing his jawline like he was something sacred. The older man’s lips were curled up in a lazy smile, one arm thrown casually over Barty’s shoulders as he watched their TV.

 

He looked so soft. Blond dreadlocks were tied in a half bun behind his head, a single airpod nestled in his left ear.

 

Barty could stare at him for the rest of his life. At the gentle curve of his neck—so delicate, so vulnerable. He swallowed, mind whirring with all of the ways he could ruin something so beautiful.

 

His long eyelashes cast shadows down his cheekbones, flickering with every blink. 

 

The TV screen changed as advertisements began. Evan sighed, letting his head roll over to look at Barty. His eyes narrowed ever so slightly when he found him already looking.

 

“What?” He murmured.

 

Barty just hummed, pressing himself further into Evan’s side. “You’re so pretty.”

 

“I’m pretty,” He deadpanned, arching an eyebrow.

 

“The prettiest,” Barty lifted a hand to gently stroke the side of his face. His eyes darted across his face, like if he stared for long enough, he could engrave Evan into his retinas. “So pretty.”

 

Evan took the hand off his face, lacing their fingers together instead. He pressed a kiss to Barty’s wrist, just above his pulse point.

 

“I’m obsessed with you,” Barty continued. “You’re everything.”

 

“I’m yours,” Evan replied, shifting closer.

 

“You are,” Barty grinned, moving to straddle Evan’s thighs. “Mine, all mine.”

 

Evan raised his hands to Barty’s waist, fingers dipping just below the hem of his shirt. “Yours.”

 

Barty leaned down, but stopped just before their lips met. He breathed in deeply, like he couldn’t exist outside of Evan’s space.

 

His voice was low when he next spoke. “I want to be consumed by you.”

 

Evan grinned, sharp canines flashing, and Barty found himself thinking about those teeth sinking into the soft flesh of his hip.

 

“That can be arranged.”

 

“I used to fear death, y’know,” Barty leaned back, looking down at Evan through hooded eyes. “Before I met you. Now all I fear is a life without you. Evan Rosier, you are quite literally the only reason my heart is still beating.”

 

“In more ways than one,” Evan snorted. “Being your emergency contact will make my hair grey by twenty-five.”

 

“I keep life exciting,” Barty shrugged. 

 

“Can’t argue with—“ Evan cut himself off with a harsh breath as Barty ran a hand down from his chest to his hip, a finger curling slowly around his belt loop. 

 

Barty’s grin practically split his face in two. “You were saying?”

 

“You’re a tyrant.”

 

“Maybe,” Barty leaned back down again, lips brushing against Evan’s as he spoke. “But only for you.”

Chapter 11: chapter eight

Notes:

writers block? who is she?
sorry this one took so long guys, but i hope it meets expectations :)

TWs// injuries, ptsd, child abuse, self harm (again, not explicit, but a form of sh), heavily implied sexual assault

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

!!!!! READ TRIGGER WARNINGS IN NOTES BEFORE PROCEEDING

 

 

Barty kneeled down in front of Evan, taking his face into his hands so he could look closely at his injuries. The older man kept his eyes fixed on Barty’s like a man possessed, never straying even a millimetre. 

 

“I missed you too, Rosie. But that doesn’t answer my question,” Barty murmured, voice blending in with the sound of the TV.

 

Evan just brought a bruised hand up to push a strand of Barty’s hair out of his eyes. “You’ve got a lot going on in here,” He said, nodding to the devices around them.

 

“Background noise,” Barty replied, twisting around to turn off his phone and the TV. “Now answer the fucking question. What happened to you?”

 

“I got out,” Evan tilted his head to the side, tone light as if this was the most simple thing in the world.

 

“Jesus, Rosie,” Barty’s hands were on his face again, brushing a dreadlock away so he could get a better look at his eyebrow piercing. “Okay, wait here.”

 

“I’m fin—“

 

Barty silenced him with a look, crossing the flat to the kitchen so he could grab a bowl and a roll of tissue. He washed his hands and filled the bowl with lukewarm water before returning to Evan, sitting cross-legged in front of him with the bowl balanced between his knees.

 

When he and Regulus were young, Sirius would tend to their wounds on the daily. He would work hard to make sure that there was no risk of infection. Now, imitating these actions with Evan, Barty had a strange feeling twisting in his gut.

 

“I have to take out your piercing, Ev,” He muttered, laying a sheet of the kitchen towel out on the coffee table. “It’ll hurt.”

 

“It’s okay,” Evan leaned closer, lashes casting long shadows down his face. 

 

Barty reached up hesitantly. As soon as his fingers brushed against the silver metal, Evan winced, eyes squeezing shut. 

 

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” He whispered, making quick work of unfastening and removing the bar from his eyebrow.

 

Once it was out, he placed the jewellery on the tissue on the coffee table and tore off a new piece, dipping it in the water and gently dabbing it over Evan’s eyebrow. He carefully tended to the rest of his cuts, wiping away dried blood and making sure any torn skin was thoroughly cleaned.

 

After his face was clean, Barty took Evan’s right hand into his own, brushing a finger gently over the bruises that were beginning to form. Evan hissed, instinctively trying to pull it away, but Barty just held on tighter.

 

“Did he hit you?” Barty asked eventually, lifting his gaze back up to meet Evan’s.

 

“Barty—”

 

Did he hit you ?”

 

Evan, head resting on the back of the sofa, blinked at Barty and offered a sad sort of smile. “A little.”

 

This is not ‘a little’, Evan. You—look at you.”

 

“He looks worse,” The older man shrugged, wincing again. His breathing was uneven, chest stuttering with every inhale.

 

“That’s not reassuring.”

 

Evan raised his untouched eyebrow. “Bat, I—uh, I don’t want to talk about this, okay? Not never , but not right now.”

 

Something like desperation curled between Evan’s eyebrows. Barty chewed on his bottom lip.

 

“Okay. But if you ever feel—not good, please talk to me.”

 

Evan cleared his throat awkwardly. “Yeah. I will.”

 

Barty’s gaze lingered on the older man’s face for a beat before he sighed and reached over to pick up the TV remote.

 

“What do you want to watch?” He asked, settling into Evan’s side whilst carefully avoiding his injuries.

 

“I’m easy.”

 

Barty hummed. He browsed Regulus’ Disney+ account until he finally landed on Pretty Woman . He set the remote down with a smile. “This shit is so good.”

 

Evan shifted so he could see the screen properly, Barty’s hand moving to his hair. “Can’t say I’ve ever seen it.”

 

What ,” Barty’s hand halted. “You haven’t watched Pretty Woman?”

 

Evan chuckled. “I haven’t.”

 

“Oh, Rosie ,” Barty patted his head once, twice, three times. “You’re in for a treat.”

 

 

“Wait—why didn’t she take the money?” Evan asked as Julia Roberts’ character stormed out of the hotel room.

 

Barty raised his eyebrow. “Because she’s hurt, Ev.”

 

“That’s three bags, Bats.”

 

Barty let out a snort, lightly shoving Evan’s shoulder. “ Not the point. It was about the money at first, obviously. But look at how she just reacted to him telling Stuckey she’s a hooker. She likes him. It’s not about the money anymore, it’s the principle—she values the connection they’ve made more than she’d value three-thousand dollars.”

 

Evan stayed quiet for a moment. “Remember how you called me a nerd for rambling about Jane Eyre?”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“You’re a nerd too.”

 

Barty shifted, shooting him an affronted look. “What? No, I’m not.”

 

“Oh, you so are,” Evan laughed. “How many times have you watched this?”

 

“Irrelevant!” Barty shook his head. “I am not a nerd.”

 

Evan reached behind himself to pat Barty’s cheek. “Sure, angel.”

 

Angel?

 

The blonde hummed thoughtfully. “I might be a little high.”

 

“High?” Barty barked out a surprised laugh. “How?”

 

Evan shrugged, dropping his head down onto Barty’s chest. “Grabbed something before I left. Fuck knows what it was. You’re my angel regardless.”

 

A feeling of fondness rose in Barty’s chest, a pleasant warmth settling there.

 

“Okay, Rosie. I can be your angel.”



 

sunday 29th january

 

Evan had been walking around with a cloud over his head, rumbling and dark, emotions ready to spill from the seams at any given moment.

 

Barty hadn’t seen much of him in the first couple of weeks in January because of his mock exams, but they had been together almost every day since they had ended. Evan was practically reeling from his thoughts, but he refused to talk to anyone about them.

 

James’ house felt as though it was held together by nothing but the bated breath shared between the residents.

 

Regulus and Sirius were with James, preparing the food for that evening. His mother was tending to the garden and his father was apparently stuck in a meeting at work. That left Barty curled into an armchair in the living room, eyeing Evan as he typed furiously on his phone.

 

The TV played in a quiet murmur, offering Barty the background noise he needed to keep him from the inevitable spiral waiting for him in his buzzing mind. 

 

Evan had barely spoken a word all weekend. He had smiled kindly at Barty that morning, had pressed a kiss to the corner of his mouth with the same affection he always had, but the crease between his eyebrows was seemingly permanent.

 

Barty knew that Evan hadn’t really slept in the month he’d been away from his father, and he knew that whatever had happened that week was eating him up from the inside, but the older man refused to talk about it.

 

Whenever Barty brought it up, Evan either had a distraction at the ready, or he simply shut the conversation down. It wasn’t exactly news to Barty that Evan was uncomfortable discussing his feelings, but despite that, he had assumed that he would want to get this particular topic off his chest.

 

Barty was torn from his thoughts as Evan let out a harsh curse, throwing his phone across to the sofa opposite him. The other man buried his face into his hands, his leg bobbing up and down in jittery movements. 

 

“Evan?” Barty spoke cautiously, picking at his cuticles. “You okay?”

 

Evan dragged a hand slowly down his face. “Yeah. Shit, yeah, I’m fine.”

 

“Are you sure? If you’re not—“

 

“Barty,” His voice was firm, eyes red-rimmed as he looked at Barty. “I’m fine.”

 

Barty bit his lip, shifting so his legs fell from where they were hooked over the armrest. “Ev…”

 

“Don’t, Bat, please.”

 

“It’s been a month. You have to talk about it. You have to tell me what happened.”

 

Evan shook his head, hands tugging harshly at his dreadlocks. “I don’t have to do anything.”

 

Barty fixed him with a look. “You’ve barely said a word to any of us since Reg and I have been here. You’ve been distant and—and distracted for weeks now. Something happened to you, it was traumatic and it sucks but you have to talk about it. If you don’t want to tell me, fine, whatever, but you need to tell someone .”

 

“Nothing happened,” He said quickly, averting his gaze.

 

“Then what’s wrong?”

 

“Jesus, Barty, can you just back off?” Evan stood up and rounded the coffee table to collect his phone. “Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine . I don’t need you asking me what’s wrong every second of my fucking life, its suffocating.”

 

Barty’s jaw twitched. He clenched his fist, nails digging crescent moons into his palms. “Fine.”

 

He stood up, biting down hard on his tongue, and exited the room. Evan let out a frustrated sigh behind him.

 

“Barty, wait—“

 

“Fuck you, Evan,” Barty spat, continuing into the kitchen where he’d left his jacket. Regulus, James and Sirius were gathered around the island, trying and failing to look as though they hadn’t been listening.

 

“I just don’t want to talk about it. Is it really that big a deal?”

 

“Yes, it’s that big a deal,” Barty scowled, swinging his jacket over his arms. 

 

“Really?” Evan’s voice raised slightly. “Why?”

 

Because ,” He seethed, spinning around to face him. “You’re taking it out on us! Do you know how fucking unfair it is to feel like I’m walking on eggshells around you? You’re my—we’re—whatever this is, I shouldn’t feel like that,” Barty gestured behind him where James was standing, frozen. “I even heard you yell at James the other day. Who does that? You may as well be kicking a fucking puppy.”

 

“Look, Evan,” He continued, patting down his pockets to make sure he had his house keys. “You’re literally an adult, you’re more than capable of dealing with shit on your own. If you really don’t want to talk, that’s fine. But don’t expect me to just sit here and let you walk all over me.”

 

Before Evan could respond to his outburst, he turned to Regulus. “I’m going home. See you later.”

 

“Wait, you can’t just leave,” Evan reached a hand out to grip his wrist. “I’m not good at talking. Please understand that.”

 

Barty raised an eyebrow. “Are you kidding? Evan, you’re standing in a room full of possibly the only people that will understand you.”

 

“I just—I can’t—“ Evan let out a frustrated groan, hands flying up in exasperation. In hindsight, Evan hadn’t meant it, voice slightly raised and the vein in his neck protruding, but in that moment, Barty was back in his childhood house, cowering under a forceful fist.

 

For the first time in his life, Barty flinched away from someone other than his father.

 

Evan’s hand froze in the air.

 

Barty let out a shaky breath, chest heaving like all of the oxygen had been sucked from the room.

 

Regulus was in front of Evan in a second, hissing something through gritted teeth that Barty couldn’t quite comprehend. His blood pounded in his ears louder than any of the voices around him.

 

Barty felt sick. He was pathetic, truly. Ruining everything he and Evan had built with a flinch. He shouldn’t be scared of Evan, should he?

 

Evan wouldn’t hurt him. Evan would never hurt him. But then again, his father was never supposed to hurt him either. 

 

“Reg—“ James’ tone was calming, but ineffective.

 

“How fucking dare you,” Regulus spat. “You never raise your fucking hand at him.”

 

Barty’s chest stuttered, his breathing shallow. He opened his eyes slowly, finding Evan already looking at him. He fought the urge to run.

 

Evan stayed quiet, mouth slightly open, eyes still blown wide like saucers.

 

Regulus continued, sharp voice cutting through Barty’s ears. He jabbed at Evan’s chest to punctuate his every word, face twisting into a tighter scowl.

 

“Regulus, enough,” James pulled him away from Evan. 

 

“Barty—“ Evan tried, stepping closer.

 

Barty stepped back on instinct, wrapped his arms around his stomach. His breath catching in his throat as Sirius appeared in front of him. The ravenette didn’t try to reach out, simply spoke in a quiet voice.

 

“Do you want me to take you home, kid?”

 

He nodded at Sirius, who led him from the room with a barely-there hand at his back.

 

The ride back to the flat was silent. Sirius had assured him that Regulus would be back soon as the younger boy stumbled out of the car and up to his flat.

 

Barty’s ears rang. He switched on the TV as soon as he was through the door and turned the volume up to a maximum.

 

He didn’t sit down. Adrenaline rushed over him in waves, merciless and suffocating.

 

Evan would never hurt him.

 

Would he?

 

No. No, of course not. It was Evan.

 

Barty groaned, digging the heels of his hands into his eyes. “Fuck.”

 

Panic rose in his chest. Evan was probably upset with him for even entertaining the idea that he could stoop so low.

 

The tension in the air had wrapped the two of them in a tight knot, their breaths had felt claustrophobic. Evan had looked angry in a way Barty had never seen before.

 

His eyes had practically spilled over with fury—fury aimed at Barty. 

 

Leaving the TV on, Barty crossed the flat to the bathroom. He stripped quickly and turned on the shower. The scalding water hit his skin like a slap, chasing away the regret that burned in his stomach.

 

Each of his nerves were frayed, electricity sparking at the ends. His fingers twitched with restlessness.

 

Barty did what he could to keep himself busy. To stop his mind wandering to what if Evan’s hand had kept going .

 

For the next hour, he cleaned. Despite the angry knocks at the door from his neighbours, the TV remained at full volume.

 

Barty cleaned the kitchen, the still-wet bathroom. He cleaned both his and Regulus’ bedrooms and that stubborn spot behind the fridge that, no matter how hard he scrubbed, never seemed fucking clean.

 

Regulus didn’t return until the floors had been scoured for the third time. The ghost of a sympathetic smile shone through his usually indifferent expression, but it was gone before Barty could really notice it.

 

“Hey,” He said, abandoning his bag by the door.

 

“Is Evan mad?” Barty spoke before he could think.

 

Regulus frowned. “What?”

 

“Did I make him mad? I didn’t mean to flinch, I—I don’t know why I did. I don’t want him to think that I think he could do something like that.”

 

“No, he’s not mad,” Regulus said softly, wrinkling his nose slightly at the smell of bleach. “He’s…scared.”

 

“Scared of what?”

 

“Himself. For making you flinch.”

 

“God,” Barty huffed, setting his cleaning supplies down on the kitchen island.

 

“This isn’t your fault, Bee. It was instinct,” Regulus shrugged off his jacket. “He understands that. You were both born into a world you learned wasn’t safe the hard way. But you both chose each other anyway. He gets it. If you need space, then take it, but when you’re ready to talk, I think it’s important that you do.”

 

“D’you think I should go now?”

 

“Are you ready now?”

 

Something like fear curled uncomfortably in Barty’s stomach. “No.”

 

Regulus shrugged. “Then don’t. He’ll wait for you.”

 

 

saturday 5th february



operation rosekiller

 

j 🫶 added you and 9 others to operation rosekiller



lily 🪽

what the fuck is a rosekiller

11:57

 

j 🫶

evan = rose

11:57

j 🫶

barty = killer

11:57

 

mary 💋

why are we here

11:57

 

regulus 🐍

yes on ANOTHER group chat

11:58

 

j 🫶

well our dearest rosekiller hasnt spoken in a week

11:58

 

panda 🔮

well technically they spoke on wednesday

11:58

 

lily 🪽

but it ended with a black eye

11:58

 

remus 🌙

on sirius tho

11:59

 

freak 🤢

i got caught in the crossfire

11:59

freak 🤢

hardly my fault

11:59

 

regulus 🐍

its always ur fault

11:59

 

freak 🤢

die lonely

11:59

 

regulus 🐍

view attachment: 1 photo

11:59

 

freak 🤢

JAMES GET OFF MY BROTHER

11:59

 

j 🫶

OKAY CALM DOWN

11:59

j 🫶

we’re here about barty and evan

12:00

 

marlene 

it is truly admirable how efficiently regulus irritates sirius

12:00

 

regulus 🐍

thank you

12:00

regulus 🐍

its an art

12:00

 

xenophilius 

so is this for like

12:00

xenophilius

making a plan or what

12:00

 

j 🫶

yes

12:00

j 🫶

does anyone have any ideas

12:00

 

mary 💋

YOU made the gc

12:01

 

j 🫶

yeah but idk what to do

12:01

 

panda 🔮

i dont think its up to us

12:01

panda 🔮

they’ll come together when they come together

12:01

 

regulus 🐍

i agree

12:01

regulus 🐍

theres no point all of us get involved

12:01

 

freak 🤢

wise arse

12:01

 

remus 🌙

idk i also agree

12:01

 

freak 🤢

traitor

12:01

 

lily 🪽

i agree too

12:01

 

j 🫶

but evans so upset

12:01

 

xenophilius

in all fairness

12:02

xenophilius

if they cant even be in the same room without screaming at each other, maybe we should be there as mediators

12:02

xenophilius

just get them to talk to each other

12:02

 

regulus 🐍

???

12:02

regulus 🐍

getting involved will make it worse

12:02

regulus 🐍

its not our business

12:02

regulus 🐍

if evan doesnt want to talk to barty what makes you think he will talk to any of us??

12:02

regulus 🐍

these two are probably the least communicative people ive ever met which is saying a lot

12:02

regulus 🐍

but they WILL talk eventually bc they drive themselves insane with every second they spend apart

12:02

regulus 🐍 

they are horrifically codependent

12:02

regulus 🐍

just give them time

12:02

 

lily 🪽

most words from regulus ever

12:03

lily 🪽

i agree with each and every one

12:03

 

freak 🤢

i guess hes right

12:03

 

regulus 🐍

of course i am

12:03

 

freak 🤢

dont make me kill you

12:03

 

remus 🌙

sirius

12:03

 

freak 🤢

🙄

12:03

 

lily 🪽

hows barty doing?

12:04

 

panda 🔮

awfully

12:04

panda 🔮

ive been at their flat for not even half an hour and the background noise is driving me absolutely batshit

12:04

 

regulus 🐍

its true

12:04

regulus 🐍

electricity bill from the tv is guttural

12:04

 

panda 🔮

hes not even watching it hes just sort of staring

12:04

 

mary 💋

i hope they talk soon

12:05

 

 

tuesday 8th february

 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

hey can we talk|

 

barty 😈

hey can w|

 

barty 😈

hey|

 

barty 😈

hey are you|

 

barty 😈

|

 

 

bats 🦇 

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

|

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bar|

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

|

 

 

bartemius 🥴

 

bartemius 🥴

foods here in 5

19:22

 

regulus 🐍

okay coming

19:22

regulus 🐍

have you talked to him yet

19:22

 

bartemius 🥴

no

19:22

bartemius 🥴

cant

19:22

 

regulus 🐍

okay

19:22

regulus 🐍

thats okay

19:22

 

seen 19:22

 

 

thursday 10th february

 

operation rosekiller

 

freak 🤢

well that was the most awkward thing ive ever sat through

17:19

 

marlene

they really just sat there in silence huh

17:19

 

j 🫶

that silence was DEAFENING

17:20

 

regulus 🐍

i hated every second of it

17:20

 

mary 💋

why was barty so twitchy

17:20

 

panda 🔮

there was no background noise

17:20

panda 🔮

silence is torture for him

17:20

 

lily 🪽

this is soooo awful to watch

17:21

lily 🪽

theyre so stupid for each other and they cant even see it

17:21

 

j 🫶

they will they will

17:21

j 🫶

all we can do is wait

17:21

 

regulus 🐍

the real concern is how much longer until i strangle barty for his constant background noise

17:21

 

j 🫶

okay so maybe hold him back too

17:21

 



saturday 12th february

 

j 🫶

 

j 🫶

bro evans tweaking the fuck out

10:56

j 🫶

is barty planning on talking to him any time soon?

10:56

 

regulus 🐍

pause

11:03

regulus 🐍

‘bro’?

11:03

regulus 🐍

sorry who the fuck do you think i am

11:03

 

j 🫶

sorry love im still in sirius mode 😭

11:03

j 🫶

let me rephrase

11:03

j 🫶

love of my life, evan is losing his very mind

11:03

j 🫶

have you spoken to barty about it recently?

11:03

 

regulus 🐍

better

11:03

regulus 🐍

but no im not sure

11:04

regulus 🐍

im with pandora rn but i’ll text him hold on

11:04

 

j 🫶 reacted ‘ 🩷’ to your message

 

seen 11:04

 

 

bartemius 🥴

 

regulus 🐍

do you think you’ll talk to evan soon?

11:04

 

bartemius 🥴

idk

11:04

bartemius 🥴

i keep hovering over our chat but i never actually start typing

11:04

 

regulus 🐍

u wanna do this over text?????!!!!!

11:04

 

bartemius 🥴

god no i just think i should announce myself before just showing up at the potters yk

11:05

 

regulus 🐍

just go

11:05

regulus 🐍

james was just asking when i think you’ll go over

11:05

regulus 🐍

so just go

11:05

 

bartemius 🥴

now??

11:05

 

regulus 🐍

unless you have something better to do

11:05

 

bartemius 🥴

alr alr

11:05

bartemius 🥴

im going 

11:05



 

reg stealer 😒

 

barty 😈

hey im coming over for a bit

11:14

 

reg stealer 😒

finally

11:14



 

It had been two weeks since Barty had left the Potter’s house, hands shaking like the fragile flame of a candle in the wind.

 

He wanted to go earlier, to make sure Evan knew that they were okay, that he knew he would never hurt him. Something held him back. He wasn’t sure what.

 

But now, two weeks had passed and Barty was driving himself insane with no contact. Regulus had told Evan to give him space, so neither one of them had heard from the other.

 

The front door was open when Barty stepped out of his Uber, James was bent down in front of it to pick up a package that had arrived.

 

“Hey, Junior,” He offered a small wave. “Evan’s upstairs.”

 

“Thanks,” Barty bit his lip, hesitating at the threshold.

 

“You okay?”

 

“Nervous,” Barty waved him off. “I’m good.”

 

“He missed you,” James said quietly. 

 

Barty huffed out a small puff of air, eyes straying to the staircase. “In his room?”

 

James nodded, shooting Barty a small smile before he disappeared further into the house.

 

Walking up the stairs, Barty felt like a man condemned. A tugging in his stomach made him feel slightly dizzy, the weeks of distance that stretched between him and Evan felt like a great chasm, growing larger by the second.

 

He would be lying if he said he wasn’t absolutely shitting himself. He felt pathetic. Pathetic for flinching, pathetic for not reaching out.

 

Barty wasn’t entirely sure why he had waited so long to talk to Evan. He’d spent days mulling it over, but not a single reason made sense to him.

 

He approached Evan’s door quicker than he had wanted to. Heart pounding, he knocked.

 

A few seconds passed before Evan answered. His dreadlocks were tied up in a half bun, the bottom few brushing over the top of one of James’ old football hoodies. 

 

He looked like shit, for lack of a better word. Barty felt his heart clench slightly at the sight of Evan’s bitten lips and broken cuticles. Guilt sank in his stomach like a stone.

 

“Bat,” Evan muttered, clearing his throat. He opened the door wider to let Barty in.

 

“Hey.”

 

Evan’s room was tidy. Each of his belongings hidden away like he was afraid to be truly seen. The only thing that stood out to Barty was his bed. Unmade, duvet halfway to the floor, laptop opened beside a crumpled pillow. The curtains were closed, allowing no light into the room save for that coming from the shark lamp on his bedside table, gifted to him by Marlene.

 

“So. It’s been a second,” Barty said, hovering just in front of the threshold.

 

“Yeah,” Evan let out a humourless laugh. “It has.”

 

“Did I wake you up?” Barty questioned, following Evan’s lead as he sat cross-legged on the bed.

 

The latter shook his head. “I was watching something.”

 

Barty cocked his head to the side, a silent question.

 

The corner of Evan’s lips curled into a smile so small that Barty would’ve missed it, had he not been paying such close attention. “Pretty Woman.”

 

The brunette grinned, bright enough to light up the dark room. “You like it?”

 

Evan hummed. “It’s…comforting.”

 

Barty’s grin widened, but it was short lived. He sighed, flopping back until he was lying against the pillows. “Okay, I have something to say.”

 

“Can I go first?”

 

Barty lifted his head enough to glance up at him curiously, wondering what he possibly had to say. “Okay.”

 

“Bear with me because I really—I struggle with this sort of stuff,” Evan’s tongue darted out quickly to moisten his lips. “I’m sorry. For raising my hand like that. I mean, I wasn’t going to touch you, but I’m sorry I even made you think that I would. I really—I don’t want you to be afraid of me.”

 

Barty sat up, lips drawn tightly together. “I’m not afraid. I came here to apologise to you. I don’t know why I flinched but it had nothing to do with you. I—I’m not sure why it took so long for me to actually say that. I guess we’re both pretty bad at this.”

 

Evan just shrugged, a sad sort of smile gracing his face. It was soft, careful. Barty had always loved soft things. “It triggered something for you. I don’t blame you.”

 

“Reg said something smart the other day,” Barty scrunched up his nose as he tried to remember, leaning back onto his elbows. “‘You were both born into a world you learned wasn’t safe the hard way. But you chose each other anyway.’ We understand each other, or something like that.”

 

Evan snorted. “Wise words from a guy that spent almost two hours yelling at me. He’s so gentle with you.”

 

Barty couldn’t help but scoff at that. “Gentle? Are you serious? He hung me out the window by my fucking collar because I used his charger. That’s not gentle.”

 

“Then I’d hate to imagine what he’d do to me,” Evan shifted, propping himself up on his side to face Barty. “He may be a wank towards you but he’s very protective. And very scary for such a small person.”

 

“I’ll believe it when I see it.”

 

Evan smiled, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. He bit down on his lip, chewing gently at the soft flesh. After a minute of silence passed between them, his gaze met Barty’s.

 

“I have something else to say.”

 

“Go on,” Barty nodded, sitting up again.

 

“About what my dad did,” He hesitated, reaching up to tug his dreadlocks out of the half-bun they were in.

 

Barty waited patiently for him to stop fidgeting.

 

“It wasn’t just about Christmas,” Evan’s voice eventually filled the room that suddenly felt far too big for the two of them. “I mean, it was. But it wasn’t…”

 

“What?”

 

“He didn’t do all that—“ He swallowed. “He didn’t hit me like that just because I was late for Christmas.”

 

“Then why?”

 

“He found out. About you. About me—that I’m gay.”

 

“Oh,” Barty breathed, gut twisting. “I—oh.”

 

“He touched—uh. He touched— well, he tried to,” Evan cleared his throat, lifting teary eyes to the ceiling. “I can’t—don’t make me say it.”

 

Barty lifted a hand to his mouth, a sick feeling weighing heavy in his stomach like rocks in his pockets. “Oh, God.”

 

“He didn’t—it wasn’t—“ Evan took a deep breath. “It wasn’t like that , but it wasn’t…it was on the night that I came here. He tried to. He didn’t get very far.”

 

“That’s why you said he looked worse.”

 

Evan glanced back down at him again, nodding. “I need you to know that I didn’t keep this from you because I don’t trust you. It’s just—it’s really hard—“

 

“It’s okay. God, it’s okay,” Barty lifted his arms, a silent question. Evan accepted immediately, lunging forward to bury his face into Barty’s neck. “I’m so fucking sorry, Evan.”

 

The older man let out a humourless laugh, pulling away only slightly. “Don’t call me ‘Evan’. Feels too serious coming from you.”

 

Barty hooked his finger through the leather band on Evan’s wrist and brushed his lips gently over his cheekbone. “I shouldn’t have pushed you—“

 

Evan was shaking his head before Barty could finish his sentence. “You couldn’t have known.”

 

Barty’s face twisted in disgust, reaching up to wipe away the stray tears on Evan’s cheeks. Anger replaced the guilt he had previously felt, a hurricane of emotion climbing up his throat. “I’m going to kill your dad.”

 

“Hot,” The other replied without missing a beat. “I’d pay to see it,” He shifted. “I was angry at my phone the other day because I haven’t been able to get in touch with any of my cousins since they left. Their parents are keeping them away from me.”

 

“They’ve blocked your number?”

 

“My number, socials, everything,” Evan sighed. “We are the closest thing we have to an actual loving family. I—I’m the oldest, I’m supposed to take care of them.”

 

Barty bit his lip in thought. “Do their parents know my name?”

 

“Don’t think so,” Evan shrugged.

 

“Then use my phone. Reg, Sirius and I are the same, I get it. Use my phone. Make sure they’re okay.”

 

Evan smiled, leaning in to plant a kiss to the corner of Barty’s mouth. “Thank you.”

 

“Do you—“ Barty laced their hands together. “Do you want to talk about it anymore?”

 

“No. Not now. Maybe another day?”

 

“Okay,” Barty nodded, squeezing Evan’s hand once. “Thank you for telling me this much. Seriously.”

 

“Can’t have you running out on me, can I?” Evan teased, blinking away any remaining tears. He laughed lightly. “I’m not sad. I don’t know what this is.” 

 

Barty barely suppressed his eye roll. “Rosie, there’s this really cool thing that people do. It’s called feeling. It may sound crazy to a robot such as yourself, but you will get used to it,” He paused. “And for the record, I can’t stay away from you for longer than five minutes.”

 

“You did , though,” Evan chuckled. “A whole two weeks.”

 

“Yes, well. Glitch in the matrix,” The brunette reached over to pull the laptop between the two of them. “We have, however, fixed it with our top tier communication skills—“

 

Evan snorted.

 

“And can now relax with the thought that if I ever see your dad, I will slit his throat,” Barty continued, voice airy. “Now, would you like to finish Pretty Woman, or do you want to watch something else?”

 

Evan just smiled, soft and gentle, eyes tracing Barty’s jawline like he was something sacred. He tilted his head slightly and pressed his lips to Barty’s covered chest. “Anything you want, angel.”

 

“Angel?”

 

“S’growing on me,” Evan shrugged. “Pretty Woman’s boring as hell, though.”

 

Barty gasped in faux offence. “You were literally just watching it. You have free will, you know?”

 

“I was watching it because it reminds me of you, not because I like it.”

 

“Ridiculous,” Barty murmured, barely suppressing his grin. “I’m leaving.”



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪



regulus 🤐

the girls have stopped fighting

19:55

 

bats 🦇 

nuh uh i left him

19:55

 

regulus 🤐

ur emotionally manipulative

19:56

 

bats 🦇 

im emotionally interesting

19:56

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

‘left me’ but is currently lying on top of me

19:56

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

thats fine

19:56

 

bats 🦇 

stfu

19:56

 

pandora 😮‍💨

brooo apparently evan let barty leave the house while they were arguing

19:56

 

marls 🎸

wtf

19:56

 

remus’ bitch 😎

wait seriously 😟

19:57

 

mcdonalds 🍟

thats poor rosier

19:57

 

dork

how dare you

19:57

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

well what the fuck

19:57

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

he came back we fixed it

19:57

 

marls 🎸

but the fact he wanted to leave at all

19:57

marls 🎸

tut tut tut

19:57

 

bats 🦇 

aw hes all pouty

19:58

 

dork 

are yall like actively fucking or are you just lying on top of him

19:58

 

bats 🦇 

im just on him

19:58

bats 🦇 

hes like a space heater

19:58

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

glad to hear im useful

19:58

 

bats 🦇 

gonna take a nap now bye ladies

19:58

 

 

xeno 🔮

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

hes such a pretty sleeper xeno KILL ME.

20:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

omfg hes literally beautiful its so unfair

20:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

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20:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

jesus christ

20:33

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

holy fuck i missed him

20:33

 

xeno 🔮

jesus

20:35

xeno 🔮

what happened to the nonchalance

20:35



 

fifty shades of gay 😍🤪



dora stealer ☹️

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20:36

 

rosie 🥀

ASSHOLE HES ON THIS CHAT

20:36

rosie 🥀

the betrayal i cant take it

20:36

rosie 🥀

ur so lucky hes asleep

20:36

 

reggiekins 😋😩

ew

20:36

 

reg stealer 😒

awww i think its sweet

20:37

 

panda 🐼 

i do too omg

20:37

 

fireball 🥱

evans in looooove

20:37

 

rosie 🥀

lily :(

20:37

 

wolfy mcwolf 🐺

pathetic

20:37

 

rosie 🥀

SAYS YOU HELLO????

20:38

 

MARLS 🤯

embarrassing fr

20:38

 

rosie 🥀

ur all fucking hypocrites

20:38

 

barty 😈

u want me so bad it makes u look stupid

22:12

barty 😈

but ur hot so its alr

22:12

 

reggiekins 😋😩

😐😑😐

22:24

 

saturday 13th february

 

demon sauce 😈👹

 

barty 😈

HELLO EVAN JUST ASKED ME TO BE HIS BF

18:54

barty 😈

HE TOLD ME TO COME OVER

18:54

barty 😈

AND HE MADE A FORT IN HIS ROOM WITH SNACKS AND SHIT

18:54

barty 😈

AND JAMES’ PROJECTOR

18:55

barty 😈

AND IM LITERALLY LIKE WTF THIS IS SO NOT NONCHALANT

18:55

barty 😈

AND THEN HES LIKE I JS WANTED TO OFFICIALLY ASK YOU

18:55

barty 😈

AND I WAS LIKE DAMN THATA SO ROMANTIC AND UNLIKE US AND IM LITERALLY OBSESSED

18:55

barty 😈

hes in the bathroom rn but we’re watching cars 😎

18:55

 

panda 🐼 

FINALLY

18:55

panda 🐼 

xeno said hes been talking about it for literal days

18:56

panda 🐼

im soosososososo happy for you beeee

18:56

 

barty 😈

<33333

18:56

barty 😈

i told you bitches i’d make him my bf one day

18:56

 

reggiekins 😋😩

yesyes well done

18:56

reggiekins 😋😩

if ur gonna fuck i beg you be quiet

18:56

reggiekins 😋😩

james’ room is like two doors over

18:56

 

barty 😈

not everything has to be sexual reg smh

18:56

 

reggiekins 😋😩

with you? yes it does

18:57

 

barty 😈

nuh uh

18:57

barty 😈

we’re simply enjoying each other’s company

18:57

barty 😈

making out a little but its all pg as per his wishes

18:57

 

reggiekins 😋😩

🤨🤨

18:57

 

panda 🐼 

did he ever talk to u abt his dad?

18:57

 

barty 😈

yeah he talked a little last week but he didnt wanna go into too much detail

18:57

barty 😈

but we’re chill and hes already been better at communicating

18:58

 

reggiekins 😋😩

can u tell us what he said or no?

18:58

 

  barty 😈

nahh thats his thing

18:58

 

reggiekins 😋😩

never thought i’d see the day bartemius crouch jr respected a boundary

18:58

 

barty 😈

screw you

18:58

barty 😈

hello its evan im confiscating bartys phone now

18:58

barty 😈

he can talk to u tmrw xx

18:58

 

panda 🐼 

😭😭 bye bye

18:58

 

 —

 

rosie 🥀

 

barty 😈

hey 😋😋

20:13

 

rosie 🥀

??? why are you texting me

20:13

 

barty 😈

god forbid a guy texts his bf

20:13

 

rosie 🥀

mf ur in my bed just turn around

20:13

 

barty 😈

im shy 😔

20:14

 

rosie 🥀

oh my god

20:14

rosie 🥀

what do u want

20:14

 

barty 😈

wanna go get food

20:14

 

rosie 🥀

?? there are snacks right here

20:15

 

barty 😈

but i want chips 😔

20:15

barty 😈

no need to sigh so loudly damn

20:15

 

rosie 🥀

fine we can go to mcdonalds or sm

20:15

 

barty 😈

:DD

20:15

barty 😈

thanks pretty boy

20:15

 

rosie 🥀

not this again

20:15

 

barty 😈

pout all you want, youre still the prettiest person ever

20:16

 

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fifty shades of gay 😍🤪

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

evans really slutty send tweet

12:33

 

shakespeare 🤓

knew it

12:34

 

xeno 🔮

what he do

12:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

view attachment: 1 photo

12:34

 

marls 🎸

IS THAT A CROP TOP

12:34

marls 🎸

HAHAHAHAHAH

12:34

 

cat food 🐀

damn

12:34

cat food 🐀

that is a man right there

12:34

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

pack it up pettigrew

12:34

 

regulus 🤐

quads

12:34

 

cap 🫡⚽️

reg :(

12:35

 

regulus 🤐

sorry

12:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

always room for another reggiekins

12:35

 

remus’ bitch 😎

WHAT

12:35

remus’ bitch 😎

EW????

12:35

 

cat food 🐀

sorry why does HE get the princess treatment

12:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

bc we’ve done it before 🙄🙄

12:35

 

remus’ bitch 😎

oh my god

12:35

 

marls 🎸

omg i love traumatise sirius time

12:35

 

shakespeare 🤓

really fucking weird coming from evans number tho

12:35

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oh i didnt even realise

12:35

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

oops

12:35

 

bats 🦇 

okay continue

12:35

 

remus’ bitch 😎

you lot DISGUST me

12:35

 

regulus 🤐

and the world kept turning

12:36

 

pandora 😮‍💨

be nice reg

12:36

 

remus’ bitch 😎

yeah reg

12:36

 

regulus 🤐

stfu

12:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

i look hot in a crop top

12:36

 

lils 🙏

how did barty even convince you to put one on 😭

12:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

its his i put it on by accident

12:36

 

bats 🦇

liar you wanted to try it on

12:36

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

nuh uh

12:37

 

bats 🦇 

yuh uh

12:37

bats 🦇

otherwise u wouldve taken it off already

12:37

 

marls 🎸

HAHA HES STILL WEARING IT

12:37

 

evan 😶‍🌫️🍃

its comfortable idc

12:37

 

bats 🦇

love a man comfortable with his masculinity

12:37

 

regulus 🤐

view attachment: 1 photo

12:38

 

lils 🙏

is that

12:38

 

marls 🎸

JAMES IN A SKIRT HAHAHAHAH

12:38

 

cap 🫡⚽️

TRAITOR

12:38

cap 🫡⚽️

WTF

12:38

 

bats 🦇

looking good bambi

12:38

 

remus’ bitch 😎

i have such mixed feelings about this

12:38  

 

cap 🫡⚽️

I DONT

12:38

cap 🫡⚽️

REG WHY

12:38

 

regulus 🤐

i too love a man comfortable in his masculinity

12:38

 

cap 🫡⚽️

okay well now my feelings are mixed

12:38



 

rosie 🥀



barty 😈

yk what i just remembered

18:12

barty 😈

what happened to your chameleon

18:12

 

rosie 🥀

oh i gave her to xeno months ago

18:12

rosie 🥀

dad did NOT want a chameleon in the house

18:12

 

barty 😈

booooo what a wank

18:12

 

rosie 🥀

agreed

18:12

rosie 🥀

anything from my cousins yet?

18:13

 

barty 😈

not yet

18:13

barty 😈

don’t worry rosie there’s still time

18:13

barty 😈

they’ll be okay

18:13

 

rosie 🥀

i know i know

18:13

rosie 🥀

wanna come over?

18:13

 

barty 😈

i JUST got back 😭

18:13

 

rosie 🥀

okay and?

18:14

rosie 🥀

i miss u

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barty 😈

ofc u do ur obsessed with me

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barty 😈

i’ll be there in 10

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sup i hope you liked this one

okay time to get real
i started writing this fic just for funsies bc i had a whole load of marauders brainrot that i wanted to let out and the fandom was getting a little rocky with quite a few different controversies so i wanted to give to those who still considered this a safe space, and it turned out that a lot of you guys really liked it. im SO grateful for that like honestly you should see my stupid little smile every time i get a new comment. im saying all of this bc we're eight chapters in, and the main ship is together. i'm definitely going to continue adding to this because i personally love it, but i'm letting you know that i no longer have a plan for the future chapters so its probably just going to be silly and fun like the first couple were -- think of it like rosekiller fluff. honestly this is both a heads up and a huge thank you to all of those who have been reading, i love you <3

as always, pleaaaase leave comments, and i'll see you for the next one :)

p.s.
feel free to check out some of the other fics i have on here (they're not all my best work, but hey i've gotta start somewhere)

p.p.s
okay so i fucking wrote all of this but as im editing the format before posting and i literally thought of a plan for the next (at least) one or two chapters lmao. whatever the sentiment still stands, see u next time