Between The Shadows | Ominis Gaunt x Sebastian Sallow x Reader

Chapter 7: Difficult Decisions

Warning: mention of blood and murder

Sebastian POV

This room was incredible. Just as y/n started to doze off, the sofa she was sitting on suddenly expanded to fit all of us comfortably and to her surprise a small door appeared next to the entrance to reveal a cozy bathroom. "I guess I never needed one before since I never spend the night here," she remarked.

Ominis and the nifflers got pride of place between y/n and me on the sofa.

As we were all slowly falling asleep, I wondered to myself when was the last time that I had felt so completely at peace.

It was dark and cold. I whispered 'lumos' and a tiny spot of light appeared in front of me. I tried to make the light bigger but it didn't work and I realized that it was actually far away. I walked forwards to the bright spot and suddenly I heard Anne's voice, she was crying. Wait a minute, I knew this place. It was Feldcroft catacomb. I hadn't been here since... since...I was getting closer to the light and I finally saw her. She was sitting on the floor, holding uncle Solomon's lifeless body, weeping uncontrollably. I started to run towards her. I wanted to tell her that everything was going to be alright. I wanted to take her out of there. I was just a few steps away from her when she finally raised her head and looked at me.

It was y/n. Her hands were covered in blood and there were smears of blood on her forehead and cheeks. Her eyes glowing and the body she was holding in her arms was not Solomon's, it was Ominis'.

"y/n." I gasped and took a few quick steps back.

"This is what you wanted, isn't it?" she asked in a cold and stoic tone, getting up from the floor and stepping on Ominis' body as she slowly walked towards me. "We've always had this understanding between us."

"No! NO!! y/n!" I cried "I never wanted this!"

She raised her wand, pointing it at me "I DID IT FOR YOU!!" she shrieked, "CRUCIO!"

Red light blinded my eyes and I heard a scream. I was screaming...

"Sebastian, SEBASTIAN! Wake up!" Ominis and y/n were both hovering over me with concerned expressions. There was no sign of blood or glowing eyes, just their worried faces.

I slowly sat up.

"I had... It was just..." I couldn't put a complete sentence together.

"...a bad dream" finished Ominis for me, "you were screaming in your sleep."

"I'm sorry I woke you up." I muttered.

Y/n sat next to me. "No need to apologize, we all have those."

"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Ominis.

"No, but," I wiped some of the wet hair from my forehead. "I think I need a shower."

As soon as I said that, a towel, bathrobe, fluffy slippers and a set of fresh clothes appeared next to me with a loud 'PLOP' sound.

"Do you think the clothes flew here from my wardrobe or the room is mimicking what I was wearing before?..."

The shower was pure bliss. Leaning against the wall, I let the cool water cascade over my back. I closed my eyes in a desperate attempt to calm the hurricane of thoughts swirling in my mind. That wasn't a prophetic dream. I've never experienced one of those. This was just a regular nightmare, coming from my past and my fears. Nothing to really worry about. I was sure that y/n would never... not because of me, not for anyone. I knew she was capable of a lot, but she'd never... I couldn't even finish the sentence in my thoughts. I would NEVER ask her to do anything like that!

I couldn't stop thinking about what had almost happened yesterday in the forbidden forest... Y/n was full of guilt and remorse... so vulnerable. I knew she would say anything, do anything in that moment and...I couldn't let her... she was there for me and I almost took advantage of her vulnerability. I felt disgusted by the fact that I had almost done it and at the same time I was angry with myself that I hadn't.

Anne was losing her battle with time and I wasn't able to do what was necessary.

I stepped out of the shower.

When I returned to the sofa in a fresh change of clothes, I felt slightly better but knew it would probably be another sleepless night. As I was staring at the ceiling of the room of requirement, to my surprise I found myself smiling like an idiot at the sound of two people peacefully snoring next to me.

Reader POV

When I entered the bedroom in the morning, Imelda was getting ready to start her day with yet another quidditch training session. "Well, look who's back from their night adventure," she said, almost bumping into me. "So, who was the lucky person?" she asked with a playful grin.

"It's not what you think," I replied, heading towards my wardrobe to change into fresh clothes."I was simply helping to take care of some young nifflers"

She cocked her head with a skeptical look." So, the sweater you're wearing belongs to one of the nifflers? "She asked.

"Nice try, Imelda" I said and grinned back at her "That's my sweater."

She chuckled, unashamed, before leaving the room.

When I was alone I collapsed on bed and closed my eyes. It finally hit me that yesterday I had almost kissed my best friend during breakfast and just a few hours later I almost ended up kissing Sebastian in the forbidden forest. I didn't even have a moment to process it until now. Mainly because we all had such a wonderful time together afterwards. I couldn't help but chuckle as I recalled Ominis' face when the nifflers tried to make a nest in his hair.

But next a shiver ran down my spine as the memory of his hand holding mine yesterday morning came rushing back. It sent a tickling sensation through my entire body. I found myself running my fingers over the spot where his lips had touched my skin, still feeling the warmth of his kiss.

Then a vision of the forbidden forest with Sebastian flooded my mind. His dark eyes locked onto mine, filled with confidence and desire. His deep, hypnotic voice drew me in like a moth to the flame.

I let out a deep sigh, feeling utterly confused.