Hogwarts Legacy Oneshots

A Worrisome Box of Chocolates

Sebastian Sallow x f!MC - (Fluff/Banter) - 2.6k words

Request: hear me out: the yule ball's coming up and mc has been receiving several gifts from people trying to woo her. meanwhile, sebastian is jealous and pouty and building up the courage to ask her to the ball......... until one of the gifts she had been given is doused with amortentia and she suddenly starts acting all lovey dovey towards some other guy. and sebastian realizes this, and ominis has to pretty much hold him by the neck of his shirt to prevent him from throttling someone

Summary: With the Yule Ball coming up, Sebastian has to bite his tongue and try not to go insane as he watches his friend get showered in gifts and propositions, while he tries to build up his own courage to ask her. When one of the gifts douses her with a particularly heavy dose of Amortentia, Sebastian is pushed well into madness.

Tags: Banter, Pining, "Un"requited Love, Inappropriate Use of Amortentia, Jealous Sebastian, Protective Sebastian, Friends to Lovers

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"Oh, give me a fucking break," Sebastian scowled, gaze trained on Amit as he crossed the courtyard to approach her, a bouquet of prissy, yellow flowers in hand. "Is there a single person in this school who isn't going to try to ask her?"

"You, apparently," Ominis murmured, licking a finger to turn the page of his paperback.

"What was that?"

"Nothing," Ominis feigned innocence.

"Gods, I'm going mad," Sebastian looked ready to pull out chunks of hair. "Okay, you know what, tonight will be the night. Yes, tonight. I'll wait up for her after dinner and— actually, she'll probably be too tired, right? We have double potions today. Alright, tomorrow then. Perfect, yes, tomorrow morning. Damn it, no, that won't work, there's that—"

Ominis looked ready to pull out chunks of hair himself. He sighed. "How about now, Sebastian? She's right there, for heaven's sake, just walk up to her."

Sebastian scoffed. "Don't be ridiculous, Ominis, that's a terrible idea."

Ominis hit his forehead against the cover of his book in a desperate measure to cling to sanity. He turned his head towards the entrance of the courtyard.

"Suit yourself. However, I see Leander making his way over to ask her now."

Sebastian's head whipped around at neck-breaking speeds. "What? Where?"

Ominis quickly capitalized on this narrow window for escape, slipping from the bench they were on.

"He's not—" Sebastian turned back perplexed to an empty seat. "Oh, you git —you can't even see!"

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When Sebastian finally made his way back to the common room after an entire day of watching other students fawn over her in their shared classes, she was already there, curled up near the fireplace chatting with Ominis.

He attempted to exude nothing but platonic indifference as he plopped down on the couch beside his two friends with a sigh.

"Long day?" She looked concerned. Ominis looked aggravatingly amused.