"That's it," you look up with a start, and see a flushed Scorpius carrying Steve down the boy's dorm stairs and into the common room. "I've about had it up to here with you, Stephen Swarovski Malfoy!"
"What's the poor thing done, this time?" you ask, stifling a laugh. He looks at you with a small scowl, and holds up a fistful of jewellery. "Stolen the house cup?"
"Steve here," he says, looking back at the satisfied-looking animal, "has been nicking people's property and bringing it to me!"
"He really must like you then," you say with a grin, "nifflers don't usually give their treasure away." Scorpius sighs and plops onto the couch next to you.
"I'm flattered," he says, holding Steve up to his face. "But I'm going to need you to return this stuff. To their rightful owners, not to some stash somewhere. Got that, Stevie?" The niffler grumbles a bit, but when Scorpius hands him the stolen goods, he scampers out the door and into the castle.
"You have to do that a lot?" you ask, no longer able to hide your laughter.
"Relatively," Scorpius says with a sigh, sinking onto the couch. "At least he brings everything back."
"You can't expect a creature to go against its core function," you say, settling back next to Scorpius and watching the fire. "It's nice that he gives the stuff back though." Scorpius grunts.
There's a long pause, and then Scorpius says, "I do love him though, he's my best mate." You pull your legs onto the couch, and turn to face him, a mischievous grin on your face.
"He's your best mate?"
Scorpius blushes hard, and stutters, "W-well I... I mean... he's my best non-human mate. Yeah. O-obviously you— I mean, you're my best mate. Obviously." you stifle a laugh.
"Likewise," you say, "obviously."
**A/N**
Steve makes a habit of stealing stuff, b/c of obvious reasons lol. Y/n and Scorpius eventually get in the habit of hiding shiny metal tokens and making a game out of it to keep Steve distracted and happy. I'M NOT OVERTHINKING THIS STORY, YOU ARE!
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The Malfoys and Me
FanfictionSo I'm writing this in honor of my 12 year old self, who played out this fanfic with a friend at church camp. WARNING, this is coming from the mind of a young girl who was deeply in love with Scorpius Malfoy. If you fit that bill, you'll love this! ...
