Rosekiller

Seventh Year|Thirty-Nine|Rabastan

That's all I think about now
I remember we were happy
That's all I think about now

Wednesday, September 30th, 1977

Barty had never felt more accomplished. He went a whole month without a disciplinary letter from his father. That either meant Barty wasn't being bad enough anymore, his dad gave up, or the school stopped contacting him. Either way, he was grateful.

On top of that, he had Evan back. It felt as if nothing bad had ever happened between them. It was lovely. The only downside was that Evan was apparently dating Rabastan and Barty at the same time. They discussed it once, and they spoke nothing of it past that.

Barty and Evan were sitting with their friends in the common room, the latter boy with his legs across Barty's lap.

"Ev, aren't you still dating that Rabastan guy?" Dorcas asked.

Barty had completely forgotten about that.

"Uhm. Yeah, why?" Evan asked. He didn't look at Barty.

"You're dating Barty now too, right?"

"Yes"

"That's fucked up" Reg said from the opposite sofa.

"Reg, it's okay. Evan is gonna break up with Rabastan, right?" Barty said/asked, looking Evan in the eyes.

"Actually, Barty, I was thinking maybe I wouldn't have to..?" Evan hardly glanced at Barty.

Barty felt his face drop. His shoulders sagged, and his mood totally shifted, "oh".

Barty surveyed his friends' reactions. Reg's eyes widened, Pandora's softened, and Dorcas looked dumbstruck.

"Uhm..if you'll excuse me.." Barty got up and walked out of the common room.

He made his way to the kitchens. He didn't really know where to go or what to do, but he figured he could eat his emotions.

By the time anyone found him, it was already dark out. Pandora had taken the liberty to seek him out.

"Hey" she said when she arrived. She sat on the counter next to him, and reached into his bag of crisps.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm good. Just wish my own boyfriend loved me enough to only want me, you know?" Barty answered, looking down in shame.

"He loves you a lot. After you left, he went up to your dorm and just cried. He called himself a selfish asshole, if that makes you feel any better" Pandora comforted. She put her hand on his back in a soothing way.

"Thanks, Panda. I dunno, maybe I should talk to him"

"Maybe. But you don't owe him anything, he's the one with two boyfriends"

"I know."

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Okkk this was very very short, and very very late, I apologize. I have zero inspo for this year, so I think I'm gonna do a big time skip  to the end of the year.

I wanted to post something before the end of 2024, so this is it!! I'm so sorry it's bad. I STRUGGLED to write this chapter.

I'm not sure how many of you have heard that AO3 might be shut down sometime after January 20th, due to Trump winning the American election, but just a reminder: go download your fav fics to your device!! You won't be able to read them after that if you don't download them!!

Okay love you all ❤️❤️❤️

I'll try to be more on time for the next chapter. Expect a new one in the new year!

I've begun writing a new rosekiller fic, it's a muggle au, based in the 2000's! I dunno how I feel about it yet, but if anyone is interested in reading it, lmk under this paragraph and I'll post it!

As always, this chapter is not proofread.

The song at the beginning is All I Think About Now by The Pixies!!

Xoxo 💋