the boys of harry potter imagines.

neville longbottom.

"are you going today?"
the girl whispered to neville ever so quietly,
his eyes not coming up off the ground.
"hm? oh y-yeah,"
he nodded and lifted his head,
towering over her.
"great! you're the only person i can practice with,"
she smiled,
waiting for him to smile back.
"me? you want to practice with me?"
"well yeah. why not?"
"i don't know. thought harry only partnered you with me."
"no, silly. i wanted to work with you! you're a great wizard, you know?"
y/n nudged his shoulder carefully before walking further down the hallway,
neville stood there with a smile spread across his face.
"i'll see you then?"
he called out down the corridor.
she turned around and winked,
placing a finger at her lips,
"shhh."
he nodded and kept that same smile on his lips,
her cherry flavored scent sticking with him for the rest of the day.
***
"you're all doing good! try focusing a little harder,"
potter instructed,
walking around the room of requirement to help whoever needed it.
y/n stood across from neville and smiled,
practicing their spells.
neville would offer pieces of advice here and there,
taking notice of what y/n was doing wrong and helping her to correct it.
"it's got to be a powerful memory, y/n. dig deep,"
he nodded encouragingly and smiled at her.
she nodded in understanding and closed her eyes,
racking her brain with memories.
she waited and waited before it finally popped up.
soon,
conjuring the patronus.
she watched the animal spin around the room in awe.
"woah!"
she exclaimed and jumped over to where neville stood,
excitement oozing through her body.
"we did it! neville, we did it!"
she cheered,
high-fiving him.
"we? that was all you, y/n."
"oh don't be so modest! i wouldn't have been able to do it without you."
"glad we could help each other."
"say, i'll tutor you in potions if you can contribute helping me with these spells?"
the girl offered,
twirling her wand in her hand.
neville shuffled on his feet before nodding,
"yeah. yeah i'd like that."
"great! meet me in the library tomorrow at noon."
***
the girl waited at the study table for her and neville,
her eyes scanning the pages for valuable information to give the boy.
"sorry i'm late,"
neville mumbled as he took his seat across y/n.
"no worries. everything okay?"
she questioned,
his aroma of strong cologne hitting her.
"yes."
"alright. you smell nice by the way,"
she smiled,
watching his cheeks redden.
"but let's study shall we?"
he nodded his head in agreement,
and so they began.
after a while,
y/n began to take notice of nevilles struggle to understand the material on the book.
"are you more of a hands on learner?"
"mhm,"
he answered,
frustrated and embarrassed from all the wrong answers.
"well! lucky for you,"
she smiled as she rose to her feet,
grabbing her books and offering her hand out for him,
"i know just the place."
they walked into slughorns class,
empty and ready for use.
"are we allowed to be in here, y/n?"
y/n walked over to where the boy stood,
placing her hands on his shoulders.
"would you trust me?"
he swallowed before nodding his head.
"great! because, your answer is yes. slughorn gave me permission to teach you how to make two potions."
"just two?"
"just two for today. we've got the rest of the quarter."
"so what are we making first?"
"amortentia."
"the love spell?"
"yes! you remembered. now, what goes into it?"
neville began listing off the ingredients,
sometimes getting them wrong,
but y/n was able to guide him in the right direction.
soon,
it was finished.
"so... what do you smell?"
"cherries."
"really?"
she exclaimed,
excited that it worked.
"cherries and... and the smell of new fabric."
y/n's stomach began to fill with butterflies as the pieces connected.
her cherry chapstick.
her cherry perfume that luna gifted her.
the new fabrics she bought and sewn together to make clothing.
"what do you smell?"
he questioned,
tilting the bottle her way.
she snapped out of her trance with a huge smile plastered on her cheeks,
taking in a deep breath of the potion.
"flowers, and... plants. like a garden."
she giggled before looking up at him,
his lips turning into a smile.
"do you reckon we might be attracted to each other?"
"that's what i'm thinking,"
y/n agreed as he set the vial down.
"huh... you... attracted to me?"
"don't be so quick to put yourself down, longbottom. you're the only one in this school with a brain and a sense of humor,"
she spoke before looking up at him,
"and you're all too cute."
neville smiled a shy smile and shook his head.
"you should come with me to slughorns christmas dinner,"
y/n offered as she reached for his hand.
"i'd love to."
together,
the two stood in the room and smiled their cheerful smiles.
"shall we start on the next potion?"
"yes ma'am. which is?"
y/n racked her mind with ideas,
"wiggenweld potion."
***
neville walked y/n back to her dorm that night,
stopping by the common room door.
"thank you for the help today,"
neville smiled,
his hands in his pockets.
"of course. thank you for your help as well. seems we both learned a thing or two today, huh?"
she smiled that smile of hers before reaching in for neville,
planting her lips against his ever so softly.
their lips brushed,
his heart beating outside his chest.
"goodnight neville. i'll see you tomorrow?"
"y-yeah. you got it."
y/n pulled her bottom lip between her teeth and nodded,
hugging him and giving him a kiss on the cheek goodnight.
he walked back to his dorm a little taller that night.
after months of dreaming of y/n,
she was finally in his arms.
"yes!"
he exclaimed to himself.
"yes!"