Title: A Lesson Learned
By: Bridget McKennitt
Pairing: Theodore Nott/Seamus Finnigan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 641
Summary: Rule number one; never trust a Slytherin.
Contains: No warnings in as far I know that can't be extrapolated from the header itself.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is owned by other companies. They are used here without permission, and for entertainment purposes only. No challenge or infringement upon the copyright is intended, nor should any be inferred.
Author's Notes: Written for the first wave of United-Meant To Be fest. Challenge: 1. Create a story based off of these words - thestral, family, loyalty.
He came to me one day in our fifth year. Seamus Finnigan,
upright Irish Gryffindor, found me one day in the library of
Hogwarts. It was right after the falling out he had between him and
Harry Potter, and though he would not tell me directly how the
falling out came to be, I came to the conclusion it was because his
mother thought Potter was crazy due to the articles in the Daily
Prophet.
I was looking for a book when I turned the corner and the
Gryffindor bumped into me. I growled at him and tried to move passed
him when he grabbed my arm. "Your name is Nott, right? Theodore Nott?"
"What's it to you, Gryffindor?"
He looked uncomfortable, but like what his House was known
for, he pressed on. "I'm Seamus Finnigan. We're in the same year, you
know."
"I know, and I don't care. Now get out of my way. Go back to
sucking Potter's cock."
"Hey, now! There is no way, not in a million years, would I
ever suck Harry's cock." He frowned. "He insulted my mother and me.
Family pride, you know."
I rolled my eyes. "How wonderful."
He kept going like he did not hear me. "You always have to
have loyalty to your family. It's just the way of things. Isn't that
how Slytherins survive?"
I scoffed. "We are only loyal when it suits our purposes. It
is very obvious that you're a Gryffindor with those ideals."
"Then teach me."
"Excuse me?"
Seamus looked at me with pleading eyes. "Teach me to become
more like a Slytherin. Harry's going to turn my entire House against
me, just because I don't agree with him, and I do not want to be left
unguarded."
I sighed. Stupid Gryffindors and their stupid ways. However,
it did occur to me that I could string this Seamus and break him
further. "Fine. First, you need to do me a favor and find a book on
thestrals. Then we talk."
And find it he did. He broke no complaints when I said he had
to do my essay on the damn animals nor when I demanded he do the rest
of my homework. At the end of the day, I smiled at him and sent him
on his way.
"Wait! Aren't you going to teach me?" His voice was needy and
I felt good.
"Tomorrow. You need to learn patience, Finnigan. Otherwise
Potter will crush you like a bug." He went away on those words,
believing that I had his best interests at heart.
I knew at that moment that I had him wrapped around my little
finger, all because he had no one to turn to in his House and I was
the only thing he could latch on. Me, a Slytherin. Now I knew how
Draco felt when he was doing his schemes.
He came back to me the next day and the next, and it was not
long before I had him on his knees as I pounded roughly into his
arse. I'm sure it hurt as I did not bother to prepare him or use any
lubricant, but the Irish boy never complained. Not even when blood
ran down his legs and he had to crawl away from our encounter. Of
course, after a month of this little fun, I decided to sever the ties
and break him for good.
That night when we met in an empty classroom, I pushed him to
the ground and told him flatly that he was a loser and that no one
would ever love him. That he could not even do anything right, not
even could be a good lay. He stared at me with glassy eyes as I spit
in his face and left. Rule number one on the Hogwarts playground;
never trust a Slytherin.
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