With the capture of Verandi Farley and several high-ranking Trossach members, the British wizarding world has finally caught a break. The rate of rogue werewolf attacks have started dropping at a steady rate and, hopefully, things will stay that way. The Ministry is starting to loosen some restrictions, like not arresting werewolves standing on the street for loitering, however there’s still an obvious power imbalance between wizardfolk and werewolves.
The Cotswolds pack are continuing to advocate for the rights of werewolves and petitioning to change the legislation that has been set in motion by the current Minister for Magic, whilst the remaining Trossachs members are trying to stay out of the spotlight and keep a low profile… for now.
Whilst the British wizarding world seems to have calmed down, the same cannot be said for over in Northern Europe where a rebellion of magical creatures has risen. The state of things has gotten so bad that the European Ministry has enacted protocols to protect those under eighteen whilst their adult witches and wizards fight to keep control of their countries.
Students from Durmstrang have been sent to Hogwarts to keep them safe and those not old enough to attend school have been sent to live with relatives or designated British Ministry officials outside of Europe for the time being.
Will the low rates of werewolf attacks in Britain continue? How long will Durmstrang students stay at Hogwarts? Will the creatures usurp the wizardfolk in Northern Europe? Only time will tell.
SEPTEMBER 2019 It's been a very long, eventful summer in the wizarding world. A baby was stolen, several high ranking Trossach members were imprisoned, and werewolf attacks have drastically dropped as a result. What will happen now school has returned?
MAY 2019 An attempt to capture the beta of the Trossachs has been launched. Were the Aurors successful in their mission? Go read more here!
Post by MATHEUS DELGADO on Jun 17, 2019 13:07:34 GMT
It was mid-afternoon and sauntering into his dorm room, Matheus was buzzing pleasantly from the two firewhiskys he'd managed to score from flirting with patrons at The Three Broomsticks. He wasn't drunk, not by a long shot, but he was definitely feeling confident in himself right now - but then again, when wasn't he? He was fantastic, and as he passed a mirror, he made sure to do a little wink because hell yeah, he looked damn good.
Raising his arm, Matheus had just started to flex his bicep shamelessly when another reflection caught his eye. Leo. Man, if Matheus looked good then Leo looked incredible. He always did, especially when he was riding that broom of his in Quidditch practice. "Hey Leo," he said, grinning as he moved over to the other boy's bed, inviting himself to sit down. "Not going for a ride on your broom today?"
Leo was rather excited when he returned back to the dorm after dinner. Despite post owls usually finding their owners during breakfast, his parents' owl had dropped a small package for each of the siblings during dinner. The bird was rather old already so she had probably not made it for the morning post and Leo had taken it upon himself to care for the owl by sharing some food before bringing her up to the owlery himself for some rest before she would depart again. But that also meant that he had to contain his excitement all the way from dinner until now about what might be in the parcel. He quickly sprinted up the stairs to the dormitory (he didn't want to share sweets with the whole common room, if that was what was in the parcel) and barely noticed Matheus as he was heading straight for his fourposter. Protecting the little package like a precious treasure, his head snapped up at the greeting. "Oh, hi. Sorry I didn't see you there," he said hurriedly while fingering the wrapping paper already. "Nah, my butt is still a bit sore from yesterday," he replied distractedly when he was asked if he wanted to play quidditch. If anything, he really wanted to see what was in here first! It wasn't often that talk about quidditch or flying didn't engage him 100% in a heartbeat. This only happened when food was potentially involved. Leo only noticed from the corner of his eye that his dorm mate had found a seat on his bed as well while he was hastily unwrapping the parcel. Quickly all the wrapping paper lay strewn all over the bed and he had managed to open it. A moan escaped him as he examined his loot. Chocolate! Just what he needed.
Post by MATHEUS DELGADO on Jun 18, 2019 11:11:20 GMT
The words that left Leo's mouth in reply to Matheus' question instantly had the boy's brows raising because well, wasn't that interesting, Leo drawing attention to his arse. It was a great one too, one that Matheus admired pretty regularly especially well the boy was walking in front of him in the corridors. "That's what happens when you ride a... broom too often," Matheus said with a grin. It was pretty clear by his tone of voice that he wasn't just talking about the Quidditch brooms, and he continued along the same line of innuendo as he 'innocently' kept speaking, "Perhaps you can ride mine sometimes? From what others have told me, it's a pretty smooth ride."
Eyes searching Leo's face, Matheus realised with disappointment that the boy wasn't looking at him when he spoke. It was a shame, because it meant Leo missed out on seeing the flirtatious smile that had graced Matheus' lips, one that Matheus was fully confident would charm the boy. Instead, Leo was transfixed on the plain brown paper parcel that he was currently tearing into. Boring... or so Matheus thought, until the other boy started moaning. Well, wasn't that a sexy sound? Too bad Matheus wasn't the cause of it... yet. "What is it? Did Ryker finally send you a pair of knickers or something?" he joked, looking over to see that oh... chocolate. Right. Not nearly as exciting.
Leo rolled his eyes at the comment that a sore behind was what you got from flying too often. They were on the same quidditch team after all and had most of the practice sessions together. Just sometimes Leo liked to take it a bit further and fly on his own for a while. He thought for a moment about the suggestion to try Matheus' broom some time. He was actually quite happy with his own broom. It hadn't failed him yet. But who was he to say no if his team mate made the suggestion. "Hm, I could try some time, yeah," he agreed. Maybe he would end up liking it better than his own though...
The seventh year scowled to cover up his embarrassement when Matheus brought up Ryker. It was all well and good that he dreamed about her more often than not, sometimes even fantasized when he was bored in class, but that didn't mean anyone else had to know about it. So he retained the subborn attitude of denying everything that had to do with her. "Of course not. She's my friend. Why would I want that?" he asked, trying to sound offended at the stupid joke and hoping that he didn't look as uncomfortable as he felt.
"Do you want a piece?" he felt obligated to ask as he was unwapping the chocolate.
Post by MATHEUS DELGADO on Jun 20, 2019 11:53:58 GMT
Instead of shooting back some witty reply, Leo was actually thinking about Matheus' half-joking suggestion to ride his 'broom.' Well, wasn't that surprising? Perhaps... maybe... Leo wasn't taking the broom literally, his mind in the gutter just as Matheus' was. "Have you ever ridden another's boy's 'broom' before?" he asked, the grin on his face turning dirty. "Or am I going to be the lucky first, querido?"
The scowl on Leo's face and the offended tone of his voice was enough to make Matheus cough out a laugh because yeah, sure. "Uh huh, yeah. So... if I look in your drawer, there won't be secret love letters? Maybe a dedicated 50 pages in your diary?" he joked, brows wiggling once more. "Or maybe I've got it wrong. Maybe you're hoping for a pair of Eli's knickers instead."
'Do you want a piece?' Oh, did he ever... it didn't quite click to Matheus that Leo was offering chocolate, however, and taking Leo's words as an outright invitation to take a piece, Matheus leapt into action. Impressively fast and in the blink of an eye, Matheus had twisted so he was effectively straddling the other boy, legs on either side of his thighs. Then cupping Leo's jaw with his hands, Matheus leaned down, crashing his lips against Leo's.
Matheus asked if he had ever ridden another one's broom before and Leo just quickly shook his head. Was he suggesting that he had stolen someone else's broom? Usually people, especially those on a quidditch team passionate about their brooms, didn't let anyone else touch their brooms. "Well of course not!" he assured Matheus. He was upholding the honour of a quidditch player of course. But Leo stuttered when Matheus looked at him with that strange expression on his face. And why would he be lucky that Leo wanted to try out his broom. "Uhm, I guess so…" he said slowly.
"Of course not!" Leo defended himself violently at the accusation that he was hiding secret love letters. If only. Also, he didn't even have a diary, so he wasn't even lying now. But apparently Matheus wanted to go further than that trying to provoke him. But Leo had had enough. He wouldn't let himself be teased. "Yeah, sure..." he deadpanned. "And I also secretly want to go on a date with the Giant Squid. Get your facts straight, Delgato, you're being ridiculous."
Leo had no time to react or even to register what was happening. One moment he was unwrapping chocolate and the next moment the chocolate was toppling out of his lap and was replaced with a pair of strong thighs. Before he had any chance to recover he was suddenly being kissed and Leo was simply stunned. Wide eyed he stayed still, not sure about what to do.
Post by MATHEUS DELGADO on Jun 22, 2019 9:36:26 GMT
'Of course not' was the answer that Matheus got in response to his question of broom riding, and it was enough to make him grin... and his grin only grew bigger as Leo said, 'I guess so.' Hell yeah, he wanted to try out his broom. Who wouldn't? Matheus knew he exuded sex appeal, something that was no doubt appealing to the other boy. "Don't worry, Leo. I'll make sure you get the ride of your life," he said with a wink.
"Oh, yeah? Never would have pegged you for having a tentacle fetish, Leo. What a surprise. Bet there's a whole page dedicated to the squid in your diary too," Matheus said with a loud, hearty laugh at the thought. Then, he decided to put on a little show, miming opening a book and writing in it with his hands. "Dear diary, today I visited the lake and saw the squid. It was love at first sight. I just couldn't stop staring at his tentacles... oh, diary. It's just something about all eight that does something for me. Plus, those, uh, suction things at the tips... oh, baby." Dropping the mime at the end, Matheus gave his most innocent, angelic smile to Leo as though he was an amazing actor who had just given him the most amazing show in the world.
One of Matheus' hands had strayed to the nape of Leo's neck, eagerly awaiting for the boy to start kissing him back. No doubt Leo would be a handsy one, who could resist Matheus' glistening abs? But then... the return of the kiss never came. Instead, the boy went stock still. Shit. Shit, oh no. Matheus climbed off the boy as quickly as he had mounted him, taking in his stunned face. "Dude, I'm so sorry... fuck, man. I would never have - I thought you were dropping hints. I, uh..." For once in his life, Matheus didn't know what to say. He valued consent, so freaking much, and he'd just... fuck. "D'you wanna take a swing at me? You can. I'm really... shit, I'm so sorry."
Leo could only hide his face in his hands and shake his head at Matheus' ridiculous story. He knew he was being teased, but that did not mean he liked it. Usually he was always in for a joke. But when it came to jokes about his (non existent) love life, he didn't find them remotely funny. "Har har, very funny. Just drop it, ok? I get it," he replied testily.
Matheus drew back and got off him again, but it still took Leo a moment to realise what had just happened. Meanwhile Matheus was already apologising. Did that just really happen? What was he thinking? Why? Leo blinked. How had this happened? Quickly he got up from the bed, somehow feeling panicky for no reason. "Nah, it's nothing, we're cool," he brought out in response to the offer to hit Matheus. "I'll just... toilet. Be right back," he stuttered before he fled from the room, down the stairs and out of the common room.
Post by MATHEUS DELGADO on Jun 24, 2019 11:14:38 GMT
Leo's annoyance only seemed to be growing and it appeared that it wasn't just teasing about Ryker that ticked him off, but Matheus' whole shtick. Raising his hands in a 'I surrender' gesture, he let the subject drop, deciding not to press it any further. "All right, man. Consider it dropped."
'We're cool.' The look on Leo's face screamed otherwise, and Matheus' fingers pushed through his curls guiltily. The guy wasn't punching him, which would have in all honesty made him feel better, but instead he stumbled out some excuse and fled from the room. Shit.
When Leo didn't come back for a while, Matheus swore under his breath because he really had messed up big time. He just hoped Leo could look him in the eye tomorrow, and that he wasn't having some big gay freak out because Matheus had kissed him. It was all his fault, not Leo's.
With that thought in mind, Matheus walked back over to his own bed, flopping down backwards and groaning, hands flying up to cover his eyes. Maybe Leo would come back soon and he could apologise again... but he didn't have high hopes.
