Gut Feelings (Varian x Witch!Reader)

Raccoon Trouble

I was currently running through the forest. Sunny was hot on my tail as I sprinted to Varian's lab. My hands were tight on my bag as I didn't want anything to fall out. My skirt flying behind me, my hair in the wind, and my feet running through the mud. I eventually stood in front of Varian's door out of breath expecting the worst. I banged my fists on the door waiting for someone to answer. Varian soon opened the door. His hair was a mess, he was covered in dirt, and smelled like who knows what kind of chemicals.

"Hey hey hey...(y/n) are you okay?" He looked down at me worried. "I-I had a dream a-and there was an explosion. It ended be-before I knew if you were okay a-and I was scared." I rushed out checking him for any burns, bruises, or cuts. He laughed before grabbing my hands. "Look at me. I'm perfectly fine. There was a small teeny tiny explosion." His father Quirin appeared behind him. "It was anything but that Varian." He said before waving to me and heading to the fields. "Are you sure you're okay?" I asked looking into his eyes. He smiled softly and nodded.

"Since you're here why don't you help me out with the damages." I nodded and followed him to where the said explosion happened. There was marks all over his lab, pieces of metal were scattered, there was even a spot of acid on the floor. "Small explosion huh?" I asked cracking a smile. "Okay so it might've been a little bad. But on the bright side I figured out where I went wrong." I started picking up pieces of metal. "And what was your mistake?" He picked up more metal pieces before putting them into a corner of the lab. "I mislabeled or misplaced some of my chemicals." He said rubbing the back of his neck. I laughed and continued to clean up the mess. Sunny was walking along one of his various shelves knocking down a few jars and beakers. "Hey Sunny that's rude!" I said trying to reach him.

While trying to reach him I lost my footing and started slipping. Before I fell I felt a pair of arms around my waist. I looked up and saw Varian holding me. "You're really clumsy aren't you milady?" He asked slightly smirking down at me. I blushed a dark red before trying to regain my composure. "Maybe, or I'm only clumsy around you so you can catch me." With that I saw a light pink dust his cheeks as he pulled me back up and gently grabbing Sunny from the shelf and placing him on the ground. We went back to cleaning up his lab when a raccoon snuck into the lab.

"Uhh hey Varian?" I stared at the small raccoon. "Yeah?" He asked from the other side of the room. "There's a raccoon in here." I heard him sigh. He came up behind me with a broom. The raccoon started running around the lab trying to get away. It looked like it was also teasing Varian. "This raccoon gets into my lab every week!" He said still chasing the raccoon. The raccoon was knocking down everything we put back and breaking things we fixed. I dodged the raccoon and Varian multiple times. The raccoon was now chasing Sunny. "Get out of here!" Varian yelled running after the raccoon. Sunny was hissing at the raccoon and trying to swat at it. I sighed and grabbed my wand. I took a deep breath and pointed my wand at the raccoon. A blue mist emitted from my wand and surrounded the raccoon lifting it up from the ground. Varian was panting and leaning on the broom for support. "H-how did you do that?" I smiled up at him. "I've been practicing! Now cmon let's get this guy outside." I put my wand down grabbing the raccoon that was still surrounded by the mist. He was now calm in my arms making me thankful. I carried the raccoon outside as Varian followed. "I should really make something to keep them out of the lab." I giggled as I watched the raccoon run off. "Yeah that might be a good idea."

We walked back inside and finished cleaning his lab. "Have you ever been to the festivals in Corona?" He asked me looking up from his work. "I haven't. Why?" He shrugged his shoulders. "I know that you like dancing in the forest and messing around. Plus you can maybe make some money off of your pendants and crystals at the festivals. I thought that maybe we could go together and just have some fun! Kind of like a break!" He said smiling with his blue eyes shinning with anticipation. I giggled

"Sapphires, I'd love to go to a Corona festival with you, but I really don't want to sell my things so close to the castle." He tilted his head to the side in confusion. "Why not?" "If I were a king and I heard about a random witch selling her possibly cursed objects I'd want to investigate immediately." He nodded in understanding. "Yeah maybe don't sell your things yet. I don't want to have to visit you in a jail cell for false accusations." He joked before staring at me with wide eyes. "Oh my god I'm so sorry! I-I didn't mean to maybe strike a nerve!" My laughter cut him off. "Sapphires relax! It was funny! Even if I end up in a jail cell at least I know you'll visit me!" I said smiling at him.

He sighed softly before looking back at me. "Do you know about the lost princess?" He asked me. "I know a little bit but not much. I just know that she was taken and that she's alive and well." I said smiling softly. "Wait...you know she's alive? How?!" I shrugged my shoulders. "Just one of the things I know about." I said smiling at him. "Now what's your next invention going to be Sapphires?" I said sitting on his desk and picking up the papers he was staring at. "Well milady," He took the papers from my hands. "Maybe you and your all knowingness can help me relabel all of my things." I giggled. "Maybe the raccoon mislabeled everything and switched everything up to mess with you." He paused for a minute before grabbing a new piece of paper. "Change of plans were working on an animal friendly raccoon trap!" I giggled and watched him write. "How do you expect to make a raccoon trap when you don't even know which chemicals are which?" He paused and looked back up at me with a small blush dusting his freckled cheeks. "Change of the change of plans. We're going back to the original one!" I laughed. 'Gosh he's so cute sometimes...wAIT WHAT?!'