In The Shadow of Love // Sebastian Sallow x Reader

Chapter 6 - A mix of emotions

We attended detention later that evening with Professor Weasley, our punishment wasn't much other than to sit in silence for two hours. We sat there awkwardly as time moved slower than we knew was possible, every so often we'd glance at each other and exchange a small smile.

An owl comes flying into the classroom, gracefully placing a letter in Professor Weasleys hand, we stare at her as she opens it. As she reads the note her eyes widen "please excuse me, I need to attend to an important matter. I'll be back in a moment" she says as she stands up from her desk and walks towards the front door, closing it behind her. 

"Merlin! I thought she'd never leave" Sebastian lets out. 

"I know, how has it only been half an hour?" Ominis adds. I hear them laughing to the side of me, engaging in conversation. I continue to stare down at the desk in front of me, my head resting in my hand as I think deeply about Theodore's arrival and what it means. 

"Y/N?" Ominis asks. I look up from the table and turn my head towards him.

"Are you okay?" He continues. 

"Sorry, yes, I'm just thinking about what to do about Riddle" I let out a sigh. 

"We need to get him alone" Sebastian says coldly through his teeth. 

"You will go nowhere near him Sallow" I reply bluntly "aggression has got us nowhere, I can't have you scaring him off again" I continue. 

"Hey -" before Sebastian can finish his sentence the door to the classroom opens again and Professor Weasley enters, we instantly go quiet and act like we haven't just broken the silence we were forced into. 

"Your detention has been cut short, please head back to your common rooms immediately, and don't let me catch you intimidating anymore students" she says, a sighing under her breath.

We quickly glance at each other with confused looks, but decide not to question her decision "thank you Professor" I say softly with a smile before leaving the classroom. 

"That was odd" Ominis says, running his hand through his hair, a confused expression on his face.

"It was, but it also saved us an hour and half of painstaking silence" I chuckled as we continued walking.

The castle was somewhat peaceful at night, the low lit torches dance in the darkness, the paintings are silent as they sleep, and the glimmer of the moon beams through the windows, it quickly became my favourite time of day, the only time I could get any peace from the events of the last few weeks... 

The common room was empty when we got back, with it being so late everyone else had already gone to bed. Ominis and Sebastian start walking to their dormitory "Sebastian, a moment?" I ask, tilting my head, my hands joined behind my back. He turns around and smiles at me before walking towards me. 

"I guess I'll see you two tomorrow" Ominis scoffs as he walks up the stairs, taking himself to bed.  

"What's wrong Archer?" He asks as he stands in front of me, hands intertwined in front of him, staring me down with curiosity in his eyes. "Remember when you said 'you could have me if you wanted me'?" I ask, now crossing my arms. 

"Yes?" He smirks. 

"Well, I happen to think it's the other way around" I say as I slowly walk towards him, making sure not to break eye contact the entire time. "Oh? How so?" He asks, I don't respond I just reach my hand up to brush his perfectly tousled hair before planting it on the back of his neck, he edges in closer to me placing his hands on my waist, our chests now touching and our breathing rising and falling in unison as the moment intensifies. He closes his eyes as I move my mouth towards his ear and whisper "just like that" before quickly pulling myself away, letting out a small laugh.