shades of cool | theo nott

30 || birthday boy

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"𝙤𝙝, 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩,
𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣' 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨
𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙮"
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"Happy Birthday Teddy!" Vera exclaimed, pressing a kiss to his jawline just like he liked it and wrapping her arms around him. They were still in bed, the comforter sprawled across them, but rays of sunlight peeked through the windows.

"Thank you angel." Theo buried his face into her neck, his voice muffled. Vera blushed at the pet name as Theo pulled her closer, heat from his bare chest radiating into her skin.

"What do you want to do today?" She asked, a smile etching itself onto her face as she felt the brush of his warm lips against her collarbone.

"Stay in bed with you." He muttered, still half asleep. "Swim. Eat."

"What about the party your uncle is throwing you?" Vera teased, twisting a lock of his cinnamon hair between two of her fingers.

Theo groaned, realizing. "I totally forgot about that. I'd rather have a night in with you— I'll be bored with all his friends at the club." He shook his head in irritation. "He loves any excuse for a party."

Vera shrugged, blinking up at him with a smile. "Won't be so boring."

"What did you do?" Theo grinned, showcasing a small dimple on the left side of his face.

"Nothing." Vera grinned back as Theo arched an eyebrow, waiting. "Fine— why, again, must you ruin all surprises. I swear one of these days I will surprise you."

"Of course you will darling. Now get on with it." Theo chuckled, poking his tongue in his cheek as Vera glared at him.

"I invited all of our friends tonight." Vera laughed as Theo's face lit up in surprise. "I know we've been missing them."

"I love you." Theo wrapped an arm around her waist, grinning at her. "Everyone can come?"

"I love you too." Vera smiled. "Yeah, they're all extremely busy but I told them to spare one night for you." She joked, although an air of truth surrounded the statement.

Blaise and Lorenzo were staying together because Draco was visiting Austria and Switzerland for holiday— Cissy insisted that Enzo joined them but he didn't want to impose on their family. (Also, Lucius seemed very keen on it being the two of them only from what Lorenzo told Vera. Honest— Mr. Malfoy sent a whole letter that while he cared for Lorenzo, it would be safer for two). Pansy was at her cousins house and Mattheo had only responded to the last letter Vera sent with about five words on the parchment.

I'll come. Gonna get shitfaced.
Xx,
Mattheo.

The boy might have still been in a sensitive mood but to be fair, his letters were never the best.

Regardless, they were all coming to the party. Even though some of them were angry with Vera and Theodore because they escaped away to Italy without telling them.

"Thanks Veve. That's such a lovely present." He kissed her cheek.

Vera shook her head with a menacing grin. "You don't know the half of it."

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Vera slipped into a black lace corset top and a dark gray mini skirt, both very very small. They were going to the club after all. She had on black chunky boots and wore her hair in a quick updo. Her gold jewelry glimmered on her body as she moved to apply her lipstick in the mirror.

"Well hello." Theo murmured. She caught a glimpse of him in the mirror and giggled as she turned around to look at him. Theo was wearing black trousers and a black dress shirt with the first few buttons undone lazily. He wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing in the dip of her neck.

Vera sighed happily, melting into his touch. "Hi." She responded breathily, leaning into him. When he didn't respond and instead continued to kiss every square inch of her neck, making his way up to her jaw, Vera said "You clean up nice."

"Mhm." The words searing into her skin with every press of his lips. "You already knew that though."

Vera scoffed, playfully pushing him off. "Your manners, Theodore? You have to pay a compliment back."

"Aren't my kisses compliments in themselves? Or should I just kneel down and—" He started.

"Please do not do that!" Lorenzo's voice chimed in quickly from
behind the doors. Vera grinned at Theodore, a blush forming over her face at the implication, but nevertheless, moved to the door to let him in.

"I was gonna say worship the ground you walk on." Theo muttered with an eye roll, allowing only his girlfriend to hear. "Sarcastically."

"As if!" She laughed. "Eavesdropping?" Vera opened the door and asked Enzo and the others who started to pile in from the Apparition Point.

"Hardly." Draco squinted his pale gray eyes as he spoke with his familiar drawl. "Theo's just being a loud brute as always."

"Oh, but of course— naturally." Theo mocked Draco's voice in a high-pitched noble accent.

"Theodore, for Merlin's sake—" Draco snapped, crossing his arms.

"It's his birthday." Blaise reminded, hugging Vera gently in greeting. "Hi V."

Pansy and Mattheo arrived at the Apparation Point, the girls already running into each other's arms with squeals and giggles.

"How I've missed you." Vera sighed into her best friend's shoulder.

"How I've missed you much much more." Pansy gushed, pulling her by the shoulders to examine her. "Have you gotten prettier?"

"I was just about to ask you that." Vera deadpanned, breaking character by laughing as the boys stared at them with a strange look on their faces.

Mattheo was a lot quieter than he usually would have been. He greeted Vera by placing a kiss on her forehead and squeezing her hand for a second. Theo had seen it but it was evident to everyone that there was nothing romantic about Mattheo's touch nowadays. Just longing and sadness.

"Glad you were able to make it." Theo and Mattheo embraced one another, a display that was clearly sparse across the boys. Pansy and Vera looked at one another quickly.

"Wouldn't have missed it for the world Notty boy." Mattheo joked, clapping his hand on Theo's back, a glimmer of his old self glinting in his eyes.

Theo groaned. "Do not start with that again."

Mattheo winked, disregarding this comment. "They don't let me have any alcohol at this new place. Can we please get going?"

Sarcasm and a hint of alcoholism— maybe the old Mattheo was coming back.

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word count: 1085

sorry for the short chapter

i missed u guys tho! how was ur holiday?

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