Eve Hallows gets comfy with Lysander Ellwood-Luxe.
(Source: nearlyvintage, via fuckyeahjconnelly)

Chase McKnight and Arcadius Caesar pause together for a brief moment at the recent get together of Ravenclaw 5-7th years.
A rush of breath escaped past warm red lips and Patrick coughed subtly. And he kissed him. In a burst of passionate energy, everything changed.
~The Lake; 1973
Breathe Again
Africa was watching Lysander, at six, dip his toes into the deep pool of water, and hearing the relaxed sigh escape from his lips. It was swimming in the shallows until you she got bored, then screaming ‘hippo!’ and watching her other half scramble frenzied from the water. Africa was crying for his tears, and feeling so sorry, it felt as if a knife had been twisted into the gut.
But most of all, Africa was watching her father sink to his knees in a dazed stupour, moaning and groaning. Hero did not know if her father had cried, or screamed, or pulled out his hair, for she had turned to Lysander and ploughed her pale face into his scrawny breast, unseeing.
Ellerie did not belong anywhere near Africa.
Hero pulled the kitten closer, masking its mewling with petting and scratches. Her face had hardened, yet Hero did not look away, her blue eyes remaining fixated. For the first time since she met the girl, she hated her.Bye Bye Birdie. 19th February 1973.