Sebastian Sallow x Reader Collection

Sebastian Sallow x Reader

WARNING: fluffy, a hint of angst

NOTE: Anon request for "I was wondering if you could do a female (hufflepuff if preference is alright) that has been friends with Sebastian and crew since first year and finally now it's 7th year and as you both are about to leave and venture towards your future, he finally admits his feelings for her and then maybe a little epilogue and see what the future for this resident Slytherin and Hufflepuff end up in life (fluff with a little angst)"

7 years at Hogwarts had seemed like a whole extra lifetime for you. You were sure Sebastian, Ominis, Anne, they would all agree. You could remember your first year, being sorted into Hufflepuff and realizing everyone you had talked to on the train their was a Slytherin. You felt so dejected thinking they would probably never talk to you again. You tried to put on some strange air about yourself when you saw them in the hallway with the hoard of other Slytherins, sticking your chin out and crossing your arms.

However, Sebastian dropped everything and willingly walked straight out the group, yelling your name, "I didn't know when we would have time to talk about!" He pulled you into a hug, confused at why you were so stuff. "Why are you acting funny, it's so cool you got into Hufflepuff," he pouted.

The next few years were your years of letting Sebastian drag you into innocent trouble, sneaking into the library, out of your common rooms at night, just for no other reason than the exhilaration of rule breaking. That, and you couldn't deny being soft on Sebastian. You were loyal to a fault and would probably do just about anything he asked as a young teenager, being happy to let his sweaty palms drag you through the hallways because that meant he was touching you.

Everyone around you two could see you pining away and Sebastian progressively making more of a fool of himself to impress you or get your attention. You passed notes around in class and made faces at each other when you weren't right beside one another. And yet you both were helplessly unaware.

During your 5th year things got serious and Sebastian kept you in the loop as long as he could, but he couldn't bear to drag you into what him and the new student were up to. You were jealous and you couldn't hide that. You didn't understand why he would let you help him on his quest for Anne, unless it was because he wanted to be alone with the new student and couldn't help himself.

You didn't feel like you could blame him either. They were a prodigy. They came right in as if they had spent their whole life in your world, but they had just started. And they were easy on the eyes as well, everyone noticed that, so of course Sebastian would.

You and Ominis got much closer that year, both having been cast aside and disregarded. You shared information and he tried to assure you he didn't think it was anything romantic, but that it was so much worse. You wanted Sebastian to let you in, to let you be there if he was going to do something stupid, you were often times the only thing able to pull him back, but it was too late.

He came back to you a broken mess. Ominis and Anne wanted nothing to do with him, he forced you to harbor his awful secret, but trusted you not to turn against him. In that way he used you to dump all of his wrongdoings on, he knew you wouldn't walk away from him.

You babied him through the intense depression he was in. You took care of him by making sure he cared for himself. It all had your heart aching because you knew he wouldn't be in any kind of shape to confess your feelings to for a long time.

Through the hurt, shame, and guilt of it all you became his rock and bottled up your feelings. Slowly he eased into routine with you, some of his old self peeking through. He lightened up and would sneak out with you to look at the stars, watch mooncalves, find the dirtiest spellbook in the library.

Now it was your 7th year and you were scared of what was to come. You were scared of leaving with so many things unsaid. You had just finished a class where you got a lecture on the important of your futures and contributions to the magical world when you got a note that read, "Undercroft, after all this nonsense."

You rolled your eyes at his sentiment, definitely afraid he wasn't going to take his future seriously.

You met him in the Undercroft where it had grown cold and lonely, only seeing you and Sebastian anymore and it wasn't often. You saw him under the stone entryway, looking as if he was struggling to find a comfortable position to lean into and look cool, but you had caught him.

"Hey, is something going on?" You gave him a strange look as you walked over to where he stood looking nervous.

"I - I just wanted to see you, you know, see what you thought about all this bullshit about how important we are. As if we're not allowed to life our own lives of solitude."

"Sebastian, we do have to do something to have made the last 7 years worthwhile."

He tilted his head to look at you and you couldn't quite pinpoint what it meant. He took a step towards you, "Well, we've certainly had our adventures. Who are they to tell us what is and isn't worth it? I've met you. And I've never had anyone like you before."

He took to pacing around you as he talked, unable to look you in the eye, "I mean. I'm terrible, I can't control myself. I can't protect anyone, I always do all the wrong things to try and get what I want." He stopped in front of you and you tugged at his sleeve, willing him to spit out whatever it was he had going on. The way he sounded you were worried he was spiraling back into the depression again.

"But you're still here. I've hurt you, lied to you, and done nothing to redeem myself. But you're here and that's worth it to me."

You weren't sure what it was he was trying to say, he just stared down at your feet. You raised a finger a poked his chin up to make him look at you, "What is it your saying, Sebastian? That you just want to be working somewhere with me? Or - "

"I'll go anywhere with you. I don't just want to work with you," he gingerly cupped your face between his big hands, "I want to be with you. All of the time. All of our lives. I don't want you to leave and I'm not walking away ever again."

You felt hot, gears moving in your head as you processed his confession. "You mean, you mean like partners?"

"Partners, lovers, whatever you want to phrase it as. I'm tired of not giving a hundred percent of myself to you. I want you." With that he leaned forward to kiss you, you caught yourself staring at his closed freckled eyelids at first, stunned.

You fisted your hand against his robes pulling him close, you felt tears prick at your eyes. "I love you Sebastian, I want to be with you too."

After you both finally confessed to each other, you spent a long time sharing embarrassing stories about times you each felt you did something that crossed a line because you thought the feelings were one sided.

You told each other, "Well if you had done that, I would have done this," and laughed at your own stupidity together.

It made the year go back quickly because you both had a joy that was new and never before felt. You couldn't plan a future together fast enough.

Sebastian wanted to marry you, if it wasn't too soon of course. You had spent years together of course, it wasn't as if you had just met. He had to marry you to show everyone that you were his and he was lucky to have a talented and loyal hufflepuff as his wife.

You talked careers and whether to chase lucrative opportunities or ones that would be fun and adventurous. You decided to lead the way to research more for what could be done to Anne. You would travel together all over the world to find out about others in her condition, if there were others who had such a curse.

You got licensed to apparate together, passed your NEWTs with flying colors to do whatever you wanted, and eloped shortly after you were both of age. You spent a few months still in school while you were married and it was a delicious secret you two kept.