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Hogwarts: Writing Club
Assorted Appreciation - Barry Bluejeans - Dialogue "I don't know, but I feel like I trust you."
Disney Challenge - Character 2. Silvermist - Write about someone who loves water.
Showtime 21 - (trait) sarcastic
Love in Motion: slash - Barty/Rabastan

Hogwarts: 365 Prompts
Prompt - incredible

Trust

Pairing: Rabastan/Barty

The feeling of being in love was an incredible sensation. Rabastan never thought he'd ever experience it, especially in his line of work. When one practiced dark magic, one learned to not trust anybody.

Barty swam back and forth in the lake. His body was naturally hairless, and it never ceased to turn Rabastan on. Barty's motions were fluid as if he was part fish. Sometimes, Rabastan thought Barty should have been born a merman instead of a human.

"Having fun?" Rabastan asked sarcastically when Barty finally came up for air and trod water in place, his arms a lazy motion to keep his head above water.

"Enjoying the show?" Barty returned, equally sarcastic.

"You know it," Rabastan quipped.

Barty rolled his eyes and swam over to the edge, climbing out of the water. Droplets of water slid down his lean torso. Rabastan followed them, yearning to lick them off of the salty skin. It would have been a mighty feast.

"Once again, I have to ask, enjoying the show?"

"Immensely," Rabastan drawled, licking his lips as proof.

Barty sat down next to him, leaning back, his hands flat on the grassy ground keeping him off of his back. "Did you ever think we'd be here?"

Rabastan shook his head. "No way. This thing between us is unreal."

"It's a bit scary," Barty admitted, an unusual moment where there was a hint of vulnerability in his voice.

Rabastan looked at him. "I agree. It is a bit scary. I don't know, but I feel like I trust you. Is that weird?"

Barty moved closer. "No. I feel like I trust you. Is that weird?"

Rabastan laughed shortly. "Probably."

Barty bumped their shoulders together. "Then let's be weird together."

"Together," Rabastan echoed and it sounded, and felt, like a promise. And it was a promise worth keeping.

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