(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this chapter is a lot shorter, but it's a prelude to the next one, which I haven't actually finished yet, so...
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Trigger Warning: Use of a homophobic slur. You know the one. It's just Leo recounting what Cipicia had said to him to Brooke, and it's still semi-censored.
Leo
Did you know you can actually lock the doors to the Room of Requirement?
Between Brooke's needs and the needs I had developed from Elaine- and now Remus- I learned rather quickly.
"Do you think it's weird I kissed Remus?" I asked her quietly, arms coiled around her as our sweaty skin stuck in the most pleasant way possible, the pillows strewn somewhere around the room, where the covers had been as well before I had rescued them.
"No." She said quietly. "You like girls, you like boys, and you like everything in between." I furrowed my eyebrows, thinking it couldn't possibly be that simple.
"I guess my mother was right about me." She looked confused, and I decided to take pity on her. "After the gala last Christmas, she called me a- she-" I paused for a second, composing myself. "She called me a f*gg*t." Her mouth dropped open.
"Leo, it's perfectly normal for vampires and vampire hybrids to be able to be attracted to anything with a heartbeat." I frowned.
"How do you know?" She shrugged weakly, biting her lip.
"Because it's the same for veelas. Until they find their mate, at least." I hesitated for a second, almost not wanting to ask.
"Brooke... Will you have a mate?" She shrugged.
"Not all veelas meet their mates, and I'm only half-veela, but... it's possible that I do, indeed, have someone out there waiting for me." I stared at her for a second.
"Wow... that's- wow..." She nodded.
"That most certainly is 'wow'." She moved to press a kiss to my pectoral before rolling on top of me, moving to attack my neck like she did every time.
"Why do you do that?" She sat up, and I was glad she was on my stomach rather than lower down.
"Because you can't be marked. You're unmarkable. Therefore, if I mark you, it's like bragging." She leaned down to nuzzle the red marks she had just made. "I had sex with you. I beat everyone else to the punch. And this," She stroked the hickey. "Is the only evidence I was even here."
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This chapter has had substantial edits made to it on 31/12/22 - Added the part that I removed from the old chapter 211 (It used to be called 'Mates and Wow', for obvious reasons, but considering that the name came from the content I have since moved to this chapter, I renamed that chapter 'Advice and Manhandling').