BURNING IT DOWN - open to slyths

TAGS @open to slytherins WORD COUNT like I'm telling YOU =.= NOTES this is literally open to anyone willing to join! thanks for reading! MUSIC SUMMER OF '69 by BOWLING FOR SOUP CREDITS this thread template was created by KENNA

The flames licked at the edges of the parchment creating artistic smears of ash across the remaining paper. He watching the fire creep closer to his fingers where they still gripped the paper at a corner. His parents had said no. They refused to let him study abroad. For some reason they wanted him to stay with them over the summer and the feeling of complete powerlessness overwhelmed him and he was completely embarrassed by it. When the flames got close enough to his skin, he tossed the parchment into the fireplace and watched the last few words or his mother's letter of refusal burn away into nothing. He briefly considered pretending like he didn't receive the letter and asking again when he saw them in person, but he knew what they would say and it would probably just make everything much worse. He leaned back into a cushy black leather couch of the Slytherin Common room, which was strangely empty even though it was the middle of the day. It made Braxton wonder if he had missed a final or something. He was sure he didn't though.

Without the mask where will you hide

I know the truth

Can’t find yourself lost in your lie.

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Raven was hunting for an empty space and was having no luck. All the normally empty rooms, kooks and crannies of the school were occupied. Even parts of the towers that almost no one entered had someone there today. She blamed the exams. They were coming up on the lasts ones of the year and it was as if everyone was trying their hardest. Raven sighed and decided to head back to the common rooms, now that her 'rounds' were over. Being prefect had its perks. Every time she walked into a room already being occupied they just saw her badge and figured she was just doing her job. 

Walking into the Slytherin Common room was always nice. The cool walls of the dungeon might freak some people out but she loved underground lake view and the cool walls. It just made the fire fell even warmer. The darker colors were soothing and the lack of bright light helped with headaches. She realized that someone else was in the common room as well. Just her luck. She could always go to her dorm room, no one should be there. Raven decided against it and took a seat in one of the lounge chairs near the fireplace. It was her favorite spot in the room. The over sized chair made her fell safe, whereas everyone else just saw it as her taking her throne. Depending on how you looked the chair faced everyone in the room.

She wasn't concerned since the only one in the room was Braxton, her fellow team mate. She could easily handle him and she figured he wouldn't pry. Raven took the letter that had been burning in her robes since she received it that morning. Her parents never sent her letters, never. It made her nervous and she wanted to just burn it instead of opening the letter. She figured it was best to just read it. It was only words right?

With a stone cold expression, Raven folded up the letter and returned it to her robe pocket. It wasn't what she was expecting or every wanted to expect. She took a deep breath and looked over to Braxton. It seemed like he also received some news. She figured it wasn't the news she had just read because there should have been something mentioned when she walked in. "Unplesant news from the home front Braxton?" Raven asked, making sure she was just sounding casual. She needed to know but didn't want it to be obvious. 

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TAGS @open to slytherins WORD COUNT like I'm telling YOU =.= NOTES this is literally open to anyone willing to join! thanks for reading! MUSIC SUMMER OF '69 by BOWLING FOR SOUP CREDITS this thread template was created by KENNA

The voice disrupted Braxton's solitude, and it couldn't have been more poorly timed. He didn't want to be rude, but sometimes he just couldn't help it. Glaring, he snapped, "Since when is Wyatt family business of interest to the Gaunts?" His voice was harsher than he meant for it to be. Sighing angrily, he continued, "Apparently, my parents have some crazy plans for the summer. They intend to invite four of the great Pure families to stay with us for the summer. And apparently I am required to make an appearance." Groaning, he realized what he had said, "Which I suppose does in fact, make it Gaunt business."

Without the mask where will you hide

I know the truth

Can’t find yourself lost in your lie.

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No one liked being snapped at but Raven detested it even more that most should. She was snapped and ridiculed enough by her family she didn't need it at the school. And for someone younger to snap at her when she was just trying to have a light conversation, maybe fix the mood it killed hers. 

The end of the year was coming to a very good end and Raven didn't want some rotten Slytherin ruin that for her. Exams were over and she did great as always, even gained house points for finishing first with Potions. Slytherin had won the Quidditch match, she had made a new friend so it was a good year. She had little intention to let someone bring her down now. "Yes in fact it is my business. I just thought I could lighten the mood. Maybe see the brighter side to the situation we were forced in. Especially in the light of such an excellent game" Raven's face turned more into a scowl. Her voice was level but had a more sinister undertone to it. She was going to make sure he knew his place. 

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