The Fireplace

she froze under his touch and waited for him to remove his arms. she was too freaked and upset. "yea. night..."

"Night Penny." he walked her over to her dorm to make sure she was in there before he walked into his.

Penny crept down to the quiet common room and sighed. she once again was wearing long sleeves and had a high collar to hide the marks on her neck. she sat down on a couch and stared at the carpet, lost in thought

Scorpius enters the common room, rubbing his face slightly to wipe away some of the exhaustion. He hasn't been sleeping very well lately, because he hasn't seen Faye in ages. Poor bloke. He pauses when he sees Penny, and contemplates whether to talk to her. He internally shrugs, then goes and sits on the opposite couch. "Hey Penny," he greets her, hopefully she doesn't flip a shit from his presence.

Penny is pulled from her daze and looks over to Scorpius. "Hi Scorpius..." she says softly

"You alright?" he asks her curiously. "You look a bit lost. Everything alright with Marcus? Otherwise, I'll kick his arse if you want," he says while giving her a small smile that informs her he is joking. Well, slightly joking. He would kick Flint's arse if he needed to knock sense into the boy.

she half laughed "with Marcus, everything's just peachy. me? not so much."

He debates whether to ask for more information and why. After all, they aren't on the best terms. "I know you kind of hate me...or not hate, but severely dislike, but if you want to talk you can," he says while scratching the back of his neck.

"I-I don't hate you. not anymore." she looked down "I uh...got myself pretty fucked up..." literally....

"What happened?" he asks her softly, concern written all over his face. "Did someone hurt you? It wasn't McLaggen, was it?"

she looked away "I wish. I was stupid enough to have an encounter with this fucking Barty dude...he-he did things to me..." she broke off and shuddered at the thought. it was worse not being able to remember, and having to imagine everything

"Barty? The douche who was in the common room and was interested in being seeker?" He asks surprised. He looks at Penny, and notices the pain and discomfort in her face. He gets up from the couch, then goes to where she is and kneels on the floor while lightly grasping her hand. "What did he do? Did he hurt you? Please tell me he didn't," he murmurs while looking up at her carefully.

she looked down and slowly slid back the sleeves of her shirt, showing the bruises around her wrists. "i don't even remember..."

Scorpius gazes down at the bruises and lets a finger run lightly along the marks. He feels anger start to fill his body. Nobody deserved, especially Penny. Poor thing already had to deal with his cock up (no pun intended), and now this? "Barty did this?" he asks through clenched teeth.

she nodded "he did a lot of stuff apparently." she felt rather uncomfortable at the moment [sorry i gotta go XP] "I-I need to go..." she stood up abruptly. "sorry..."

"It's alright," he says, not wanting to push her. "If you need to talk to someone though, though we're not necessarily always on the best terms, I'm here."

"yea. thanks..." she ran back up to her dorm

Scorpius watches as she leaves, then sits on the couch because HE IS THE ONLY SLYTHERIN ONLINE AND HE REFUSES TO LEAVE MERLIN DAMMIT!

[I WOULD MAKE REG COME IN BUT I NEED TO SHOWER, SO WHEN I GET BACK?]

[Just saw this, and yes...PLEASE. Kill my boredom with a sledge hammer and then a thousand thumbtacks. Actually...use nails instead. Rusty nails...okay? AWESOME!]

Regulus walks into the common room before going up to see Gellert and get his heart crushed yet again. I suppose he would have to be slightly damp and wearing his swimming trunks and his white t-shirt, and his hair is still soaked. Oh, and his neck is covered in marks, as I've said. Lovely time for Scorpius to see him. He looks as happy as ever, though.

Scorpius glances up from where he is sitting all lonely and bored in the common room. "Reg," he breathes out, having not seen the guy since their last fight. He can't help but notice the swim trunks and all the other things that Eowyn described on the guy. He finds himself unsure as to whether to talk to him or not. After all, things didn't end so well last time. Though, Scorpius had mentioned to Viktor that he was going to try and make an effort.

Reg freezes and turns around to see Scorpius, whom he hadn't noticed earlier. "Scorpius," he greeted stiffly, unsure if he was supposed to stay, or just get away.

"Can...can we talk?" he asks hesitantly. "A lot of stuff has happened. I just, I want to try and work through some of it," he says while scratching his neck awkwardly.

Reg nibbles on his lower lip and looks at Scorpius with apprehension, returning to his old habit of running a hand through his hair when he's anxious. He slowly nods and walks over, sitting on the couch opposite him, but doesn't say anything.