Begin Again
Pansy Parkinson x Neville Longbottom (background Theodore Nott x Luna Lovegood)
Warnings: Nothing? Please let me know if there is. Not proof read 😊
Category: Fluff, One-Shot, Flashfic, Songfic
Summary: In which Pansy watches love begin again.
No sneak peaks 😋
Author’s Note: I first saw Panville in the tags when I was posting my Pansy mood board and found the ship really cute.
Word Count: 829
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Pansy takes a deep breath in the mirror. Indecisive about which shoes completes her outfit. ‘He didn't like it when I wore high heels. But I do.’ She slips into her go-to black stilettos gifted to her by Tracey. It’s been in her closet since he put them there.
She applies a layer of lipgloss and grabs her keys. This would be her first date after him. Pansy cannot believe she let Nott’s girlfriend talk her into a blind date. Her hand hovers over the front door’s handle. She walks back to the wall mirror and styles her fringe once more before leaving her apartment.
She turns the lock and puts her headphones on. ‘He always said he didn't get this song. But I do.’
She always loved it this time of year. The leaves crunching beneath her feet. Cold breeze making her regret not choosing a thicker cardigan. Lovegood informed Pansy that her blind date chose a cafe nearby. Convenient if it goes wrong and Pansy wants to go home quick.
She walks in expecting he’d be late but he’s here early and he stands and waves. Pansy stands shocked to see one Neville Longbottom.
She walks to him.
“Hi. This is for you.” Neville hands her a plant pot.
She takes the gift and thanks him.
“It’s a young ho-“
“Honeysuckle.” She smiles. “It’s my favourite.”
Her grandmother used to grow them in their family garden and the sweet aroma filled the backyard with a sweet scent every summer. She would spend her holidays there tending to the flora.
She puts the gift on the table to the side.
“I know. You mentioned it in Herbology a couple times.”
How sweet of Neville to have listened and remembered. She recalls dropping the hint many times to her ex so that he would stop gifting her pansies, which he assumed were her favourite. She used to loathe that she was named after the favourite flower of the mother that abandoned her family for a muggle but she’s long gotten past that fact and have accepted her name.
Neville pulls her chair out and helps her in. ‘He doesn’t know how nice that is. But I do.’
The date started with the niceties; the ‘What have you been up to’. They even forgot to order anything until Neville noticed Pansy eyeing the cake on the table next to them. He asks her what she would like and insists on being the one to order and pay.
She sits and stares after him. All these years Pansy has never thought she’d come across classmates that weren’t in her Slytherin circle, never mind Neville. It’s nice. It’s more than nice. She’ll have to thank Lovegood for setting it all up.
Neville returns with a tray and sets her drink in front of her along with a teaspoon and a fork on a napkin. He places a plate with 2 different pieces of cake down in the middle.
“Before you say anything, I know you didn’t ask for it but this place is famous for its desserts. It’s the reason I chose this place. That one has cream cheese frosting.” He says pointing at the slice of blueberry cake.
“I love a good frosting. Thank you.” And they both dig in.
‘He’s a sharer.’ She finds it a refreshing change to what she’s used to. They talk about everything and anything. Pansy is reserved until they speak about music.
“I have never met one witch who had as many Madame Bletchley records as me.” Neville chuckles as he takes a bite out of their shared dessert.
“But I do! I made everyone I knew enter that contest the Daily prophet ran in sixth year. I even sent an owl to my Grandma to enter as well.”
“Me too! I was so gutted when I didn’t win. My Nana sent me my records and the boys were sick of her by the end of the spring term.”
“Aww your Nana sounds lovely.” She brushes her hair away from her face and stirs her beverage.
“You seem a lot more shy than you were back in the day.”
Pansy takes a sip of her hot chocolate. He gestures at the foam at her upper lip and there’s a moment of silent before she replies.
“I’m sorry about what I said and did at school.” Before she could recollect her darker years Neville interrupts.
“Yeah you were pretty scary. But what’s past is past.”
His hand touches hers and it gives her some courage.
“I actually thought you were cute back then.” She confesses.
Neville’s eyebrows rises up and he gives her a toothy grin.
“And I thought you were pretty.”
Their eyes meet and linger there for more than a moment. Pansy was too busy spending the last eight months wallowing; thinking all love ever does is break and burn, and end.
But on a Wednesday in a cafe, she watches it begin again.
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I've been listening to a lot of Taylor Swift recently, starting with her first album, and I just realized that her song Cold as You absolutely fits Brainia in the second half of season 5
Ohhh yeah that is a real 5b post Bottle Episode vibe for sure, especially from Nia's perspective.
I've never been anywhere cold as you as a repeated lyric really captures how Nia feels about Brainy's behaviour towards her (and everyone, honestly) after the inhibitors come off.
I think my favourite part is:
You put up walls and paint them
All a shade of gray
And I stood there loving you
And wished them all away
And you come away
With a great little story
Of a mess of a dreamer
With the nerve to adore you
There's always a lingering bitterness and reserved exhaustion when Nia ends up face-to-face with Brainy during that period of their break-up, partly because she's frustrated because she doesn't understand, and partly because she's starting to convince herself it's somehow her fault, and this song feels to me like it really captures that part of her emotional journey.
Thanks for sharing!
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