It was the worst of times, it was the blurst of times.

[brothor]

WHO: Thor and Herbert
TONE:  AWKWARD
RATING: PG13 for Language
WHEN: 4/5
WHERE: In the halls
WHAT: Thor is under the impression that he and Herbert are good friends! Little does he know, Herbert only liked him under the influence of the love potions.
STATUS: On going

[It's a pleasantly warm day when the exam dates are announced. It's funny how the mood seems to change in a matter of seconds once grave news is shared. What had begun as a lovely morning slowly turned into one of many days filled with dreading and fear.  Thor is too young for his own exams, but he wonders if Herbert may need a hand with his studies. Not to mention the fact that Thor has his own assignments starting to pile, and while he's talented in many subjects, he struggles with arithmancy. He's certain the bright young man who had ensured him study help would be more than willing to help with a few questions! He's so friendly, after all.

He catches sight of the other boy a little further down the hall than he is, so he's quick to call out his name so he can't disappear into the depths of the school.]

Herbert! Hold on a moment! [And with that, he's jogging after the boy. Luckily he's been training well enough to be agile, so he manages to catch up quite quickly, flinging an arm over Herbert's shoulder so he can bring him in for a side hug.] Can you smell the scent of fear and study in the air, my friend? We have entered dark times!

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[preanimator]

[Herbert freezes as the blond's arm is slung over his shoulder, pulling the petite Ravenclaw in as easily as if he were a doll. He's been trying to avoid Thor, ever since the whole snake love potion thing, and it's mostly worked since they're not in the same House or year. He doesn't like what a fool he made of himself, nor how uncomfortably aware he is of the other boy. He really, really wished their time together had revealed the depths of Thor's idiocy, but he'd found the foreign-born boy to be actually somewhat clever, just naive, stupidly optimistic, and a non-native speaker, which muddied things.]

Mostly I can smell you. [points out dryly, and it's unfortunately true - this close, Thor smells a little too masculine and appealing. He really needs to get to work on finding a spell that suppresses hormones. Yesterday.]