OPEN | refusing to sink

[duke ryan shaw]

"Later, babe."

Duke planted a soft kiss to the girl's forehead as he left her room, sneaking away through the Ravenclaw common room and out into the corridor with a smirk on his face. Last night had been fun, and now it was a new day, a new chance to see if he could land any goods he hadn't gotten before. Rubbing his arms, Duke hurried down the corridor towards the staircases.

Last night he had gotten into the pants of a sixth year Ravenclaw; they were always fun in the bedroom, but most of them wanted the overnight addition, something Duke wasn't always comfortable with. He rolled his eyes as he approached the staircase, tentively stepping onto it. This one wanted the whole cuddle and 'wake up together' experience. Duke made sure to wear her out fast enough that she didn't care for the cuddling afterwards.

Walking down the stairs, Duke shoved his hand into his pockets, ripping his left hand back out when he felt something in it.

"What...?"

He pulled out what looked like a piece of paper, but the paper had smoking writing. It was her name. Pausing in the middle of his stride, Duke crumpled the paper up carefully and dropped it between the staircases, watching it fall the few stories before it bounced and landed on another case of stairs. Satisfied, he continued on his way.

Duke was notorious for basically what he called 'bang-and-run'. Unless they wanted a no-commitment piece on the side, Duke Shaw was not going to stick around. Heading straight for the great hall, the master of 'bang-and-run' sat at the Gryffindor table and began piling food onto his plate.

What? A night of great mind-blowing sex did that to him!

[daniele parvati mcfarrlan]

Anyone that knew who Dani was knew not to be surprised when she tumbled into the commons room at odd hours of the morning, hungover and looking like hell. It was just something that had been a staple of the Ravenclaw house for the last few years and if you had asked Dani about it, she would certainly be proud of that accomplishment. After all, it took a special snowflake to manage that sort of reputation, since not many people failed out of a year at school. Much like most nights of the week, Dani found herself clambering up the stairways to the tower and into the room she shared with the other seventh years. Leaning over the sink of their bathroom, she splashed some water into her face and shook it out a bit. That was slightly better, though she was still pretty messed up.

As much as she wanted to just crawl into bed and fall to sleep for the remainder of the day, Dani felt that familiar rumbling in her stomach indicating she was far too hungry for that. So, with a bit of a scowl at her face, Dani grabbed her blanket and wrapped it around her before trooping back down the stairs to get to the Great Hall. She didn't care too much for the Great Hall a lot of the time, but it was free food and Dani wasn't about to turn down that offer. Besides, there was probably plenty of people around that she could talk to and even in her current state, Dani was extremely sociable. People were just something that she liked to be around and she was sure one of them would have some sort of hangover cure on them that she could borrow.

Pushing open the door to the Great Hall, Dani had to take a moment to rub at her eyes with the back of her hand. The lights in the Great Hall were far brighter than the other parts of the castle and she wasn't quite prepared for that. Blinking wildly for a few seconds, Dani let her eyes adjust before gazing around the room. Though most people sat at the tables for their particular house, Dani never really had. If she had friends sitting elsewhere, she was always happy to go sit at whichever table she pleased. That morning, the first person that she spotted sitting down over at the Gryffindor tables was Duke. A slightly amused smile tugged at her lips, since the state of his clothes spoke to the fact that he most likely had just rolled out of someone else's bed, which was something she found entertaining each time.

Brushing a hand through her hair, she walked over towards the table, weaving her way through the younger students before sliding into the seat next to Duke. "Hey, big man Duke. Who were you off conquering earlier today?" she asked, looking over at him with a teasing smile before turning to the plates of food in front of her. Piling a decent amount of food onto her own, currently empty plate, Dani didn't waste any time digging in. "Sacrificing virgins last night? Or was it a repeat customer?" Dani, more than anything, was at least entirely blunt and never had a problem talking about things such as Duke's sex life. For Dani, it was just amusing.

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