"The spell. He cast a spell at me. Dark green light, thick as my arm, hit me right in the chest. And it hurt really bad but it didn't seem to... damage anything? Like, it stopped hurting after a minute and then I was fine."
Professor Lehnsherr's voice was a croak. "Did Professor Shaw seem angry or disappointed at how the spell turned out?"
"No, he seemed really happy, actually. Told me I'd be fine, and not to tell anyone, and that I'd understand soon."
"Understand what?"
"I don't know."
"Scorpius," Professor Xavier said. "What was the incantation he used?"
"It was something with lotus. Lotus letalis, I think?" He began unbuttoning his shirt. "Lotus – that's a flower, right? Is that what this is? This mark it left on me?" He opened his shirt hesitantly, revealing the black flower-shape in the center of his chest.
"Yes," Professor Xavier said faintly, and if Scorpius had thought they were pale before, they both looked like parchment now. "Yes, that is indeed a lotus."
FILL: The Better Men (20f/30ish)
"The spell. He cast a spell at me. Dark green light, thick as my arm, hit me right in the chest. And it hurt really bad but it didn't seem to... damage anything? Like, it stopped hurting after a minute and then I was fine."
Professor Lehnsherr's voice was a croak. "Did Professor Shaw seem angry or disappointed at how the spell turned out?"
"No, he seemed really happy, actually. Told me I'd be fine, and not to tell anyone, and that I'd understand soon."
"Understand what?"
"I don't know."
"Scorpius," Professor Xavier said. "What was the incantation he used?"
"It was something with lotus. Lotus letalis, I think?" He began unbuttoning his shirt. "Lotus – that's a flower, right? Is that what this is? This mark it left on me?" He opened his shirt hesitantly, revealing the black flower-shape in the center of his chest.
"Yes," Professor Xavier said faintly, and if Scorpius had thought they were pale before, they both looked like parchment now. "Yes, that is indeed a lotus."
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