The Things We Never Did

“Too late. You already went there but don’t worry, your secret is safe with me,” Harvey said, a smile forming on his face as he looked over at Elaine. He knew that she would never leave him high and dry, they had been close ever since they met and the truth was that she was one of the few people that he actually enjoyed being around. Harvey had always thought that he would end up defying his parents as much as possible but Elaine was just the kind of girl that they would want him to end up with. She was a pureblood, a Slytherin and she came from a well-respected family all of which were things that his parents wanted in the girl that he would end up with one day. Harvey could have kept his distance from Elaine just to spite them but he knew that there was no way that he was going to do that, she meant far too much to him for that.

Harvey knew how much Elaine wanted to change the perception of Slytherins to the outside world but he also knew that he perhaps wasn’t the best person to help her with that. While it was true that Harvey wasn’t the kind of guy who would ever follow someone like Voldemort or fall in with the Enlightened, those around him seemed to think that he was. Harvey knew that the way the others at Hogwarts saw him had been written before he had even boarded the train, he was a Lestrange and unlike Cory who had been able to move away from some of the stereotypes that came from being a member of their family when he was sorted into Gryffindor, Harvey didn’t have that luxury. In most ways he lived up to his family’s reputation and he could see that a lot of the students were scared of him. If he was honest he actually quite liked that and he was more than happy to use that to his advantage most of the time but it didn’t help with what Elaine wanted to do. “I don’t think anyone could ever accuse you of being soft,” Harvey assured her. “I would offer to help but you know my reputation as well as I do, I’m not the kind of person you need on your side for this,” he shrugged. He would no doubt only make matters worse and he knew that he didn’t want that for Elaine. “You’ve got a point there. I really don’t see that happening,” Harvey chuckled. The only first years he had ever tolerated were his own siblings and that was only when he’d had to – no one else stood a chance at getting that close to him. “I appreciate you looking out for me,” he said, a smile touching his lips as he looked over at her. “Don’t worry about trying to desensitise them, keep them as your spies and just pass the information on to me. That’s good enough for me,” he assured her, knowing that he really didn’t need anything else. “I already know they see me that way, I don’t need to hear it all the time,” Harvey chuckled, a smirk forming on his face as he glanced over at the other Slytherins for a moment before turning his attention back to Elaine. Some of them seemed surprised to see her sitting on his lap like this and some looked downright jealous so it was amusing to say the least. Harvey couldn’t help but laugh as Elaine said that she would tell Cory that he was a nerd before feeling a smug smile touch his lips as his eyes met hers. “Of course you wouldn’t because we both know you’re only interested in me,” he said, knowing that that was why she hadn’t hesitated in sitting in his lap like this and why she hadn’t wanted to start something with anyone else. He had never thought that Elaine liked him in that way until today, they’d always flirted and always had playful banter flying back and forth but it had never been anything more than that, not until now.

Just the thought of taking it a step further was enough to have Harvey’s mind racing and he knew in that moment that he wanted it. He didn’t really want to end up getting caught out by his roommate, not when the person in question was someone who actually was special to him in a way that only Elaine was, so the Astronomy Tower would have to do. Harvey led the way to the kitchens where they grabbed something to eat and Elaine grabbed the bottle of liquor she had hidden there. “I like the way you think,” he smirked before taking her free hand in his and together they headed up to the Astronomy Tower once they had everything that they needed. Setting the blanket down, Harvey beckoned for Elaine to join him and it wasn’t long before she moved back onto his lap and he couldn’t deny that he was starting to think that she belonged there. “Here I’ve been trying to be on my best behaviour around you and you’ve been wanting this just as much as I have,” he chuckled, waiting only a moment longer before he decided to throw caution to the wind once and for all. Before he could talk himself out of it he leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers in what was a more passionate kiss than any he’d shared with anyone before.

ELAINE MACKENZIE WARRINGTON

There were very few people at Hogwarts that Harvey could tolerate but the truth was that that was the way it had always been. More often than not they tended to get on his nerves and when that happened he wasn’t afraid to let them know it. Harvey ended up getting into trouble more often than he cared to admit but most of the time it wasn’t his fault, the other students had a habit of trying to get a rise out of him and even though he tried to ignore them just letting them get away with it wasn’t his style especially when they decided to go after someone he cared about. Harvey was the firstborn child and as such he had always been protective of his siblings but even more so ever since Cory was sorted into Gryffindor. His brother was able to ignore the way the others talked about him but Harvey couldn’t no matter how much he tried and he was pretty sure that that was never going to change. He would be the first to admit that he’d used girls in the past, one night stands and flings had been the norm for him for as long as he could remember and the only girl that he’d wanted to keep in his life was Elaine. There was something about her that set her apart from everyone else and that was what had stopped him from acting on the way he felt about her until now. He hadn’t wanted to ruin their friendship since it was one of the few good things that he’d had in his life but he knew he just had to trust that that wasn’t going to happen.

“I appreciate that, thanks,” Harvey said, a smirk forming on his face as he looked over at her. Truth be told he didn’t tend to rely on spies too much but he knew that they could come in handy sometimes. One of the advantages of getting into fights a lot was that all of the younger students were terrified of him so he was able to get them to find out information for him if he needed them to but sometimes it was just too much hassle. Perhaps they were something that he should start using more, though, and considering Elaine had a few at her bidding already he knew that would be much easier. “I’ve used them a few times, it’s actually quite amusing seeing the lengths they’ll go to in order to make sure that I don’t curse them,” he chuckled. “I normally prefer to find out information the old fashioned way but perhaps I’ll see what it’s like to take a leaf out of your book sometime soon,” he added with a shrug. It would at least come in handy to find out who was saying what about his family anyway. It was no secret to Harvey that most of the school thought that he was one of the idiots who had joined up with the Enlightened but they couldn’t be more wrong about that. Whether or not the same was true of his parents, though, he wasn’t sure so he knew that it would be good to find out what information others at school had about them.

It had come as a surprise for Harvey at first when Elaine had moved herself into his lap but it was definitely a pleasant one. She was gorgeous and she knew it, he had always done his best to fight the attraction he felt towards her but it had always been there bubbling just beneath the surface and the first time their lips had connected he had known that there wasn’t any going back now. Whether it would end up just being a bit of fun or whether it would end up turning into something more he wasn’t sure, Harvey had never been a relationship kind of guy but he had always thought that would change when the right girl came along, when Elaine came along and perhaps it would if they were both on the same page there but he knew that only time would tell. For now he was more than happy just seeing where this was going to go and it wasn’t long before they were completely alone. Elaine soon moved back into his lap and Harvey’s hands found her waist before leaning forward and pressing a light kiss to her neck. “I won’t lie, I thought about it but you’re one of the only people I don’t want to lose from my life,” he admitted, hating how vulnerable he felt in that moment but knowing that the words needed to be said. Soon enough he found himself unable to resist kissing her again and she kissed him back with just as much passion. “You mean a lot to me,” he said, brushing her hair away from her face before pulling her even closer to him and kissing her again, knowing that this was already so much more than just another one night stand.

ELAINE MACKENZIE WARRINGTON

Harvey knew that he was lucky he had managed to stay at Hogwarts for this long, truth be told he had thought that he would have ended up being expelled years ago given all of the trouble he ended up getting into. There were some teachers who knew that it wasn’t always his fault but there were others who had always had it out for him and liked to make his life as difficult as possible. Ever since the Sorting Ceremony at the start of his first year it had been the same but it was something that he had learned to live with. To start with the other students had given Cory a hard time and Harvey had stepped in to protect his younger brother but as time went on they had found other ways to push his buttons. Harvey was a good fighter and he had no problem standing up for himself when he needed to but the truth was that he rarely threw the first punch or used the first spell. He often tried to rise above it because the truth was that he was bored of being in detention all the time but things never seemed to go his way. He knew that he could use others around him to get information for him the way Elaine did but that would mean having to deal with people and Harvey didn’t tend to like doing that more often than he absolutely had to. “That’s true. I’m not sure I have the patience to deal with all those first years though,” he shrugged. Most of them were scared of him anyway and they tended to keep a distance if they knew what was good for them.

Right now Harvey wasn’t worried about that, though, he was more interested in where things were going with Elaine. He knew that they would both end up in detention if they got caught but he also knew that this time it would be worth it. They had been friends ever since their first year and Harvey knew that she was the one person in his life that he didn’t want to lose. He had been happy to play along with the flirting to begin with and he wouldn’t be surprised if the others in their house were surprised by the turn that things had taken between them but if Harvey was honest he didn’t really care. This was something that he had wanted for a long time and it seemed that Elaine had too, the only thing that had been holding him back until now was the thought of losing her. Harvey hadn’t meant to make himself vulnerable by admitting that she was the one person that he didn’t want to lose but the words left his mouth before he could stop them and a half smile touched his lips as Elaine said that she wasn’t going to let him get away that easily. “You know how this goes as well as I do, my track record speaks for itself,” he shrugged. Elaine wasn’t the first girl he would have spent the night with, in fact he was used to sharing his bed and having fun regardless of what house the girl was in but it didn’t always end well as he tended to pull away when a girl wanted more or they got upset when they saw him with another girl. He knew that it was just because none of them were the right girl for him but it had happened enough times that rumours had started to circulate and there wasn’t anything that Harvey could do about that. He didn’t want that to happen with Elaine because she meant far too much to him for that but he knew that he just had to trust that this time things would be different. Not offering any resistance as she lifted his chin so his eyes met hers, he found his eyes searching for any sign that Elaine wasn’t being honest with him but he found none. “I’m going to hold you to that because if there’s one person who makes all of this bearable, it’s you,” he nodded. He didn’t just mean Hogwarts, he meant everything that was going on with his family and had been over the last seven years as well. She had been the one constant in his life aside from his brothers that he had always been able to count on no matter what and he refused to lose her. Soon enough her lips met his and Harvey felt any worries he had wash away as he kissed her back, losing himself in the moment as he got to know her in a whole new way.

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After an eventful night Harvey awoke the next morning with his arms wrapped around Elaine. That definitely wasn’t his first time but he hadn’t found anyone who could keep up with him like that before and he couldn’t deny that he liked it. In that moment he was perfectly content and the smile that formed on his face as he leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers once more reflected that. “That was definitely worth the wait,” he chuckled as his arms tightened around her a little, not wanting to let her go. “Only problem is after a night like that it would be wrong not to have a repeat performance,” he added with a smirk.

ELAINE MACKENZIE WARRINGTON

Harvey had never been the kind of guy who cared about what people thought of him but with Elaine it was different. The two of them had been friends ever since their first year and she had quickly become the one person outside of his family who meant the most to him. Other people had a habit of coming and going from his life and he had grown used to that but she was the one constant he had always been able to count on to be there and he hadn't wanted to do anything to jeopardise that. That was why he had stayed quiet about the fact that potentially he saw her as more than a friend, it had never been his style to hold back with a girl he was attracted to before but with Elaine he had done just that for the sake of their friendship. She was one of the few people he enjoyed being around and he had known that he hadn't wanted to risk losing that if things ended between them. There had been playful banter going back and forth between them for a long time now but it had never come to anything until tonight. There was a part of Harvey that knew he probably should have continued being on his best behaviour and refused to give into the temptation but he hadn't been able to bring himself to do that, not when Elaine had made it so clear to him that she wanted him too. The moment their lips connected for the first time Harvey was already pretty sure that there could be no going back from this but the truth was that he had wanted this for such a long time and despite any reservations he might have about ruining what they already had he also knew that if they didn't take a chance then they might just end up regretting it so he wanted to see how things were going to play out, he just hoped it wouldn't end with him losing Elaine altogether.

"You've got a point, you know the best and worst of me and you're still here so maybe this time it will be different," Harvey nodded. He had never been the kind of guy who wanted anything more than a short-lived fling with anyone before but Elaine had always been different to other girls as far as he was concerned so he knew that if there was one person he would consider changing his ways for if things worked out then it would be her. "Clearly. I'll be the best you've had as well," he chuckled, knowing that there wasn't a doubt in his mind about that. There had been chemistry between them for as long as he could remember and the way they flirted so naturally had always been something that he enjoyed. He knew that Elaine was like him in the fact that she had her fun with people and then discarded them when she lost interest but this already felt different and as she said that she wasn't going anywhere, he found himself nodding. "I'll hold you to that," he assured her, knowing that he was going to do everything in his power to keep her in his life after they gave in to what had been building between them for so long.

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Normally Harvey never stayed with the girl until morning, he usually had his fun and then left but Elaine was different and she always had been. She was worth staying for and the night had ended up turning into something so much better than he ever could have imagined. They'd shared the food and drink they'd brought with them as they got their breath back but the truth was that the passion he'd felt last night was much more intense than anything he'd ever felt before. He knew that he'd been right to hold back in order to try and save their friendship but what had happened the night before was something that he knew he wanted a repeat of. Elaine was still one of the few people that he didn't want to lose but after that she had become so much more than that. She wasn't like the other girls at all, she had always had a habit of drawing him to her and now he knew that he wanted them to figure something out so they could have more nights like that one. As Elaine groaned, Harvey couldn't help but laugh. "I know you're not a morning person but we can't stay here all day," he chuckled. He knew that it would only be a matter of time before people realised they were missing and others tended to head up the tower during the day sometimes so he knew that they wouldn't be able to hide away up there all day. "We already repeated it a few times last night and I think we should do that again before we go," he smirked, bringing his hand up and brushing her hair away from her face gently in a gesture that was surprisingly tender for him. He had known that giving in to those desires would change things between them but Harvey hadn't realised just how much. "It was," he agreed, a smile touching his lips as he kissed her back. "Now we've started I really don't want to stop," he admitted, knowing that they were going to have to find a way to make that happen now. "What would you say to getting away for the weekend and having some time away from prying eyes?" he asked, remembering the way that their housemates had kept staring at them when they were in the Common Room. Harvey knew that if they did go away then there was a chance that they might not end up leaving the room for the weekend but he wasn't so sure that was a bad thing.

ELAINE MACKENZIE WARRINGTON