Sleepless

Evan Rosier:

“Sebastian Rosier caught in back of cab with mystery lady”
The headline screamed at him from off his phone. It was his millionth time reading the headline but that didn't make the hatred and anger burn through his bones any less. His father's cheating scandal was worldwide news at this point ‘french actor cheating on his retired model wife with a new young model’ yeah that was great for the tabloids but terrible for Evan, his mother and his sister who had to fight through all the backlash.

“Evan, Pandora come here please” his mother screamed from the next room over. Evan sighed loudly, shutting off his phone restraining himself from throwing it across the room.

“Yes mother” Evan said walking into the large sitting room shocked to see his father sitting next to his mother on the couch with his arm draped over her. God Evan could really punch his father in the fucking face but he withheld himself with all the little restraint he had left.

“As you two know me and your father have been going through a bit of a rough patch” Evan’s mum starts. ‘A bit of a rough patch’ is a huge understatement Evan thinks but whatever helps them sleep better at night.

“So we thought maybe it’d be best for us as a family if you two went away for a bit just till we get this all worked out” His mother continued.

“What the hell do you mean ‘go away for a bit’” Evan said anger bubbling over the top. God he needed some breathing exercises, some kind of meditation or something because this shit was going to turn his hair grey.

“There's a boarding school in new york city called hogwarts with a lot of kids of famous people”

“The states you have got to be fucking kidding” Evan said letting his temper slip a little more.

“Do not speak to your mother like that Evan” Sebastian snapped.

“Bold coming from the man who cheated on her and publicly embarrassed her” Evan snapped at his father. How fucking dare he tell Evan how to speak when he’s putting them all through hell right now he’d prefer it if his father didn’t speak to them at all right now, any of them.

“Listen here Evan i’m about sick and tired of this fucking attitude you’ve been having we are your parents address us as such your going to the school end of question” His father snapped back.

“Sebastian calm down, the kids are under a lot of stress right now” His mother says, jumping in to defend them.
“No camille he needs to have some goddamn respect” Sebastian says back.

“I need to have some respect god seriously do you even believe the words coming out of your mouth right now” Evan says loudly causing his father to jump forward towards him.

“ENOUGH, we will go to the school, right Ev” Pandora says interrupting the argument before it escalates any further.

“Fine but i’m not doing this for you father i’m doing it for mom” Evan says finally storming out of the room and running back into his. God he fucking hates his life why does he have to uproot his entire life because his dad fucked up.

“Evan, can I come in?” Pandora says, knocking on his door.

“Yeah Pands come in” Evan says back with a sigh.

“Are you okay i know things got a bit intense out there” Pandora says sitting on the bed next to him hugging her knees to her chest.

“They’re just so frustrating acting like nothing even happened, especially dad” Evan says back, sighing heavily.

“Well you know pretending has always been mom’s way of life makes things easier on her i guess” Pandora says as insightful as always.

“I know it just makes me want to rip my hair out plus they’re sending us a entire continent away because dad decided to go publicly cheat on mom it’s bullshit”

“I actually think getting away from london for a little bit will be good for us especially you i think you need to be away from dad for a good while” Pandora says back eyes full of hope and sympathy.

“What would i ever do without your eternal optimism” Evan says back smiling softly at his sister.

“Probably die,” She says bluntly, causing Evan to laugh. Pandora wasn’t wrong though Evan truly doesn’t know what he’d do without his sister. They have been each other's best friend since birth.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

They sit in Evans bed watching movies and talking till their mom calls them back downstairs for dinner. Another thing that frustrated Evan about the scandal was them still being forced to eat dinner together as a family. It was always quiet and awkward and it made Evan’s skin crawl.

“You two will be leaving for New York tomorrow so rest up tonight” his dad says as they sit down at the dinner table.

“Tomorrow?” Evan asked in disbelief.

“Yes you know you should really be more grateful hogwarts is a very prestigious school Evan” His dad says back rolling his eyes. Grateful I'll show him grateful Evan thinks before exchanging a look with Pandora that reads ‘Let it go Evan’ so he sighs and starts picking at his grilled chicken.

“Make sure you both pack plenty of warm clothes. New York is rather cold and the flight will be terribly long. Enrollment is the day after tomorrow so when you arrive you’ll be going to a hotel first then i’ll arrange a car to take you all to the school” His mom says sweetly.

“Thank you mom” Evan says back before taking another bite of his chicken. Honestly he’s halfway happy to be away from home for a couple of months but also dreading it because a school full of Nepo babies had to be dreadful at least at Beauxbatons. It was mostly just rich kids; the entitlement goes up a few notches when fame is involved.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dinner finishes silently leaving Evan to go upstairs and pack for his trip in the morning a 8 hour flight followed by sleeping in a hotel in foreign city didn’t sound like Evan’s ideal day but whatever was best for his mom is what he’s going to do even if he felt like he was going to bash his head in. He pushes open his closet and immediately grabs out all his sweaters,hoodies and heavy jackets. From everything he’s heard online and from his mom, New York winter is brutal and unfortunately Evan will be there during the fall and winter months so best to load up on all his warm clothes. Evan also pulled out some of his favorite outfits and comfy clothes since he’d mostly be wearing his clothes in his dorm room. Oh god he was going to have roomates Evan thought, well that was going to be just great what if they’re fucking assholes or worse annoying assholes. God Evan really was going to bash his head against the wall.

He lays back in his bed facetime, the one and only person it was important to tell he was leaving.

“Hey Tim” He says as the brunette boy answers the phone.

“What’s up Ev” Tim says back his tone soft. His tone was always so soft with Evan that was anothering thing on his list of things that made him want to rip his hair out. He should really make a notes app list of those things even though it would be ten pages long.

“I’ve got some bad news,” Evan said back on the phone, dreading telling Tim the news.

“Worse than your dad getting caught in the back of a cab with some girl who’s not your mom,” Tim joked.

“Well, it depends on how you look at it,” Evan said, biting his nails.

“What can be so bad Ev baby” Tim says sweetly with his voice low.

“I’m going to New York tomorrow, I'm going to boarding school” Evan says back quietly as he watches Tim’s face change to sadness.

“No man quit messing around, that's not funny” Tim says back running an uneasy hand through his hair.

“I’m not joking Tim I'm sorry my mom thinks it’s what’s best for me and Pandora while they deal with stuff” Evan says back sadly he really had been dreading telling Time all day.

“Fuck babe uhm can I come over in like 5 minutes” He says his voice dropping low again. He hated how Tim would loudly call him man but any terms of endearment were said with a whisper like they weren’t meant to be heard.

“Yeah Tim that’s fine” Evan said back halfheartedly.

“Alright man uhm let me get dressed and i’ll be over in a minute” He said back clearly walking downstairs.

“Alright see you soon,” Evan says, hanging up the phone. The arrangement he and Tim had was complicated. Evan always loved Tim a little too much since they met when they were fourteen and Tim had always played it off like they were just good mates till a few months ago when he drunkenly kissed Evan in the bedroom of some guy on the Rugby team at his party. He hated the idea of leaving him, yeah he had a few other friends but Tim had always been most important, the only really close one he had was his best friend after pandora.

A few minutes go by before he gets the text

Tim: Outside

Evan sighs heavily before walking downstairs quietly to go get Tim.

“Hey babe” Tim says whispering to not wake anyone up giving him a kiss and a hug. The only people who knew Evan and Tim were a little more than best mates were Evan’s family and that was only because they’d been caught cuddling in bed so often it’d be weird if they were just friends.

They walk upstairs quickly and quietly before reaching Evan’s third floor bedroom.

“Why don’t you just come stay with me for a while?” Tim asks as they crawl into bed together.

“That’d probably be a whole other scandal make it seem like i just don’t want to live with them anymore they can spin the whole school thing to make it seem like they just want us to have a better education plus can’t have Panda in new york by herself” Evan says back resting his head against Tim’s chest. God it felt so good he was really going to miss this.

“Then i’ll go with you come on Ev you know I can’t be apart from you”.

“I can’t ask you do that for me you can’t uproot your whole life to be with me plus you know your parents would never allow it” Evan says back sighing really he was going to miss tim more than anyone but Tim isn’t even ready to be with him much less move to a new country to be with him.

“God i know this really fucking sucks baby” Tim says back sadly muzzling furthur into Evan’s back.

“Yeah it really fucking does” Evan says back equally as sad.

After that they turn on some indie movie.

“Who is that guy again?” Tim says, pointing at a guy on the screen.

“You did not just ask me who the bloody love interest was” Evan said back exasperatedly.

“Sorry I've just got a lot on my mind” Tim said back, sighing.

“I know my love” Evan said moving Tim’s head so that it was up against his chest.

“What is this gonna be when I'm gone Tim?” Evan asks after a moment.

“I think it’d be best that we put it on pause till christmas and then back on pause after you go back and permanently off pause during summer but don’t start seeing anyone else unless you like them better than me Ev” Tim says back looking up at him.

“Yeah I think that’d be for the best” Evan said back even though it killed him. He loved Tim more than anyone outside of family he had been his best friend for 2 years and his lover for 6 months he didn’t want anyone else but long distance would be too hard on him it was best to not strain the relationship while he was gone and just take it easy i mean nothing was ever even official between them anyways.

“I’m tired” Tim announces with a yawn snuggling further into Evan. They both drift off into a deep easy sleep shortly after that.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Evan” His mom calls from outside the room knocking, waking him up that morning.

“Coming” He says back, throwing himself out of the bed waking Tim up in the process as he groans.

“There’s breakfast on the table, waffles and bacon. Your flight is at ten so i figured you’d want to be up extra early to finish up some last minute packing” She says sweetly.

“Alright we’ll be down in a minute” Evan says back.

“We? Oh hello Tim” Evan’s mom says surprised. His mom had mixed feelings about Tim; she thought he was a good friend but shitty for trying to keep his relationship with Evan a secret.

“Good Morning Mrs Rosier,” Tim said back, sitting up in the bed.

“Well i’ll be waiting for you boys at the table” She said with a smile before turning to leave the room.

“So at seven am you’ll be leaving for the airport and i won’t see you again till december” Tim says sadly.

“We can still text and facetime everyday babe” Evan says trying to find any positive in the situation he really didn’t want to leave Tim.

“I know it just won’t be the same” TIm says sadly standing up to meet Evan where he’s standing by the door.

“I know” Evan says, smiling sadly at him.

They head downstairs for breakfast after that.

“Mmm waffles” Tim says taking in the big stacks of waffles sitting on the kitchen island.

“They’re Evan and Pandoras favorite” Evans mom says back from where she’s sitting at the table.

“What’s really my favorite is a huge thing of iced coffee” Evan says, grabbing the ice coffee jug from out of the fridge pouring in his creamer and syrup before preparing his waffles.

“Oh don’t I know it, both of you kids have the worst caffeine addictions ive ever seen on 16 year olds” His mom said back teasing him and his sister who was also sitting at the table sipping her own coffee.

“Hmm and who’s fault is that?” he asks, pointing at her coffee to which the older woman laughs.

“Are you two excited for school?” His mom asks the twins after Evan and Tim move to sit at the table.

“Honestly not really” Evan said back taking a sip from his coffee.

“Well I am” Pandora says back smiling up from her coffee.

“That’s the attitude I like to see Pandora” His mom says back raising an eyebrow at him.

“I for one am not excited to have Evan away from me for so long” Tim says, taking a big bite out of his waffle.

“I’m sure” His mom says back sympathetically.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

“You know we could always take a shower together,” Tim says, wagging his eyebrows as they come upstairs after dinner.

“I’m down but my whole family is here and awake” Evan says back pulling his shirt off to hop in the shower.

“God you can not be doing this to me Rosier” Tim says ogling his naked top half.

“Come here” Evan says, wrapping his arms around Tim’s neck and pulling him into a deep kiss.

“Please Ev” Tim says pouting.

“I’ll be out in just a second” Evan says, laughing at the other boy's antics.

“Help me pack the rest of my stuff please?” Evan asks after his shower.

“Yeah” Tim says, joining Evan where he was packing on the floor. They had forty five minutes till they had to be at the airport and Evan was truly dreading it he had to share his space with at least one other guy and be surrounded by a whole bunch of Nepo babies which yes was hypocritical because he’s also a Nepo baby but he’s not a stuck up prick. They finish up his packing with ten minutes to spare.

“I can’t believe you're really leaving” Tim says as Evan zips up one out of three of his suitcases.

“Me either Babe” Evan replies standing up to stand next to Tim.

“Hey Ev” Pandora says, opening up his door.

“Hey Pands” Evan replies smiling at his twin.
“The car’s outside we need to start loading our stuff into it” Pandora says back.

“Alright” Evan replies with a sigh, grabbing one of his suitcases while Tim grabs the other two following Pandora down the stairs.

They arrive at the car and load their luggage into it.

“So I guess this is goodbye” Tim says leaning against the car.

“I guess so” Evan replied sadly.

“I’ll miss you so much baby” Tim said, wrapping his arms around Evan and pulling him into a tight hug.

“I’ll miss you too” Evan says, giving him a kiss.

“Alright love birds you two need to get out of here” His mom says interrupting their moment.

“I love you mom” Evan says, wrapping his mom into a big hug.

“I love you too sweetie” His mom says returning the hug.

“Let’s go Ev” Pandora says, opening up the door to the town car.

“Bye babies be safe I love you both” His mom says waving them off.

“Love you too Mom” The twins both say before hopping into the town car.

—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The drive to the airport was short, only thirty minutes. The line for TSA was far too long, taking about an hour and a half to get through but it Still left them time to get and drink overpriced airport coffee.

“Flight from London to New York boarding now” The announcer says.

“Well here goes nothing” Pandora says smiling up at Evan.

“New york here we come I guess” Evan says back heading to where they’re boarding.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

They luckily got a flight with no lay overs but it was too long at least he got three movies and a nap out of it. They go to bag check and pick up their luggage before heading to find the driver their mom sent for them.
“Evan and Pandora Rosier there they are” Pandora says pointing at a sign.

They walk towards the guy who leads them outside.

“Of course there's paparazzi” Pandora says, rolling their eyes as they walk outside of the airport.

“Evan, Pandora” The paparazzi scream as they take pictures of the two walking fastly to the towncar Evan flipping them off on the way to the car ‘Yeah get those pictures’ Evan thought.

They get to the town car safely driving off to the hotel and arriving with the absence of paparazzi thank god. They checked into their room for the night under fake names even though it was obvious the girl at the desk knew who they were.

“The room’s nice” Pandora commented as they walked into the room.

“How you're always this optimistic I may never know” Evan says rolling his eyes at his sister.

“I really really think it’ll be fun here” Pandora says laying her head on Evan’s shoulder.

“I’m glad you think that” Evan said, sighing.

“Cheer up Evvy. Do you want to order food?” Pandora asks.

“Yes please” Evan says laying back in the bed.

“Chinese or pizza?” Pandora asks like it’s even a question.

“Chinese definitely” Evan says back before opening his phone looking at his text messages. The first was a text from Tim.

Tim: Miss you Already let me know when you land

To which Evan responded “Landed at hotel” and then there was one from his Mom.

Mom:Love you son let me know when your landed and at the hotel

To which he replied the same as he did to Tim. He thought it was funny that he traveled across continents and the only people who texted him were his best friend and mother, not that he expected anymore.

“Hey Pands did dad text you?” He asked knowing the answer was probably a no.

“Nope” Pandora says looking up from her phone not bothering to ask Evan the question because she already knew the answer would be the same as hers. The twins had always had a rocky relationship with their dad more so Evan than pandora but the cheating made it way worse. The twins both loved their mom so much she did everything for them including giving up her career to be with them whereas their dad was always gone or distant and angry. Evan hated him. He really hated his Dad. He might still love him but he hates him. So of course it comes to no surprise to him that he wouldn’t at least text to make sure his kid’s landed safely in New york.

“Chinese will be here soon” Pandora says looking up from her phone once again.

After a while the Chinese arrives and they watch a movie on the hotel TV, something dumb that was on one of the channels before drifting off to sleep.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Evan wake up we can’t be late” Pandora says shaking Evan awake.

“I’m up I’m up” Evan says rubbing his eyes groggily.

“I got us bagels from the breakfast downstairs. I'm pretty sure some girl took a picture of me so I look forward to seeing that on instagram in the next couple of hours” Pandora said, handing him a bagel and some cream cheese.

“Coffee?” He asked, still groggy from the jet lag.

“On the table it’s Carmel” Pandora said, pointing at the iced coffee.

“You're an angel” Evan said, getting up to grab the coffee.

“Yeah, Yeah I'm going to take a shower and be ready for yours when I'm out” Pandora says heading to the bathroom of their hotel room.

Evan prepares his bagel and gulps down his coffee before checking his phone.

Tim: Good Morning let me know how boarding school goes.

Evan: Good morning I haven't left yet but I bet you 20 pounds it'll go horribly.

Tim: So pessimistic hope your roommates are ugly.

Evan: Probably will be miss you. How's London without me?

Tim: Gloomy, sad the sky is crying without you.

Evan laughs out loud before quickly finishing his bagel as he hears the shower go off.

He showers quickly getting dressed and blow dries his hair before exiting the bathroom.

“Ready?” Pandora asks, smiling up at him from where she’s sitting on the bed.

“No but let’s go” Evan says, grabbing his luggage and heading outside to the same town car they had yesterday.

The school was only a five minute drive away but NYC traffic made it more like fifteen minutes.

“Evan and Pandora Rosier” Pandora says as they arrive at the school's reception desk.

“You’ll both be in Slytherin dorms down those flights of stairs over there there will be signs from there and here’s your uniforms and schedules” The receptionist says back to them handing them their items.

“Thank you” Pandora says smiling at the receptionist before they both head down the flight of stairs now carrying way too much stuff.

“Okay, here's junior dorms” Pandora says, leading Evan to a halfway with four rooms scanning the lists for their names.

“Here I am Pandora Rosier, Dorcas meadowes and Hyacinth Malfoy” Pandora says scanning the list across the hall.

“I’m across the hall Evan Rosier, Bartimius crouch and Regulus Black weird named freaks” Evan says back muttering the last part in case his roommates could hear him.

“You ready to go meet them?” Pandora asked.

“I don’t know about you but I'm googling these people” Evan said pulling out his phone and googling ‘Regulus Black’.

Regulus Black is the son of Walburga black Author of “How to parent your kids in truth” A catholic parenting book describing her controversial parenting methods for her two teen boys. His Father is director Orion Black.

Under that were articles about how his brother ran away and articles about his family's public statements about how being gay is blasphemous ‘Awesome I have a homophobic roommate in Manhattan of all places’ Evan thought to himself Maybe the other one would be better.

Bartemius Crouch Jr is the son of Republican congressman of virginia Bartemius Crouch Sr who has fought for passing anti LGBTQ+ legislation.

Under that were articles of him flipping off paparazzi and videos of him walking out of nightclubs.

“I have the daughter of a fashion designer and the daughter of a rock star and ballerina” Pandora said, smiling up at him.

“I have the Son of a homophobic book writer and the Son of a republican congressman” Evan said sighing.

“Yeesh we should go in now though” Pandora says back giving him a sympathetic look.

“Fine” Evan says before quickly sending a text to Tim.

Evan: Come get me, my roommates are the son of a homophobic book author and a republican congressman.

Evan walks in the room after that seeing two boys one slightly shorter than him with light brown hair and piercing green eyes the other shorter than them both by a few inches with black hair and grey eyes.

“You must be Evan i’m Barty” The taller of the two boys says with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“Hello” Evan says, throwing his suitcases onto the unclaimed bed.

“God you have a nice accent” Barty says back.

“Thanks” Evan says before pulling his phone out again hearing the vibration.

Tim: Omw
No seriously that sucks though man.

Evan: I’m going to hang myself he said I have a nice accent

“Who are you texting?” Barty asked.

“A friend” Evan replied, growing annoyed.

“Cool, does he live in London too?” Barty asked.

“How the bloody fuck do you know where i’m from?” Evan snapped because god this guy was annoying.

“Well the accent kind of gives you away but also your parents scandal is all anyones talking about right now” Barty replies seemingly unphased by Evan’s outburst.

“Oh right” Evan said back before checking his phone again.
Tim: Was he flirting with you?

Evan: I doubt it his dad pushes anti LGBTQ+ legislation

“Anyways I'm Regulus, ignore Barty” The black haired guy spoke up.

“Was already planning on it” Evan replied bluntly.

“Hey i’ll have you know i’m an absolute joy to talk to” Barty says faking hurt.

“I’m sure” Evan replied back before moving his suitcases to the floor so he could lay on the bed.

“So is your sister here too?” Barty asks not taking the hint that Evan doesn’t want to talk to him.

“Yeah across the hall” Evan replies lazily.

“She’s rooming with our dear friends Dorcas and Hyacinth then” Barty replies back looking at Evan from where he’s laying on his own bed.

Luckily the dorm got quiet for a while after that long enough for Evan to unpack his things until of course Barty broke his lovely peace and Quiet.

“Reggie, I'm hungry” Barty Complains from the bed next to him.

“Come on let’s go get the girls it’s lunch time anyways” Regulus said getting up.

“You coming Evan?” Barty asked.

“Sure” Evan replied, meaning only that he’d go across the hall with them he was planning to grab Pandora and bolt.

“Evan meet my new friends” Pandora says excitedly as he enters the girls room.

“Hello” Evan says to not be rude.

“Hi i’m Hyacinth and that’s Dorcas” The short blonde girl says gesturing at the tall dark skinned girl.

“So we’re old news now that Evan’s here” Barty pouts.

“Oh you know we missed you Barty” Dorcas says from her bed as Hyacinth got up and gave Barty a hug. ‘Maybe they’re a couple, ' Evan thinks.

“See that’s the enthusiasm i expect from y’all” Barty says smugly as the girls roll their eyes.
“Lunch?” Regulus asks

“Yes please” All three girls say as they head out of the room. Looks like Evan was going to be stuck eating lunch with these people. He pulls his phone out again checking his messages with Tim.

Tim: Good Matteo says New York has good food so at least you’ll be eating good while you're there.

Evan: We’ll see how lunch goes Pandora's made bloody friends with my roommates friends so now i have to eat lunch with the wankers.

“What’s Tim up to?” Pandora asks, nudging his shoulder as they walk into the huge cafeteria.

“Telling me New York has good food and listening to my complaining” Evan says back.

“Who’s Tim and what’s there to complain about?” Barty asks, being nosy again.

“My friend and you” Evan replies back bluntly scanning the cafeteria options.

“Aw, you're telling your friend about me. Guys this is Evan he’s blonde probably like 6 '1 and he has an attitude” Barty says back turning to the rest of the group at the last part.

“Barty please for the love of god shut up” Regulus says back rolling his eyes.

Evan grabs a sandwich and a coke before sitting down at the table being forced to sit next to Barty.

“Hyacinth” A tall guy with tattoos says before sitting down next to her at the table.

“Mulciber, I missed you” Hyacinth says, giving the guy a hug before he gives her a light peck on the lips. ‘So her and Barty are not a couple’ Evan thinks

“Missed you too, how was your summer?” Mulciber says back. God these people Have weird fucking names.

“Boring just Venice and wedding planning but you knew that already I texted you” Hyacinth says back.

“Oh right” Mulciber says back looking distant.

“This is Evan and Pandora, they're new students” Hyacinth said, introducing them to him.

“Hello, I'm going to go join Avery and Snape now” Mulciber said back.
“Oh okay” Hyacinth said back looking sad all of a sudden.

“He’s so rude he can’t even say hello to the rest of us” Dorcas complained.

“Well you know how Mulciber is” Hyacinth said back picking at her salad.

“Yeah he’s a dick” Barty says back.

“Yeah” Hyacinth says back looking down at her phone now.

‘Your doing this for your mum’ Evan reminded himself as he pushed back the thoughts about how much he already hates it here.