Albus never spoke to his cousins when he was at Hogwarts, in fact he almost never spoke to them at home either, since he was sorted into Slytherin most of his cousins had a more distant attitude, he didn't doubt that they loved him very deeply, but it was noticeable that there was still some prejudice present, the only one who didn't seem to be interested in his house in the slightest, was Victoire. In fact, Bill and Fleur's daughter did nothing but try to help Albus in every possible way and often the boy found comfort in venting with his beloved cousin, but there were days in which, if he could, he would have had happily disowned her too, days like this one where Lysander Scamander, son of Luna and Rolf, held him down in the chair while Victoire chose from a long series of lipsticks specially created by her.
"Victoire, I'm serious, why don't you ask Lily to help you? She loves all this stuff"
Victoire took some lipsticks in her hands as she looked at them carefully trying to choose the right color
"your sister is too young to wear these bright colors.....could I give you green? No, you're already green enough"
Albus huffed in annoyance while Lysander chuckled under his moustache, too green? As if green hadn't become his primary color by now
"Mh...with Red It would be like a Christmas tree, absolutely no....ah, yes blue!"
she put down all the shades except the one she chose and opened the cap, letting the tip of the lipstick come out while looking at the poor boy with a mischievously smirk
"V-Victoire haha...you know right that you are my favorite cousin?"
he tried to free himself from his cousin's grip, but the fight was futile so he gave up and let the lipstick be put on him. After a bit of tweaking and shading his cousin handed him a hand mirror
"Albus oh dear, it looks great on you! I must say that blue suits you more than green. Definitely"
Albus hesitantly looked at himself in the mirror and his cheeks took on a rosy color from embarrassment, he couldn't lie though, blue didn't look bad on him.
Victoire had applied the lipstick using a technique called ''ombre lips''. At the center of the lips, a saturated dark blue dominated, while towards the edges the color delicately faded into lighter and almost transparent shades, creating a transition towards a pale purple-blue.
"wow... it's.. it's.."
"spectacular I know, I'm incredible, blue really seems to be your color Al"
Lysander also seemed to agree. Albus slowly ran his fingers over his lips and mumbled softly when he noticed small spots of blue on his fingers
"It looks like your lipstick leaves stains"
"Yes, the problem is that it's very hard to remove"
The two exchanged a knowing look and then looked at the poor boy with a smirk
"you see, it's water resistant and my make-up remover arrives this evening...so you'll have to keep it on for a few hours"
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"WHAT?! Victoire I can't go around like this! They'll all make fun of me, as if they didn't do it enough already!"
"Go back to your common room and pretend to be sick so you can stay in your room and no one will see you don't worry we'll cover for you and besides, at this time you'll find basically nobody in the halls"
Albus snorted but ended up doing as she said, luckily he didn't meet anyone along the way, it was already class time so, when he arrived in the Slytherin common room, he didn't think he'd find anyone and especially Scorpius waiting for him, so when he do saw him sit in One of the chair of the Slytherin common room he almost had a Heart attack
"Scorpius what the f-"
Before he could finish the sentence, the memory of the lipstick came back like a flash and he immediately covered half of his face
"Albus! Finally! You've been missing since this morning! I was worried"
Scorpius stopped to look at him confused
"Why do you cover yourself?"
"It's not important"
he approached worriedly
"Did someone hurt you? Did they beat you again?!"
"What?! Nono! N-nothing happened"
"Are you sure? You seem defensive and you never are with me"
The two exchanged glances for some minutes before Albus pulled his hand away revealing the makeup, then looked away completely red with rmbarassment
"I know, it's not exactly the most manly or "Slytherin" thing possible, but Victoire wanted to try it so bad and...and you know how she is, when she has an idea no one can stop her"
The blond wasn't even following him, he was more busy staring incessantly at his best friend's lips, his mind filled with the most bizarre and definitely not appropriate thoughts for simple best friends. He gently placed his hands on both his cheeks making him look at him again
"Don't you ever dare to say something like this about yourself again, it's just lipstick! Who said lipstick is only uniquely feminine!? And then again with this whole "Slytherin" thing. Albus Severus Potter, you owe nothing to anyone, you are perfect just the way you are! You don't have to care what everyone else says about you, you are the sweetest and most altruistic person I know, you are perfect just the way you are"
Albus' face was now redder than Rose's hair and the only thing his mind could process was the word ''perfect''
"Am I perfect to you?"
Scorpius ended up blushing too, while he stared at him in silence, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck pretty nervously, only after a few seconds he nodded
"I also think this lipstick looks amazing on you... If you want my opinion...you should wear it more often...you look amazing"
the two boys didn't notice how close they were getting, how Scorpius' hands were slowly and gently caressing his cheeks, how Albus stood slightly on tiptoe to reach him until their lips touched in a sweet, cast kiss and they found themselves moving closer and closer until their bodies were completely attached, like they're only way to survive was to feel the other warm. It didn't take long to turn that sweet kiss into a fiery, lust-filled one, Scorpius' hands gently moving down from his cheeks, over his neck, to his waist where his fingers gripped him tightly, probably leaving a small Red mark, while Albus' arms wrapped around his neck, letting his hands wander through the blonde's hair and ruffling the usually tidy and composed locks. The two staggered and ended up falling onto the chair near the desk, or rather, Scorpius fell into the chair and dragged Albus onto his lap. When the two broke the kiss they were both panting, still united by a thread of saliva, suddenly a giggle woke the blonde up from his trans state
"what are you laughing at-"
"you have all my lipstick smeared on your lips and chin, you look like a mess!"
his laugh was so contagious that it was quickly followed by another
"your lipstick is all smeared too"
with his thumb he passed gently over the line of lipstick that was smeared on the left side, getting his finger dirty
"this could be a great way to remove it before Victorie brings the makeup remover"
Scorpius looked at his beloved with a bit of confusion
"What do you mean?"
A smirk formed on Albus' face as he cupped his new boyfriend's cheeks and began to fill his face with sweet kisses making him blush. Slowly he moved down his neck and Scorpius was forced to bite his lower lip as to not let out any sound while his hands gripped the brunette's waist tighter, if he wasn't sure that the previous grip would leave a mark, now he was definitely sure this would. He completely took off his boyfriend's tie and opened his shirt hungrily as he kissed and sucked, leaving smeared lipstick marks everywhere, they were so caught up in the moment they didn't even notice the door opening
"Albus, Victorie asked me to bring you the make-"
the two boys jumped at the sound of Lysander's voice, so much so that Albus fell to the ground off balance.
"Looks like I caught you...at a good time....I better go!"
the poor Ravenclaw left the make-up remover on the ground and ran away with his cheeks burning while the two lovers burst into a loudy laughter.