All the buttons we can push | Claudia & Simon

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February 28 2025

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that on that rainy weekday afternoon Claudia found herself shut up in an abandoned, empty classroom, dressed in tight spandex shorts and a tank top to match so that she had her full range of motion without having to wear a leotard in public. Those were so annoying. She reserved them for teaching and performing. She always wore shorts when she could get away with it. Her school robes sat with her bag on a desk near the door and the transfigured ballet barre sat in the middle of the room. Her pointe shoes graced her feet and she stood there, watching her form in the transfigured mirror as she quickly shifted her weight from foot to foot.

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February 28th, 2025

Rainy days were ideal weather conditions for vampires. Unfortunately, rain wasn't quidditch or flying weather, so quidditch practice was cancelled today. Simon found himself cooped up and restless after classes. He couldn't find Rosie, so he decided to wander around the castle after he enjoyed a smoke to himself in the owlery. After talking with a painting or two, he found himself wandering the corridor of the forth floor. The Lion had no business on this floor, he didn't take Arithmancy, nor was he a frequent user of the library. He hated the library and avoided it every chance he got.

One reason why he'd galavant the forth floor would be because one of his good friend Claudia Watkins. The Slytherin frequently posted up in one of the abandoned classrooms, information he'd acquired from his own eyes, and word of mouth from Claudia herself. She was a dancer and often found it hard to find space and time to herself, which was ironic, because Simon was unapologetically going to crash her practice session now.

Simon pushed the door open without knocking, poking his head in the room first to see who was inside. His passive expression flickered to one of surprise and delight when his eyes took in Claudia. Oh boy, that spandex sure hugged her in all of the right places. He stepped inside quickly and shut the door, "Sorry I'm late for practice." he joked, throwing himself into a chair near her.

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Someone pushed the door open and just walked in. Claudia turned around, shooting daggers at the person until she saw who it was. Simon. When she saw him she rolled her eyes and turned away, facing the window rather than him and continuing the exercises she was doing. He teased her, saying he was sorry that he was late to class and she smirked a little, not letting him see. “you’re not really dressed for class…” she pointed out.

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[simon sixten svendsen]

February 28th, 2025

Simon noticed the agitated look on Claudia's face, until it shifted into one a little less annoyed when she realized it was him. Even if she was annoyed, he probably wouldn't leave her alone. Simon enjoyed Claudia's company. As much as he enjoyed the physical connection he had with the girl, he didn't just need the physical stuff, although it was very nice. When she pointed out that he wasn't dressed for class, Simon shrugged, "Sorry, I misplaced the leotard you loaned me." he stated in jest, his expression holding an unbroken seriousness. He hadn't  ever worn a leotard in his life, even for Claudia Watkins. Simon jumped to his feet and stepped over to where Claudia was at the bar, ruffling his hair in the mirror out of habit, "What you doin'?" he asked stupidly, as if it wasn't pretty freaking obvious. To be fair, he didn't know exactly what she was doing from a dancers perspective.


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He joked about misplacing the leotard that she loaned him and she smirked, the thought of him in a leotard made its way into her mind and it took all of her willpower to now burst out with laughter. Most men in Ballet didn’t wear leotards anyway, they couldn’t be comfortable in them, Claudia had to imagine. He walked over to the barre and asked what she was doing as he ruffled his hair. “what would you guess I was doing?” she asked, not facing him but able to see him in the mirror. She had taken to lifting her legs, stretching out her hips. “if you had to guess.” she teased.

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[simon sixten svendsen]

February 28th, 2025

A small smirk crinkled at the corners of his lips when he noticed her try not to laugh at his leotard comment. Her expression was satisfying enough. Simon held the serious expression when he answered her question, and she countered back by asking what he thought it looked like she was doing. A chuckle slipped past his lips and he lifted his shoulders upwards lazily. His eyes assessed her for a good moment, taking the moment to check her out... Well, since she did ask after all...

Simon scratched his chin, more for comedic display, "If I had to guess, it looks like you're preparing for battle." he stated dryly, keeping a straight face as he did the wave fluidly with his arms situated in front of the mirror. "A dance battle."  he announced, transitioning into the robot. There weren't many people he'd admit it to, but he had some pretty sick moves - not that Claudia would ever attest to that.  

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Claudia was always good at maintaining composure, but this was crossing the line and she let out a little snicker of a laugh when he said that it looked like she was preparing for a dance battle and did a few cheesy dance moves to show off. “yep that’s exactly it. But I think you’ve got me beat.” she teased. Not because she actually thought he was good at all, but mostly because she didn’t really want to say something that would get herself into a dance battle while wearing pointe shoes. That wasn’t why she was here, and she wasn’t sure she wanted to let him get her off track. But he was so cute and it was difficult to keep her focus. “what do you want, Simon?” she asked.

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February 28th, 2025

Simon tried to keep the straight face but it was no longer possible. "Scaredy cat." he snorted, rolling his eyes playfully at her as if she were no fun. Poor Claudia. It was pretty obvious that she was innocently trying to get some practice done on the rainy day. The look on her face showed that he was distracting her. Something about that was already satisfying for the Lion. If she got angry, or too annoyed, he'd leave, but for now he'd enjoy the banter. When asked him what he wanted, he gave her a thoughtful look, pursing his lips into deep thought, "Y'know...I would try to say something like world peace or something...but that is too cliche, and honestly things would get boring too fast..." he droned on playfully, knowing damn well what he was doing. Simons eyebrows shot upwards, and he tried to surpass a giggle. He knew how annoying he must have been right now, but he couldn't help it. He was starting to realize how much he really liked spending time with Claudia, even if it were stupid banter, and not just the physical stuff which was also amazing.

The half vamp gestured at the window, which was currently being pelted by raindrops as he spoke. "Quidditch is cancelled today." he informed with a whine and pained look, pouting out his lip at her playfully. Simon knew Claudia didn't give two shits about quidditch; but since he didn't get to play today, it meant he had far too much pent up energy.. so now she must suffer.  



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Simon callee Claudia a scaredy-cat and she rolled her eyes and laughed. “you’re right. I’m afraid you’ll beat me. And we can’t have that.” she teased. Claudia couldn’t say that she had ever been in a dance battle. But she could say that she had no interest in being in one now. It wasn’t the kind of dancing that she did, and it sounded like a great way to get hurt, which her trainer would kill her for.

Simon was obviously bored, but then he admitted that Quidditch practice had been canceled, it all made sense to Claudia. She stopped what she was doing and turned to face the boy. “well were you hoping for me to entertain you in some way?” she couldn’t drop everything for him. But he wasn’t going to leave until she did something, obviously.

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February 28th, 2025

The half vamp smiled triumphantly when she said that he was 'right', waggling his eyebrows at her suggestively at the small 'win'. "It's okay, I'll go easy on ya..." he promised her with a wink, nodding along with a smile... well aware that she was being sarcastic about being afraid.

Simon gave her a knowing look when she asked if he was expecting her to entertain him, cocking his head to the side with a playful smirk. "Hmmmaybe." he said with a nod, not denying it in the slightest. "Dance for me, monkey!" he demanded playfully, waving his arms around like a performing monkey with a comical look. "You go first and then I will show you what I got." Simon told her, falling back into the chair and giving her an expectant look. He wasn't sure if she'd play along, but either way it was fun for him to see what he could get Claudia to do at times. They had a great friendship, spending most of their time messing around and laughing anyways.


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“when have you ever gone easy on me?” Claudia winked before giving a giggle and turning away from him. She hadn’t expected to feel so playful when she walked into the empty classroom a little while ago. But then again, she hadn’t expected Simon to find her right now either. He brought that side out in her. No matter what mood she was in, it instantly switched when he was around. She hated it. It was endlessly frustrating. She couldn’t focus.

He agreed that he was expecting some form of entertainment and then demanded she dance for him. She turned back to him just long enough to shoot him a glare for calling her a monkey, even if he was teasing. Then she steadied herself on pointe and proceeded to do a line of Pirouettes across the room before turning back to face him. “your turn vampire boy.”

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i lost this freaking post by grabbing the code and not opening a new window FML

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Simon seemed impressed but not surprised with her little dance and then he started doing his own. He did a dance that she knew was called the moonwalk over to her which ended in him kissing her on the cheek. She laughed. “impressive. I thought you were really on the moon. Way to sell the performance.” she teased. “you should join the company.” she winked.

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February 28th, 2025

Simon bowed dramatically at her compliment, her encouraging him only fed his ego but he truly enjoyed engaging in their typical banter. When she jokingly told him that he should join her dance company, Simon released a pained sighed, "Ehh, I already have a company that wants me to join, sorry toots." he informed her cooly with a wink, a smirk threatening to play at the corners of his lips. The last statement was obviously a complete lie. He wasn't a dancer and she was well aware of that fact, the half vampire just pretended like he knew what he was doing, which got him pretty far most days. His blue eyes fell to her fancy dance shoes, they looked a little intimidating. "What's your favorite type of music to dance to?" he asked the radiant young lady curiously.

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