“I need you to pretend I’m drunk,” Percy ordered quietly, as he downed his gillywater. Then, louder, he said, “Yes, I heard this fantastic song the other day called ‘A Wizard’s Staff Has a Knob on the End’ and in the spirit of universal brotherhood, I feel I ought to sing it.”
If Oliver had not understood why Percy was pretending to be drunk, he knew well enough that Percy’s singing voice was the stuff of nightmares. And not the strange ones with talking cabbages, but the really terrifying ones where Snape force-fed you poisons or you were hit repeatedly by a bludger and could never play Quiddich again. Oliver still had nightmares about Percy singing in the shower from their days at Hogwarts and woke up screaming to try and drown out the sounds in his head. He had never been so glad when he heard that Prefects had their own bathrooms at the beginning of fifth year.
“You- you wouldn’t really sing, would you Percy?”
“Just watch me,” Percy said, shoving his glasses up his nose and taking a deep breath.
“Right, you’re too drunk to be in public,” Oliver exclaimed extraordinarily quickly, grabbing Percy’s arm and dropping a galleon on the bar.
If Oliver had not understood why Percy was pretending to be drunk, he knew well enough that Percy’s singing voice was the stuff of nightmares. And not the strange ones with talking cabbages, but the really terrifying ones where Snape force-fed you poisons or you were hit repeatedly by a bludger and could never play Quiddich again. Oliver still had nightmares about Percy singing in the shower from their days at Hogwarts and woke up screaming to try and drown out the sounds in his head. He had never been so glad when he heard that Prefects had their own bathrooms at the beginning of fifth year.
“You- you wouldn’t really sing, would you Percy?”
“Just watch me,” Percy said, shoving his glasses up his nose and taking a deep breath.
“Right, you’re too drunk to be in public,” Oliver exclaimed extraordinarily quickly, grabbing Percy’s arm and dropping a galleon on the bar.
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