You were sitting on your bed in the Slytherin dorms when two notifications popped up at the exact same second on your phone.

The first message was from Mattheo, your absolute best friend since year one:

mattheo: have you done the potions essay?

The second message was from Theodore Nott—the guy you’ve been having an off-and-on, low-key secret fling with:

theo: im gonna be late, give me something?

In a complete blur of multitasking, your fingers tapped through the notifications entirely too fast. Before your brain could catch up with your hands, you attached the provocative photo meant for Theo into the chat thread with Mattheo and hit send.

Then, without double-checking, you opened Theo’s chat and typed out:

"No, I haven't even started it yet."

A split second later, the horrifying reality hit. Your phone buzzed twice in rapid succession as both of their replies came through.

mattheo: merlin, i'm already close 😩

theo: ???

Beatrice’s stomach completely dropped. Mattheo had just opened a nude photo of his best friend, while Theo was left staring at a completely random response about homework.