"Trying to prove something?" Edmund glances at Lex. "...ah."

"What? Lake likes you, I thought I'd better get a head start on liking you too."

"The effort is appreciated?"

"I honestly thought I was going to have to slowly get the two of you together in controlled environments for exposure but I'm a fan of this alternative."

And okay that is long enough without kissing Edmund can he kiss Edmund a bit? It's just a 'hi hello I like your face' kiss but.

Eeeee kiss.

Edmund glances at Lex. "Do you two want to come in until juniors' supper? I'm not well set up to host, but we could at least sit."

"Fine by me."

"Sounds good to me."

Edmund shows them in. His room, as Scorpius knows, is - not homey per se, but at least more personalized than Scorpius' cell. It still smells a little bit like lavender. There's a bookshelf with novels in addition to spellbooks.

Scorpius drops his knapsack by the door and takes a seat on the floor, looking up at his boyfriends with a slightly goofy grin.

"I meant you could sit on the bed."

"But doesn't he look adorable there?" Lex asks, distracted from staring enviously at the bookshelf.

"I do look adorable! And I don't trust myself with both of you on the bed. Too tempting."

"Ah, yes, the unbearable temptation of being next to two scrawny teenagers on a squeaky cot."

"Two scrawny teenagers I am very hot for, thank you very much, and I can attest to the sturdiness of the average Scholomance squeaky cot when it comes to three people on it."

Blush. "Well. We don't have time for any of that anyway, it's what, half an hour to your supper? Hardly long enough for - activities."

"Pevensie, can you say fuck for me, just so I know you can?"

"Fuck," Edmund sighs. "Satisfied?"

"Surprisingly, yes."

"We could absolutely cram in a quickie in half an hour but I feel like a threesome right now would be a bit too much for at least one person here and I would very much prefer to take the two of you at your own paces and not force anything, my crass jokes notwithstanding. We have time, no need to rush into anything."

"Very kind of you. I think I'd rather my first time be a bit less... workmanlike... than the phrase half-hour quickie implies."

He considers. "Though I wouldn't actually have much problem with the extra participant. Sounds kind of nice, actually."

"You just want to be able to brag about losing your virginity to two men at once."

"Crucify me, then, I like having stories."

"It'd be hot," Scorpius laughs, "but again, not wanting to force anything on you two, we have time and we can take it." And because he can, because he's sitting on the floor and the other two are still standing, he leans over to rest his head on Lex's leg, a little bit like a puppy rubbing its face on him.

He hums, though, then, to himself, as a question occurs to him. "And is it men? I mean, only men, that the two of you like?"

"No," Lex says. "I'm not picky."

"I am," Edmund says cheerfully. "No girls allowed."