Platform Nine(ish)

Date/Timing: ~2014 (the boys are on their way to Trinity's wedding)
Setting: London Euston station; Kings Cross, London, England, United Kingdom
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They—Bastien, Dottie, Edan, Kris, and Manny—kill time on the platform at Euston, waiting on the train to Glasgow.
Manny and Edan huddle over Edan's tablet.
Kris sprawls on a bench with Dottie half-asleep in his lap.
Bastien ... sighs.
Manny and Edan talk science.
Kris plays with Dottie's ears.
Tones from the loudspeaker.
""Attention in the station, please. The Glasgow Central, service to Glasgow, departs Platform Nine in thirty minutes.""
Bastien lets his head fall back.
- Platform Ten - 
says the sign behind them.
""Attention in the station, please. The Glasgow Central, service to Glasgow, departs Platform Nine in thirty minutes.""
Bastien straightens up.
- Platform Nine -
says the sign in front of them.
Bastien dives into his rucksack, pulls out his sketchbook and lucky pencil, opens to a fresh page, flies through the guidelines.
Tones from the loudspeaker.
""Attention in the station, please. The Glasgow Central, service to Glasgow, departs Platform Nine in fifteen minutes.""
Bastien leans back, admires his work.
""Attention in the station, please. The Glasgow Central, service to Glasgow, departs Platform Nine in fifteen minutes.""
Bastien giggles, adds more curls.
Kris leans closer, huffs over his shoulder, "What's so funny?"
Bunny snorks, offers a view.
"Why'm I Hermione?"
"Would ye rather be Neville? I can fix it." Flips his pencil eraser-end down.
"Leave it," grumbles Kris.
"Ye know, Neville's probably the better fit, anyway ...."
"I said leave it, nugget."
"He does kinda turn out to be the hero ...."
"Leave. It."
"Why're you so touchy about—"
"Just shut up, Bunny." Sniffs. "And leave the drawing alone."
"But—"
"What're you two arguing about this time?" sighs Edan, strolling up.
"My artwork." Bastien flips his sketchbook around.
Edan blinks, bites his lip.
"You alright?"
"I'm fi—" He chokes, doubles over, howls with laughter.
Heads up and down the platform turn to look.
"What's so funny?" Manny hobbles up.
"I'm a Weasley!" snickers Edan.
"Of /course you're a Weasley, ye ginger doughnut."
"No, look!" He waves toward Bastien's book.
Bastien tilts it.
Manny scowls, growls, "Is that supposed to be funny?"
"Yes?"
"It /is funny," wheezes Edan. "For Christ's sake, he drew Kris as Hermione! Lookit his /hair!"
Kris grumps, crosses his arms.
"He also drew me as Hedwig." Fixes Bastien with a glare. "I'd like to know why."
"Because you rode over here on the luggage trolley? Like she did on the way to Hogwarts?" Bastien bats his eyelashes.
Hermann holds his ground.
"I could add Dottie as Crookshanks?"
"Do it!" cheers Edan.
"Don't ye dare," snarls Kris.
"But she's already your Familiar!"
Dottie /whuffs, wiggles nervously.
"See! She agrees with me!"
"She's not a bloody cat!"
"Okay, okay, I'll just give her a little wizard hat and a Gryffindor scarf. That better?"
Kris grunts.
Bastien grins, sketches—
"You still haven't answered me," interrupts Manny.
Bastien rolls his eyes without looking up from the hat-wearing Dottie on his page. "Because I'd already drawn myself as Harry and you don't seem very Neville-y and it's /funny 'coz you look funny when you're offended."
Hermann glares daggers.
"Just like that!"
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