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" oh, now this will be a lot of fun! "
Floyd Levi was a bit of an odd ball. People liked the guy. He was funny, witty, and no doubt attractive, but he wasn't the usual type of person you'd see wearing school robes with a badger emblem. Sure, Floyd was loyal to his friends, extremely open-minded to people unlike himself, and very trustworthy. But he definitely wasn't patient. He had a temper that got him into a lot of fights (which he'd win), and he also wasn't super cheerful, which was obvious with his tendency to pick fits. And sometimes Floyd would choose to skip class to smoke in the Astronomy Tower. Although, what mainly set him apart was how he would illegally sell muggle objects that he enchanted.
Some would say with how dedicated he was to his business, it showed the Hufflepuff spirit. However, it was always a bit of a shock when buyers would find out a Hufflepuff was the maker and dealer. No matter the shock, Floyd's business flourished. No one ever wanted to tattle about Floyd's illegal activities due to the great products he made, and out of the fear of what Floyd Levi would do in retribution.
So, with a booming business and loyal customers, Floyd Levi had secured a spot as one of the top players in Hogwarts. The other top players being the Marauders, but there were never any problems between the two. With respect going both ways, Floyd would enjoy the messes the four boys made, and the Marauders would enjoy the objects they'd buy from the Hufflepuff.
With the mutualistic relationship between the boys, the Marauders came knocking on Floyd's bedroom door one day in the middle of sixth year asking for help. When Floyd hears about the Marauders' idea, he knows he's going to have a lot of fun.
͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔: — Floyd and Remus grow close because they are the two mainly working on the map because of how smart they are
— The Marauders go to Floyd because of his talent of enchanting muggle objects
— I think Floyd should make Sirius his flying motorbike as a birthday present
— because of how the boys are always together, the Marauders also give ideas to Floyd about what else he can put a spell on
— have Lily flirt with Floyd in the Gryffindor common room, and Floyd tells her, "don't take this the wrong way, Lily. you're definitely pretty and all, but you aren't my type." and Lily is of course flustered but laughs it off when Floyd tells her he's gay. Floyd and Lily are now friends
— Floyd and Lily's friendship rubs James the wrong way and James asks Floyd if he has a thing for Lily and Floyd just laughs. James thinks he's mocking him and stupidly says something like how he has claims on Lily. this makes Floyd mad because "you can't claim someone who doesn't even like you back" (like I said, Floyd has a temper) and this causes an argument between the two. James tells Floyd that he should be careful or he'll tell someone about Floyd's business. this makes him grab James by the shirt. but this causes Remus to step in. all he does is put his hand on Floyd's shoulder and Floyd lets go
— Floyd tells James that he doesn't like Lily like that. and he should grow up if he wants to actually have Lily like him back. Floyd sees that he actually hurt James and apologizes (which the boy never does). Floyd really cares about the four Marauders and feels like he actually has friends that can challenge him, so he knows he should apologize. James excepts the apology and also tells Floyd he's sorry for talking bad about his business and reassured Floyd that he'd never tell
— to calm the tension even more, Sirius asks Floyd what's his taste in girls if he doesn't like Lily. Floyd decides he should just go for it (he thinks that the Gryffindor courage has gotten to him) and leans back in his chair and glances over at Remus and says "boys who are smart". James sighs and laughs. Sirius says with a wink "how about boys who aren't as smart?" (referring to himself). Peter says he's happy that Floyd feels that comfortable around them to tell them the truth (Floyd finds that super sweet and thanks Peter) and Remus just says, "wait, is that why you kept staring at James after he came back from Quidditch practice?" and all the boys lose it and crack up. James, as cocky as ever says, "you have good taste, Levi"
— so, after Floyd comes out to the boys, Floyd's nervous that his alone time with Remus will be awkward but it's not at all (Floyd has been crushing on Remus for a bit now but no one knows besides Lily and he doesn't know how Remus feels)
— one day Floyd barges into the Marauders' room when he comes up with an idea of how to make the map work and Remus has just gotten out of the shower so Floyd stares and loses his train of thought. Remus smiles at Floyd and there's like a look that Floyd doesn't understand. but Remus goes into the bathroom to change and Sirius says to James and Peter, "was it just me or did I feel like I should've left the room?" the two laugh and James jokingly says "I thought you only had eyes for me, Levi?" and Floyd just shoots them a glare and tells them to shut up
— Remus is the one that has to ask Floyd out because he's too nervous too and Floyd thinks he sees signs that Remus is into him but he didn't want to think he was overthinking it
— I picture the timeline of the story to go like this... middle of 6th year Remus and them ask Floyd for help. when Remus and Floyd work together, Floyd grows a huge crush on Remus. during this time together they find a way to map everything out with magic but it's just a plain map right now. near the end of 6th year, Floyd comes out to the guys (he figures out he likes guys because of Remus). then summer vacation and the boys all hang out and work on the map some more. they have now figured out how to hide the map from unseen eyes by a spell. there's some sexual tension when Floyd tells Remus (because he figured out how to do it), "Merlin's beard I could kiss you right now" but the other boys come in and Floyd quickly tells them what Remus did to less embarrass himself. then a couple weeks into 7th year, Floyd figures out how to make all the people in Hogwarts appear on the map and thats when he barges into their dorm and gawks are Remus. and that's all I got
