This is wonderful--love the chemistry and banter between Pansy and Cormac--I learned a lot on how a blunt smoothie like him makes his moves on a presumably unattainable witch. Lovely to see, as Cormac perceives, a very human and charming Pansy, along with her intelligence and acute slyness. Wonderful!

What a lovely pairing. Pansy is such a wonderfully sneaky Slytherin and has fallen for Cormac with his upfront spying techniques.

This is clever.  I don't always like to read unusual pairs, but I am glad I took a chance with this one.  The first place he'd look, indeed.  Ha!  We never find out why she was out there, who she was meeting, or what the message was, but I was so invested in them hooking up, I forgot to care about those other things. :)

...huh. Wait, didn't Cormac graduate already?

A Spy! story, and finally presenting a different Spy.Yes, we all can use a little different cast here.Fine idea. How would a student spy on another student.Gryffindore spies on Slytherin.Boy spies on girl.Arithmancy, secret messages, house and war rivalry, and these tho inbetween.I liked how you show how it cost her quite some effort to go round to him and let her down to explain to him Arithmancy. a propos. What is it with "It's not easy when its about as long as you are tall"? I need help here.Its funny when he reveals the truth to her so blunt.But it seems to have done the trick.In the end we learn that she really was the mesenger, so she must have accepted the "fight" or so.Brave girl. Brave both of them.Only the admitting that one fancies one another, that is the harder part. Life - real. life. Thanks for sharing!

Cormac and Pansy, somehow it works.