scamander twins:

          “That sounds dumb. I don’t wanna be patient.”

     [ he’s almost upset enough to get into a tantrum, but then he
       remembers.

          — they’re gonna play Hogwarts. ] 

        “So are you gonna be the professor, Louis?”

[ ♔♚♔ ]

          { he was about to point out that the youngster
            didn’t really have a choice, but then he realized
            that he didn’t want an angry lysander in his
            hands. }

     'Anything you want, kiddo.
     But we’ve still got to go through the Sorting, right?

          { which one would he be? mcgonagall or the hat?
            both, probably. f a n t a s t i c . }

_{scamander twins:}

          “Well, duh.” 

     [ as though this obviously was the most obvious thing in the
       entire world. ]

          “Mummy says we’re not allowed wands until we’re bigger. But
     wands are little anyway!” 

     [ he doesn’t understand this at all. wands are fun — why can’t they
       have fun too? ]

_{[ ♔♚♔ ]}

     _{'Just be patient, kiddo,’}

         _{{ he says, clapping the child on the back.
            in that moment, nostalgic memories filled his mind,
of when he had complained of the very same thing. }}

     _{'I understand that you’re excited.
     But you’ll be at Hogwarts soon enough,
     complaining about the schoolwork you
     have to work on.’}

_{scamander twins:}

          “It’s easy, Louis.” 

     [ he probably already knows how to play anyway. he’s already 
       been to hogwarts. ]

          “Me and Lorcan get sticks and pretend we’re holding wands
     and we run around and get Sorted and do magic and stuff.”

_{[ ♔♚♔ ]}

     _{'Wait——
          just pretend, all right? I’m supposed to be babysitting you, and part of my duties is to make sure that you don’t burn the house down.’}

          _{{ so basically, they were going to act like they were in hogwarts?
             louis wondered what role (or roles, more likely) would be assigned
             to him. }}

_{scamander twins:}

        “Let’s play Hogwarts. That’s the best game.”

     [ all his earlier reluctance is already forgotten — he wasn’t 
       really not going to play with louis. louis was the best weasley. ]

_{[ ♔♚♔ ]}

     _{‘Sure. Would you mind explaining the rules, kiddo?’}

          _{{ he could recall no such game from his childhood;
               perhaps the twins had developed it themselves?
            children, he knew, could be quite cяєαтινє. }}

_{scamander twins:}

          “Fine, I guess we can play together.”

_{[ ♔♚♔ ]}

          _{Not many people knew this,
          but he considered himself
          quite good with children.
          To his eyes, the little buggers
          were adorable.}

     _{'All right, then. Since I
      asked, why don’t you
      pick the game?’}