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Marlene McKinnon ([info]pureclover) wrote in [info]asphodel,
@ 2008-06-04 00:00:00

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Who: Marlene and Benjy
Where: Saint Mungos
When: Wednesday afternoon
Status: Incomplete
Rating: TBD



Marlene hated hospitals. It was not just the hospital atmosphere either, but the fact that she was not allowed to do anything herself, at all. In recent years she had become fiercely independent and being doted upon by healers specifically threatened to do so by her ever loving family grated on her nerves. She was fine, she had not been hit by anything as nasty as Fenwick had been. Still Nadine had been there almost every day to dote on her and just chat about whatever came into her mind. Really, she loved her sister, she was her idol in every way, but Marlene wanted out of the room.

They had started letting her roam around the hospital about, though she was not formally released yet. She used this to be able to visit Fenwick in his ward. While the woman at front, she could not be bothered with remembering her name, had originally not wanted to let her in, no one told a McKinnon no. So soon enough she had been let in to visit him and check up on how he was doing. More than anything she felt obligated. He had taken a hit for her, a possibly deadly one. That was something no one had ever done for her and not something she would have ever expected anyone to do, ever, for anyone.

It was an action that left her more confused than anything and she was really not sure what to do about that. He had effectually saved her life, what did one do with something like that? One could not just say thank you and be done with it. She owed him and she was not sure what. It was not exactly something she could pay back really. Plus, he was pretty cute. Not that she would admit that aloud, but he was. Nadine would have probably thought the same thing, and her sister was as shallow as it got when it came to looks.

She was going to be released soon, she knew that, but not today. So she wandered down to his ward and went up to the woman, who knew better than to argue with her by now. The woman mentioned something about him sleeping, but she waved her off and simply walked past to the room she knew he was tucked away in. Though the girl was right, he was sleeping. That meant there really was not a point for her to be visiting, but it did beat just sitting around in her room and doing nothing. So she walked over and sat next to his bed, twiddling her thumbs there instead of back at her wing.

He really was cute when he slept, especially since he wasn’t talking. Talking was not his strong suit really, he was a bit of a moron. But he was a moron who saved her life, so that put him in a slightly different light. And really she should not stay all that long. Sighing softly she got up and looked back at him. Biting her lip slightly, she leaned over and kissed him softly on the forehead before straightening up and starting to head for the door.

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 04:27 am UTC (link)
Giving a yawn and pushing himself up so that he could see her, he groaned. Her voice was not a voice he wanted to hear first thing after waking up - she always seemed to nag him and after Alice had nagged his ears off enough earlier, he wasn't in the mood to hear it from someone else. "You can't get rid of me that easily," he muttered, reaching up and rubbing at his left eye.

"Mum's the only one who does that," he said simply and with a shrug of the shoulders. "And I don't think the healers in this ward are brazen enough to kiss a patient." He kept his eyes level with hers, trying to figure out just what the hell she had been doing by doing -- that. They hated each other, or at least that's what he thought and her actions seemed to validate that. He didn't hate her nearly as much when he met her and he would admit that she was attractive enough, but she drove him bloody insane.

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 04:33 am UTC (link)
"If I was trying to get rid of you, you'd already be gotten rid of." she said petulantly. This worked so much better off in those shows she watched on the telly at Harry's house. Leave it to Fenwick to not listen to what the telly said would happen. Had to go waking up and bloody things like that. And saving her life, and looking rather cute when he rubbed his eyes.

In a moment her eyes went wide and her cheeks flushed as red as was possible as a look of horror spread over her face. "I don't know what you're talking about." she said quickly, turning around. "You're probably delusional, head trauma or something like that. Probably going to end up dead from it, making up things like that!"

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 04:42 am UTC (link)
He figured she would say something along those lines. Always the petulant one and pretending she was bigger and badder than everyone else. He let it slip though, noting that she had said if she wanted to get rid of him, she would have already done it. "If, eh?" he quipped with a chuckle to himself. "I feel special."

And then he laughed, holding onto his stomach as she blushed profusely. "I was hit in the stomach, woman, not the bloody head," he corrected with a roll of his eyes. This was priceless. He wished he had a way of recoding this so that he could play the moment back again and again in the future.

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 04:47 am UTC (link)
The laughing just caused her to turn even more red. But it also caused her to turn around and go back over to him. "Stop that! Stop laughing at me!" she scolded, hitting his chest lightly. "I said stop it!" she managed to keep her voice from getting to loud or shrill, but it was still upsetting. She was not used to people laughing anymore really, let alone laughing at her, that was just unheard of.

"You don't need to be hit in the head, it's already scrambled up enough." she said with a grumble. "And don't woman me, I have a bloody name you know. And my parents were more creative than to just call me 'woman', thank you very much."

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 04:56 am UTC (link)
Benjy honestly couldn't help but laugh, especially since she was getting so flustered over something so small. He loved it, he bloody well loved it and couldn't wait to tell someone that he had embarrassed the shite out of Marlene McKinnon. Too bad he didn't have pictures, no one else would probably believe him.

"Ow fuck!" he hissed when she hit him dangerously close to where he was hurt (the laughing hadn't helped either, but it was easier to ignore than someone trying to kill him). He rubbed his chest and his stomach, the latter throbbing slightly from all the excitement, and huffed at her. "Now you're trying to bloody kill me, woman. That fucking hurt hurt."

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 05:06 am UTC (link)
If she ever heard of him telling anyone, she might just have to kill him. In fact she was pretty sure that it was grounds for killing him if she ever got caught, which she wouldn't. No one would ever find him, the cheeky bastard. She could probably just smother him right now, but then that annoying bint at the front of the wing knew she was in here.

"That's what you get for being an arse!" she snapped, still flushed but slightly less so from embarrassment and more from anger at being embarrassed. "Why'd I have to get stuck being saved by the moron. Could have been protected by someone who wasn't trying to make me miserable."

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 05:14 am UTC (link)
Leaning back against the pillows, Benjy eyed her carefully. She was incensed and he was ready to fight back if she started hitting at him or throwing hexes his way. He didn't doubt that she would, especially with him embarrassing her as much as he did by taking the mickey.

"Next time I'll leave you to someone like Pettigrew to save your arse then and we'll see how grateful you are then," he muttered, rubbing his forehead. Sure, he saved her, but he didn't see it as a big deal. While she probably wouldn't lay her life on the line for him, training to be an auror was teaching him to do that for everyone he went on missions with. "What was I supposed to do, let the bastard throw the fucking hex at you and leave you for dead?" he asked finally, giving her a serious look.

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 05:23 am UTC (link)
"No one's sending me on a mission with Pettigrew, I'd refuse to go!" she said, wrinkling her face up in disgust. Honesty, she could handle a lot of things, but not that. He was so... just ugh. Plus he probably wouldn't be any use at all in a fight, which would be stupid, really, because she was not the strongest fighter around either. At least she knew that.

Of course he wouldn't see it as a big idea. Where she came from people did not do things like that. It was everyone out for themselves, and she was really rather good at that. In fact she was exemplary at it. Biting her lip, she sat down and shook her head. "I don't know, that's what a lot of people would have done, really. It's stupid to take a hex for someone else, you could have gotten your stupid self killed."

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 05:28 am UTC (link)
Benjy didn't like the idea of her or anyone else going out on missions with Peter Pettigrew either. Sure, Pettigrew had his own merits, slim as they may be, but he wasn't exactly the best fighter around and didn't have much of a backbone either. "I was being sarcastic about Pettigrew?"

The truth of the matter was that not many people would have done what he did. It was just instinct. His dad had brought him up to believe that the man always protected the woman, regardless if they hated each other, loved each other, or whatever; it was their responsibility to make sure nothing happened to them. "I'd apologise, but I'm not really sorry for doing it." The threat of dying never occurred to him and it still didn't faze him. "I couldn't just leave you there."

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 05:35 am UTC (link)
"You better have been." she grumbled under her breath. She did not like Pettigrew. He was slimy and just generally gross. And honestly in general she really did not like Gryffindors, it was just she did not have much of a choice nowadays given her choice of alliances. It sort of cut out everyone that she had liked previously. Though Pettigrew did not even really seem much like the other Gryffindors anyway.

Sighing, she sat down in the seat next to his bed, looking at her hands. She fiddled with her fingers as something to do. "I don't think you should feel sorry, unless you hate me that much." she said softly, still a bit petulantly. Really she was not sure what to do now, this all made her feel very unsure of herself and that was not something that she liked feeling.

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 05:45 am UTC (link)
"You better have been," he mocked, sending his voice up an octave. "Of course I bloody was. Pettigrew can't even hold a wand steady when someone's throwing hexes at him." Merlin she was touchy sometimes. Annoying, too. But that didn't mean he wasn't intrigued by the small amount of vulnerability she was showing. Intrigued, but also confused. Furrowing his brows, he watched her fiddle with her fingers, having never actually seen her so unsure of herself; she always had an aura of confidence and a trace of arrogance surrounding her.

"I never said I hated you," he repeated from a journal conversation that had had a few weeks ago. "And is it safe to say I'm not hated earlier or was that kiss of yours poisonous and I just haven't felt the effects yet?

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 05:49 am UTC (link)
"Which is exactly why you better have been joking. Stressful situations are bad enough without having to worry that you might get hexed by a jumpy teammate." The idea of premature spells struck her as a bit funny, but she was not exactly in a funny mood right now. It was all his fault too, the bastard.

"Would you stop bringing that up!" she almost squeaked. "You were supposed to be asleep! But nooo, had to go and wake up. No consideration for others, none at all. Horrible manners."

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 05:56 am UTC (link)
Forgetting about the whole conversation about Pettigrew, Benjy gave Marlene a look, one that showed just how batty and ridiculous he thought she was being. "What the hell else was I supposed to do when someone's macking on me? Lay there and pretend it's not happening, that it's all just a wet dream?" he asked incredulously. Were her potions too strong for her or was she the one that had been knocked in the head a few times too many? "Now that's horrible manners right there and would likely get the shite smacked out of me were it anyone but you," he said, waving his hand at her.

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 06:01 am UTC (link)
"I was not macking on you!" she said incredulously, looking at him, rather offended in fact. "It wasn't anything of the sort. It was innocent and all that and I don't know why I did it, but since you obviously got the wrong idea in your bloody head, I'll be glad to not do in again." She folded her arms and sulked a bit petulantly. Honestly, she'd never heard a complaint from boys she had actually 'macked' on.

Frowning, she refused to look at him, instead looking over towards the doorway. "And you should stop getting so upset, or they'll decide you're hysterical and dope you up with potions and keep you here even longer."

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 06:08 am UTC (link)
Okay, so perhaps she wasn't macking, that much he was willing to admit. It still didn't answer just exactly why she had done it in the first place, and claiming that she didn't even know herself wasn't a good enough reason for him. So he still gave her a disbelieving look, but did calm down as she suggested. The Healers really would start doping him up if he started acting too excited for his own good.

"I'm calm," he muttered, glancing out the door to make sure they weren't scoping his room out and waiting for the opportune moment to issue new potions to him.

Innocent was one to describe the kiss and accepted that for what it was, but there had to have been an underlying reason for it. Perhaps she was just trying to thank him for taking the hex for her while she was down? Looking at her profile, he considered that possibility. He was plausible and it did kind of make sense, but if she hated him then why even bother. "You don't hate me as much as you used to, do you?" he asked in a moment of clarity, sounding much more mature than he usually did and marginally shocking himself because of it. Since when was he the perceptive one? "Hell if I knew that all I had to do was take a few hexes for you to get off my arse about things and calling me names all the time, I would have done it sooner."

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Marlene sat in the chair, sulking. This had gotten a bit out of hand and her leg was starting to hurt a bit. She had been hoping that her leg had been done and over with, but it seemed like it was not quite done yet. Though at the moment she was not sure if she was going to tell the healers or not. Her urge to get out of the hospital was almost strong enough to ignore pain if it meant getting out of this place faster.

"Just because I don't hate you doesn't mean I don't still think you're an idiot." she grumbled, not about to give up her sulk. He had embarrassed her and she did not take kindly to that. Really she was not even sure how to deal with it. She glared at him at the second part. "Don't say things like that!"

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[info]benjy_fenwick
2008-06-04 08:29 pm UTC (link)
"And just because I don't hate you doesn't mean you don't drive me fucking insane with all your nagging," he grumbled right back at her, in the exact same tone she had said it to him. So she didn't hate him - surprise there. Actually, a really big surprise since she had never given any indication that she could stand him just a bit.

Rolling his eyes when she hissed at him not to say thanks, he waved a dismissive hand in front of him. "I was just making a bloody joke," he said, shaking his head. "No need to get even more uptight about everything."

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[info]pureclover
2008-06-04 10:50 pm UTC (link)
"You only say it's nagging because you know I'm right." she replied, huffing slightly. Merlin more than anything she wanted a cigarette right now. She was barely allowed to have them since she had gotten here, since either her sister or the healers prevented her from being able to. The forced separation was causing her to get just a little irritable. Just a tiny bit, really.

Marlene shook her head at that. "It wasn't funny. And I'm not uptight." she grumbled, chewing her lip as she felt the intense craving for a cigarette.

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