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Tweak says, "500 DOLLAH!!!"

Dagny Pucey-Connelly (dagnypucey) wrote in 20somethings,
@ 2022-01-16 21:03:00

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c: dagny pucey-connelly, c: thad nott, d: 2028 01, ~ complete, Ω: owls/texts

Text/RP: Sweet things
Who: Thad & Dagny
What: Thinking about the future
When: 16 January 2028
Warnings: None
Completion status: Complete

Bash actually brought home pastries for us all from Sweet Nothings today. I'm not sure what's going on with the grumpy bugger but if he carries on like this I may miss living with him!

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dagnypucey
2022-01-19 09:09 pm UTC (link)

Dagny laughed. "I'd be mad about being predictable, but I love that you know me so well." It was actually kind of sweet that an office was the thing he would use to sway her to the idea.

Looking around the room, Dagny did have to wonder whether expanding the cottage might ruin its quaint charm. "We can make a wish list," she decided. "Our dream home. And if we can't find it, we could always build it." She had money of her own, too, from family, as he'd likely garnered from the various Pucey properties he'd seen.

"Here I was just excited to move in with you." She paused. "But if we do move somewhere else, you have to be the one to tell your mum." No one could pay her enough to be the one to break that news to Pansy.

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seekingthad
2022-01-21 11:43 pm UTC (link)

In some ways, it felt as though things were still so new between them, and yet in others, it seemed as if he'd always known her, as if she'd always been meant to be part of his life. Thad rather thought his knowing her so well was just another sign of it, and he chuckled and tilted his head a bit to press a kiss to the top of her head.

"That sounds perfect," he said with a decisive nod. He was fussed about who paid for what when it came to their future, as he had rather clued into the fact that neither of them were hurting for funds. He was ever grateful to have been chosen as part of the Nott family.

He was chuckling at the first bit, but after that pause and the words that came after, the chuckle burst out into full on laughter. "Oh gods. I'll definitely tell her. If it gives her the idea that grandchildren could be in the nearer future than she'd thought, I'm sure she'll come around," he said before he could think the thought through. It wasn't a milestone he was in any rush to reach, and he hoped she knew that.

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dagnypucey
2022-01-22 12:11 am UTC (link)

Dagny laughed, shaking her head in amusement. She did like the idea of having a family one day, but there were other things she wanted to do first. Having Thad to herself for a while before they even contemplated would be a good first step. "I swear over Christmas I nearly every conversation with my grandparents into a drinking game. Take a sip every time they say the word 'courting' or 'beau'..." She wrinkled her nose. It was nice that her family were happy for her and approved of Thad - not that she required any kind of approval.

She lifted her head up enough to kiss his cheek. "Want to make some coffee and try those pastries?" Dagny suggested.

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seekingthad
2022-01-22 12:54 am UTC (link)

Since she didn't freak out, Thad assumed she understood he didn't mean anytime soon, thankfully. They seemed the be on the same page when it came to most things concerning their future, especially now that they'd talked a bit more about their long-term living arrangements. "Oh gods, did you get pissed?" he asked teasingly. If she really had turned it into a drinking game, she probably would have, he could imagine.

"That sounds like a splendid idea," he replied, pulling away from her with a slightly dramatic sigh so he could go make the coffee. When it was ready, he floated two mugs, doctored up how they each preferred it, over to the coffee table in front of the couch before grabbing a couple small plates for the pastries and joining her back at the couch.

"With any luck, you won't meet any of my grandparents," he told her rather bluntly as he sat back down. "I'm afraid neither side of the family were particularly good during the big war. Both grandfathers are still in prison, and both grandmothers snaked out of any consequences. Mum and dad have fought hard to build a reputation outside of their parents," he explained. And they seemed to have accomplished it, but it still felt important for Dagny to know that bit of family history.

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dagnypucey
2022-01-22 01:58 am UTC (link)

"Mm." Dagny smiled. "Let's just say I was comfortably tipsy."

By the time Thad rejoined her, Dagny had shifted to a cross-legged position on the couch. She took the plates from him, adding the pastries to them. While she still wasn't sure what had prompted a good enough mood for Bash to show generosity like this, she couldn't complain and even hoped it would continue.

For some reason, it didn't come as a huge shock to hear that history. Dagny knew more about that era of British history than most of her peers at Ilvermorny precisely because her parents had settled in St Thomas to avoid the sort of people who had ended up in prison. Like Thad's grandparents, apparently.

"I think a lot of families have skeletons in the closet." She still thought it suspicious that her great-grandfather lived on an unplottable property in Brazil, but they never talked about that. "Don't worry about it. I think Bash is kinda impressed that you survived meeting ours."

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seekingthad
2022-01-22 03:57 am UTC (link)

He was relieved that Dagny took the bit about his grandparents in stride. He rather thought his family had proved they'd moved out of the shadows after the war, and most of the time, he didn't even think about the murky pasts of his parents or grandparents.

"Well, that's probably because Bash doesn't know how to charm people. Especially old people," Thad joked, though there was a thread of truth in the words. If anyone ever asked him to describe Bash, the first word he would probably ever say was prickly, and even if the other guy was showing signs of better moods these days, Thad wasn't counting on a complete personality overhaul for his old dormmate.

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dagnypucey
2022-01-22 03:40 pm UTC (link)

With some confidence, Dagny said, "Charming isn't a word I would ever use to describe my darling cousin." She'd known him her whole life, but he was still something of a mystery. Dagny would miss him when she moved out, though. Speaking of which...

"So, I don't think it's going to take me too much longer to pack all my things." She had sold any furniture she did own when she left New York, so most of her belongings fit in just a few trunks. "Do we want to pick a day for me to move?"

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seekingthad
2022-01-22 03:50 pm UTC (link)

"Good," Thad said at first, his grin going a bit crooked. He wanted her to move in or he wouldn't have brought it up in the first place. "Whichever day works best for you. Practice starts back up next Monday, so hopefully before then?"

He did hope to have some time of domestic bliss with her before he had to get back to the strict training and diet schedules, not that he'd been some gorging sloth in this off time.

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dagnypucey
2022-01-22 04:38 pm UTC (link)

Dagny leant over to kiss him before picking up her coffee. She wanted a few days with him before his training schedule picked up, too. "Maybe one day after work this week." That way they'd definitely have the weekend to themselves before the Magpies monopolised his time for the next few months.

"We can order in dinner, completely ignore the unpacking..." She flashed Thad a cheeky smile, very much looking forward to starting their shared life together.

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seekingthad
2022-01-22 11:26 pm UTC (link)

"Mm, sounding better and better with every word," Thad said, loving every bit of cheek and wit she came out with. He wasn't under any illusions that things would always be smooth sailing between them, but he dreamt of a relationship like his parents had, one of true partnership, clear communication, and an enduring love that was worth working through the rough patches for. He hadn't imagined finding his person this early in life, but he certainly wasn't going to let go easily now that he had.

"We could get in a bit of practice today, if you'd like, ignoring the unpacking and all," he suggested, waggling his brows exaggeratedly at her.

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dagnypucey
2022-01-23 12:35 am UTC (link)

Dagny pouted teasingly, holding up her cup. "You're asking me to choose you over delicious, delicious coffee?" The pout morphed to a grin. "Which I will always do, one hundred per cent of the time," she confirmed. Coffee and pastries could wait. Putting Thad first as much as she could in their life together was important to her. They'd known each other less than a year, but what they had felt so solid to her. She'd never felt like such an equal in a relationship and it was something that seemed like the perfect thing to build a future on.

She set her coffee to the side, a gleam in her eye. "Practice makes perfect."

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	seekingthad 2022-01-23 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Cringing rather comically, Thad looked between the coffee, the pastries, and Dagny, as though he hadn't realized what he'd suggested. He chuckled a beat later, though, setting his own coffee aside and tugging her rather abruptly toward his lap. "Indeed," he agreed before kissing her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dagnypucey
2022-01-23 07:16 pm UTC (link)

Before Thad, Dagny had never really gone in for overly romantic sentiments. Calling your boyfriend your 'other half' just seemed like saccharine nonsense. Her worth wasn't reliant on someone else. She didn't need a man to make her complete.

But this man? This man made her feel like together they were more than the sum of their parts. Perhaps that was what 'other half' really meant. Dagny melted into the kiss, more than okay with that.

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