Oliver Duncan Wood (en_oliver) wrote in before_enigma, @ 2008-12-28 19:59:00 |
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Entry tags: | * complete, 2003, character: alicia spinnet, character: oliver wood |
When: Dec. 28Th 2003.
Who: Alicia Spinnet & Oliver Wood. Small appearances by Andrew, Fiona and Angus.
Where: A wizarding hospital in Scotland. The cafeteria.
Private/Public: Private.
Rating: TBD.
Summary: Just when Alicia and Oliver think they get a respite, Oliver's mother suffers from a nervous breakdown and Oliver is appointed his nephew Angus' guardian. Relying on Alicia, Oliver convinces her to accompany him to visit his parents and pick up Angus.
His mind kept going back to the letter he received the day before. 'Your mother is sick. You need to come immediately and take Angus.' A cold shiver went down Oliver's spine and he reached out across the table to take Alicia's hand, squeezing it gently. He didn't know what to say and once again found himself grateful that with Alicia words were so seldom needed. That she just 'got' him on a level he wasn't even sure he understood. For now, however, Oliver was merely relieved that he didn't have to face this alone.
He sighed and glanced around the hospital's cafeteria with its artificially cheerful atmosphere while they waited for his father. The elder Wood was with his wife who had officially suffered a nervous breakdown the day before. It had been an insignificant little detail that set it off but the look at her daughter Moira's old doll seemed to have broken a dam in Fiona Wood and years of repressed emotions over the death of her beloved daughter left her a nervous wreck in need of help and hardly capable of taking care of her grandson any more.
And that was where Oliver came in. Who, in all honesty, had absolutely no idea how to deal with a traumatized child, having barely gotten a grip on his own life.