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Tweak says, "Weasleycest is best."

Josh Rivers (steadfast) wrote in beyondthepages,
@ 2010-05-23 16:41:00

Entry tags:

!complete, 2023 10, alice longbottom, frank longbottom, lily evans

RP: Something is Not Right
Characters: Frank Longbottom, poking Alice.
Time/Date: Afternoon, October 23, 2023
Location: The Leaky.
Warnings/Rating: Will update as needed.
Summary: Frank returns. Dun, dun, dun.
Status: Complete

Frank had caused something of a scene at St. Mungos. He'd arrived smack dab in the middle of a room a few interns were prepping for a patient, without his wand. Sure this was some sort of Death Eater revenge, he'd managed to disarm one of the startled interns and turned that wand on them.

He'd apologized to the bloke he'd made cry and he imagined once the shock wore off, he'd feel worse about it (or it'd be funny). Right now, he had settled into a calm sort of numbness and was trying to make sense of everything the Ministry folks were throwing at him. It was a large number of years into the future, he'd been dead, the war was over, but there'd been some unease in the fellow when Frank asked about the general state of life now and he had a feeling things were being held back.

For now, he decided that didn't matter. He'd learn how things were soon enough.

They had offered to summon Alice and seemed mildly perplexed when he'd declined, but he just wanted to finish with the Ministry as soon as possible and go to her room at the Leaky. He wanted to let things sink in a little more. Plus, underneath all the shock, there was also a twinge of amusement at just showing up her door. It might land him in a little trouble, but he was sure she'd just be happy to see him.

And so Frank Longbottom stood outside his wife's rented room and knocked, hoping like hell she was in.

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happily_alice
2010-05-24 05:42 pm UTC (link)

"No one knows. No one even has any idea. People are just ... showing up where they died. James and Lily showed up in what used to be their house, in the Hollow. Dorcas showed up in an alley. Benjy showed up on the street. I showed up in the long-term ward."

She assumed that was where Frank had died as well, so she didn't ask or press for details.

"I met him, a few nights ago," she said. "I was starting to think he wasn't going to show up. He ... brought some bad news though."

Alice hated to bring this down, but business first. "Bellatrix is threatening Lily." She paused."And me."

She shrugged her shoulders slightly before resting her head on his shoulder, rubbing his back slightly. "Which goes a long way toward explaining why we had our wands out when we opened the door."

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steadfast
2010-05-25 05:24 pm UTC (link)

"So business as usual then," he muttered with a shake of his head. The Ministry didn't know what was going on and Death Eaters were ... being Death Eaters.

His arms did tighten around her waist and while he liked to think they could handle Bellatrix, the idea of what had happened to them before lingered in his mind. Sure, it had taken four of them to bring him and Alice down, but they'd have to be more careful this time around.

"I need a wand," he added, all this talk and thoughts of Death Eaters making him feel even nakeder than he already did without one. He'd really liked his wand too. "Did you come back without one too?"

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happily_alice
2010-05-25 05:41 pm UTC (link)

Alice nodded. "Not sure what became of it," she admitted. "Probably got sold at an estate sale when Augusta's attic was cleaned out or something," she mused.

"Anyway, Ollivander's gone and the wandmaker now's some foreign bloke. Nice enough, lovely wands. Dual cores on some of them," Alice added.

"We should head down when you're ready."

Though given they were talking about wands on the tail end of a conversation about Bellatrix, she imagined he'd be ready soon.

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steadfast
2010-05-25 07:36 pm UTC (link)

"Might as well get it over with," he decided, repressing a sigh. Even after deciding to go, he kept his arms around her and gazed down at her, a mix of interesting emotions in his eyes.

"Does everything feel normal to you yet? I'd like to gauge how long I'm going to walk around waiting to wake up from a very strange dream," he explained with a light roll of his eyes at himself. He knew he'd adapt and that it was just going to take time for everything to sink in properly, but he wasn't exactly used to not feeling at the top of his game.

After leaning down to kiss her, fully, but briefly, he reluctantly released her so they could go fetch him a wand. That, he thought, was a step in the right direction to feeling a little closer to normal.

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happily_alice
2010-05-25 07:58 pm UTC (link)

Alice shook her head. "Lily's been back a couple of months. She's pretty well adjusted, but admits she still has moments." Lily had also confessed to dreading Halloween in case somehow the anniversary of her murder meant the end of her new life.

Not that she had anything to base it on, but nothing about this situation was normal or predictable. She could be onto something, but Alice hoped Halloween came and went without any bumps like that.

Alice closed her eyes as she returned his kiss, and if they'd been heading out for something less vital than his wand, she wouldn't have let him break the kiss.

"Let's get going then," she murmured as she took his hand.

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steadfast
2010-05-26 12:45 am UTC (link)

He could have easily been convinced to stay, but he really did need a wand. The sooner they went out, the sooner they could get back, he reminded himself.

"Let's see if this new fellow's wands are up to my standards," he teased. Nevermind that Varin probably wasn't actually new, but he was new to Frank.

Squeezing her hand, he made his way out of the room with her, heading out into the new world to buy a new wand.

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