Who: Ax, Fabian, Martin What: A conversation about complicated stuff. When: Just after the Lunar New Year 2011 Where: Martin and Fabian's place Why: Ax wants to help Martin and Fabian's relationship survive. (And he really doesn't like anyone being angry with Theo.)
It had all seemed very easy and straight-forward when Ax made the offer. Ask Fabian to tea somewhere neutral to talk. But it ended with going to Martin and Fabian's home uninvited, which felt sort of aggressive to Ax. But once he realised that Fabian was potentially angry with Theo, it didn't matter how the conversation happened, as long as it did. But Ax was still more nervous than he cared for.
With Theo occupied, playing chess with Hermione, Ax apparated near the thing that Martin and Fabian lived in. He had decided to land at a bit of a distance, to give himself the time to solidify what he wanted to say. After a fifteen-minute walk, Ax arrived at the little metal house on wheels.
Ax took a huge steeling breath, that he did not exhale, and knocked on the door.