Who: Dirk Cresswell and Charity Burbage.
What: Tiggy and talk.
When: Around evening; December 1st, 1976.
Where: The Courtyard.
Rating: PG.
Status: Going.
Midtone blue orbs shifted with unsettled nerves onto a prickly ball which rocked in a steady breeze upon the stone bench. The rush of fountain water from the nearby display was long since turned dormant, while light lazy snow made its debut upon the monotone Scottish sky.
Dirk's near-auburn hair, while hinting towards the oily today, flopped in the steady, brisk currents. Halfheartedly he watched his new pet, enthusiasm bottoming as darker clouds swirled their drear behind his eyes.
Fourteen. In many countries, one was well on to manhood at it. A fourteen year old boy doesn't cry. Dirk knew that mantra from a father who was almost overbearing in his masculinity. By comparison, one could find Dirk frail, contemplative and emotional. And though he told himself boys did not cry, a sensitive boy he was. His eyes were more liquid than the dry well meant for falling water that was the fountain. If only winter could shut off his as easily as the House Elves did here?
( Why? )