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Seamus Finnigan (openbottle) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-31 09:02:00

Entry tags:

character: bryony capper, character: dominic chambers, character: ernie macmillan, character: seamus finnigan, character: theodore nott, character: viktor krum

This is Halloween!
Who: OPEN THREAD - Please tag as your characters arrive
What: Halloween
Where: Finnigan's
When: October 31st, 11am - Late
Rating: SFW?

Seeing as Wingbeat would be opening later, Finnigan's was presenting a more laid back option for Halloween this year. Dominic had magically dimmed all the rooms just a little, and they were lit with magical jack o'lanterns. A cauldron of Honeydukes' finest products waited by the door - charmed to let every customer take exactly one sweet and the bar was serving up themed cocktails, including Black Magic (Calvados, Creme de Mure, lemon juice and honey, warmed), Pumpkin Spiced Beer, Vampire Delight Martini and Departed Spirit Shot. Seamus had even cajoled Romeo into making colcannon and barmbrack for the occasion.

The roost was a little more elaborate, as usual, decorated to resemble a pumpkin field with pumpkin beanbags and cauldrons for apple-bobbing. There were apples strung up on strings from the ceiling, too, for games of snap apple.

The Den and The Corner looked much as they usually did, apart from the jack o'lanterns and a few spare 'cobwebs' in the corners. Everything was ready, and Seamus and Dominic were expecting a busy day.

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Re: Theo & Ernie

nottfinished
2014-11-03 01:49 am UTC (link)

Theo noticed Ernie deliberately drinking where he'd drank from and that felt strange, a weird but not uncomfortable little swirl that he hadn't felt before, like an unmade smile. This was going to be strange, wasn't it.

Dinner was a bit of a touch and go plan with Theo, who had a turbulent relationship with food as it was, but even he knew that dinner was the lowest common denominator of a mature date and he knew what Ernie was offering with that. It was around people so he wouldn't feel isolated but it would be intimate enough to feel private and personal, quiet enough for them to talk and in a setting relaxed enough to feel conversational instead of interrogational. Public though, he didn't want to embarrass Ernie.

The movement of Ernie's hand on the seat caught his eye and he looked down as it turned over, a little questioning curl of body movement, a query, an opening that could be taken or left. Theo almost couldn't reach out but something about it made him do so, his fingertips just about ghosting over the edge of Ernie's palm and then his index and middle fingers curling around the tips of Ernie's, barely handholding but still something. He tried to pretend that even that small contact didn't have him trembling a little bit because that would have been too embarassing to bear. "I don't like to eat a lot." he warned, agreement to the date hidden in there somewhere even though he still couldn't look Ernie in the face.

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Re: Theo & Ernie

erniedtmac
2014-11-03 02:07 am UTC (link)

Ernie inhaled sharply at the touch of fingertips upon his palm. He held his breath as the fingers moved and felt it in more than just his hand. He was a very tactile person, and in some ways, a touch meant more to him than most words ever could. Touches rarely lied, and in this one he felt a loosening inside his chest, a reassurance, and again, hope.

"I don't mind," he said softly. "Food's good, but the company's better. And if your appetite's bigger than you expect, don't worry about it - I'm a healer, so I can afford it."

He shifted his fingers slightly, just the slightest bit of movement of his against Theodore's with no other purpose than to simply enjoy the touch. "You just let me know what night's good for you, and where you'd like to go, and I'll arrange it all. I just want the chance to get to know you better in a different way."

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Re: Theo & Ernie

nottfinished
2014-11-03 11:36 pm UTC (link)

Theo twitched a little when Ernie's fingers moved against his but they didn't move to grab and he didn't flinch away. Ernie seemed okay with all the ways that Theo was defective, or at least all the ways that Theo could admit for the time being, barely the tip of the iceberg of faults Theo had waiting to ruin any relationship. He wouldn't have used Ernie's money though, even if he'd been starving.

"I don't, I don't really mind. I'm pretty free any evening at the moment and I don't have any preference as to restaurants." He cast a shy look across to Ernie for the first time but couldn't hold it and dropped his gaze to the tabletop between them. "I could do Monday?"

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Re: Theo & Ernie

erniedtmac
2014-11-04 12:26 am UTC (link)

Ernie caught that shy look, only for a moment, and he could tell how much Theodore was trying. He had no idea why this was so difficult for his friend, what hurts lied in his past to make him timid and filled with obvious fear. All he knew was that he wanted to know more, whatever Theo would tell him, and he wanted to bring a smile to his friend's gentle face.

"Monday would be brilliant." Even if it weren't a good day, he'd do everything in his power to make it so. He wanted to recommend Bella's, one of the most exclusive restaurants on Monument Alley (the Maitre D' was the brother of one of his patients and had promised him a table whenever he wished), but his wish to dazzle Theodore was tempered with the knowledge that it might be too much and would just scare him off. "There's a nice little cafe on Diagon, Dip & Swish, that has a nice mix of food. It's mostly booths that come with privacy spells, so it wouldn't be too loud or overwhelming. Would six o'clock be all right?"

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Re: Theo & Ernie

nottfinished
2014-11-04 01:39 am UTC (link)

Theo hadn't heard of it but then he never dined out and had scant knowledge of any of the restaurants on the area. The cafe sounded good though, especially the privacy spells and the booths - he hated sitting in the middle of a room, especially when he couldn't have his back to a wall, even though the fact that he needed to sit in such a manner made him feel like he'd failed some universal test. "Six sounds perfect." he agreed, trying not to convince himself out of it already. It was just dinner and a chat and Ernie knew enough about him on the surface to not be scared off by him for the duration of one meal; he had picked him up off the floor after all, and if anything else was unearthed during dinner then at least they'd given it a fair go. It wasn't as though this was a marriage proposal, not that Theo thought it would get that far.

Ernie was kind. Theo felt safe with him, and Theo didn't even feel safe when he was on his own. Could he be blamed for wanting more of that? Yes, maybe it was selfish of him because there was no way Ernie would want anymore of his company after discovering what dark traps came with it, but then at least Ernie would be able to see that for himself and not be told by Theo and end up always wondering 'what if' - this was the better way for the both of them.

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