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Tweak says, "ANY QUESTIONS?"

Dean Thomas (artistdean) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-08-18 16:53:00

Entry tags:

character: dean thomas, character: seamus finnigan

Who: Dean and Seamus, open?

What: Dean wants to be grumpy with friends

Where: Finnigan's - bar

When: Late afternoon

Rating: SFW

Dean was feeling distinctly unimpressed, and now also damp. The paint base he'd spent most of the day making, had made dozens or even of times before, had exploded over him. That hadn't happened since he was an apprentice. Clearly some small impurity had got in the cauldron despite all precautions.

Braith had come running at his shriek of protest and just pointed towards the door. She was a woman of few words and he knew it meant she would clear up while he went home to shower and give in for the day. Luckily the base wasn't poisonous or even dangerous, just mildly clingy. Over half an hour later he was finally feeling clean and Apparated himself to Monument Alley, swiftly making his way to the pub.

Seamus was installed behind the bar and Dean pulled a somewhat grumpy smile to his face. "Hey, can I get that free drink now? Stupid base exploded all over me, got sodding everywhere." He slapped his journal down on the bar and plonked himself on a stool.
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artistdean
2014-08-21 10:38 pm UTC (link)

Dean relaxed just a little more at the comforting weight of Seamus' head on his shoulder. The fact Dean was telegraphing his actions so clearly, taking care of him... sometimes he wasn't sure why his friends put up with but when he'd brought it up there had been so many answers that he'd made it into another list for his boxes. Slowly he snaked his arm from between them and around Seamus' side, tugging him slightly closer. He was still feeling a little jumpy but the contact was good.

"I know. It was even a good joke. Man it wouldn't even be the worst idea, it came from a good place it just," he swallowed and tipped his head back to look at the ceiling. "I hate it when my brain does that, the slightly random anger. It was probably partly holdover from the paint base exploding. You know me and explosions don't go together well."

Bringing his head back again Dean looked at the flickering candle flame, and glanced down at Seamus. "Yeah, I'll stay, at least for a while. Braith basically gave me the 'don't come back' look earlier, so it's not like I've got anywhere else pressing to be.

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openbottle
2014-08-21 10:54 pm UTC (link)

As Dean pulled him closer, Seamus shifted to lean against his chest, his arm sliding around Dean's ribs in return - holding on just a little tighter than his usual loose-limbed sprawl, his fingers all but curling into Dean's t-shirt. "It was a terrible idea," he corrected. "For a start, I know she's over her crush on me but it would be too much like leading her on, or something." He shook his head a little. "New rule - no dating one another's family members. Ever." Not that Seamus had a lot of eligible family members for Dean to date. Graeme was straight, his parents married. There were the cousins, he supposed.

He felt a jagged cut of guilt when Dean mentioned the base exploding. He should have known. Not that it would have helped him avoid the trigger he'd hit, but he might have been more prepared somehow... Seamus hazily recognised that it was an irrational thought and tried to push it away. "Your brain can get randomly angry at me as often as it likes, I'm never going anywhere," he said stubbornly.

He nodded, glad Dean would stay for a while. It'd be good for both of them, hopefully. "Braith is scary," he teased. "You should stay here, be safe."

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artistdean
2014-08-21 11:11 pm UTC (link)

Dean's hand clenched a little as Seamus started to talk the idea through, but it soon relaxed again. "I can get behind that. Not that I'd really want to, but yeah. And frankly if you actually dated any of my family you'd need to come out all over again and that's got to be no fun at all as a prospect," he said, remembering the start of his own coming out process. "Not that I'd care, but, well, you know it's no fun."

Dean scuffed his foot on the floor for a few seconds before pulling his wand out and undoing his laces with a charm and toeing his boots off. "I'd prefer it wouldn't get randomly angry at all, but I'm glad you're staying."

"Braith isn't scary," he said with a little huff of laughter. Admittedly she could be somewhat intimidating at times, but she was a wonderful person. "But I'll stay here and you can protect me from her evil gaze!" He mimicked a stereotype of a fairy story princess and held a 'woe is me' hand to his forehead, trying not to laugh.

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openbottle
2014-08-21 11:26 pm UTC (link)

Seamus gave a low groan at the idea of coming out again. It had been bad enough the first time. Though, ironically, it had been Dean he was most worried about after his own family. Not because he had thought Dean was at all likely to be prejudiced but just because... as close as they were, and as much at people at school had teased them about being inseparable... It could have made Dean uncomfortable, and Seamus didn't want to think about what their lives would be like now if they couldn't do this, couldn't touch, couldn't fall asleep together without feeling awkward. If Dean had wanted him to keep a respectable distance... "I'm one hundred percent positive that it's blokes for me, as little as it seems to matter lately." It had been, he was pretty sure, over a year since he'd done more than snog anyone.

"Course I'm staying, Deano." Seamus kicked his own shoes off and curled his legs up on the couch beside him. He was pretty much cuddled up against Dean's side now, but it wasn't as if it was unusual for them. "There's no getting rid of me now."

A tension he didn't realise he'd been holding in his shoulders and back eased when Dean tried (and didn't quite succeed) not to laugh. It was always good to hear him happy. He laughed along with him, trying to imagine Braith breaking into the flat and finding them like this. "Oh, yes, very scary I look right now..." He pouted, glancing at his feet. "There's a hole in my sock and everything."

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artistdean
2014-08-21 11:41 pm UTC (link)

"Well the blokes are stupid then, because you're awesome," he squeezed Seamus for a second, smiling. Not that Dean had much room to talk on the relationship front. He'd rarely managed to get past a date or two. "I'd ask for a high five or something but it's not a good thing we're both terrible at dating."

"Nope, you are as limpet-like as ever. Not that I mind, but definite limpety properties, you've got." He sighed and shifted his arms so he could run his hands through Seamus' hair. It was surprisingly soothing and he knew Seamus liked it.

He snorted, glancing down at the hole that was indeed showing a glimpse of Seamus' foot beneath. "Oh well. We can both die comfy then. Which is something at least," he said with a shrug.

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openbottle
2014-08-21 11:52 pm UTC (link)

"Are any of our friends good at dating?" Seamus asked thoughtfully, neither confirming nor denying that the blokes were stupid or he was awesome. He knew Dean's opinion on his thoughts on that, it wasn't an argument there was any point having now when there was no potential relationship on the horizon. "I mean, Dominic, I suppose. He doesn't really date, but at least he seems happy with it."

He closed his eyes and tipped his head back as Dean's fingers swept through his hair. It was such an intensely comforting sensation that he almost felt guilty that it was Dean comforting him and not the other way around. Almost. It wasn't as if Dean had much hair to play with anyway. "Shush, you love me and my limpety properties," he said, shifting so one knee nudged the side of Dean's thigh. It was his best attempt at an all-encompassing comforting hug in this position and it did make him a little limpety.

"Very comfy," he agreed. "Could almost have a nap like this." He wouldn't, he'd never been very good at sleeping during the day, but he would be content to sit quietly until he had to go downstairs again.

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artistdean
2014-08-22 12:10 am UTC (link)

"No, not really, I guess. Several of them are better at getting laid than either of us but I have libido and trust issues so it's not like I care that much." He scratched a slight itch on his own neck before returning his hand to Seamus' hair. "Plus there's wanking, which is good enough."

Dean sort of wanted to curl his legs up too but he was pretty comfortable as they were and shifting them around would only cause annoyance somewhere so he didn't bother. "Yeah, you know I do."

"Yeah, I know what you mean," he said quietly, his fingers stroking gently, his mind at ease once more. He subsided into silence glad that as much as they talked neither of them really needed it, and sometimes the quiet was exactly what was needed.

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