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Seamus Finnigan ([info]openbottle) wrote in [info]finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-02-14 23:59:00

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Entry tags:character: dean thomas, character: seamus finnigan

Valentine's Moping
Who: Seamus and Dean
What: Moping, cake, more moping
Where: Seamus' flat
When: 14th February, late
Rating: SFW?

After shooing out the last of his customers, Seamus locked the doors and set the wards largely by force of habit, before looking around one last time as if he'd surely forgotten something. They hadn't talked about it, but he'd really expected Justin to show up tonight. They weren't dating, but nor was either of them seeing anyone else and Valentine's Day seemed as good an excuse for friends to have sex as any other night. Seamus had even bought a present, and saved the red velvet truffles that had arrived with the cake from Mel. Seamus paused at the bar, staring absently at a bottle of good whiskey one of his customers earlier had specially requested. If Justin didn't want to be here - for whatever reason - Seamus wasn't going to go find him and demand an explanation. He might be working, or with friends, or just already asleep. Seamus knew he had no right to know what Justin had deemed more important than him tonight - but that knowledge didn't make him feel any better. With a huffed exhale, Seamus floated the whiskey, the truffles and what was left of the cake up into the air ahead of him.

It was too late to go see Susan, though if Seamus had known he'd be alone tonight he'd probably have made plans to do so. As it was, he wondered what she'd arranged to do tonight with both Seamus and Dean presumably occupied. Maybe he should have sent her something more comforting than a bad limerick. Some of Dominic's roses, maybe. He was pretty sure there were some still left. He was still pondering whether to go back down and get them when he pushed the door open and headed straight for his bedroom. He'd put the food and drink down and then go back.

"Dean?" Seamus stopped in the doorway, assorted food items hanging in the air before him. "Shouldn't you be-" The words died halfway through his sentence. If Dean wasn't with Ophelia then something had gone very wrong somewhere. When Dean didn't reply, Seamus took a few steps closer - noting the way Dean was curled up under the covers. Probably asleep. Seamus tended to forget that normal people were in bed by the time his shifts ended. He set the food down on the floor where it wouldn't risk being trampled on and could still be summoned if needed. If Dean was asleep, Seamus wasn't going to wake him. He moved quietly, setting the bottle on the bedside table and aiming an irritated kick at the glossy red bag containing Justin's present on his way, sending it skidding under the bed. "It's just me," he said, knowing Dean wouldn't react well to waking to an apparent stranger getting in bed with him. "I was going to get drunk and eat cake, but I guess I can sleep instead." He unbuttoned his jeans and let them slide to the floor before he lifted the covers just enough to give him space to slide in. "Probably healthier. Look at you, being a good influence." He propped himself up with the pillows Dean wasn't using and reached for the bottle. He could have a mouthful before he went to sleep, anyway.



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[info]artistdean
2015-02-15 01:20 am UTC (link)
Dean had dozed off at some point after he'd taken his potion, which had been some time after he'd finished crying. That had been hours ago now, his date plans long since overtaken by the fact he'd broken up with his girlfriend.

He didn't register Seamus arriving upstairs, or even his voice really, but the shift of the bed disturbed something slightly and he snuffled and shifted a bit. As Seamus continued to talk he slowly woke, eyes slowly opening to realise he wasn't alone in the bed any longer, and the bed he was in was Seamus'.

"Hey," he said quietly, slightly muffled as he uncurled himself and stretched. He was still feeling pretty leaden from the crying and the calming potion and his movements were slow and sluggish.

"Ophelia and I broke up," he said after a few seconds of silence, remembering why he was there.

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-15 01:29 am UTC (link)
Seamus took a mouthful of whiskey even as Dean started to stretch beside him, preventing him from immediately apologising for waking him - and giving Dean time to make his revelation. Seamus couldn't say he was exactly surprised, not when he'd come home to find Dean asleep in his bed. He grimaced and put the bottle down, not sure what to say. He knew better than most the full extent of Dean's symptoms and yet it surprised him every time that other people failed to see that Dean was worth sticking through them for.

"I'm sorry," he said, sliding down into the blankets to be closer to Dean's level on the bed. He had to bite his tongue to keep from calling Ophelia an idiot or saying that he'd never liked her. He knew Dean had wanted this to work - and Seamus could understand that. "I've got cake. And truffles."

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-15 01:43 am UTC (link)
"Me too," he said shuffling himself around a bit until he was more comfortable. "But it's been... off for a while. I thought we'd been doing better since we got back from Spain, but apparently not." He sucked in a deep breath only to sigh it out again heavily. How to explain that Ophelia had thrown his vulnerabilities in his face like that in public. He wasn't even sure he wanted to say that out loud yet.

At the mention of food Dean's stomach grumbled slightly. "That sounds good. We didn't even get to ordering food," he said. He pressed his eyes closed and rubbed at them with the heel of his hand as he continued. "And I don't think I'm going to be welcome back there again after the scene we made," he added, slightly disappointed. Given how long he'd been going there it really kind of sucked that he probably wouldn't be welcome again. Then again he wasn't sure he wanted a load of waiters who might have got the impression he had something he didn't looking at him funny.

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-15 12:20 pm UTC (link)
As Dean shuffled, Seamus draped an arm over his shoulders, leaning his head against Dean's. He summoned the truffles over first, propping the box up in the space between them. "Sounds like it went to hell fast." He didn't ask what had happened - didn't think he needed to. If Dean wanted to talk about it, he'd tell him and if he didn't he'd keep it to himself.

"We can order real food if you want," he said. "It's late, but I know places." You had to know places that delivered late if you were as prone as Seamus to skipping meals and worked in an establishment that didn't close til midnight. His hand curled around Dean's shoulder, rubbing in what he hoped were soothing circles. "Where did you go?" If it was somewhere wizarding there was a chance - however small - of this ending up in the gossip columns. Growing up with Harry Potter meant Seamus still occasionally thought about things like that, especially after what had happened when Harry tried to come to Battlescars.

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-15 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Relaxing into Seamus' side he snorted. "Probably less than half an hour after I picked her up we were broken up," he said somewhat bitterly. He grabbed one of the truffles and shoved it in his mouth, eating it quickly enough he didn't get much of an impression other than sweetness and chocolate.

"Fuck real food. Girls in films eat stupid amounts of ice cream when they break up with someone. I feel justified, even if it's stupid and I'm the one who brought it up," he said. He'd probably be ravenous for something more substantial by morning but he was happy to eat too much chocolate and cake right now.

He chewed thoughtfully on a second chocolate before continuing. "We were going to the theatre, so I took her to the Italian place," he said. "Apparently she doesn't actually like Italian much, and she mentioned it, I had a random anger spike, way more than it warranted, and she ended up yelling about my mental health to the whole restaurant." The knot in his stomach which had loosened after he'd calmed down again clenched once more. That was the point that had really pissed him off. It wasn't that his PTSD was in any way a secret, but throwing it in his face like that had hurt. He had closed his eyes against the wash of feelings for a few seconds, but they were dulled by his potion, and he opened them again.

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-16 05:33 pm UTC (link)
To cover his own spike of - thoroughly rational, but probably unhelpful - anger, Seamus took another long swallow of his whiskey. He followed it with a truffle which he bit into more aggressively than the poor chocolate deserved, all in mutinous silence. "Fuck her, then," he announced, unable to keep the anger completely out of his voice. "Someone who could do that to anyone has no right -" Seamus scowled, sitting up a little again. "Let alone -" His frustration that he couldn't do anything, couldn't direct this anger anywhere, made him inarticulate. "Why are people so stupid?"

He wanted to get up out of bed and start pacing, but Dean was sort of leaning on him and Seamus didn't want to disturb him. He huffed out a sound that was half-sigh, half-growl. "At least let me ban her from the premises," he muttered, because he knew without having to ask that Dean would absolutely not let him do anything else to manifest his anger towards Ophelia.

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-16 10:39 pm UTC (link)
Dean snorted bitterly. "Yeah, I haven't been, that was part of the problem." He was really appreciating Seamus' outrage, because he could tell there was more under the surface from both the tone of his voice and just knowing him for so long. The fact his potion had dulled his emotions a bit was good for him, especially the way he'd been feeling when he arrived, but sometimes it felt really good to have someone else to feel what he couldn't on his behalf.

"I don't know, but I was so... shocked at first. Angry too, but shocked that she'd do that. I know keeping it from her at first might not have been the best plan, but it was never intentional, you know?" He was waving his hands rather half heartedly, passionate but comfortable as he was.

He could feel the tension in Seamus' body, but the contact was good for him and he didn't really want to move. "Yeah, go ahead. I don't want to see her. I'm gonna have to hide out at work, because I am not avoiding the studio for her." Now that he thought about Ophelia in a specific situation he could feel the curl of anger at her. Not wanting to see her was something of an understatement. He had a feeling any meeting might result in more shouting, and would probably do so for some time now. "Maybe I'll just bring a couple of canvases back to my place."

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-23 05:15 pm UTC (link)
Seamus had made clear his feelings about people who couldn't handle Dean's libido without taking it personally many, many times in the past. "That's no excuse," he muttered. Not as much lately, but he was certainly familiar with sexual frustration and it had never yet made him act that differently from how he'd act under normal circumstances. He could understand - maybe - a bit of grumpiness, though even that didn't sit well with him when he knew without having to ask that Dean hadn't been leaving her high and dry. "Clearly didn't know how lucky she was," he added, putting the bottle down with a dull thud.

He shuffled back down the bed, curling himself around Dean as best he could without disturbing the truffles. He didn't know who it was supposed to help, himself or Dean, but he didn't want to let go. Under the anger was a too-familiar ache. It wasn't fair that Dean couldn't seem to find someone who deserved him. After everything he'd been through - everything they'd all been through - Seamus couldn't help but think the universe was giving them a shit return on all they'd done. "If she dares set foot in your room we'll... get the leprechauns to go in and smash all her stupid pottery." It was a pretty empty threat, Seamus' contract with the leprechauns had ended at midnight - but now he knew how to find them, and they weren't averse to a little mostly-harmless mischief.

"You can paint in The Roost when no one's using it," he offered. "It's big enough, right?" He knew it wasn't ideal - having to move or secure the canvasses when there were activities was never going to be a great option in the long run. But short term, so he didn't have to see Ophelia? Dean was welcome to use as much of Seamus's space as he wanted.

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-24 12:36 am UTC (link)
Giving a little grunt that mostly just meant he'd heard Seamus' comment he poked at another of the chocolates for a few seconds before shoving it in his mouth and chewing slowly. He wasn't really ready or willing to examine his thoughts on that particular topic. He remembered what Susan had said about how his usual suggestion might not be the best solution, but frankly it wasn't as if that was the only thing going wrong with their relationship. It wasn't like dwelling on it now was going to be any use at all. "Yeah," he said, but without much conviction. Right now he really wished that reaching for the bottle Seamus had got was in any way a good idea. He'd never got into the habit of using alcohol to fix his problems because of the potion interactions, but there were times it felt terribly tempting.

Dean couldn't help the little snort of a laugh at the image of leprechauns smashing up Ophelia's studio because it was just so ridiculous. "Nah, because that only invites her to wreck my paintings. And I'm not submitting my studio to Susan's warding tricks just to stop that. But on the plus side I somehow doubt Susan's going to be buying any more of her stuff so that's one less person spending ridiculous money with her. And, oh, God," Dean groaned, switching back to the muggle swearing he'd grown up knowing as he often did when particularly emotional. "I really need to make sure Susan doesn't do anything too... auror-y."

He slung an arm over Seamus, just wanting to be comfortable and done with chocolate for now. "Yeah, it's big enough, but it's not really practical to move everything in and out every day. And I don't think I'm going to work on my Spain stuff. That's all happy memories, not whatever this shit will turn out to be." Not happy was a given, but exactly how sad or angry he might be was still a bit up in the air. "I can hang out here, right? Invade the pub kitchen and help out or whatever." He had no doubt that Seamus would be fine with that, but it was helpful for him to speak his plans out loud, it had a calming effect on him. "When I want to paint again I'll apparate right to my studio or take stuff home." He processed a lot of his emotions via painting and he couldn't think that it would be long before he wanted to do something, but so soon afterwards he was just too overwhelmed to try.

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-24 02:45 pm UTC (link)
What with being the shorter of the two of them, it was never easy for Seamus to wrap Dean up as much as he'd like to - but he made a good attempt, limbs sprawling across and around Dean's body any way he could reach. "You did nothing wrong," he pointed out. "She has no reason to get anywhere near your paintings." He was aware the world didn't actually work that way - but since he wasn't really going to do anything to Ophelia's precious jewellery there was no harm in insisting that it did, at least for tonight. "She's not completely stupid. She comes in to find a troupe of leprechauns she's going to assume I had something to do with it." He butted his head against Dean's shoulder as if that could help ease the surge of frustration. "We should send banshees after her," he muttered. "Get them wailing outside her window every night." To someone who knew him as well as Dean, that was a sure sign of his anger. Seamus would only wish banshees on his worst enemies.

He snorted. "What Susan will want to do isn't auror-y,," he said. "I'm pretty sure the Ministry have some kind of law against vigilante justice." No, it wouldn't be Susan in her official capacity Ophelia had to worry about - it would be Susan the pissed off Gryffindor-Hufflepuff hybrid with more loyalty than sense. Knowing that Susan - and Jess - would be exactly as furious as he was gave Seamus some comfort. Dean might not have found The One (or whatever) but he had friends and family who would fight for him when he was hurt. That was important.

"I'll be mortally offended if you don't hang out here," Seamus said, looking up and Dean and putting on his most exaggerated 'wounded' face. "Besides. We have loads of cake left and I have no Valentine to share it with." He frowned a little at that. The moment he'd seen Dean curled up in his bed he'd practically forgotten about Justin and his own petty little sulk. It wasn't important. He'd far rather be here when Dean needed him, Valentine's day or not. He lay back down, practically draped on top of Dean, trying to will himself heavy so Dean couldn't get up and leave.

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-25 12:22 am UTC (link)
"Still don't actually want to risk it," he muttered, "Spain's been turning out good stuff." He was feeling a bit petulant even as he was wrapped up by Seamus. Everything felt a little bit less awful lying here wrapped up with his best friend and warm. Deans eyebrows shot up at the mention of banshees, he must be really angry if that was what he was suggesting. Seamus was terrified of them. He grabbed Seamus' arm and squeezed. It was meant to be comforting but turned a little tight as he continued speaking. "I know you're pissed off, and I'm pretty sure I will be too in a couple of days, but I just... I can't actually process this now. I don't... God why would she say that? You don't yell things like that in public!" Instead of turning angry Dean was getting upset again and feeling close to tears.

He took several deep breaths to calm himself down again. "Yeah, but you know what I mean. Fuelled by a little too much auror training and the fact she can be bloody terrifying," he said. He knew he couldn't actually stop Susan doing anything, but a little restraint might be nice.

"Awesome," Dean said, a smile lingering around his mouth but not quite expressing itself. "I mean not the lack of Valentine thing, that clearly sucks, but I'm glad you want me to stick around." Quite frankly there wasn't anywhere he'd rather be right now. Even feeling minorly squashed by Seamus. Actually especially that. Even with Seamus' head below his own he still managed to feel like he was wrapping Dean in a blanket of comfort.

"Much as I appreciate the extra Seamus-shaped blanket, and I really do," he said, the arms that had automatically wrapped around Seamus tighter as he'd settled in squeezing slightly before returning to the occasional random stroking. "Just, you mentioned cake and my wand isn't quite reachable, and I kind of want something more than chocolate," he said, not actually letting Seamus up just yet.

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-25 01:49 pm UTC (link)
Seamus exhaled quietly, mouth open, as he tried to formulate an answer to Dean's question that was more constructive than 'she's a cow'. "Because she doesn't get it," he eventually spluttered. "She doesn't know what it's like. Not that I -" He'd only experienced Dean's PTSD from the outside, of course he couldn't know what it was really like either, but he had his own war demons to wrangle. "All future potential girlfriends - or boyfriends - should have to sit through at least one Battlescars meeting. Not to hear you speak or anything. Just so they have some idea what we talk about - what we deal with." It wasn't a particularly practical suggestion, but Seamus didn't know what else would help. There were some Slytherins he still wasn't on the best of terms with (Parkinson, Goyle) but he couldn't imagine even them shouting about Dean's PTSD in public. And if they did, at least it would be deliberate and not out of pure thoughtlessness.

He gave a non-committal hum to Dean's comments about Susan. He was torn between wanting to keep her in check for Dean's sake and wanting to go whisper suggestions about banshees into her ear. If anyone deserved them it was Ophelia. "Always want you around," he said, deciding that talking about egging Susan on probably wouldn't help. As for the no Valentine thing... it wasn't so different from previous years. He'd just let himself have An Expectation, which was clearly a mistake. He'd take better care in future.

Grumbling as he shifted, Seamus sat up a little, his back to Dean's chest so they were still connected. "You just want it all, don't you?" he teased. "Real blanket, Seamus-blanket, cake." He summoned the cake over with a fork they'd have to share. "Supposed to be a proposal cake," he explained. He'd taken the cake topper off when it arrived, so it was no longer obvious. "She said no. So at least some poor guy's having a worse Valentine's than we are. I hope it's not Ron." He didn't really think it could be. For a start, why would Hermione say no?

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-25 04:51 pm UTC (link)
Dean sighed, he could only imagine how that would go down with someone he was thinking of seeing, or had just started seeing. How it would go down with the members of Battlescars? "Excellent but massively impractical idea. I mean assuming I don't suddenly fall in love with someone who has some experience with the war." He rolled his eyes and snorted. It wasn't like he knew everyone who had been involved in the war, far from it, but he knew enough of them that it seemed a ridiculous prospect. Not that anyone else could relate precisely to Dean's specific circumstances, but a knowledge of the war would help so much.

The grumbling made Dean smile, because he knew Seamus wasn't actually complaining. He wasn't quite expecting the impressiveness of the cake which appeared, but he recognised and admired Melinda's work. "'Course I want it all. I am a very demanding person," he teased. He considered the cake and felt sorry for whoever had been proposing. "Pity, I bet the cake is great," he said expectantly, waiting to try it. "And I doubt it was Ron and Hermione. For one thing I can't imagine he'd propose with cake, and I seriously doubt Hermione would say no." That would have been good news for the day.

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[info]openbottle
2015-02-25 05:50 pm UTC (link)
Seamus sighed right back, exaggerating it in the hopes of getting a smile. "That's me," he said with a shrug. "Impractical ideas, no idea how to turn them into reality. What do you think I pay Dominic for?" In a way, it was true. The whole idea of the pub had seemed pretty practical at first glance - certainly it had been more ambitious than Seamus would ever have been able to do alone. "You're really sure you can't fall for Susan?" Seamus suggested, immediately frowning over the idea. It made him feel a little bit ill. His two best friends becoming a couple was sure to leave him feeling more aware of his own sorry relationship status than ever. "Ginny? Ernie?" There were loads of viable options - but Seamus couldn't really fault Dean for not being in love with any of them. After all, Seamus was in much the same situation. He and Justin were even having sex regularly, and Seamus still wasn't in love with him. Which was a problem for another time.

"The cake is great. I shared it around a bit when it arrived, trying to make all the other singletons feel better." It hadn't really worked. There had been a definite core of customers who'd been determined to be miserable today, and Seamus had only been able to help by pouring them another shot. It was the downside of working in the pub business, he supposed. The happy people tended to spend holidays with loved ones, the unhappy ones came out to get drunk. He handed the fork to Dean, having had his share of cake earlier. "I don't know what Ron's waiting for," he added, picking up a stray bit of icing with his fingers. "I know we're young, but they've been in love with each other since they were teenagers!"

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[info]artistdean
2015-02-26 12:50 am UTC (link)
Dean managed a small smile and poked him in the arm. "I mean it's totally something I could do, but it's pretty off-putting for probably everybody involved. Maybe I should have suggested it to-" he cut himself off from mentioning Ophelia's name, it would only taste bitter in his mouth. He sighed again and then shuddered when Seamus suggested Susan. "Fuck no. I love Susan, but I love Susan like a sister. And Ginny and I aren't really...I mean it didn't work out last time, did it? And Ernie..." he trailed off with a bit of a hand wave. None of them really appealed in a romantic sense. Right now what he needed was a break. And maybe an eventual relationship where he didn't feel under pressure to impress the other person.

He dug the fork into some of the exposed cake, not really being too careful so it ended up rather ragged. He made a happy moan when he tasted it. "Why do I not go to the cake shop more often, again?" he asked, before he'd even swallowed properly. It was unfairly good cake. Far beyond his own creations, however fun they might be. Dean rolled his eyes. "I have no idea. I mean, sure they bicker, but that's not exactly new. I think all that happened with their relationship is they resolved their sexual tension, which was a bloody relief to me, at least." He grinned and then waggled a fork full of cake at Seamus. "Want more?"

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[info]openbottle
2015-03-02 02:44 pm UTC (link)
Seamus - as was not uncommon - was thinking. "They have, like, friends and family groups for alcoholics and that, don't they?" he mused, the question not really requiring an answer. "Why don't we have that?" It had never occurred to him before, but maybe it was worth looking into. It could even be useful for people like Dominic who refused to come to Battlescars because they hadn't been in the battle. And maybe if there'd been something like that, and they'd been able to convince Ophelia to come, she'd have been a little more sensitive... It was still something a lot of their generation - and the generations above and below - had to deal with.

He left the question of Dean's love life for the time being. He'd known it wasn't really going to help. Though Seamus privately though Ginny and Dean might work together better now they'd both lived through the war than they had before. Maybe it was just wishful thinking. "Mmm, probably something to do with wanting to keep your figure," he teased, poking Dean's stomach as he curled up around him once more. He didn't really go for Dean's starfish method, feeling more like a limpet clinging to any bit of Dean he could get. He did move to reach for the cake, though, trapping the waggling fork with his teeth and swallowing the cake down with a satisfied hum. "Or maybe mine. You know what's yours is mine, when it comes to food." And vice versa, of course.

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[info]artistdean
2015-03-02 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Dean tilted his head and considered Seamus' suggestion, his free hand creeping towards his hair because it was just where it mostly seemed to end up resting when they were curled up together. "Dunno. I mean I don't know if there are enough people around to have it every week like Battlescars, but once a month or something? I mean most of the people I know were involved in the war one way or another, but not everyone was and they've got to deal with us."

The poke to his stomach made him jump slightly and squirm out of the way of the pointy finger. "Sod off," he grumbled. "And you mean what's mine you'll scarf given half a chance," he said. He forked up for some more cake for himself and finally stuck his other hand in Seamus' hair. He wasn't sure he actually wanted much more cake, no matter his earlier thoughts. Waking up from somewhat potion-induced sleep could be a bit of a hit and miss thing, and mostly what he wanted now was to go back to sleep. It was probably the emotional outpouring. It was pretty exhausting. He swallowed the mouthful of cake and put the fork down again.

"Changed my mind, sorry. Can we just go to sleep?" he asked, pushing it away slightly.

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[info]openbottle
2015-03-03 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Noticing the creep of Dean's hand towards his hair, Seamus obligingly tilted to bring his curls closer to Dean's fingers. “Exactly,” he agreed. “And then loads of people have muggle relatives…” But getting muggles to such a meeting was obviously going to be rather more tricky. It was probably something Seamus should think over at a more sensible time of day, because right now he couldn’t even remember if muggles could get into the Leaky Cauldron from the non-Diagon Alley side.

He gave Dean a mock-innocent smile, looking up at him through pale lashes. “Isn’t that what I said?” He was, at least, generous with his own food in return – when he actually had any. He watched as Dean seemed to lose interest in the cake, waiting until he’d actually pushed it away to levitate it back over to a safe place. “Sleep sounds good.” He disentangled himself long enough for one last, long swallow of whiskey to help him on his way – otherwise anger at Ophelia and disappointment with Justin and whatever vague uneasy feelings were hanging around would likely keep him up.

“Love you,” he murmured as he settled back into position, nudging his head against Dean’s hands helpfully. He figured Dean deserved to have someone tell him today, even if it was just Seamus.

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[info]artistdean
2015-03-03 05:21 pm UTC (link)
"Mmm," Dean agreed, not quite sure where Seamus' nimble mind had leaped on to. He was sure the fruit of their late-night words would turn up at some point down the line when his friend's mind had worked its way on to something workable.

Dean just rolled his eyes and shook his head. Teasing was just part of their friendship, and it wasn't like they exactly stood on ceremony food-wise.

He was starting to drift off as Seamus settled back down, even as his hand automatically started stroking his hair, the movements sluggish and clearly slowing. "Love you too," he said sleepily, replying automatically as he drifted off to sleep.

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