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friendlyjustin (friendlyjustin) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-09-16 12:59:00

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character: gemma farley, character: justin finch-fletchley, character: zacharias smith

At Finnigan's
WHO: Justin and Zacharias- Open should you want to have a piece of Justin.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 16th, in the afternoon
WHERE: Finnigan's
WHAT: A random encounter.
RATING: PG
STATUS: Ongoing/open

Justin looked at his bowl and smiled. It seemed like this was a good day for food at Finnigan's and it made Justin happy. He didn't want to have to walk out without having eaten anything since he was working that night. He hadn't needed to go back to the Janus Thickey Ward this week and he was relieved to be back in the emergency room. He had an immense respect for everyone who worked on that Ward, but sheesh Justin couldn't do it himself.

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unspeakableness
2014-09-16 07:46 pm UTC (link)

Most of the time, Zacharias actually preferred to make his own meals. In the long run, he believed they saved him money. He also had far more control over quality than eating out, especially at a pub. However, that late afternoon, part of him was just too tired to cook. The thought made him feel even more exhausted than he already was. Besides, he wanted to see if there were any decent books today on the shelves of the bookcase at Finnigan's. He'd kill two birds with one stone, or so he hoped. If the food wasn't good this time, he wasn't going to pay. He believed in second chances, and sometimes even a third one, but there were only so many chances his patience -- and stomach -- could give out.

His first stop once he reached the pub was The Corner. He took his time reading the spines and some of the backs of the books available. Not very many were enticing,and he had to wonder who kept leaving the romance novels. He had half a mind to take them all just to see the shelves clear of them for once, but he decided against that. What would he do with all those novels? He didn't read those sorts of books. Could he donate them? Would any place even take them? Maybe he could get credit for them at a used bookstore somewhere far, far away from London. For the moment, he'd leave them be. However, if he actually found a place that would take them, well... It was something to think about.

After Zacharias had picked up a couple of interesting sounding books and put up a few he'd taken the week before, he made his way back through the pub. He preferred The Corner to just about any other place in the pub, but he thought he might get faster service elsewhere today. Besides, he really hadn't planned to spend all of his time after work on a Tuesday in a pub. That just wasn't his style. He found an empty table near a wizard he recognised as Justin Finch-Fletchley (they may not have been friends, but that didn't mean Zacharias didn't have the ability to recognise people he'd spend any amount of time around in his past), nodded to him, and sat down. He looked at a menu, then, when prompted, ordered a shepherd's pie and a butterbeer; simple, and hopefully it wouldn't leave him hanging off the toilet the rest of the night. As he waited for his food, he cracked open one of the books he'd just picked up, working on tuning out some of the noise around him.

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friendlyjustin
2014-09-16 08:08 pm UTC (link)

Justin nodded at Zacharias and smiled at him before he looked through his bag and took a book out, setting it on the table to read while he was eating. It was such a guilty pleasure for Justin to pick one of the many romance novels on the shelves and read it to relax.

He opened the book and settled nicely with his food on one hand and the reading material in the other. Ah man, his parents would be mad at him if they saw him.. After a while, he was unfortunately easily distracted and his glance landed on Seamus.

It took him a few minutes to realize he was staring and brought his attention back to his book.

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unspeakableness
2014-09-16 08:44 pm UTC (link)

Movement caught Zacharias's eye, and he glanced over toward Justin. So that was one of the sources of the romance novels. He was rather positive they couldn't all be coming from and going to just one person, but he wasn't sure how he felt about having both a name and a face to associate with those novels. There was nothing wrong with a romance novel, of course; it just wasn't a genre Zacharias preferred. But if someone else enjoyed heaving bosoms and quivering members, well, good for that person. And good for that person not being ashamed of it, either.

When he caught Justin staring at Seamus, he looked briefly between the two before wondering if every bloke in the wizarding world was gay or if it were a Hufflepuff thing. He could have sworn Ernie had mentioned something about it, and Susan had mentioned setting her brother up with a bloke. And if other things he had seen and heard could be believed, the entire bloody world was gay. And that just didn't make any sense because, somehow, little wizarding babies kept being born. But maybe it wasn't the whole world; maybe it was just his generation. Or his imagination. Maybe he'd just not noticed some things before, and, because he'd been more recently enlightened about them, he suddenly saw it everywhere as if it had just popped up and were taking over instead of being just there. Kind of like a song on the radio that you don't like or when you first notice a trend that's been around awhile, but because you hadn't seen it before and now knew what it looked like, it appeared to be everywhere. Or maybe everyone really was gay. It would certainly explain some of the isolation he'd felt in school.

The server arrived with his food, and he looked up. "Thank you," he said politely, giving a small smile, waiting for the server to leave before setting down his book. He put a napkin on his lap and took hold of his fork, silently bracing himself. If the food wasn't good, that was it; he'd leave. He'd excuse himself to the bathroom, then make his escape then. Simple and easy. He might even be courteous enough to leave a note behind stating how horrid the food was. He put a bit of food on his fork, blew on it to cool it down, and tentatively put it in his mouth.

Zacharias sighed as he discovered the food did not taste like complete and total crap. It was edible. He swallowed the bite, then shuffled his book and fork around to hold one in one hand and the other in the other. He took up another forkful, blew on it again, and ate, resuming his place in his story.

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ffionprew
2014-09-17 01:29 am UTC (link)

Gemma knew she was going to have a late night tonight, as an important client had asked to come in past closing time and she couldn't afford not to take her, so it was necessary to drop by the pub to get something to go. She was all ready to pop back out of the pub when she spotted a couple of blokes at nearby tables, one of whom has spent a considerable time staring at the barkeep before turning back to his novel, which looked suspiciously like some sort of trashy romance.

Normally she'd have walked out the door, but today, she needed something to lift her spirits before a late night ahead.

She stalked over to the bloke's table, grabbed the book from his hands, and held it high as she examined the cover. "Honestly, do you actually like these things? Ridiculous pieces of trash if there ever was one, formulaic as hell, and I honestly wouldn't even wipe my pert arse with one if the loo was out of paper."

Speaking of her gorgeous arse, she perched it against another table, the one where the other bloke she'd spotted had been eating whatever it was he'd ordered, she didn't care enough to look. She did, however, toss the book into the second bloke's lap. "Does this look like something an upstanding wizard reads? But seriously, it's probably nothing compared to the arse of the wizard this bloke's been eyeing for however long now. What do you think, should he just go and take him in a manly fashion?" she asked sarcastically, layering in large doses of melodrama.

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unspeakableness
2014-09-17 01:55 am UTC (link)

Although it really was none of his business, Zacharias couldn't help but glance over as a woman approached and began speaking to Justin, not to mention stole his book. It wasn't like the whole thing was happening behind closed doors in some private room. No, it was right next to him, so of course he'd notice. He wouldn't be surprised if he looked around and saw half the people in the pub noticing. And, although he'd gotten better about blurting under normal circumstances, that didn't mean he'd lost his curiosity. So he watched her, at least briefly before taking another bite of pie.

Zacharias glanced up at the woman and then down at the book in his lap, secretly glad he hadn't jumped at her sitting on his table or the book falling onto him. He closed his book and picked up the romance novel, his own book replacing it on his lap. Despite the fact that he strongly suspect she was being a bitch for the sake of her own boredom, he humoured her by giving the book a once over. "Honestly, as long as he doesn't do it where I'm eating or where the food's prepared, I don't care if he takes someone in a manly fashion or is taken in a manly fashion," he said without looking up. He wouldn't admit he actually had no idea how two men could take each other in any fashion, but it wasn't really relevant just then, either.

"Here," he said, turning toward Justin and stretching out his hand to offer him his book back.

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friendlyjustin
2014-09-17 02:06 am UTC (link)

Justin blushed and took his book back, giving Zacharias a sheepish smile, thanking him. "Well, yeah, it's a no brainer. Completely predictable and trashy, I agree, but.." he wiped his eyes with one hand and sighed. "I don't feel like having to think when I'm relaxing on my only day off before a 9 days stretch in the Emergency Room."

He looked at Seamus again and bit his lower lip before looking at Gemma again. "And besides, what happens between the gorgeous bartender and I is between the two of us, really." Enough knew about their Sexcapades already, no need to tell everyone else.

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ffionprew
2014-09-17 02:19 am UTC (link)

It amused Gemma to see the blond bloke hand the book back and seem all nice about the whole deal. "Oh, of course it is," she said with mock sincerity, moving away from the blond's table to stand behind the brunet. "It must be so hard to watch him from all the way over here, with his..." She leaned over his shoulder, placed a finger in the book, then read a line aloud. "...winning smile, and glistening, tumescent rod of lust."

She giggled to herself, the phrase just so terribly written. "Maybe we should help you win the love of your man, what do you think?" She picked at a lock of the brunet's hair with her fingers, then glanced over at the blond. "Perhaps a little snip here, a curling spell there? Shall we play fairy godmother and father for this hopeless romantic? Or should we remind him that romance is dead?"

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unspeakableness
2014-09-17 02:41 am UTC (link)

Zacharias gave Justin a nod in response to the thank you, deciding to let him and the woman speak. Or her taunt him while he defended himself. Whichever. Romance novels was not a topic he cared one way or another about, so he didn't see why he should get involved. Besides, Justin seemed to be doing fine on his own and was certainly allowed to read whatever he wanted, especially when relaxing. At least he wasn't reading about how to become the next Dark Lord or something similar.

"I don't get the reference," he said when the woman said something about them helping Justin win Seamus. He didn't think fairies had godparents. Not like people did anyway. Maybe they had their own version of it, but, if so, he'd never heard about it. Regardless, he didn't know Justin well enough to care one way or another. Sure, they'd been in the same place at the same time in the past, but that didn't mean he cared enough about him to try to play whatever game she was talking about.

"Also, for all either of us knows, he might just be appreciative of what he sees and not actually want anything romantic. And if that's the case, I'm sure he's capable of getting it on his own." Or not. What did he know? When it came to people he knew years ago, not much.

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friendlyjustin
2014-09-17 02:48 am UTC (link)

Justin was grateful that Zacharias didn't seem to get in on the whole teasing thing and he sighed. "Exactly. It's not because I'm, " he made a gesture towards Zacharias to emphasize exactly what the other man had said. "appreciative of his physique that I'm interested romantically." He told Gemma softly.

"And this," He held up the book. "Is not real life and it is in no way how I would like it to be."

Then Justin blushed and sighed. "And romance isn't dead it's just.. not something I need right now." Which was kind of a lie, but Gemma wasn't part of his close cercle and didn't need to know that.

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ffionprew
2014-09-17 03:00 am UTC (link)

"So you are interested in him romantically, just not because of his physique. Oh, how romantic," she said, smoothing out the hair she'd been playing with.

"Someday you'll learn it's dead, and when you do, you'll thank me for enlightening you." She shifted the package she was carrying with her dinner, and could feel her stomach rumble in hunger. Playtime was over, it seemed.

"Have a good meal, boys," she said with a swish of her hips as she left the two idiots to their own devices.

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	friendlyjustin 2014-09-17 03:12 am UTC (link)
	Justin narrowed his eyes and glared at her as she left not saying anything at all as she left. Then he made a pft sound and frowned. "Really.. me, having feelings for Seamus." He rolled his eyes and shook his head. It still took him less than a full minute before he dared a glance towards the bartender. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

unspeakableness
2014-09-17 03:21 am UTC (link)

"Just feelings in your pants," Zacharias said as he noticed Justin looking yet again at Seamus. Clearly he wanted Seamus in one way or another, but Zacharias just didn't care enough to stick around to see how it played out. He put his napkin on the table and stood up, deciding he was done, his appetite gone. He took a swig of butterbeer and decided to just hunt the server down to pay for his meal. Before, though, he glanced at Justin.

"Good luck with..." He waved a hand in Seamus's general direction, gave Justin a nod, then made a beeline for the server. He paid and headed out the door, new-to-him books in hand. Next time, he decided he, he'd just sit off in a corner. At least then he wouldn't get dragged into someone's taunting.

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