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friendlyjustin ([info]friendlyjustin) wrote in [info]finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-09-25 23:16:00

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Entry tags:character: justin finch-fletchley, character: wayne hopkins

Well, nice meeting you again.
WHO: Justin and Wayne
WHEN: End of morning, Friday 25th Sept.
WHERE: Diagon Alley, then Finnigan's.
WHAT: Looks like Justin bumps into someone he knows..
RATING: PG
STATUS: Ongoing/ask before joining.



Justin strolled around on Diagon Alley, checking the window fronts even though he wasn’t going to buy anything. He wasn’t really shopping, just passing time. Smiling, he noticed inside the Quidditch shop a father and his daughter, looking at brooms. The little girl wasn’t yet of Hogwarts age, but she seemed so passionate that Justin was sure she’d be playing once at school. Chuckling, he kept looking over his shoulder as he started walking again.

This week had seemed endless since his birthday party and he sighed, replaying some of the events. There were a number of things he shouldn't be doing and he had done a bunch of them anyway, starting by hiding it all from Ernie, which had backfired as soon as he drank alcohol. He really needed to be more careful now, in case Ernie would try to keep an eye on him.

Lost in his thoughts, he never saw the other man walking opposite to him and he bumped right into him. “Damn, I’m so, so, so sorry.” He apologized quickly, even before he looked at the other man.

That’s when he recognized him.

There was no way he could forgot him, ever. He hadn't come back, causing him his first heartbreak and now.. now he was standing right there in front of him. “Wayne?” he asked in an uncertain voice even though he was really certain it was him. Of course it was!! Justin would never, ever forget those eyes.



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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-28 05:16 am UTC (link)
"Must have been difficult," Wayne mused, tracing his finger around the puddle of condensation on the tabletop his beer was leaving.

"Like water must be wet, after all." He knew he was understating things, but talking about this - he was being honest earlier. He was too sober and it was too early in the day.

"What about other stuff? Who else from our class is around here? Not around here? Kids? Married? Gay? I want the whole rundown." Wayne wasn't really a gossip per se, but he was aware of how information traveled and how to tap into it.

Plus, he had eight years of gossip to catch up on.

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-28 04:45 pm UTC (link)
Justin chuckled. “You already asked me that, remember?” he asked teasingly, smiling at Wayne. “And I’m not gonna out anyone else but myself.” He said, shaking his head before sipping at his soda, watching for Wayne’s reaction.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-28 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Wayne nodded sagely, not surprised in the slightest. He'd had his suspicions while they were at school. "That's very noble," he told him. "But I'm still kind of dying to know, so maybe you could say who's dated who? At least openly? Come on, Justin," he begged. "Throw me a sodding bone. At least so I know who not to hit on, lest I be socked in the face by someone angry."

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-28 11:59 pm UTC (link)
Justin chuckled. "Um, I can't say really. I mean.." He ran his hand through his hair and he chewed on his lower lip. "I don't even know myself who's queer or not. But there's Ernie." He didn't think his best mate would mind. After all, they had platonically flirted with each other in public very often.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-29 12:25 am UTC (link)
"You're shitting me," Wayne all-but-gushed. "You AND Ernie? What are the fucking odds?" He paused to drink.

"...you two aren't...together, are you?" Wayne winced at the thought. It just seemed...wrong. "Sorry, let me rephrase that in a non judgmental way. Are you and Ernie together?" He couldn't say it without inwardly gagging, even phrased like that.

"Not that it'd be bad, of course not, but like..." Wayne fumbled, turning red. "If you want, you can forget I asked. Wow, just...two and a half gays from our dorm room alone. What are the damn odds."

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-29 12:32 am UTC (link)
Justin looked at Wayne with amusement as the other man struggled to explain himself, probably thinking that he had made a 'faux - pas'. "No we're not together. Never have and never will be. I love him dearly, but... but not like that. No." He shook his head calmly. It wasn't lost on him that Wayne had said 'and a half' and he wondered if he should ask.

"And a half, huh?" He asked teasingly.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-29 12:35 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, well," Wayne eased, pretending to be humble, "gotta count myself in there somewhere, but still liking women disqualifies me from counting completely, right?" Wayne took a final drink from his beer, waggling his eyebrows. Plunking the empty glass down, he waved for another round for both of them - even though Justin wasn't yet done with his soda.

"Though, the next person who calls me indecisive gets a punch to the throat. I'm sick to the back teeth of that. But anyway. Anyone married, or have kids? Or move anywhere exciting? Or..." he shrugged, not even sure what he was asking anymore. "Or anything fun to do around here?"

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-29 12:46 am UTC (link)
Justin snorted. "It's not being indecisive at all, come on. You know what you want, not the same thing at all. Besides, it kind of increases the pool a little." His own father had tried to brush off his homosexuality by saying he was experimenting, which had only created a wedge between them.

"Megan's married, but other than that.. I'm not.." He sighed and he shook his head. His gaze fell on Seamus for a moment and he blushed, then brought his attention back to Wayne. "Nothing much really. I think we're all just really happy to have relatively normal lives at this point." Relatively being the keyword there.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-29 12:50 am UTC (link)
Wayne blinked, eyes darting to Seamus and back to Justin. Then back to Seamus, and back to Justin.
"Right," he said neutrally. "So whereabouts are you living these days? Here in wizarding London?"

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-29 12:58 am UTC (link)
He shook his head, then Justin finished his first soda. "Nope. I have a flat near St.Mungo's. I find it easier that way." he said, leaving out the part where it was his parents who had bought it for him after he had finished Hogwarts. He was glad for the help and found it easier to manage without the rent. Not that the other expenses were much of a problem anyway.

"I've got the telly and everything." He added, definitely thinking that it was a plus. "You could always come over, I often have movie nights." And usually not alone either, he preferred not to be alone. His gaze once again landed on Seamus.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-29 02:05 am UTC (link)
Wayne perked up. “Movie nights? That sounds like fun. Rhys would love--” He stopped himself mid-sentence. “Wow, ok. When I moved here I promised myself that I’d, I dunno, like forge my own identity instead of being that one really young single parent? And here I go again making everything about...well, at any rate, Rhys would love it. But seriously, have you ever seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer? It sounds all violent and ok it’s a little violent, but it’s hilarious, I promise. And The X-Files, holy shit. Do you watch those shows?”

When one has had a shitty job and a habit of wake-and-bake on days off, one watches a lot of television.

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-29 02:22 am UTC (link)
Justin smiled. “Yeah, movie nights. Or morning, depending on who’s working when.” He answered with a soft laugh. “Hey, I don’t mind you talking about Rhys.” He said, reaching out to put his hand on Wayne’s arm for a moment.

“It’s not about it defining you, but Rhys is part of your life and I accept that.” Justin wasn’t going to make Wayne stop talking about his son, because really, when you meet someone everything comes along. In this case, his former classmate was back and Rhys was part of it. No big deal.

“Yeah, I have a soft spot for Buffy and I have every X-Files episode out.”

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-29 02:36 am UTC (link)
“It’s just that, lots of people use that to define me. Once they know. Which is why I’m careful of who I tell. Because then, I’m either too much of a parent, or not enough one, and it gets...complicated.”

Wayne latched immediately on the television train of thought. “Are you serious? Because-- can I confess something?” He grinned, leaning in toward Justin as not to be overheard.

“I’ve seen that film, like, a zillion times. I practically know it by heart, start to finish.” Rolling his eyes at himself, Wayne sat back and ruffled his hair.

“I don’t have a lot of...hobbies, as such, so...lots of television. Movies. Drove Mam nuts. Probably why she kicked me out.” That, and probably the marijuana. She wasn’t fond of his smoking it, but she’d put his foot down once he entered the distribution market.

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-29 02:39 am UTC (link)
He shook his head. “Well, not with me, okay? Please feel free to mention him as much or as little as you want. No judgement here. I mean, who am I to judge huh?” He didn’t pretend that his life was way more in order than Wayne’s. Absolutely not.

“I love movies too. They make a great back-...” His voice trailed off and he cleared his throat. “Anyway, yeah. I like having people around for movies.” Anything except being alone. It usually meant spending way too much time at Finnigan’s or with people in any kind of situation.

“I’m sure there are other hobbies to be had, except work, but reading is the only other hobby I have. Oh and I knit sometimes when I watch TV. Hannah taught me.” He wasn’t much good at it.. yet.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-29 06:11 am UTC (link)
Wayne snorted a small laugh to himself. Of course, when Justin was given the prompt “hobbies,” he would think such innocuous things. Among his - friends was probably the wrong word, so acquaintances - back in Merthyr, Wayne was one of the more straightedge guys. All he did was the mild stuff. Drink, tobacco, pot.

Once with ecstasy was more than enough.

Wayne imagined Justin would never stoop so low as to be on his level. Plus, part of this moving out and moving on thing was to better himself, right?

“My grandmother crocheted, I think.”

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-29 12:29 pm UTC (link)
“I haven’t tried crochet though.” He hummed and thought of that square he was almost done with and made mental note to do at least a few rows on it. “It’s very therapeutic, actually. And I’m productive while I watch TV so it’s a plus..”

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-30 12:57 am UTC (link)
Wayne grinned. “Yeah, I bet you are.” Then he winked before continuing. “I nearly called you out on it when you said you used it for background, so I was going to make the background-noise-during-sex joke, but now I sort of have to make the joke, since you said it makes you productive.”

He winced. “Ok, so my delivery on that was shite. Let’s pretend that didn’t happen and move on, shall we?” And not talk about all the sex that Wayne wasn’t having right now.

“So down to the nitty gritty: of all the stuff to do around here, and all the things that kids our age are doing...where, what events, etcetera...where has the best free food? Or any free food, I’m not that picky.”

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-30 01:19 am UTC (link)
Justin’s eyes grew wider and his mouth opened in protest, blushing all the way to the root of his hair. “It’s not.. it’s not what I meant.” He whispered, shaking his head. He was more ashamed of the real reason he was using background noise than the possibility that it was for sex.

“Um, good food? Sweet Nothings is the best bakery ever. They make the best baked goods I know of. And there are a few pizza places around St.Mungo’s too. And before, the food was good here, but Seamus had problems with his cook and things got bad.”

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-30 02:43 am UTC (link)
Wayne pondered his food options before his brain raised a flag at Justin’s last point. “You must be one of his regulars, then,” he noted, if Justin was a good enough judge on not just the present food, but the past food as well. And apparently Seamus needed a chef. It was a shame Wayne only knew how to make, like, five different non-McDonald’s-foods.

Then his brain caught up with his mouth, and Wayne grinned. “Or one of his regulars.” Wayne chuckled to himself - there was no way. But it’d be funny.

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-30 02:49 am UTC (link)
“Yup, I’m definitely a regular. I’m uh… I’m pretty much always here.” He said with a chuckle, though for some it might sound kind of pathetic. “I mean, I just..” he shifted on his seat and started his second soda. “I like the place and it’s.. it’s never too quiet even when there aren’t any people. Always..” Always a background noise, he almost said, but then Wayne’s last sentence caught up.

His face was already flushed, but it extended to his neck and his ears, though he remained as quiet as possible. “I don’t see what you mean.” But he did and didn’t want to talk about Seamus that way.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-30 02:51 am UTC (link)
Disbelief spread slowly across Wayne’s face - he’d been kidding! But...seriously? Justin and Seamus Finnigan? Where the hell had that come from?

Then, the disbelief shifted to a grin. “Justin Finch-Fletchley, you saucy minx,” he said, slapping a bro-appreciation slap on Justin’s shoulder. “Gettin’ it with a Gryffindor. Who’d have thought.” It was definitely the last thing Wayne would have thought - not that it was a Gryffindor, but...Seamus? That, he hadn’t seen coming. Or, well...thinking back...Justin’s glance had been following him while they’d been there. “Although now that you mention it, it makes a lot of sense.”

So everyone was having sex except for him. Delightful.

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-09-30 03:18 am UTC (link)
Justin shook his head, closing his eyes and sighed. He hadn’t meant to tell Wayne as he viewed his sex life as rather private and usually would prefer not to divulge the identity of his lover even though all of their really close friends knew already. It was a matter of time before everyone knew in Monument Alley.

Anyway, it seemed like Justin hadn’t been as discreet as he’d thought he’d been. “What makes sense?” He asked curiously.

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[info]waynecymraeg
2014-09-30 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Wayne shrugged, and looked pointedly in Seamus’s direction, then back at Justin. “You two. It’s kind of cute, actually. I see the attraction. Sweet, hardworking Irishman and an undercover-sexy humble posh Londoner. I’d watch that sitcom.”

As long as all the problems were resolved in twenty-two broadcast minutes, like a sitcom.

“Though honestly, I wouldn’t have guessed he’d be into blokes. Not that I knew him all that well, or spent too much time thinking about it, but…” He shrugged, hoping his rambling mouth would stop sooner rather than later. “Is it just my perception or are there, like, a disproportionately huge number of queers in our generation? Probably to make us that much more awesome.” He brushed imaginary dirt off his shoulder.

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[info]friendlyjustin
2014-10-05 03:24 pm UTC (link)
Justin chuckled. "We're just friends, Wayne." he told him with a smile.

"I don't know about disproportions, all I know is that maybe we're just a bit more accepting." He said, tilting his head. "All I know is that I probably wouldn't be out if I had remained in the Muggle environment I was in." It was still unacceptable for him to be gay in his family's eyes, but he couldn't care less as he didn't need their approval from them.

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