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Seamus Finnigan (openbottle) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-08-24 14:10:00

Entry tags:

character: alicia spinnet, character: dean thomas, character: dominic chambers, character: ernie macmillan, character: george weasley, character: hannah abbott, character: harry potter, character: lavender brown, character: oliver wood, character: seamus finnigan, character: susan bones, status: complete

Dean's Birthday!
Who: Open to: Dean, Seamus, Dominic, Susan, Ernie, Alicia, Lavender, Oliver, Harry, Hannah, George.
What: Dean's birthday party
Where: The Roost
When: Sunday afternoon/evening/night?
Rating: SFW - for now

There had been no big shouts of 'surprise', Seamus knew Dean far too well for that. He'd just lead him up to The Roost after Battlescars and let him push the door open to reveal a sandy floor, warm salt-and-coconut scented air and a 'Starry Night' sky. There was a bar at one end of the room, stocked and ready for people to help themselves (Seamus wasn't working tonight, though he'd doubtless end up there showing off his cocktail skills at some point). Along the side wall were tables for the food, already containing Aunt Rose's jerk chicken and Seamus's attempt at a pineapple upside down cake, vastly outdone by Aileen Finnigan's cherry cheesecake next to it. The rest of the large room was scattered with deckchairs, apart from a small decked area for dancing. The music of steel drums floated from nowhere and despite the bleak grey sky outside the room glowed with sunlight.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-25 03:03 pm UTC (link)

Dean wrinkled his nose, he really couldn't imagine Seamus and Ernie together. Or maybe he could and that was the problem. Still, he was avoiding that thought.

He settled them into a swaying circle, arms around them both. "Hey, you dragged me out of bed right to Battlescars and then right here. Plus it's Sunday, I try not to work on Sundays!" he said indignantly. Not that it worked too often. He often came to Battlescars from the studio, or was heading there afterwards.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-25 03:11 pm UTC (link)

Susan choked back a laugh at the look on Dean's face when Seamus mentioned Ernie 'fixing the tragic lack of sausage' in Seamus' life. If there were two people who were more perfectly suited for one another than Dean and Seamus, Susan had never met them, but she fervently hoped that they were at least able to admit their feelings to themselves.

She locked an arm more securely around Seamus, anchoring herself into their little circle, and began to sway to their beat. "Seamus dragged you out of bed did he," Susan' asked with an achingly arched eyebrow. "But, I'm very impressed that you haven't worked at all today! You've been spending a lot of time there lately? Do you have a new project in the works?"

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-25 03:22 pm UTC (link)

"Mmm, hmm," said Dean agreeably. "I was having a nice lie in and he turned up, but at least he brought presents." His mouth was rather running away with him, but since it was only Seamus and Susan it clearly didn't matter.

"Yup, it's busy. We've been helping 'phelia move in, you know, 'cause she took Jeffry's studio and she's got lots of clay and stuff," he said brightly, remembering the pretty French woman who had taken the newly opened space in their building. "Also painting a thing," he shrugged.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-25 03:40 pm UTC (link)

"He's exaggerating," Seamus informed Susan with a nod. "I didn't drag him anywhere. I enticed him out of bed with sweets." Which, actually, was true.

He frowned slightly, his attention back on Dean. "'Phelia?'" he queried the unfamiliar name. Dean hadn't mentioned her before. Which made sense, as she'd only just moved in to the studio. "I hope she's not as scary as Braith." Dean always insisted Braith wasn't scary, but Seamus had gotten on the wrong side of her 'get out before I do you bodily harm' stares one too many times to be at all convinced by that.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-25 03:59 pm UTC (link)

"Mmm, Ophelia Morand," he said, enunciating carefully with an attempt at a French accent, which was terrible and made it sound like 'Oh-fay-le-ah Mor-on'. "She's from Paris, does things with ceramics, jewellery an' stuff. 'S really good. And she's not scary, she's sweet. Bit older than us, curly hair, and legs that go on forever." He smiled slightly dreamily. Ophelia had already shown a tendency to wear clothes that showed off her legs, which made Dean slightly tongue tied but extremely willing to help her out.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-25 04:10 pm UTC (link)

"Ophelia Morand," Susan asked in an irritatingly flawless French accent. "You know how I love Frenchwomen with legs 'forever' and jewellery, handsome, are you going to introduce us?" At Dean's dreamy expression, Susan shot Seamus a quick look, taking in the tension in his posture and his rather set grin. Desperately, she searched around for a safe topic that wouldn't end in Seamus being not grumpy at her for the next few days. "What's the painting you're working on then," she asked rather lamely at last.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-25 04:20 pm UTC (link)

Seamus hadn't been aware of the way his smile had frozen until Susan caught his eye. He took a breath, relaxed, and raised his eyebrows at his best friend. "About time you stopped being the best looking artist in the place, I was worried your head was going to stop fitting through the doors." It was only teasing - the other artists were of sufficiently advanced age that it wasn't the most effusive of compliments. He curled his hand around Dean's hip a little more securely and leaned in to him, forcing Susan to follow or else lose her place in the circle.

"Susie," he groaned. "No work questions! It's his birthday and he's supposed to be here having fun with us! Not boring us silly with 'Moroccan green' and 'Goaa- Gwoa...'" Seamus frowned, unable to get his tongue to trip neatly over the syllables. Perhaps he'd had more than he thought to drink. "Whatever it was he was rabbiting on about last month."

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-25 04:28 pm UTC (link)

Dean took the extremely mature route of sticking his tongue out at Susan's perfect French. "Yes, that, and sure, come visit, she'll need more friends."

He automatically squeezed closer to Seamus in their little circle of not-really-dancing-as-such. "Gouache," he said indulgently with a firm nod. Painting terms he could mostly still do. The funny looks going on between his friends had totally passed him by.

"By the way, I couldn't eat around the burnt bits on your cake, but the cheesecake was awesome," he said in what he thought was a quiet whisper to Seamus. It wasn't that quiet and was rather closer to Seamus' ear than he'd intended, his spatial awareness having somewhat abandoned him.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-25 04:44 pm UTC (link)

Susan did the only thing she could actionably do when faced with someone poking their tongue out at her - that is, someone who she didn't particularly feel like giving a childish jelly-legs curse to: she poked her tongue back at Dean. "I'll be happy to visit, you know I love coming by, Braith is such a dear!"

By this point the three of them were practically huddled together like the survivors of the first arctic broom-flight expedition, still they were swaying slightly, so Susan assumed they were still sort of dancing.

Susan rolled her eyes slightly at Deans too-loud declaration, forcing down another laugh at Seamus' slightly miffed expression. For a moment, she felt intensely sorry for the poor sod - the love of his life was mooning over someone new, and his culinary prowess had been questioned. "I thought the cake was lovely," she lied blandly. "I didn't eat any of it of course, but it looked delightful."

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-25 05:01 pm UTC (link)

Once he'd jumped away from Foghorn Leghorn (aka Dean) shouting in his ear, Seamus outright pouted. He managed to wriggle his arm free of Susan in order to point at each of his friends in turn. "Traitors," he informed them. "I made that cake! For you!" He pointed at Dean again, then deflated. He knew he'd burned it a little, but he'd thought it would be alright on the inside, at least, away from the burned edges. "It was pineapple and everything. You like pineapple." He was whining again and he knew it, so he stopped.

He wrapped his arm around Susan's waist again, leaning in to her this time. "Don't think this means I forgive you," he informed her. "You are no help at all." The party was starting to wind down, a few people had already left. "Speaking of Ernie," he said, though they hadn't been in some time now. "He's trying to set you up, Susie." He figured fair warning was always good.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-25 05:13 pm UTC (link)

Dean winced when he realised he'd possibly slightly shouted at Seamus. "Sorry, I mean the none burnt bit was fine, but I sort of just ate the wrong bit first and then I had burnt taste in my mouth," he made a face. "Was very nice of you to make it," he was sounding very earnest, trying to reassure Seamus, kissing him absently on the cheek.

"Ooooh, awesome plan! I can help!" he said, turning brightly to Susan. For some reason his drunk brain thought that this was an excellent plan, despite knowing how terrible he was with romance and talking to strangers too much.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-25 05:24 pm UTC (link)

"It was very nice of you to make the cake, sweetcheeks," she said seriously to Seamus. "I know I shouldn't tease you about food, not when you both endured the Great Cooking Adventures I went through after school."

"Oh Godric, Rowena, and Helga, really," Susan asked with a grimace. "Well, I suppose I did blather on about wanting to find a new bloke the other day when he and I had lunch. He'll probably try and get us to go on a double date you realise?"

Susan tilted her head and smiled winsomely at Dean, torn between the swell of affection for him in her breast and the iron-clad knowledge that he wasn't all together good at talking with strangers. Still, she was touched to the quick by his declaration.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-25 06:08 pm UTC (link)

Seamus allowed his wounded pride to be balmed by his friends, somewhat. "It was a good cake," he muttered, though he hadn't actually tried it himself yet. "I don't forgive you just because you kiss me, you know," he added, but he was smiling again.

"A double date with who?" Seamus asked, confused. "Oh. Me and whatever bloke he finds for me?" He made a face. Ernie meant well and Seamus was sure he had excellent taste, but he just couldn't imagine it going being a good time. He'd just feel awkward, knowing the kinds of flattery Ernie heaped upon him. He could never live up.

He shook his head, grinning at Dean's enthusiasm. "You help. I'm keeping my hands well away from Susan's love life. I already do my bit by giving you all a place to meet people, and to bring your dates." He tugged lightly at Dean's top. "You're staying at mine tonight. Not letting you splinch yourself."

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-25 06:34 pm UTC (link)

Double dates for Seamus and Susan? That just sounded like a disaster waiting to happen, they were totally after different things, right? He didn't actually say any of this out loud but his face got caught in a strange frown for several long seconds.

"I am very helpful, also, you're lovely, so you deserve a nice date at least," he said, attention switching to Susan, and kissing the top of her head. He was definitely feeling pretty tactile right now.

"Okay," he said agreeably, for one thing he knew Seamus was right about the splinching, and for another walking too far just seemed like a really hard job right now. Seamus' flat had the advantage of being very close.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-26 05:06 am UTC (link)

Susan snorted indelicately at the frown that flitted across Dean's face at the thought of Susan and Dean double dating. She couldn't quite tell whether it was because Seamus would be spending time with someone else, or because he thought that Susan would try and make Seamus progress with a future paramour as quickly as she did, either way the worm of an idea took hold in her brain.

"You are very helpful, handsome," Susan replied with a chuckle. "You deserve to be happy too," she added, standing on tip-toes to kiss him on the cheek.

"Shall I leave you to throw Dean over your shoulder and take him to bed then, Seamus," Susan asked with the type of wicked little smirk on her face that would have made a gaggle of nuns cross themselves from forty paces.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-26 08:34 am UTC (link)

"Why is he 'handsome' and I'm 'sweetcheeks'?" Seamus asked, more curious than hurt by the difference. He could see why, really. He'd always been more 'cute' than handsome, whereas Dean - well. Tall, dark, et cetera.

He wanted to protest that Dean was happy, that Seamus had just thrown him a birthday party to make sure and that Susan didn't need to get any ideas about setting Dean up with anyone - leggy French artists or otherwise - but he clamped down on the desire. If that (dating, not Ophelia) was something Dean wanted then he deserved it.

He snorted as he tried to picture him carrying Dean over his shoulder. "He'd squish me. Or knock me out with stupid long arms." He grinned unapologetically at Dean. "Not ready for sleep yet, are you?"

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-26 11:33 am UTC (link)

"Nooo, no sleeping yet. Dancing," he said with determination, wriggling them further apart and trying to spin himself, arms in the air. Of course that only made him stumble, giggle and almost fall to the floor. "Oops."

"And no squishing, squishing is bad." He reached over to pat Seamus' head and missed by several inches. "Maybe I should si' down," he said, feeling less and less coordinated and slurring slightly. Those umbrella drinks were more alcohol than he'd drunk in a long time.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-26 11:48 am UTC (link)

Susan looked at Seamus with vast amusement. "Dean is 'handsome' because he is handsome, and because of a conversation we had a long time ago. You are sweetcheeks because you won't let me call you Shay, and because I can't call both of you handsome as that would be dreadfully confusing."

Momentarily thanking her lack of high heels - a fact that she would have vehemently denied under oath in front of the entire Wizengamot - Susan stepped out of the way of Dean, who currently had all the grace and poise of a troupe of ballerinas attempting to dance on lego bricks, on a cruise liner, during a hurricane. "Squishing is bad," she agreed, having escaped squishing. "Why don't we go sit down, handsome," she added, shooting Seamus significant eye contact.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-26 01:48 pm UTC (link)

Seamus wrinkled his nose. He'd never been able to explain why but he just didn't like 'Shay' as a nickname. "There are other things you could call me," he said, then bit his lip knowing he'd just given Susan the perfect excuse to heap insulting or embarrassing pet names on him forever more. "Dean's handsome, but I could be..." His hands moved aimlessly as he tried to think of adjectives that could describe him. "Charming? Funny? Best best friend ever?"

He nodded enthusiastically along to Susan's suggestion of sitting. He didn't much fancy being brained by Mr Giraffe. "There's two chairs over there," he said, pointing with his elbow while he tried to get Dean to stand still - a job that required both hands. "You two sit, and I will build sandcastles at your feet and look up at you like the giants you are." Though, actually, without her heels Susan was ever so slightly shorter than he was.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-26 02:22 pm UTC (link)

"No, but you're my best friend ever," Dean said with a pout. What Dean mostly called Seamus was idiot, but he generally said it with a lot of affection.

Dean laughed and squirmed as Seamus tried to hold him still, breaking away towards the chairs. "To sit!" he said, enthusiastically. He was slightly less drunk that his sheer enthusiasm suggested, but only slightly. He was just so joyful that he couldn't help playing into it. And being silly with his friends was just a thing of pure joy in a way he didn't experience often. He was joyful, just not like this.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-26 03:13 pm UTC (link)

"Alright Charming, whatever you say," Susan replied to Seamus so sweetly, that it was almost as though sugar syrup dripped from her mouth instead of words. "Besides," she said, turning a mock-stern glare on Dean. "You're both my best-friends. I'm a Hufflepuff, I'm constitutionally allowed to have several."

Shaking her head slightly at Dean's euphoric antics, she followed at a more sedate pace, graciously taking the seat proffered by Seamus. Dean's joy was utterly infectious, and she leant back in utter contentment. "I'm a very lucky girl you know," she said as her lack of motion allowed the impressive amount of alcohol she'd consumed to rush through her body. "I'm sitting here with Prince Handsome and Prince Charming. It's almost like we should be off looking for the Fountain of Fair Fortune."

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-26 04:07 pm UTC (link)

As he'd said he would, Seamus sat in the sand at their feet, between the two of them, but with his head tilted back to rest against Dean's knee. "I am the best friend ever," he said, looking at Dean, a little upside down. It wasn't, perhaps, the most flattering view. "But yours, yes." He loved Susan, and Ernie, and all the others. Sometimes it amazed him he had room in his heart for so many people. Other times, it seemed like the reason he couldn't seem to fit a boyfriend in too. Still, Dean was his best best friend and everyone knew it.

Seamus tucked one leg under him, endeavouring to build some kind of structure out of the dry sand. It didn't work, not without water to cement it with. Mostly, he was able to produce a roughly triangular pile of sand. "Mmm. But we already know how lucky we are to have what we have," Seamus pointed out. "The fountain couldn't do much, could it. I mean, the tales say it's not actually magical."

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

artistdean
2014-08-26 04:29 pm UTC (link)

Dean flopped down into the chair rather heavily purely because he lacked the coordination to be gentle about it. Then he settled himself in to just sit for a while, smiling as Seamus lent against him.

"Definitely lucky. I have lovely friends, and a lovely party, and lovely presents, well the ones I've seen were lovely," he said thoughtfully. He was tempted to pull his wand out and summon the unopened presents, but the sensible part of his mind thankfully intervened before he tried that.

"Y' need water, doesn't stick without water," he said, nudging Seamus gently with his food. He remembered trying to make sandcastles with dry sand on a variety of trips to the beach.

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

susanamybones
2014-08-26 04:54 pm UTC (link)

"Yes," Susan agreed winsomely from her relaxed position. "You are the best friends ever. Which is why half the people in this room think you've had a shag before." Not for the first time, Susan idly wondered what exactly it would take for the two of them to admit their feelings for one another. After a moment's thought, she rather regrettably thought it might involve some sort of threat to the planet culminating in Seamus getting in a spaceship to destroy an asteroid as they'd seen in a movie Dean had made them watch a few weeks previous.

"We're all lucky," she replied with her eyes closed. "We are here, you know? There is nothing stopping us, nothing terrible..." she made a rather esoteric hand gesture which she thought proved her point rather more eloquently then words would have at that particular moment.

She cracked and eye open and shot Seamus a withering look, before giggling. "You can't build a castle without mortar, charming. You need water, or the blood of the innocent, or some sort of delicious alcoholic libation... something like that."

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Re: Dean, Susan and Seamus

openbottle
2014-08-26 05:25 pm UTC (link)

Seamus lifted his head slightly from Dean's knee to shoot a mock-glare at Susan. This again. "If you were a Gryffindor, I'd dare you to go a whole week without implying we are more than friends." He didn't really care if people assumed they were together, but it galled him that their closest friends thought they should be and couldn't see that they were happy as they were.

He looked down at his sand-pile and shrugged, running his fingers through it. He'd be finding sand under his nails for weeks, no doubt. "I think Dominic might kill me if I tried interfering with his work, even if it was just to add water." He smiled, packing the sand back down with his hands to make it flat, and then drawing a smiley face in the surface with his finger. "Still works for this, though!"

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