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Harry James Potter, mofo. (toowicked4u) wrote in flippedrpg,
@ 2012-08-19 20:33:00

Entry tags:

ch: knap: harry potter, ch: squib: astro black, p: emmy, p: lisa

Who:Harry^knap and Astro^baby
When: Now.
Where: Harry's room.
What: Talks and stuff.
Rating/Status: TBD~~but might become high idek~~/Incomplete

Harry was 18 again. He had merely glanced at a mirror only to find himself staring at himself. Not a five year old little boy who had lost his tree star. No. Harry was a young man trying to come into his own which triggered a thought. He was aware of the life he led in his own world. Harry knew of his accomplishments and that the sacrifices that were made to find his mother and uncle soon paid off. But what would happen to him here? Would he be the same man or someone completely different? Harry splashed cool water onto his face, fighting the anguish and confusion. Who was he? The same joke about being Harry fuckin' Potter was great, but it wasn't him. Not really. He was always reaching out for something more, something that would make him grow but grow into whom? The man in his world or the man here? Feeling as he was thinking too much, Harry hit the gym, taking his wraps and gloves with him. He spent an hour or two, taking out his emotions on the bag, simultaneously figuring out what to do next.

What needed to be done?

Time with Remus. He needed his time with his dad. And then his other dad. Maybe a family night with everyone. He needed to see Eris, because despite having some fun with her, he had grown to care for her as well. Then Astro came to mind.

"That sounded like a challenge, Potter."

And he was always up for those.

Knowing he could be more stubborn than she, he hit the showers and made his way back to his room. Standing in only his shorts, he took a peep out of his door and looked around. Kids were running around everywhere but Astro was damn easy to pin point. A seemingly seventeen year old girl, yelling for Eris and Juni. She didn't look much different in Harry's opinion which was a good thing in his eyes. She was beautiful as is.

"Pssst!"

As soon as she came within his perimeter, Harry grabbed her arm and pulled the young woman into his room. It might have looked wrong and he wouldn't have been surprised if someone or some kid tried calling for the cops. Harry had good intentions. He always had good intentions. Most of the time. Pinning the girl's arms behind her back as she struggled to fight his strength, Harry guided her with his leg on the backs of her knees. A little trick he learned from his own mother. "Stop fighting already and LOOK!" He pressed his face against hers and looked into the mirror with her.

He hoped. Hoped she would change into who she really was and not who she thought she was.

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blackro
2012-08-20 04:10 am UTC (link)

Astro had found that, while she didn't understand this place and she certainly wasn't going to read some instruction manual disguised as a pamphlet, she actually quite enjoyed this place. There was the most amazing court she had ever seen and a shed of all the sorts of things she loved. She had spent nearly every day out in the sun and the evidence was clear. Her skin was tanned and freckled and burnt in all different spots. At the present moment, she was ignoring the journal that reminded her far too much of the internet and message boards, and instead was rushing down the hallway on the badass skateboard she had found in the room she shared with Eris; with a lacrosse racket thrown over her shoulder.

Of course, seconds later, the racket was gone and she was yanked off of her skateboard, stumbling forward against....Harry? "What the hell are you doing Potter?!" She shrieked as he pinned her arms behind her back. Why was Harry so strong all of the sudden and what was he wanting with her? She didn't even realize he was in this place. "This is not fucking funny, put me down," and other various shouts of protest rushed from her as she tried to pull away from him, finding it far more difficult to do now then it had ever been in the past. She normally would have been able to pull from him and kick him square between the legs for this kind of stunt.

Then, she was on her knees and she was damn near hollering. "HARRY, HARRY, WHAT THE EVER LIVING FUCK," she screamed. When she heard him speak, and felt him against her cheek, she had no choice but to glance toward...a mirror? What was the point of looking in a mirror?

The question was the last coherent one she had before it all came rushing forward. Years came at her full of memories and emotions. Suddenly, she remembered leaving Hogwarts, and going to school. She remembered the her Father becoming Minister. She remembered the flat with the girls. She remembered wild nights and she remembered the trip to America, which ended in the compound, where...

...where she was now, being held by Harry Potter, but not the Harry she had thought she was screaming at. No, this was the Harry whom had seemed to captivate Eris as of late, the Harry that Astro enjoyed being in the company of as well as the bed (though she had yet to be without Eris as well), the Harry who had made her emotions all askew because she was suddenly worried that maybe things were going to change, a worry that she was ashamed to have and would have been embarrassed to speak out loud.

Stilling, she fell backwards, looking up to him. "A please not in your style?"

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toowicked4u
2012-08-20 04:29 am UTC (link)

Astro had as much spirit younger, which did not seem to waiver as she got older. When she became still, he released his hold of her arms and gave a little smirk. "That depends. I'm a gentleman but not all the time. And I have a sneaky suspicion you don't like gentlemen." It might have been instinct but he noticed his had a firm hold on her hips, possibly to keep her from falling backwards or...

Once Astro was stable, Harry dropped his hands and ran one of them through his hair. "I grabbed you in here to talk, and I'd rather not talk to the younger Astro who doesn't know me at all...to...this Astro who has somewhat of an idea of who I am." He stressed the somewhat as it was rare to find himself alone with Astro. She knew the fun and partying Harry Potter, not the one who felt deeply and cared deeply for those around him. The one who struggled to figure shit out and keep a happy face.

He knew she was a tough cookie, but he was a stubborn bastard. "Let's not beat around the bush. I slept with her, okay? And it was great and I know you two have some sort of....thing. I want you to know that I don't want to get in between whatever it is that you two have going on. I care about her, but I also care about you. You're amazingly beautiful and full of not only spirit, but fight. You refuse to admit anything to anyone and probably you hate admitting shit to yourself...but...you don't have to do that with me."

Harry stood up straight and took a step closer to the young woman.

"So...please...could you please please please please tell me what the hell is bugging you?"

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blackro
2012-08-20 04:46 am UTC (link)

"What makes you think that?" She rebutted, with far more venom then she intended, but only because she was reeling from the shift in perception. Not even two minutes ago, she was clueless to the notion that she was in a complex with an actual majority of wizards and witches. She had been too focused on having fun. Now, she was back to knowing that she was a minority instead of a majority, and she was back to the conflicting emotions that she didn't want to think about and the guilt that came with it. Now, she was just simply angry. And who was he, Harry Potter, to tell her she didn't like gentlemen?

Even if he was completely accurate.

She scrambled to stand, backing away from Harry, because she wanted a chance to catch her breath. Without realizing it, one hand looped around to clutch at her arm, finger tips digging into her skin as she glanced at him with aggravated and heated eyes.

"Oh, come on, you think I didn't know that?" Immediately rushed from her, without a thought as to what she was saying. Of course it was great. Eris was more than great. Eris was what made the world spin, even if Astro didn't tend to admit it to herself or those around her. "Okay, you're back to assuming, except now it is aggressive and just a bit invasive, so really, stop pretending you know what is going on with me or even that you know me, because you don't," she replied, defensively, unaware of how her expression had seemed to change, as though she was upset about how much he may have got right.

"Why? Why do you want to know? Why do you even care? Why was it so important that you had to pull me away from..." Happiness. The playground had been happiness. She chose not to finish the sentence.

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toowicked4u
2012-08-20 05:18 am UTC (link)

He recognized it in an instant. The aggressiveness. The part where she refused to give in. Harry knew it so well because it was a part of him, a part of something he had a hard time controlling. Harry really had no grounds for getting inside Astro's head but he had a feeling he could understand her more than most. "Back to assuming shit that I'm right about." He couldn't help but to spit back the venom. She had started it after all.

Sucking in a quick breath, he hissed between his teeth and looked her over. "Why do I want to know? Because I care. I pulled you away because none of that crap out there lasts. You can feel great one minute and in an instant, they'll take it away from you. I pulled you away because what I have to say...whatever happens here...is real."

Harry couldn't help what had happened next. In one swift motion, he lifted her up and pinned her against the wall, giving her a singe deep kiss. In amidst of the kiss, he whispered.

"I'm sorry."

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blackro
2012-08-20 05:40 am UTC (link)

"You aren't right, you don't know a damned thing, Potter," she shot right back. All of the Black and Prewett genes, the ones designated for flared anger, seemed to be rushing forward. And with his the hiss he made her hands got thrown up in the air.

"You care? Maybe that crap doesn't last but it is a whole lot better then knowing nothing lasts!"

And there it was. The true fear was out in the open and before she could even react, she was against the wall, and his lips were against hers. She had her last syllable cut off and she felt heat rush all through her body, everything tingling, and before she could stop herself, her legs were wrapped around him, if nothing else for support. But he was warm in all the right places and when he pulled away, whispering the apology, all she could do was shield her face as quick as possible before it crumbled against her will.

"Stop pushing me," she whispered, her tone full of fear. She preferred it being built up inside of her.

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toowicked4u
2012-08-20 03:40 pm UTC (link)

It wasn't about Harry winning. He knew he would get something out of her, if not all the truth about why she was not being the Astro he knew. This was a completely different side that he had never seen and he could only feel appreciative that she was showing some emotion rather than just saying she wanted to party. He wrapped his arms around her tight as she hid her face. Nothing lasts. "Well that's not very true. If something is meant to last forever, then it will." Like his parents. His dad stayed celibate and searched for his wife for YEARS, and it paid off.

Harry buried his face in her hair and smiled. "Someone's got to. You can't go around this place pretending everything is okay, when its not. That would make you a liar." Lifting his head, he pressed his forehead against hers, nudging his nose against her smaller one. Harry didn't blink. He merely stared with his bright green eyes, looking not triumphant, but sincere.

"You afraid of losing her?"

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blackro
2012-08-20 04:43 pm UTC (link)

See, in Astro's mind, the only thing that did last was precisely that. Her family. Her family that extended past genetics and had included all of the Marauder's and their respective families since she was a child. A family that included Juniper and Eris. And yet, here she was, in a place that she might never leave again, being told her family was just slowly drifting away from the compound. Her aunt and Uncle, her cousins, her sisters, her brother. They had all disappeared at some point, presumably going back to the proper world, and she was still here.

And what if more people left? What if one day her Father and Mother were gone? Her other aunt and uncle? Abby? Juniper?

Eris?

It was very clear that even though her face was covered, and for a moment emotion had broken through from her, that she was fighting against it. Fighting to the point where it looked as though she was making it difficult for herself to breathe at all. She didn't want to cry in front of Harry Fucking Potter. Astro did not cry. It was not something she allowed. She just got angry and dealt with her aggression in that manner.

"I don't care if it makes me a liar," was grumbled through a strained voice. The last question from Harry, though, was given the sound of muffled sob. A yes without words.

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toowicked4u
2012-08-20 08:31 pm UTC (link)

Harry was about to make a comment, but she started to cry, he held on to her tighter. This wasn't his intention to make her cry but he understood that sometimes a person needed to be pushed. Maybe she needed this.

Still holding onto her small frame, he carried her over to his bed. "Don't get any ideas, Black." He offered a warm smile and slid into the bed with her. Wrapping his arms around her once more, he gave a squeeze. "You won't lose her. You two are practically meant for one another. As for me, I'm just an innocent bystander who just got lucky to witness it all." Kissing the top of her head, he shifted to get more comfortable, cradling a crying Ro in his arms.

"I promise I won't tell anyone what happened here."

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