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Incipimus Iterum Mods (incipimusmods) wrote in incipimusiterum,
@ 2023-07-06 21:29:00

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character: amelia bones, character: fabian prewett, character: marlene mckinnon, character: meaghan mccormack, character: quinn savage, character: sirius black, character: tess harborne, character: will turpin, location: scotland: hogsmeade, location: scotland: hogwarts, location: scotland: misc. locations, type: mingle post

ESCAPE THE HEAT - LAKE

FRIDAY JULY 7TH TO SUNDAY JULY 9TH

Nestled near Hogsmeade in Scotland, Black Lake offers a captivating setting for a weekend of swimming and picnicking for those desperate to escape the heat wave sweeping across the UK; Bringing the area to life once again to this picturesque area, now the students of Hogwarts have headed home for the Summer.

Reflecting the lush greenery and towering mountains that surround it. Witches and wizards gather along its shores, drawn by the allure of its cool, tranquil waters. Groups of friends and families spread out their blankets on the grassy banks, creating a patchwork of colors against the backdrop of nature's beauty. Picnic baskets burst with delectable treats, conjured or prepared with care. Laughter and mirth fill the air as loved ones bond over shared meals, their conversations intermingling with the sounds of lapping waves and rustling leaves.

As swimmers frolic in the lake, others take to the water on enchanted floating devices or boats, exploring the vast expanse of Black Lake. The rhythmic paddling creates gentle ripples, their echoes merging with the whispers of the wind. Adventurous souls may even stumble upon hidden coves or discover magical creatures that call the lake home, adding an extra touch of wonder to their aquatic escapades.

A favoured spot among the locals of Hogsmeade, many former Hogwarts students return to the place they spent countless hours as teenagers before returning in the evening for a drink at the Three Broomsticks, before finally making their way home.

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-07-09 01:50 am UTC (link)

Marlene looked around in the dark before casting a quick “Lumos” to add a little light to her surroundings. Her gaze caught on Sirius, shirtless and already halfway to pulling off his bottoms. Maybe it would be polite to look away, to stare at a nearby tree instead of watching him undress. Unfortunately, polite wasn't really her forte. She smiled. “What can I say, I was homesick.” She set down the bag she'd quickly thrown together back at the flat and carefully propped up her lit wand so that it stayed upright. Then she toed off her beat-up trainers and grabbed the hem of her t-shirt, pulling it up over her head to reveal a string bikini top in bright pink. “Anyway, it’s easily ten degrees cooler out here by the water. Good call.”

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_thedogstar
2023-07-09 05:01 pm UTC (link)

"Honestly," Sirius said, glancing over his shoulder at her again and watching, in appreciation, as she undressed. Ah, she'd thought to bring a swimsuit. He had not. So then he stood there in his pants only, which in a short while once they got wet, would likely be as though he was wearing nothing at all. "And even cooler in the lake," he agreed, gesturing toward it.

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-07-09 05:56 pm UTC (link)

She wiggled out of her denim shorts until they were down around her ankles, easily kicked to the side next to her shoes. "So? Get in then."

Marlene ran into the water, splashing through the lake and letting out a shrill squeak as the cold water hit her skin. She knew it would take longer to adjust if she took her time so instead she went in deeper until she was in up to her waist, took a deep breath and held it, then ducked down into the water so that she was fully submerged. She laughed with delight as she popped back up, shaking the water from her hair. The lake was a cool distraction from the sticky humidity and heat. She bobbed in the water, kicking her legs to stay comfortably afloat as she paddled towards him.

"So." She called out. "How's the bachelor pad?"

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

_thedogstar
2023-07-09 11:47 pm UTC (link)

Sirius enjoyed watching Marlene run off into the water, squealing as she did so. He followed her a moment later, hissing at the feeling of the cold water hitting his bare skin. "Oy, fuck, shit, it's cold," he yelled out.

He knew the only way to adjust was to do what she did, dunk himself under the water and resurface. He tossed his head back, the water spraying from his hair. "Flat's good. What about yours? Hens palace and such?"

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-07-10 01:31 am UTC (link)

“It’s great. Small palace, at that.” It had been hard, leaving her childhood bedroom and home behind just days after saying goodbye to Hogwarts. Harder than she'd thought it would be. Packing all of her things up - clothing, raggedy stuffed animals, the posters of Quidditch players and musicians that decorated the walls - had felt permanent. Like too much change all at once. But once she moved her boxes in, the smell of curry and spices had lured Marlene and Lily down to the Indian restaurant on the corner. They found a record store and she successfully counted out enough Muggle coins to buy the new Rolling Stones album. By the time she woke up the next morning, it had already started to feel a little more like home. "Lily found it, so of course it's great.” Marlene continued. "Haven't unpacked everything yet, just the important stuff.”

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

_thedogstar
2023-07-12 12:08 am UTC (link)

"Oh yeah," Sirius said, "I've still got boxes everywhere. Not too many though, mainly just school things, and what do I need them for anymore?" He hadn't taken all that much from Grimmauld when he'd run off, mostly because he didn't need any of it. He didn't want any of it.

"Glad you like it," he said, lowering himself in the water so only his head was above the water as he started circling her with a grin. "Weird being on our own though, yeah?"

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-07-12 03:54 am UTC (link)

Marlene watched Sirius circle her in the water out of the corner of her eye, treading water even though if she stood straight up, the water would probably only reach her chest with her feet planted on the bottom. "Thought of selling my used textbooks back to B&B. Some wee firstie might appreciate my insightful column doodles." Sirius was behind her now, but she could still feel his attention on her. Without another word, she took in a gulp of air and dove down. For a moment, she was fully submerged... almost invisible in the dark water. Then she reached down with her hands until they connected solidly with the rocky bottom of the lake and kicked her feet up, pulling her legs together into an underwater handstand. Only her knees to her feet were visible above the water's surface, but they were straight and sure. She held it for a moment, then tucked her feet in again and righted herself, lake water dripping down from her eyelashes and nose as she came back up. She grinned proudly. "It's alright. Guess it's nice enough, not having professors breathing down our necks all the time... not that we weren't out doing what we pleased anyway."

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Re: Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

_thedogstar
2023-07-23 12:30 am UTC (link)

Sirius didn't really even know where all his textbooks ended up. Shoved at the bottom of his trunks or maybe under his bed by now. He didn't remember unpacking them. "Maybe they can spend the whole term trying to figure out if your doodles are runes or just doodles," he joked.

When she dunked herself under and flipped over, Sirius laughed. He took advantage and dunked himself to wet his hair back again, instead of it hanging in his face. When they had both surfaced again, Sirius grinned at Marlene. "We're fully-trained wizards now, right? We can always do whatever we want."

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-07-23 03:00 am UTC (link)

Marlene angled herself towards him in the water. Freshly wet with lake water, his hair looked pitch black, slicked back damply against his head. Too slick. Too perfect. As with most things that struck her with this impression, a part of her desperately wanted to mess it up. She returned Sirius's grin with a sly, Cheshire-like smile. "Right." She agreed. "Early morning swim, for example." Her tone was nonchalant, even as her eyes glinted with something like mischief as she volleyed back her response. "And what is it you want to do now?"

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Re: Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

_thedogstar
2023-07-26 10:42 pm UTC (link)

Sirius chuckled as he caught her eye, caught the teasing and mischief in it. Nothing good ever happens after midnight, he could practically hear one of his stodgy relatives saying. And yet what he liked was everything that happened after midnight. Such as exactly this. He grinned. "Oh, I can think of a few things," Sirius told her, moving a little closer to her in the water.

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-07-27 05:46 am UTC (link)

Boys. Set it all up for them and they rarely disappointed. Still, her stomach twisted and tightened with anticipation as he began to swim closer, all inked bare skin and that sharp grin of his. It was strange to recognize the familiar sensation - the prickly, needy, impatient feeling of want and adrenaline roiling in her stomach - with regard to Sirius Black. A boy she'd known since they were both eleven, little firsties sent off to the same table at the Sorting Feast. If only her eleven-year-old self - all messy plaits and missing hair ribbons, the girl who freed the fairies from Slughorn's potions classroom and, after hearing Mulciber call Lily something nasty, had hexed him so viciously that he wasn't able to see past the pus-filled boils all over his face and she'd been given two weeks detention on the spot - could imagine that in another eight years, she'd be swimming well past midnight with Sirius Black in his soaked through skivvies... The thought was nearly enough to make her laugh out loud, but she resisted the urge.

"Get a job?" Marlene mused, mock-thoughtfully. She brought her hands up to absently adjust the swimsuit tie around her neck, shifting her wet hair over her shoulder to do so. "Do some recreational reading? Climb Kilimanjaro? Start a band? Bring about world peace?"

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

_thedogstar
2023-07-31 10:09 pm UTC (link)

Sirius chuckled at her teasing. "Well, I'm not really all that eager to get a job, I'll have you know. Or do any reading for fun. And I'd probably just apparate to the top of Kilimanjaro instead of climbing, and world peace is overrated. The band idea though ..." He stroked his jaw in thought. "I'd have to learn an instrument though, I reckon."

But he didn't elaborate anymore, instead reaching out to tug at a thick, sopping strand of her hair. He twisted it around his finger. "Any other ideas?" he asked, dropping his town.

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-08-02 01:41 pm UTC (link)

Marlene felt herself lean in towards him in the water as Sirius twirled her hair around his finger, arms lowering to wrap loosely around his neck. She stared at him with large blue eyes, nearly as dark as the lake itself in what little light there was, and - "I'm sorry, world peace is overrated?" Marlene blurted out. She paused, the slightest sliver of space between their faces. "It's world peace! Och aye, impossible, maybe, but..." She trailed off, already running out of steam and distracted by his close proximity. Her fingertips trailed from behind his neck to trace the line of his jaw, where his own hand had been a moment earlier. She leaned in a little more, weight pressing forward onto the balls of her feet to bring her mouth close to his ear. "I mean... world peace is kind of a long-term project." She conceded.

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Re: Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

_thedogstar
2023-08-07 10:52 pm UTC (link)

"Very long term," he agreed. "Lots of long hours and trying a lot of things before seeing what sticks." He lowered his voice, and his mouth, as he turned his head to find her mouth, kissing her slowly.

The water, though cool and fairly still in the lake without any wind this time of night, lapped up against them as he moved his arm around her lower back to hook her up against him.

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Sirius & Marlene, 3.a.m. Friday

spitfired
2023-08-10 03:04 am UTC (link)

Marlene smirked at the innuendo, a low chuckle in the back of her throat that went quiet as his mouth found hers. It was easy to let him draw her close, to twine her arms around Sirius’s neck and pull herself up to wrap her legs around his waist, assisted by the buoyancy of the water. It was easy to get lost in the moment. Concerns about the future, about Lestrange creeping around her friends on the journals… gone. This was different from flirting at the Three Broomsticks or even snogging him senseless in the Greenhouse. Professor McGonagall wasn’t about to pop out of the bushes to give them both detention. The sudden intimacy of the situation - so much bare skin, Sirius’s hands on her, the cool quiet of the lake - made her breath catch and her pulse quicken. She kissed him again, this time letting it deepen as she pressed her body against his so you couldn’t fit a piece of parchment between them. She felt him stumble back a step and clutched onto his shoulders. “Fuck no, no, don’t fall over.” Marlene laughed against his mouth.

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_thedogstar
2023-08-16 10:11 pm UTC (link)

Sirius had gotten pretty lost in kissing Marlene, though his mind had gone very nicely and conveniently blank. Truly. Only other times that kind of thing happened to him was in History of Magic, but that was for (obviously) very, very different reasons.

So when he stumbled a little when Marlene pushed herself more against him, it took a second before he caught himself. He laughed right back, chuckling breathlessly as he righted himself and her. "Sorry," he said, not really waiting for an answer before kissing her again.

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