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zachary pritchard ([info]zpritchard) wrote in [info]landing_rpg,
@ 2008-05-12 16:40:00

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Entry tags:september 2022

WHO zachary and Raleigh
WHERE raleighs room
WHAT best friends hanging out
WHEN night time

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Zachary rubbed the side of his face as he left his room, his bag slung over his shoulder as he walked down to the common room and out, heading towards where he had been told the Head Boy room was. He ran a hand through his still damp hair, pushing it of off his forehead as he began to climb the stairs that led towards the room and raised a hand knocking on the door. “It’s me open up,” he said before stepping back. He was interested to see what his friend had gotten up to over the weekend in order to need such a visit. He doubted it was anything but his usual antics, but it would still be interesting to see what had happened.


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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-13 03:19 am UTC (link)
After a roll of his eyes, Raleigh's face was in his palm as he prepared to listen to Zachary recount that party. He was laughing lightly, to himself at the mention of just how much he had drank. "No," he shook his head. "We never did find out," he agreed, remembering the not so bad part as Zach kept going. There was some more laughter at his own ridiculousness. Why did he strip down? Well, there just really wasn't a good answer. Which is probably why Zach loved the story so much. And of course, it was getting worse as he went. This was when Raleigh just listened and shook his head and hung out behind his palm for a minute. It was also why he had made Zach promise not to bring that up in front of any other living creature. "I'm glad it still amuses you so much," Raleigh half grinned when he finally looked back up at Zachary.

Raleigh rested his palm against his face. And on to more memories they went. "Yeah! I remember that too!" Raleigh said, pointing accusingly again. "And why you couldn't come up with something to cover your best mate's arse, I don't know!" he chirped. "Do you know how long it took me to get back on my professors' good sides after that? I really had to convince them that she was over to study and that I was just being a respectful roommate and trying to keep down the noise. And that I didn't understand the concept of the spell I was using and thought it just blocked sound rather than mute us. And they all knew that couldn't be true. But finally I think they more or less decided to humour me to shut me up," Raleigh mused. He shook his head and put his hand over his mouth, tapping his fingers over his top lip.

"I know! And you used to believe me every time I came running to you acting like I had some charm or spell backfire. You used to really be concerned. The look on your face," Raleigh laughed as his hand fell away. "No. No. What was ace was the way you'd go for that book you had. What was it? Magical Maladies and Quick Fixes? Or something equally ridiculous."

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-15 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Zach watched his friend easily as he retold the story, amused by his antics as he shook his head slightly. "We never will," he replied easily before he sighed. Truth was he liked the story so much because it was the night he remembered watching Raleigh strip down and realizing he liked his best friend a lot more than he should. And he was fine with that, looking in from a distance, he'd admit that the stories were a bit much, but he could survive, he had and Raleigh was his best friend, not anyone else's. "Well I am sure it'd amuse everyone, if they remembered of course," he said nodding his head. "Of course, I am the only person who seem to does so blackmail is a wonderful thing."

"Oh come on, you deserved it that time. And besides, I will still mad at you for the prank you pulled on me later on in that year," he said as he shook his head and grimaced. "Pink hair Raleigh! Everywhere!" he said with a meaningful glance down. "And I'd only just gotten rid of the black teeth and red on my finger nails. I didn't appreciate being your charm practice!" he said wrinkling his nose. He had actually been a bit mad at the time and so he hadn't wanted to, his odd jealously coming to the surface.

"Yes, and now you always get in trouble so what's the point?" he asked tilting his head to the side as he did so. "Yeah, that's the book," he said. "I want to be a healer, it used to be good practice. I can do half of the charms you need off by heart now," he said with a sigh. "So shush, unless you want me to leave you dying and bleeding in a ditch somewhere," he said bending over to pick up the pillow and wrap his arms around it, resting it on the stomach.

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-16 04:01 am UTC (link)
"I knew it! I knew you didn't get over that!" Raleigh said in a sort of A-HA! tone. He pointed at Zachary, jabbing his finger in the air toward the other. "Oh yeah...pink hair. It was nice for a bit, yeah? A fun change," Raleigh ribbed. "Everywhere huh?" he asked rhetorically, arching a brow. "I'll take your word on that." Raleigh composed himslef for a moment to explain. "You were supposed to come out looking like a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, I got the hair color all wrong, the nail color ended up a little too long lasting and the black teeth, well that was really supposed to be more like black eyeliner. You must have done something to distract me, break my focus," Raleigh reasoned. "I'm usually better than that, especially with my charmwork. It's just as well though. You would make a hideous woman," Raleigh flashed Zach a sideways stare, biting at his lip and perking his eyebrow up cautiously, waiting for Zach's repsonse. He half expected the pillow to come flying back at him.

And even though he wasn't laughing non stop, the grin on his face seemed pretty permanent. Raleigh nodded then, knowing that his memory was usually corret and that he was right with the name of Zach's go to book. "And you'll make an ace healer. Merlin knows I've given you enough practice. But what does that tell you?" Raleigh paused for dramatics. He gave Zachary the chance to answer. "Hmmm?....That we make a brilliant pair. That's what" Raleigh concluded casually.

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-18 05:38 am UTC (link)
“You tried to turn me into a girl you wanker!” he replied pointing a finger at the other man in response. “So of course I’m still mad over it,” he said before nodding. “Yes, everywhere, including my eyelashes and arm and leg hair,” he said shaking his head against as he rubbed his face again. He groaned at Raleigh and continued to shake his head, annoyed with the other man. “I’m not a girl, I would’ve been a bloke looking like a girl with all the boy bits,” he said snorting. “If you wanted a date, all you had to do was ask you know,” he said shaking his head slightly as he fought not to keep anything extra from showing up on his face after that little bit. “You did it to me while I was sleeping, what do I do, snore?” he demanded wanting to know before grabbing the pillow and throwing it at him. “At least I make a better looking man than you do,” he scowled. “You’re ugly either way,” he said, which in his mind was so not true, but he wasn’t about to let him know that.

“Of course I bloody well will, this is me we’re talking about,” he said raising his chin arrogantly as he did so before shrugging a shoulder. “That you’re insane and going to kill yourself by the time you’re twenty,” he said nodding his head before sighing. “Fine, if you think so,” he said shaking his head slightly even though his heard warmed a little bit at those words.

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-18 06:42 am UTC (link)
Raleigh's eyes grew large as an overwhelmed expression washed over his face. "No no. The last thing I ever need is another date," Raleigh sighed. Now typically, Raleigh would not complain about these things. And then at that time, of course, he wasn't complaining. It was just that today, he was sort of feeling overbooked. Hence the impromptu invite for Zach to come and spend the night. "Wait wait...slow down...what was that?" Raleigh asked rhetorically because he had heard what Zach had said about Zach making a better looking man. "I'm hurt, Zachary! I'm a very good looking man," he said, nodding his head once at Zach. "Bright red hair, signature Weasley freckles. What's not attractive about that?" Raleigh let that sink in for a moment, then shrugged. "Maybe they're all using me for my huge cock," Raleigh concluded with another shrug indicating he didn't mind that being the reason. There was a sly smile on his face as he continued to make his leg move up and down in the air while it propped up on the other.

"Can't you ever just take a compliment?" Raleigh asked. He nodded and pursed his lips out. "That's probably true," he mused. "And I don't. I was lying," he joked, standing up, taking the pillow that Zach threw and tossing it back at him as he walked across his room to his armoire.

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-18 06:53 am UTC (link)
"I'm hurt mate," he said with a sigh, shaking his head, pretending indifference but really it did hurt a little bit more than he was ever willing to admit. He swallowed and bit his bottom lip and raised an eyebrow. "Well it's true," he said nodding his head before rolling his eyes. Everything, he thought to himself privately. "The red hair, the freckles, the arrogance and the weird shaped nose," he said nodding his head before shrugging. "Just admit it mate, I'm better looking," he said nodding his head as he did so, relaxing back into his seat a little bit more. "Tiny cock more likely," he said. "I've seen it remember? Can't lie to me," he said. He had seen it, more than once as Raleigh liked to walk around naked more often than not, not that Zach cared all that much. Not really.

"No," he said blandly. And he couldn't he often challenged things back. "I know you were," he said catching the pillow before his eyes followed the other man. "If you're getting more five year old candy I don't want it."

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-18 07:48 am UTC (link)
As Raleigh made his way over to the armoire, he subconsciously moved a hand up to rub over his nose. He wasn't particularly sensitive about his looks. In fact, he was quite satisfied, and thought himself to be pretty damn attractive. Weird shapped nose was something he had never heard before. "I do not have a weird shaped nose," he said quite indignantly. Of course, his glance into his mirror on the wall wasn't that discreet as he sized up his profile from both angles. "Hmmph" he muttered to himself.

Enough of that. Raleigh opened up his armoire and pulled out a change of clothes---a pair of loose sweat pants and a tshirt, something he could sleep in. He peeked from behind the opened doors. "Good looking, yes. Better? Definitely not," he said quite officially. As he shut the doors on the piece of furniture, Raleigh turned around and leaned his back against it. "What is this? I inivited you over to boost morale, not to insult me," Raleigh informed Zach. Of course, he wasn't serious. He enjoyed the way they ribbed at each other and could say things they more or less didn't mean. It was refreshing not to have to sweet talk someone or use his dripping charm to communicate. Raleigh rolled his eyes. "Well, we can't all be endowed like Zachary Pritchard, can we?"

Raleigh crossed his feet at his ankles and stared back at Zach. "No, actually I was getting clothes..." Raleigh informed him, holding up his folded things to show Zach. "And I happen to like licorice wands okay?" Raleigh said in a pouty defensive five year old sort of way. "Anyways, grab your shite and let's go. If I have to listen to you point out all my bad qualities, I'd like to be soaking in the tub so I can at least attempt to ignore you," Raleigh joked. "And besides, how often will you get to take advantage of me and my Head Boy status and get access into the prefect bathrooms? Or you know, you can sit here and talk to yourself..." Raleigh walked towards the door, but he took his time, fully planning on waiting for Zach of course.

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-19 05:01 am UTC (link)
"Of course you dont," he said shaking his head slightly at the other man. "It's completely normal and there is nothing wrong with it," Zach continued on. It really was a cute nose, there was just no way in the seven layers of hell he would ever admit to that, out loud of course. He wasn't about to destroy a freindship over a little bit of a crush, nevermind the crush had been running for almost three years now. It would fade, he was sure of it. He just needed to meet the right person first.

"I'm better looking than you are Raleigh Alasdair Weasley or I'm not talking to you for a long long time," he replied nodding his head and shrugged a shoulder. "You left me, I'm cranky," he said easily nodding his head as he looked away from the other man before he shrugged his shoulders. "No we can't all be as big as I am so stop trying," he said with a half smile looking back at Raleigh. "And you're half forgiven for that comment but I'm still mad."

"I like licorice wands as well, it's when they're five years old I have an issue with them," he said moving to stand up and kneel on the chair, looking at Raleigh over it. "The tub?" he asked, feeling nervous and apprehensive all the sudden. He would be naked in the tub, and so would Raleigh and there was no way to hide problems that might arise. "That is true," he said attempting to play it cool as he grabbed his bag and moved after Raleigh. "Like you do you men?" he asked stepping through the doorway and rolling his eyes.

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-19 05:35 am UTC (link)
Raleigh rolled his eyes playfully making a show of it. "You'll get over it," he informed Zach. He stayed relaxed, waiting for Zach to grab up everything he was going to need. Snarling a bit after Zach used his full name, Raleigh looked upward as if preparing himself for an act. "Alright. Yes, yes, Zachary. You're better looking, your cock is bigger, um," Raleigh shrugged, running through the conversation and shaking his head as he tried to remember things to list. "you shouldv'e been Head Boy and I Girl, and ...am I missing something or is that all then?" Raleigh asked with a snarky aire to his voice.

"Unless you'd prefer the sink?" Raleigh teased, turning now and heading for the door, hoping to hurry Zach up a bit. He really thought nothing of the situation they'd both be in in a few minutes. He was completely comfortable around his best friend and this definitely wouldn't be the first occasion that Zach wouldv'e seen Raleigh naked.

Raleigh lingered until Zach had walked past him and out the door. He shut it behind him and was in the hallway, taking a step just ahead of Zach so he could be the one to lead the way to the Prefect Bathroom.

Once they arrived, Raleigh pushed through the bathroom door and held it open for Zach to enter behind him. "Now don't let me catch you in here without me or else I'll be forced to give you detention," Raleigh warned with his serious stuffy offical voice.

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-20 02:46 am UTC (link)
Zach pouted. "And what if I don't? What if it tears a hole in my heart that can never be mended?" he demanded, throwing the bag over his shoulder easily. He listened to Raleigh name his assets and he grinned nodding his head. "That's all I needed to hear, the gaping black hole that was my sun is now gone, replaced by light and sunshine and fluffy things," he said nodding his head before chuckling. "And really, my legs would look awful in a skirt," he pointed out. "I'm too bony in the knees, you on the other hand, have very nice legs," he said with a wink at his friend, praying to Merlin that Raleigh wouldn't read anything into that since he

"Well I don't know, is your naked arse going to be in it? It might be cleaner you know," he pointed out, walking a little bit faster, long legs taking him to catch up with Raleigh easily. He kept a step behind, his eyes drifitng down to watch the other man's arse as he walked, not really wanting to but it was just so damn hard.

He heard the noise and quickly moved his eyes up to Raleigh's face. "Bugger, and here I was hoping to relax sometimes, I guess that is out of the question," he said with a sigh. "And would you really give me a detention prat?" he asked smacking Raleigh on the back of the head as he passed his friend into the bathroom and looked around.

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-20 03:36 am UTC (link)
"Become a poet all of a sudden, have you?" Raleigh asked, glancing over his shoulder and arching an eyebrow at Zach's dramatics. He laughed to himself and continued. "Besides, I have every confidence that you of all people would be able to mend it," he continued. Raleigh was considering the point that Zach made and and shrugged. Maybe he didn't want to make the better woman, but he liked the idea of being better, even if it was something that didn't matter. That's how things were between them, playful and ridiculous competition just to rib at each other. It was fun. "It's true, I do," Raleigh said very matter of factly.

Raleigh had continued into the bathroom to make his way over to the tub, making sure the water was fresh and just the right temperature that he preferred. He hadn't gotten too far after his comment when he felt the crisp smack to the back of his head. "OUCH!" he quickly reacted, immediately bringing his hand to his head to rub over the spot. "Maybe not before, but most definitely now!" he replied in a pouty and still very in charge sort of voice.

After he had gotten a glare in at Zach, Raleigh resolved to continue what he was doing. Checking the tub, he determined that it would be just about perfect and so he walked back over to the counter. Aligning himself in front of an empty expanse of counterspace, Raleigh stared at himself in the mirror. One last glance at his nose before he began to undress. He wasted in school uniform anymore, just casual clothes. His hands took a grip at the hem of his tshirt and he curled it up over his chest. "Yes. I'd definitely give you a detention. You'd be back in this bathroom, on all fours..." he began before pulling the shirt off. "...scrubbing the tile with a toothbrush or something," Raleigh finished once his head had emerged. Raleigh, being the organized and neat kid that he was raised to be, folded up the shirt perfectly and set it down on the counter, starting a stack of dirty clothes. It was the same routine with his trousers as hands moved to his zipper, undoing it and then letting the pants drop to the floor before stepping out of them. They were folded as well. Boxers were next, and Raleigh didn't stall. He had brought a bathrobe, and although it was only a few steps over to the tub, he knew they would be a few cold steps on the way out. So he slipped on the robe and stuffed his hands into the pockets to wander back over to the tub.

Raleigh dipped his foot by the tip of toes, into the water. "The water's perfect, yeah?" he asked lifting his foot out harsely to splash it back at Zach. Raleigh grinned boyishly and proceeded to throw his shoulders back to let the robe slide off his them easily. He pulled his arms out and caught the garment in his hand so he could conveniently hang it on a hook that was at the wall nearest to the tub.

Within a moment, Raleigh was in the water, stretched out with his long arms hanging over the sides. He leaned his head back against the rest and closed his eyes. "This feels so bloody good." After a few minutes passed and Zach hadn't joined him, Raleigh opened up one eye and glanced over suspicious. "What are you doing, mate? Stop playing with yourself and get in already."

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-20 05:35 am UTC (link)
"I was always a poet, you are just too crude to notice it really," Zach replied shaking his head at his best friends antics. The two of them were usually serious, focused on school and the like, and it seemed that he really only felt comfortable opening up around Raleigh and no one else. He could goof off with a lot of people, but he liked it with Raleigh the best. He knew he'd never have to temper down what he was going to say or anything else. "Probably yes, considering I am that good," he said winking at the other man before looking down at Raleigh's legs again. "Although, your Dad is much more attractive," he said with a sigh, shaking his head. "If only you looked more like him," he said with a nod of his head. "Then I'd be all over you and you wouldn't be able to stop it," he continued. Of course he wanted to be all over the other man right now, but that was besides the point.

"Oh stop being such a baby, I didn't hurt you that hard," he said flicking Raleigh in the side of the ear as he passed, dropping his things onto the counter with a chuckle. He was beginning to feel a little nervous right now, and part of him didn't want to turn around, especially when he heard the sounds of his mate undressing. He swallowed and closed his eyes as he began to undo the tie around his neck, thankfully still in uniform so he could attempt to calm himself down. Of course it was all futile when Raleigh said that and he clenched his teeth. "If you wanted me on all fours you just needed to ask, not need for foreplay," he lied, his voice sounding calm and easy going even though he was anything but at the moment.

He pulled his tie off, followed by his blazer before removing his shoes, dropping them all into a pile, not as neat as Raleigh was. He took a deep breath and began to undo the buttons on his shirt, sure that something bad was going to come of all of this, but he forced himself to calm down, wanting nothing to go wrong and for Raleigh to not have a fucking clue what was bugging him. He felt water splash and he turned around. "Oi," he said the rest of his sentence trailing off as he swallowed, watching Raleigh get into the water his eyes going from the shock of red hair to the broad shoulders and he turned around quickly, finishing his buttons.

"It'll only take a moment longer," he called over his shoulder as he began to work on his pants, willing his erection down with images upon images and finally it seemed to die as he drew down his pants and quickly turned and walked into the bathtub, shivering as he did so to try and get the point that he cold and not that he wanted his best friend to not see him hard. "This is nice," he said sitting down on the seat and drawing his knees up against his chest, hiding his half erection from his mate. "This tub is fucking huge though."

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-21 10:06 pm UTC (link)
Raleigh sat in the tub, letting the hot water relax him and soak into his muscles. He groaned abruptly in the middle of Zach talking. "Really?! My dad!?! That's so wrong, Zach!" Raleigh cringed and tried to block out what Zach was saying and the images he was trying to put into Raleigh's head. He was completely overlooking the part about Zachary being all over him. "Ugh. Stop," he continued. "Don't talk about my Dad like that, you wanke."

He waited for Zach to join him finally before continuing the conversation. Opening his eye just a crack, Raleigh glanced up at Zach still on the edge of the bathtub. Lifting his finger from dangling over the surface of the water, Raleigh pointed a finger at his friend. "No need for foreplay?! That's nearly the best part...or has it been so long you've forgotten?" Raleigh asked teasingly. Come to think of it, it had been awhile since Zach mentioned anything. Of course, Zachary had always been more discreet than Raleigh but these two shared everything.

Raleigh didn't move to make room for Zach. Because Zachary was right, the bathtub was huge. "Yeah," Raleigh agreed lazily. He, of course, was used to it. He had been a prefect before and had this privalege for years. Already being settled again, Raleigh was outstretched with eyes closed barely paying attention to Zach. For now, the other was safe from Raleigh getting a glimpse of what Zach was trying to hide.

"So I had lunch with Saxen the other day. Things are how they always are with her and I. We kissed a bit, nothing extreme. But the conversation was good too. Then there was Darcy in the Astronomy Tower later on that day," Raleigh recalled. "And Alice is coming by the room tomorrow evening after dinner," Raleigh rubbed his forehead dripping droplets of water back into the tub as his hand lifted. He looked over at Zach curled up against the edge of the tub. "What's wrong with you?"

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-22 12:16 am UTC (link)
"I'm just telling it like it is," Zachary replied grinning as he looked back at Raleigh. "Why do you think I preferred coming over to your house instead of yours to mine?" he asked innocently completely lying. He liked to go over to Raleigh's house because the two of there had always been able to get away a little easier than when he was at his house, his parents always wanted to know where he was, and Raleigh's weren't always there so it made it easier. "I can if I want to and you know it."

He flicked water at the other man and rolled his eyes. "Just because all of us don't sleep around, doesn't mean I don't need, want or know how to do foreplay," he replied shaking his head as he did so. He relaxed a little bit in the water, sinking down to slick his hair back before coming back out and looking over at hi friend. "And besides, you don't need as much foreplay when you actually date someone because every moment could be considered foreplay," he replied nodding his head.

He made sure he didn't sit too close to the other man, but found he couldn't sit across the tub like he had planned to originally. He relaxed a little bit, allowed his eyes to drift away from the other man's face as Raleigh's closed and he ran his eyes along the other man's body.

"Sounds like you have you're own little harem going on," Zachary said with a half smile. Raleigh knew he wasn't the most approving of his lifestyle, and so he didn't bother making his displeasure not known. "Nothing's wrong, just more comfortable to sit like this," he said nodding his head. "And besides, I don't want to make you feel bad for being so small."

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-28 05:28 pm UTC (link)
Raleigh ignored the part about his dad. He let Zach have a good laugh and didn't play into it by saying anything else about it. What a thought. One he definitely didn't need or want. He just shook his head lightly and noted the last bit of what Zach had said. He probably could get away with saying just about anything he wanted. It was like that between the two of them.

"I don't slee---" well, Raleigh started to protest, but he thought better of it. If anyone knew Raleigh it was Zach. And he knew that he had had more than his fair share of experiences with the ladies of Hogwarts. He had to laugh though at how Zach was getting a bit defensive. It was actually sort of cute. He opened up one of his eyes and glanced over at Zach with a half smile. "Who are you actually dating then?" Raleigh asked, to disprove Zach's sort of know-it-all point. As far as Raleigh knew, Zach was single. And of course, so was he. Raleigh hadn't dated anyone seriously since, fifth year was it? It was pretty hard for him to even remember back that far. It just didn't seem to work out. Someone had to know Raleigh, his habits, his schedules, his priorities and on top of that, they'd have to be okay with it and still be able to meet any other compatibility or attraction test. It was just too much to live up to and eventually Raleigh stopped looking for someone.

"It's not such a bad setup," Raleigh mused. "Most of the time," he added, wanting to make sure that was added in. He knew that even he couldn't keep up with it all the time.

"Oooooh," Raleigh started laughing. "I think you have a bad memory," he added not saying more than that. "Whatever you feel like..." he said, resolving not to care about why Zach was curled up in the corner.

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-28 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Zach didn't actually find Percy that attractive outside of the resemblance that he shared with Raleigh, but he liked to tease his friend about it, simply because he knew that it would irk him the wrong way and that was always something interesting to see. Even if the other man didn't appreciate it as much as he should.

He merely raised an eyebrow at his friend, not going to say anything else because he knew that Raleigh knew that he slept around a lot, he was sure his friend would attempt to sleep with everything in sight simply because he could. He glared at the other man at the laugh, sure it was condensending ot something like that. "No one right now, I have standards you know," he ribbed his best friend rolling his eyes. "You know, those things that normal people use when trying to date someone instead of 'oh willing body, lets go' sort of thing," he said. He was perhaps a bit bitter, but it managed to come off as teasing more than anything else, at least to him it did. Hopefully.

"Right," he said nodding his head. "Not a bad set up at all," he said leaning his head back with a sigh. "Don't you ever get lonely or anything?" he asked wanting to know.

"No, you're just compensating with arrogance," he said shaking his head slightly as he leaned back against the tub, daring to drop his legs down slightly, folding them indian style.

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-28 07:30 pm UTC (link)
Raleigh knew two important things. One being that Zach didn't quite approve of some of his 'extracurricular activities.' And two, that Zachary was going to give him hell about it whenever he could. Sometimes, however, Raleigh wondered if Zach really meant some of the things he said. It was hard to tell, with the teasing way that Zach presented the quips. "I have standards," Raleigh protested. And he did. It was just that instead of letting his standards hold him back, he took the route that was guided by his desires first.

He was pretty close to feeling like he would have to start defending himself soon, but the conversation took a more interesting and more personal turn. And actually, he liked talking to Zach about real things that meant something. Raleigh thought about the question for a moment, ignoring the other little remarks out of Zach's mouth while he tried to get a real answer from himself.

"Lonely?" he asked, more or less repeating it for himself than really asking what Zach had meant. "Well, I see where you're going with this..." Raleigh began. "It's not that I'm lonely. But I do feel a bit,umm...disconnected. I guess it's nice to have a physical and emotional connection in one package," he thought out loud, opening his eyes to stare at the wall in front of him. Leaning back, and sinking deeper into the tub, Raleigh shifted his focus to the ceiling. "It's just not gonna happen. They don't want the real me, all the time. They want the sugar coated sample when it's convenient. They don't know me, like you do, and if they did then I doubt it'd last for very long. And besides, I don't have time to be a good boyfriend," Raleigh rambled on. He had actually put some thought into what Zach had said. But when he stopped talking, he wondered if Zach had really meant to get into that deep of a conversation.

"Nevermind," Raleigh laughed, trying to brush it off.

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[info]zpritchard
2008-05-28 11:53 pm UTC (link)
It wasn't so much that Zach cared about the other man sleeping around, it was just that he didn't like to hear about them. It always felt like it was being rubbed in, like Raleigh was deliberly doing it even though that was completely and utterly innane. There was no way Raleigh knew anything about his crush, and if he did the other man probably would do what he did. "Of course you do," he said nodding his head as he hid his emotions behind a roll of his eyes before relaxing back against the side of the tub, ducking udner for a moment before smoothing his hair back of off his face.

He listened intently as Raleigh spoke, a part of him wanting to say 'date me' or something along those lines because as far as he was aware he could be all those things and more for Raleigh. "Well then don't sleep around so much and try to get to know someone first," he pointed out. "Go on dates, like the rest of us mere mortals," he said before leaning back and crossing his arms over his chest, chewing on his bottom lip as he did so. He shook his head as he moved over to Raleigh's side of the tub. "You know if you just wanted to date me, all you had to do was ask," he said with a wink, playing like he was joking as he began to get out of the tub, not sure he could handle being in it much longer.

He grabbed a towel and began to dry off quickly before pulling on his shorts sans boxers before moving to sit down by the edge where Raleigh was sitting. He leaned against his knees and watched his friend for a moment. "So why do you sleep around? You've never given me a straight answer."

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[info]weasley_raleigh
2008-05-29 02:02 am UTC (link)
Raleigh has brought a hand out of the water, and rubbed his palm over his eyes. The water dripped back down over his face and back into the tub as he thought about the topic omore than he really wouldv'e liked to. He groaned and let his hand drop steadily down his face, until he was holding his chin in his palm and tapping a finger over his lip. He let out a long breath of air. "It's different for you than it is for me," was Raleigh's answer. It didn't make a lot of sense when it came out but it did to him. Part of his reasoning was simply because of habit. Although he didn't want to admit that he had succumbed to doing what people expected from him. And of course, he enjoyed himself---even if it was instant empty gratification.

Watching Zach slide closer, Raleigh knew some ridiculous remark was sure to follow. And he was right. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Here I am having a serious conversation and you're mocking me," Raleigh sighed, dropping his hand back into the water to cross over his mid section with the other arm. He lifted his elbow out of the water enough to make a splash toward Zach as it came back down.

"You're getting out?" Raleigh asked, not ready quite yet to follow behind. He wondered for a moment if it was something he said, but decided that must not be it. Zach wouldv'e just ignored him rather than grow offended enough to get up and leave. Besides, he got dressed and came back to sit at the edge beside Raleigh.

Without making eye contact, Raleigh stared off to the wall again and though about the next posed question. "There isn't one," Raleigh said matter of factly. "I just do. It just happens that way," he shrugged. "I think it's a sort of 'two out of three ain't bad' deal," Raleigh figured, shrugging again. That was probably called settling. And was he happy doing that? Oh great, more to think about. He'd have to thank Zacy later for giving him this headache of self evaluation to think about.

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