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Raleigh Weasley (weasley_raleigh) wrote in landing_rpg,
@ 2008-05-10 14:33:00

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saxen krum, september 2022

Who: Raleigh Weasley & Saxen Krum
What: a picnic lunch
When: Saturday around noon
Where: by the lake
Rating: mild so far
Status: open

Raleigh had meant what he had said about wanting to catch up with his friends. He really was interested in what they had been doing all summer. Though he had managed to keep up with most, with at least one owl sent between them, there were still a lot of details left out in quick notes. And of course, he had particular interest in his friends that happened to be female and beautiful. Saxen fell under both of those categories. Raleigh was more than happy to set aside the time to spend an afternoon having lunch with her.

Never one to be late, actually the opposite, Raleigh was already at the lake's edge with plenty of time to set up for their luncheon. He had chosen a spot where the September sun could reach them but they were still shaded by a [thankfully] innocuous variety of a willow. Being Head Boy had its benefits, and he was allowed entrancce into one of the older storage rooms. A trip to said room earlier in the morning proved fruitful. There he found an older but still well kept blanket that had been used in the Ravenclaw dorms several years back. It would be perfect to lay down and give them something other than the grass to sit on. With the blanket spread out, Raleigh sat down with the basket that over eager house elves had packed for Raleigh and Saxen's lunch. He of course, had given them a menu of things he was sure that Saxen liked.

There was a nice breeze in the air, making the afternoon quite comfortable. With a few minutes to spare, Raleigh pulled out a small worn book that he had tucked into the basket just in case he did end up with time to wait. He cracked it open, bringing his knees up and planting his feet flat on the ground while he got comfortable. After a tug at the bottom of his khaki trousers, Raleigh was settled again and immediately engrossed in his book. Saxen would be there soon. He was patient.

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saxkrum
2008-05-12 02:25 pm UTC (link)

Saxen smirked at him slightly. "Yea, if you didn't know what I liked by now I think I'd be really worried about you." She said honestly with a shrug and a smirk. Saxen would be worried about him. The proud way he went on about the chocolates made her laugh slightly. "You know me too well." She teased leaning over and kissing his check. "Good job." She added before going back to her food.

"I don't know Raleigh I think you should for something where you can have more fun. I don't know much about the ministry, but it doesn't sound like loads of laughs." She said honestly shrugging slightly. Saxen would rather see him do something fun with people he could have with. "But maybe one of the departments is more fun than the others. Who knows?" She said shrugging trying to think of a positive way to go about it. Besides she didn't know much about it minus the people who came to whatever stupid party her father had been forced to go to and had decided to drag his kids along as well. Saxen never really liked those things, she didn't like talking to people when they were acting like cardboard. She'd rather have a fun or a real conversation. She'd managed to get some of the people to talk in those stuck up people to come back to the living... But very few and it was always a lot more work than she really wanted to deal with.

Saxen laughed slightly. "Very true, at least not all of you have red hair!" She teased with a wink. Saxen liked the Weasley's over all. She didn't know all of them, it would be sort of impossible for her to know all of them, but she did know a handful of them and the ones she did know she liked. "At least you all get along well." She said with a friendly smile. Saxen paused thinking of her own cousins. "With us it is really just who has light hair and who has dark hair, pretty cut and dry." Saxen didn't mind her cousins, but she didn't fully like them either. They were after all very different.

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weasley_raleigh
2008-05-12 05:29 pm UTC (link)

The corner of Raleigh's mouth turned up slightly as Saxen moved in to kiss his cheek. His lips moved subtley to return the light peck before she moved away. "Thank you, thank you," he grinned, reacting to her praise.

As they continued to talk about future career plans and the Ministry, Raleigh mostly nodded. The points that Saxen were making were ones that he had been thinking about as well. It was nice to know that he wasn't necessarily alone in his thoughts. But at the same time, he felt like perhaps it was just a young person's view on the subject and that he should rethink his doubts and start looking at things from a more responsible perspective. Was that him or Percy talking? "Mmm," Raleigh mumbled in agreement to Saxen's statements. He looked sort of distant and in a moment he realized that he wasn't going to be able to carry on a pleasant conversation if he kept letting himself get sidetracked with his own issues. So he pushed them away, this time for good.

Thank goodness for a more light hearted subject to follow. "And what's wrong with red hair, miss?" Raleigh asked, narrowing his gaze on Saxen as if she were in trouble though his demeanor was completely playful. He was laughing before he could carry out this mock angry act. "We do, yes. It's like our own little network to call upon if we should need...well, just about anything," Raleigh smiled. It was a nice feeling. Though there were plenty of practical jokes and the occasional snips between the cousins, they all knew that they could count on each other for just about anything.

As Raleigh listened to Saxen, he began to clean up after them. He took the plates and set them back in the basket, and made sure that any left over bits were into a small trash bag that he had brought. He knew that the house elves would take care of things like that, but why couldn't he if he was able. After all, this was for his own leisure, not a mandatory meal and part of their job description. Raleigh had organized everything so it fit back perfectly and had been scooted out of their way. He dusted off his hands by brushing them together and looked back to Saxen.

"Time for dessert?" he asked once he had finished. He moved in closer to Saxen, sitting directly beside her now with a palm flat on the blanket for leverage as he reached to the dish of chocolates. Bringing a truffle back, he held it up just at her lips, offering her a bite.

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saxkrum
2008-05-12 06:58 pm UTC (link)

Saxen was curious what his thoughts were, but when was Saxen not curious about something? The world would probably have to stop for her not to be curious about something. However it was pretty clear he didn't really want to talk about it at the moment, and she wasn't going to push it. If he wanted to talk about it some other time she'd be there. She'd always be there to talk about just about anything. Although she wasn't really found of talking about her mother. That was one thing she liked to skip over.

"Well nothing... For the rest of your family. You however....." She teased reaching up and messing with his hair a little. Saxen really didn't mind red hair, teasing Raleigh about it was much to fun! She really enjoyed that. Besides it was so much easier to tease red heads. It was a more fun colour, but that wasn't something she was going to bring up at the moment. She wasn't really sure she wanted to go on about it right now, of course she easily could, she just figured that could be saved for a light night studying day.

"You're really lucky with your family." She said with a friendly smile. Saxen was truthfully a little bit jealous about the sort of family Raleigh was from. She couldn't help but be, yet at the same time she really did love her siblings and her father. Her cousins were a mixed bag, and her mother... she loved but wasn't close to and never would be. Saxen shrugged slightly pushing those thoughts from her mind. It was good timing too, he said something else.

Saxen smiled at him with a saucy little smile. Of course she was excited for the truffle, she bit her lower lip with a look of, 'perhaps I shouldn't' that look didn't last long and she moved ever so slightly forward taking a small bite of the truffle. She shut her eyes as she chewed slowly, who one earth could chew something that good fast? A slow smile curled up her face she finally finished.

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weasley_raleigh
2008-05-12 09:51 pm UTC (link)

Raleigh closed his eyes and cringed just a bit as Saxen reached in to ruffle his hair. He laughed with her and shook his head when she pulled back. With a mildy concerned hand, he pushed his hair back into place. "See. You love it," Raleigh teased her, chuckling to himself.

He nodded very knowingly at Saxen's comment about his family. "It's the truth," he agreed. What else was there to say?

There was a sly grin on Raleigh's face to match the one on Saxen's as she moved in to take a bite of the chocolate. Her mouth moved slowly, and Raleigh's eyes were drawn to her lips and the way they moved around the truffle carefully. He pulled back gently once her teeth had sunk into the melty chocolate. Raleigh leaned in a bit, and lifted a finger to wipe the corner of her mouth smoothly. "There," he said quietly. "Now I want a taste," he easily said keeping a softness to his voice. Raleigh cast his gaze to Saxen's eyes and locked them there.

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saxkrum
2008-05-12 10:14 pm UTC (link)

Saxen did enjoy messing up his hair, actually she enjoyed messing up most of her mates hair... At least the blokes. She giggle softly as he pushed his hair back into place, Saxen really did believe that men worried about their hair anymore.

Something about truffles always got to her, always made her a bit softer, a little bit less of a guard up, not that she ever had a guard up around Raleigh, it did still calm her down some... Well at least the more messing up hair side of her.

She opened her eyes as she felt his finger on the corner of her mouth, she smiled softly at him. "Is that so?" She asked him without taking her eyes away. She could sit like that for hours, she felt herself smile a little bit more, with a hint at a small blush, she never could control that. "I suppose you should take a taste." She said not moving at all.

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weasley_raleigh
2008-05-12 11:06 pm UTC (link)

"It is," Raleigh grinned back flirtatiously at her with just a hint of a teasing laugh to his voice. He never took his eyes off of her though. They sparkled back at her, taking in how naturally beautiful she was for a few moments before he decided to make any move.

He didn't need to feel out the mood, he was certain that Saxen and he were on the page as far as what they wanted to happen next. But Raleigh was a gentleman and he waited for that last bit of permission from Saxen. And with that, Raleigh closed the gap between the two. His lips pressed against hers softly, sucking very gently on her bottom lip before he let his tongue drag over her lips to line them.

Raleigh pulled back, not wanting to see pushy in the least. "As sweet as I remember," he grinned back slyly at her, licking over his lips.

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saxkrum
2008-05-13 06:12 pm UTC (link)

Saxen knew it was coming, she knew he'd kiss her, it was almost a given, yet part of her was still a little bit unsure, part of her wasn't sure if he would kiss her or not. The insecure part that she still had. It was never something she understood about herself, but it was part of who she was. Saxen watched his eyes, nothing else as he moved closer to her. She pushed her lips back against his for a moment as she was lost in the feeling of his tongue a moment later.

Saxen wasn't sure how she let herself fall into kissing him so easily, but she never didn't like it, so it really wasn't a problem at all. Besides it was good to have someone like Raleigh around, he always made her feel pretty, or good about herself. What else could a girl want out of a mate?

She smiled at him as he pulled back her eyes slowly fluttering open. A smirk crossed her lips. "Hmmm... Glad to hear it." She said biting her lower lip with a bigger smile crossing her lips.

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weasley_raleigh
2008-05-16 05:23 am UTC (link)

Raleigh's eyes were open the entire time, watching Saxen's reaction as he kissed her. He had always been a people pleaser and the desire to do so came through in just about everything he did. Of course, that's not to say that Raleigh didn't enjoy every moment that their lips were pressed together.

"I didn't expect anything less," Raleigh smiled devilishly back at her. He winked at Saxen and turned his attention a bit, reaching for the other half of the chocolate and finishing it as if nothing had just happened.

"So tell me your prediction, Saxen, my dear. Will Ravenclaw take all in Quidditch this year? I'd love to see that you know, in our last year," Raleigh asked with interest.

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saxkrum
2008-05-21 03:19 pm UTC (link)

Saxen always found it amusing how completely 'normal' everything seemed after kissing him. He'd kiss her and it was nothing. She'd merely go along with it, even if she still never really understood how things like that worked. She did adore him regardless of anything on the odd level.

Saxen laughed shrugging slightly going with the change in conversation. "We have a lot of work to do, and a few loose canons to watch out for. Honestly I'm tempted to ask a few to take a step back and let our reserve players have a shot. I think I need to mix it up some more. Sure we've got the starting line, but I want the starting line to change some. I want to use the reserves more. Even if it means I personally don't get as much playing time. If we need some of our better passers up to bid time, why not?" Saxen could talk about Quidditch all day long. She also worried about it a lot more than most things.

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