THE NEVER-ENDING LIST OF THINGS TO DO

Who: Heath and Lýdia
What: hanging out over lines rehearsing
When: An evening around the time people are starting to go to bed, a few days after their first date
Where: Hufflepuff common room
SFW: Yup

( I hope you've made time for me tonight. )

[sent pre-dating, pre-vampire revelation; 3AM]

I know it's stupidly late (early?) but I just finished my shift and I didn't see you tonight, so I was wondering if you were okay?

( @caslavska )

( @felixgold )

Who: Lýdia and Heath; Shadowhunters verse
What: a lunch
When: right after this this

Lýdia had little to none of the prejudices against Downworlders that some of her fellow Shadowhunters harbored. With the exception of still being angry about the incident at the last party, she thought there was more to be gained from connections made between Shadowhunters and Downworlders than lost. That was a part of her excuse for instantly agreeing to a lunch with Heath. A tiny part of her excuse, at least. Mostly she just genuinely wanted to spend some time in the warlock's company. Though their connection was still on the tentative side, even though they'd had a few opportunities to spend time in each other's company, she thought they were hitting it off really well. She couldn't deny that Heath was attractive, and she was appreciating his personality, too, and she thought she would love to get to know him better. While the life of a Shadowhunter didn't leave that much time for dating, there was no reason to not give things a try. Especially when someone so sweet appeared on her radar. She wasn't even intending to play hard to get.

That he'd invited her to a lunch was a good sign, even if it had been just to distract her from her current feelings and mood. Though she thought it was perhaps more than that; Heath did enjoy the time spent with her, she was sure of that. One thing she was regretting, however, was that she'd agreed to meet up at such a short notice. It didn't leave her with much time to get ready and she hated the thought that she would look anything but flawless. Though she could do her makeup fairy quickly, having had enough practice, she needed more than half an hour to get prepare for a lunch with a man she was interested in. Though she had a few favorite outfits she could pick from, ones she was confident Heath had not seen her in before, she did need to choose carefully.

In the end, as much as she hated to be late to anything, she was forced to make the warlock wait for her a few minutes. Finally, though, she made her way out of the Institute, dressed for success. Heath could either like the way she looked or be wrong.

Who: Luka and Lýdia
What: lydia criticising luka's fashion choices pre-party. "do you own anythign that isn't black?"
When: afternoon before a Downworlder party
Where: Luka's bedroom at the Institute

Lýdia loved her twin brother dearly and trusted him with her life, but she couldn't trust his fashion choices. Sure, he always looked good, but she thought that with a little guidance he would be stunning. He could easily attract the attention of any man in the room, but Lýdia thought it would be much better if he made the men want to sell their left kidney for the chance to talk to him. It was the impression she wanted to make in any given room and couldn't quite understand why Luka wouldn't want the same.

And especially with Felix Goldstein around - the boy who left a lot to be desired as both a guy and a Shadowhunter, but whose eyes kept wandering to Luka at any unguarded moment - Luka should be making sure his pool of possibilities was as wide as could be.

So that afternoon Lýdia knocked on Luka's door decisively and opened it after only a second of waiting. "What're you wearing tonight?" she asked as she made her way in.

Who: Heath, Felix & Lýdia
When: Mid-morning, a few days after this and a week or so after this
What: Texts~
Where: Heath's apartment/the Institute

Text to Lýdia - 10:33
I've figured out what happened at the party.

Text to Felix - 10:33
I've figured out what happened at the party.

Who: Heath & Lýdia
When: Early January, after rehearsals
What: Date discussions~
Where: Great Hall, (maybe) leading outside

Heath Zeller was crushing. Hard.

At first, he hadn't realised what had been going on. Lýdia was a friend, perhaps in a more casual sense than Heath would have liked, but there were lots of people whom he wished he knew better. That was just the sort of person he was. They shared classes and clubs and mutual friends, and there was nothing about the girl that Heath found he disliked save how little he really knew her.

Such an opinion was strengthened once they found themselves cast opposite one another in the school production of Wicked, with the pair of them beginning to spend more time together. It was during official rehearsals at club meetings, script reading in the common room, and the odd line exchange in the corridors between classes that Heath found himself feeling things that he hadn't experienced before as he spent more and more time with Lýdia. His emotions altered subtly and slowly, so steadily that the realisation that he was falling for Lýdia came as a pleasant revelation rather than a panicked shock. The winter break had given him all the time he needed to work out what he was going to do once the school year began again, with him wanting to make as little drama out of things as possible. There was no need to get worked up over something that he already felt so at ease with. Yet it wasn't until the end of the first rehearsals of the new year that he was able to finally catch the opportune moment to act.

Heath had been in the middle of talking to one of the younger students, a fourth year who was a member of the ensemble, when he caught sight of Lýdia heading towards the door out of the corner of his eye. It took him no time at all to decide that now was as good a time as any to make light of his feelings, with him quickly excusing himself before jogging over to her.

"Hey Lýdia?" he said, flashing her a smile as he came to stop beside her. "That was a really good rehearsal. You sounded great."

Who: Luka & Felix; Shadowhunter AU
What: A Downworld party with unexpected consequences

Felix wasn't a stranger to parties, but Downworlder one were a new experience. Not that he was complaining - there wasn't much to complain about. It was an entertaining event, and a colorful one. He was quite glad Lýdia had dragged them to the party.

But not long into the event, he discovered he'd lost his companions somewhere and he wasn't sure he should be hanging around without a backup. He had no idea where Lýdia was and frankly, he wasn't sure he wanted her for a company. Instead, he looked for Luka.

He found him soon enough, to his relief. "Having fun?" he asked the Shadowhunter before the other boy even noticed him.

[set a week or so after first beginning to date; both are in different classes]

Did you know that meconopsis flowers are the same colour as your eyes? I'm in Herbology and they reminded me of you. Is that weird?

[set the morning after the masquerade ball]

I have something to tell y Are you awake yet?