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regulus arcturus black (royalvenant) wrote in makebelievecomm,
@ 2011-08-19 02:48:00

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albus potter, regulus black

[Albus - sent after Regulus left for work in the morning]
>I don't get along with anyone you care about. I'm really sorry about that.
>I don't get along with almost anyone actually - Tracey, Tabby, Eames, Andromeda, Severus, YOU - okay, I get along with you lot, but that's about it.

[Severus]
> Am I difficult to get along with?

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	royalvenant 2011-08-20 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"But it will make me sticky." And everyone knew by now that Regulus didn't like sticky things on his skin. "No bother," he said, "I'll just conjure a fork and knife." And without a moments pause that would let Al fit in a protest, Regulus withdrew his wand and conjured two sets of forks and knives. "So work was productive for you this morning?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_alsevpotter
2011-08-26 02:45 am UTC (link)

Temporary stickiness aside, it would also make Regulus feel better, which was often, if not always, Al's goal. He peeled back the wrapper and broke a tiny piece off the top of the muffin, popping it into his mouth to occupy his brain long enough not to roll his eyes.

Cutlery. Reg conjured cutlery. He conjured cutlery for a muffin. "You're eating a muffin with a fork, you understand this, yeah?"

Al shook his head and speared the second fork into the side of the muffin in resignation. "It's been all right. Got distracted by a bunch of text messages though. Funny how that happens just when I get bored."

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royalvenant
2011-08-26 02:54 am UTC (link)

"Albus, I think we can safely say this," he waved a utensiled hand around the air that encompassed the muffin, the very large muffin, "has expanded beyond muffin into something more of a cake." And with that, and a cross look to the abandoned spiked fork and knife, he speared his own bite of the muffin and pointedly brought it to his mouth in a civilized manner.

"I had to let you know how I was feeling, it's what you want."

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	_alsevpotter 2011-08-26 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"It still crumbles like a muffin." Yes, that was petulant of him, but he was covered in toner and eating a muffin with a fork and not his fingers. This was all terribly distressing and taxing. "What brought it on though? Not that I don't like hearing it and all, but really. The timing seems...odd?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	royalvenant 2011-08-26 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Regulus took another bite of his fork then when for another. Just to erase any doubt he would give up the fork. "Do you really want to know?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_alsevpotter 2011-08-26 05:06 am UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't. I don't know if you've missed it," Al said, picking at the muffin and shouting Reg a wry smile. "I'm quite excellent at repressing and ignoring when I want to." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	royalvenant 2011-08-26 05:15 am UTC (link)
	"No, that's completely slipped my notice," Regulus said in the most sarcastic voice he could muster. But the smile dropped from his face when he thought about how to address this without making Al angry. "I don't... I don't get on with your brother, or Scorpius, not to mention the next generations beyond that of your family. And beyond that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_alsevpotter 2011-08-26 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"Reg, you don't get on with anyone except maybe Snape," Al pointed out. There wasn't much offense to take. Al knew all of this. He'd known it about Reg since day one when he found him up on the roof. "And me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	royalvenant 2011-08-26 05:35 am UTC (link)
	"Severus," Regulus corrected, his friend wasn't just a last name or a cruel school days nickname. "And I get on with Tracey and Eames and Tabby and Andromeda." He stabbed at the muffin, his eyes focused on the gigantic pastry, "But they aren't people you care about. The ones that you do and I just don't." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_alsevpotter 2011-08-26 05:44 am UTC (link)
	"So, wouldn't that make us fairly square and even?" Al tipped his head to the side, muffin mostly forgotten. He didn't really know most of Reg's new friends, in his defense, but that also meant he didn't care about them either. Nor felt any emotion either way toward. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	royalvenant 2011-08-26 05:59 am UTC (link)
	"No," Regulus said. "First, you really don't know them or talk to them. And second, they aren't tracking you down in the castle to pick a fight. No body picks a fight with you. I could just cause a fight by entering a crowded room." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_alsevpotter 2011-08-27 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Al straightened and frowned. "Who picked a fight with you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	royalvenant 2011-08-27 04:51 am UTC (link)
	Regulus' hand stopped poking the fork into the muffin and he got very still, a sign he was unsure how to proceed. "I told you before, your brother." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_alsevpotter 2011-08-27 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, but-" Al sat back, confusion and annoyance ricocheting around his face until he set down his fork and leaned forward, pressing a muffin-y, toner tasting kiss to the corner of Reg's mouth. "I'll see you when you get home. Promise." He pulled back and didn't give himself a second more to think about this before Apparating back out of the office. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	royalvenant 2011-08-27 05:15 am UTC (link)
	Regulus blinked at Al's sudden retreat. He stood a few seconds alone in that supply room and then sighed, giving up. Ignoring and avoiding indeed. Feeling more dissatisfied than he had before he sent the texts, but resolving to drop the subject with Al completely, he returned to his desk and resumed bouncing that orange ball. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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