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Percy Weasley (speak_no_evil) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-09-09 15:08:00

Who: Percy & Audrey
What: Off of work early! Surprising Audrey
Where: The home
When: Wednesday evening; 7 pm.

Percy had been in the office well past 9 for the last few days. Usually when he was in the office this late, it was because of the things he wanted to avoid at home: failure, disappointment, Audrey. Lately, it was for the complete opposite reason. He wanted to find whoever was looking through his wife's fertility records. Percy felt it was his duty as the husband to protect her. Working on this case made him feel like he was doing his job.

Yet he found himself outside the Ministry at 6:30 pm. Kingsley told him to take a load off and go home early tonight. Percy laughed it off until he realized his friendly concern was actually a command. As he walked home, he passed by a flower stand. Tulips. Audrey loved tulips.

There was music coming out his flat. Opening the door, he stood in the threshold with yellow tulips in hand and a grin coming across his face. Audrey was bobbing and dancing as she cleaned.

"Ahem," he cleared his throat after watching her for some time.

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	speak_no_evil 2009-09-11 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm doing the best I can," he snapped. Her sarcastic tone only made him feel like he was failing. Another apology. He never saw the point in those and they became so frequent that he felt they had lost meaning. "Audrey, don't." The frustration was apparent on his face. He got up and went into the kitchen. His mood was soured now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

onthesofa
2009-09-11 10:37 pm UTC (link)

Pursing her lips when he snapped at her, Audrey knew this had been a bad idea. She didn't say anything when Percy went into the other room. When did she ever? Audrey knew it wasn't healthy and she knew it was only going to make things worse in the long run. But, dammit, she couldn't stand fighting with him.

The buzzer rang and Audrey sighed. The food. Getting off the sofa, Audrey summoned her wallet and pulled out the money. She smiled at the delivery man and took the food into the kitchen. Not looking at Percy, Audrey began to set the food out. "You should eat something. You had a long day."

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	speak_no_evil 2009-09-11 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	He washed his hands at the sink. He dried his hands slowly with a dish towel. He wanted to prolong going back into the room. Thank god for the delivery man. Percy entered the living room again. "I'm going to take a shower first," he mumbled, passing her without a look. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

onthesofa
2009-09-11 10:49 pm UTC (link)

Lovely. Walking away from her felt all too familiar. Audrey frowned and considered letting him avoid her, but in the end she couldn't ignore this. "No," she said softly. "Then we will never talk about this and I'll lose you for another few days."

Audrey walked close to Percy until he couldn't ignore her. "If you are going to take a shower I'm coming with because we are not doing this again."

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speak_no_evil
2009-09-11 11:00 pm UTC (link)

He couldn't walk with Audrey in front of him now. He exhaled and tried to avert his gaze from her, shaking his head. The conversation was a bad idea. It didn't go the way he wanted it to. This was why they didn't acknowledge it. Percy regretted ever bringing it up.

"Can I just please just take a shower." He stated sternly, the tone empty in his voice. His emotion was apparent on his face as he rolled his eyes and huffed.

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onthesofa
2009-09-11 11:05 pm UTC (link)

"Fine." Audrey moved out of his way and turned her back so she didn't have to see him leave. She didn't want to watch him leave again. Audrey went around the kitchen, acting like she was straightening up even though there was nothing left to clean.

"It means a lot to me," she said without looking back at him, "that you are trying to find him. I hope you know that."

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speak_no_evil
2009-09-11 11:15 pm UTC (link)

He sighed again, rubbing his face with his palm as she moved aside. Percy's eyes followed her as she moved into the kitchen. He didn't reply to her last statement.

Shaking his head, he stalked into the bedroom and picked out some fresh clothes, leaving his tie and shoes haphazardly onto the floor. He was in one of his funks again. Organization was the last thing on his mind.

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onthesofa
2009-09-11 11:24 pm UTC (link)

How many times did they have to go through this? Everytime Percy ignored her and fell into one of his fits, Audrey was at a loss. There was nothing to do but wait for it to pass. Wait and hope that it didn't last that long.

But, Merlin, she hated this. She hated not being able to give her husband what he wanted. And she hated that her failure resulted in being alone until he decided to stop hating her. A

Audrey went into the living room, not brave enough to try confronting him again. She sat on the sofa and fought the urge to walk out of the house out of spite.

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