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Tweak says, "SWEEEEP!"

michael corner is reluctantly growing up (mlcorner) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-30 17:30:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 14 2003, character: agatha bole, character: fenrir greyback, character: lavender brown, character: michael corner

Characters: Lavender Brown, the Brown family, Michael Corner; later Agatha Bole & Fenrir Greyback
Setting: Lavender's home, Eastbourne, 14 November 2003, 12:14pm
Rating: PG-13 for language and imagery
Summary: Checking on Lavender after the news, being surprised by Greyback.

Michael had had a pretty shitty morning overall. With Greyback breaking out which he knew would set Lavender on edge (and was obviously not good for any of them - not just Lavender), he wanted to do his best to make sure she was at least not losing her mind about all of this. She probably didn't feel safe at all and even if her flat was back in order, was she going to move back into it? He had no idea, but he had a feeling it probably was a no.

But besides that, he had the potions mucking people's minds up. Apparently instead of helping it was making the nightmares even worse for them which was both mind boggling and ridiculous at the same time. But most of all, it meant that Michael had fucked up royally and ruined things for his friends. He should have anticipated something like this happening, having the knowledge of potions that he did, but he was so keen on helping these people that he overlooked some of the most important things he should have done.

So he wasn't in the best of moods when he apparated to Eastbourne, but he had to try his best to comfort Lavender right now. He walked out of the wood behind their house and to the front door, knocking firmly on the front door and doing his best to put a smile on his face for Lavender and her family that he might be talking to on the way. Her needs were a bit more than his at the moment and he wanted to make sure he kept her from taking anymore of the potion while he was there anyhow.

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lavishly
2012-02-01 05:48 am UTC (link)

In just that moment, it was almost like they were a normal sort of couple that things came easy for. They were just two young adults out walking their dogs and got caught up in a kiss. It was nice in a fleeting moment to have that feeling to settle all of the other peaks and valleys, and everything else. This was the part where it was good because she liked being able to kiss him.

Still, even as much as she liked kissing him and in her youth had no problem throwing herself all over whoever her boyfriend or 'boyfriend' was at the time, it was different now. She was different now and not in a monster ruined my life way, but in an actually grew a little in those years and learned that it wasn't about the spectacle. It was about that uneasy, twisty, turny feeling in her stomach that she knew was love, but had no clue what to do with it.

Just as carefully as she started the kiss and went with the unexpected intensity, she broke it off pressing one smaller kiss to his lips. "So thank you," she said staying close for a moment longer, looking him right in eye. If there had been any doubt about what would happen if they had sex with the mess it had been those years ago, it was gone for her. She was too far in it now and maybe, just maybe, she had actually grown in that regard too.

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mlcorner
2012-02-01 06:43 pm UTC (link)

Michael rubbed his thumb against her side a bit, wondering if this was what it felt like to be normal for once. If you stripped away the fact that he refused to label his feelings or whatever relationship he might have with her, and the fact that the monster who had changed her life forever had just escaped from prison - well they could possibly be considered almost normal at that point. But he knew better than to play at those sort of things, especially where Lavender was concerned. She might be kissing him and thanking him now but in a few minutes she could be kicking him so he had to always be on guard. In many ways, it was the most compelling thing about her; Michael never would have enjoyed a boring relationship anyway. Not that this was a relationship.

"You're welcome, Lav. But honestly, I wouldn't be anywhere else, love. This isn't something I can let you deal with alone, even if there really is nothing I can do for you. I'm just sorry I didn't get to talk to you before you went to sleep..." He looked at the ground, feeling the shame well up in him again. "Lav, did you take the potion last night?"

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lavishly
2012-02-02 12:01 am UTC (link)

She scrunched her nose at him before turning to keep walking before the dogs started whimpering about the lack of walk on their walk. And the walking gave her something to focus on as they slowly delved into more serious conversation topics. "I did, actually and it worked."

It was the first night she managed to take it before going to sleep. The night he gave it to her, she had been distracted by other things and last night, she had sort of unexpectedly ended up at home and didn't really have much of anything. "Well, I mean I didn't like feel like it was me again or anything. But I couldn't really move within it and that just sort of made it weird, but not like a bad weird just weird."

But he must have already known that because other people had taken the potion before she finally got around to it. "Why?"

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mlcorner
2012-02-02 01:52 am UTC (link)

Michael continued to walk with her and the dogs, watching Baby Girl as she sniffed things along the way. He knew what it was like and had the urge to transform right now rather than explain to Lavender that he had absolutely failed at creating these potions. First, he said, "I'm glad that it made it better for you. Or well - tolerable maybe. Or whatever it made it for you. I think it's been different for everyone who's taken it."

Sighing, he ran his free hand through his hair. "You can't take it again, Lav. It won't work. The potion will make the nightmare worse, apparently. Anthony owled me this morning and told me. I should have planned for something like this, especially considering how odd they have already acted during the experiment Luna and I did. But I let you lot take them and now Anthony and I don't know who else has had even worse nightmares than before and it's my fault. I'm such a fucking idiot." He shook his head. "So don't take it anymore."

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