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Tweak says, "I love you"

Lord Tobias Hurst, Duke of Devon (lord_hurst) wrote in toujoursliberer,
@ 2008-08-08 21:41:00

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aime_laurent, antoine_laurent, beatrice_stanley, beth_downing, constance_mosley, demetri_blake, georgina_rochester, gwendolyn_linley, harry_fisher, jacques_belmont, katerina_ashcroft, marie_hardwick, melisande_auclair, nell_abbot, patience_hurst, piper, plot, rupert_aveline, sergius_petrov, slater, thaddeus_chadwick, theodore_berteaut, thérèse_du_labarre, tobias_hurst, vivian_thorpe

Lord Hurst: A Ball In His Honour
Item: An invitation sent out by Lord Hurst to many of those in the upper portion of society
Who: Lord Hurst on behalf of Sergius Petrov
Warnings: TBA
Open to: All of the nobility, friends of the Hurst family, those being blackmailed by Sergius, plus Constance, Slater, and Harry.

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ex_little_st99
2008-08-14 04:17 am UTC (link)

Nell turned to face Harry, smiling at him. "And you look very handsome indeed." He said, pouting as Harry too his glass from him. "I should be allowed to drink if I want, it's a party." He said, although the complaint was half hearted and he clutched at the glass of wine Harry had given him, sipping.

"Dance? Here? With all these people? But what if they know that I'm...not what I say I am?" He asked, biting his lip. "Or it upsets one of your prospects?"

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social_climber
2008-08-14 04:24 am UTC (link)

"You can dance." Harry reassured him, smiling and brushing his fingers over the boy's hair. "Please Nell, come dance with me." He said again, looking perhaps more wistfully at the boy then he otherwise would have. But the music was soft now, and Nell was more beautiful tonight then he ever had been before, and the think Harry Fisher wanted, wanted more than power, money and success right at that moment, was a dance with Nell.

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	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 06:57 am UTC (link)
	Nell set down in glass on the windowstill, glancing at Harry shyly and nodded. "Yes. You know, you're the first person this evening whose asked me to dance." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-14 10:26 am UTC (link)
	"In that case, I'll ask you for the next dance too, and the next, and keep you to myself." Harry teased, offering the boy his hand and then leading him onto the dance floor, his free hand moving to the boy's narrow waist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-08-14 10:34 am UTC (link)

Nell laughed softly, his heart beating so loudly he thought Harry must be able to hear it, that everyone in the ballroom probably could. To him it almost drowned out the music. "I'm afraid we may need that many dances for me to remember how to dance properly." He said, setting his hand on Harry's shoulder and the other on his arm, waiting for Harry to lead him in whatever dance the musicians played next.

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social_climber
2008-08-14 11:41 am UTC (link)

"I'm sure you'll remember, Nell." Harry said with a smile, and thankfully the music that began then was slower than some of the faster paced dances that had already been played. It would give them a chance to have the conversation Harry had been trying to have with Nell for some time.

"Left foot forward one, and side, one, and back..." He murmured softly into the boy's ear, although Nell seemed to have retained more of this then he had suspected. "I've been wanting to dance with you for a long time, Nell." He began, voice soft, "It seems we never get any time to ourselves anymore."

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	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 11:47 am UTC (link)
	"Well, we don't really but everything’s been so busy lately, with your mother's arrival and everything with Slater, and the new boy." Nell said, and then hastened to add. "It isn't all bad things though - the business is doing terribly well. We're booked solid almost every night. You should be proud." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-14 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, I am. I'm very proud. And you boys deserve all the credit. Especially you, you work so hard." He agreed, not wanting Nell to think all his efforts went unappreciated. "I've been thinking of booking you for an hour or two myself, if only so I can talk to you. We used to talk much more than we do Nell, and I miss it. Miss you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-08-14 12:05 pm UTC (link)

Nell smiled, a little sadly.
"You could, you know. I wouldn't mind being able to talk to you for a little while - I never know what's going on. The last time we had a moment alone your mother turned up." He blushed a little, remembering. He'd been so sure something was going to happen then - the wine, and the warm fire and Harry had had him undress - but then it had come to nothing. Something always seemed to be distracting them. He could hardly blame Harry. He'd had enough of his own distractions with Demetri, and Antoine and the ambassador.

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social_climber
2008-08-14 02:07 pm UTC (link)

"My mother always ruins things." Harry agreed, sad that she had spoilt his precious time with Nell. "I'm sorry. I should have kicked her out. I wanted to talk to you then. Tell you how... how I felt." He said, lips brushing the boy's cheek. Soft, warm, beautiful, just like Nell was. He couldn't believe it had taken him this long, that Nell hadn't understood all the hints, the touches, the time they spent together. "I keep trying to tell you I love you."

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	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	Nell stumbled, sure he hadn't heard the man correctly, but there was no getting back into the dance now. He stood, trembling, unsure what to say or do. "You love me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-14 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	Harry nodded, taking Nell's hand and moving the boy to the safety that the sides of the room offered, not wanting any of the dances to collide with the young man. "I love you." He repeated, "And I've been trying to let you know but you always seemed to... to misunderstand me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Harry! It's not hard to misunderstand you. You talk about getting married, you have all these women - Miss Ashford comes to your house often- you tell everyone I'm your ward." Nell hissed. "I am...what I do for you, because you told me to, my job...I think my misunderstanding would be quite an obvious one to make" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-14 04:05 pm UTC (link)
	"I... I thought you knew that I was trying to set us up, put us in a position where you'd always been looked after." Harry explains, reaching for Nell's other free hand, stroking over the back of the boy's hands with his finger tips. "What was I meant to tell everyone? That I was your pimp? That would hardly go down well here, would it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	"I didn't, Harry." He whispered. "And no, no you couldn't say." Nell bit his lip, glancing around the ballroom. He couldn't think why Harry had chosen now to tell him now, here of all places surrounded by people who could overhear them. "I love you too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-14 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Harry smiled, wider then he had in a long time, and leaned forwards, pressing a quick kiss to Nell's mouth. "I was always afraid you didn't." He admitted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Why would you think that?" Nell asked softly, smiling at Harry. "I've always been mad over you." He paused, something worrying him at the back of his mind. "Harry, I just...please tell me you don't just love me because Georgie is dead." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-14 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Georgie?" Harry repeated, shaking his head. "You aren't anything like Georgie, Nell. I love you because of who you are, not because of anything else." He told the boy, letting go of one of his hands to stroke his knuckles over the boy's cheek. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-08-14 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you." Nell whispered, still unable to quite believe what Harry had told him, and still fearful they were being to open to do Harry's chances any good. "I just wanted to hear you say that. I love you so much, Harry." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

social_climber
2008-08-16 04:39 am UTC (link)

Harry smiled again, nuzzling slightly into the boy's neck, kissing him again. "We should go home. I need to talk to you, privately..." He told the boy. "About everything. I..." He didn't know where to go on from. He needed to tell Nell how long he had felt this way, the idiotic jealousies that plagued him, the way he needed Nell to understand everything that drove Harry to do what he did.

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	ex_little_st99 2008-08-16 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"If you think we should," Nell said, more than ready to leave. This whole night had been one strange moment after another and he was more than willing to go home and have Harry explain everything to him finally. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-08-16 07:52 am UTC (link)
	The man nodded, offering Nell his hand. "Let's go home then, and we'll talk. I think we've both done enough work here for one night." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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