WHO Danny Travers and Alecto Carrow WHAT Danny and Ally being Danny and Ally WHERE Their home in Ireland WHEN Sunday 12 September after Ally gets back from patrols RATING Low
Even after being separated for 14 years, they still needed to spend some time away from each other. However, with Lux finally coming home and the acquisition of a slave of all things, this week was especially hard. Suffice to say Danny was worried about Ally. Not being able to know where she was didn’t help matters. Before Azkaban, he bent over backwards to make sure she was safe and taken care of. For the first few years within his cozy 8 by 5 hole, he worried himself into madness over who would take care of her... And his unborn child.
Now he sat in the kitchen just waiting. Unable to cook, he simply prepared for Ally a sandwich and tea. Both elbows on the table, he rested his head in one hand while drumming on the table with his fingers of the opposite hand.
Alecto was tired, dirty, and cranky. Aside from sleeping away from home and constantly working, nothing out of the ordinary had happened during her patrols; in fact, it was rather quiet. She had heard tell of some sort of raid or personal mission, but those were separate from her patrols, and she preferred to stay out of other people’s way, especially if said people were inner circle death eaters. Nevertheless, she was grateful that she did not have any mishaps during her patrols, and that everything went smoothly. That is, except for a certain rich boy skipping out on his patrols. It put her a man short, which made her even more angry because Alecto did not like mistakes. She should have known she couldn’t rely on the idiot boy. But yet again, as with her slave, she dare not question the decisions of the Dark Lord or the inner circle. At least she could trust Bellatrix to make the situation right.
So as she entered her home for the first time in a week, all Alecto wanted was a hot bath, and some time with Danny and Lux. The second she saw him sitting there, fresh sandwich on a plate in front of him, she grinned, immediately forgetting about her aggravation. She was still rather filthy and tired, but she was pleased to just let her aggravation go for the moment. “I hope that’s for me...” she said with a smirk.
As soon as he heard footsteps, his eyes shifted to look at the doorway. Upon seeing her a smile immediately spread across his face. “It’s for my girlfriend actually. But I can make one for you too,” he teased as he sat up a little taller, sliding his arms off the table. Despite the grin on her face, he could tell that she was aggravated. He knew she was a man down due to a certain blonde haired rich boy and would guess that that was the source of her frustration.
From under the table, he kicked out an empty chair in front of the sandwich plate. “Sit,” he told her with a nod of his head. He leaned back in his seat, tilting the chair onto it’s back legs as he clasp his hands together behind his head. “How did it go?” He asked her curiously, wondering what it was she did exactly and what he would have to do when it was his turn.
Alecto just gave him a look, rolled her eyes at him, and slid the plate over to her as she sat down. “I can’t even tell you how happy I am to be home. And nothing went wrong or anything, they were perfectly calm patrols. Which is exactly what I wanted to be honest,” she said as took a bite of the sandwich. Her stomach growled a little as she realized how hungry she was.
She took a few more bites, relishing in how nice it felt to be eating at her own table again, before she launched into a series of questions for Danny. “So, how’s Lux doing? And has our slave been behaving himself? Oh and could you get me a glass of pumpkin juice?”
Danny arched a brow slightly as he simply sat there watching Ally. She had bombarded him with questions and he found it rather amusing. With a smile he lazily got up from his chair and wandered over to the counter to pour her a glass of pumpkin juice. “Lux is fine. She’s in the back room with her friends. Ever since she got home she hasn’t stopped. Either she’s out or has her friends over,” he said as he picked up the glass and brought it over to the table.
After pouring himself a glass, he leaned back against the counter and took a sip. Anything pumpkin was always his favorite. Pumpkin juice, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread... He loved it all. In his much younger years he could eat all he wanted and not worry about gaining a pound. Now that he was older, he had to take greater care in how much he was eating. “The slave?” He echoed. “He has a smart mouth on him...” he trailed off as he took another swig of his drink.
Alecto drank down some pumpkin juice eagerly and nodded as he talked about Lux. “Oh of course. I’ll wash up then go peek in to see her. Don’t want to embarrass her,” she said as she indicated her clothes. She knew she didn’t look presentable, nor did she smell particularly good. Of course, they had opportunities to wash up, but nothing like a long hot bath, which was next on her agenda.
Her eyebrow raised when he mentioned the slave’s smart mouth. “Does he now? Well, that’s... damn. Just what I need. Where is he now?” she asked sharply, finally standing to put her plate and glass in the sink. She’d wash them later. Or, now that she thought about it, get the new slave boy to do it for her.
“I already tried to embarrass her,” he said with a winning smile before finishing off his pumpkin juice. “But her friends only giggle when they see me. I thought girls didn’t do that at 18,” he added as he set the dirty empty glass down on the counter. The slave could take care of the mess. Since they were forced to have one, may as well use him.
The smile vanished from Danny’s face when Ally asked him about the boy. He didn’t particularly like having him here, taking up space and requiring their time and attention. “The living room... I gave him a blanket and a pillow so he could sleep on the sofa. Or the floor. I don’t care. I’ve been feeding him three times a day. Aside from his smart answers, he’s surprisingly obedient.”
Alecto smiled at the thought of a bunch of eighteen year old girls giggling at Danny. “Well just because I didn’t giggle much at eighteen, doesn’t mean other girls don’t.” When their conversation turned to the slave, Alecto just shrugged. “At least he’s obedient. I don’t want to deal with any problems. Not now. Not with this damn boy living in our house.” She stretched and gave a long yawn. “I suppose we’ll have to give the idiot a better place to sleep so we can use our living room again. But I don’t want to care about that now. I’m tired and filthy. And my muscles hurt.” She gave Danny an overly dramatic and pathetic look. “You need to fix it,” she said playfully.
Danny gave her a look, trying to hide his grin. “As much?” He teased. “I didn’t think you giggled at all,” he added, grinning from ear to ear now, unable to contain it. He decided to stay away from the subject of the slave. Merely thinking about him, trying to figure out what to do with him and everything else just seemed to cause them unnecessary frustration. So when Ally gave him such a pathetic look he simply crossed his arms and shrugged his shoulders. “Wasn’t the sandwich enough?” He joked, giving her a wink not long after. He pushed off from the counter and stepped closer to her, his grin suddenly taking on a more wicked presence. “Fix it, yeah? Let’s see what I can do about it...”
Alecto laughed and said, “No, I was never a giggler. But our daughter is. Not sure how that happened exactly.” As he got closer, she gave another little stretch, purposefully playing with him now. It felt so good to be flirtatious with him again. After all those agonizing years apart, Alecto had given up hope of ever seeing him again. She thought the Dark Lord was gone, and her lover was imprisoned for life. But no matter how hopeless their situation was, she never quite moved on, not completely. So even though the new regime had it’s obvious share of problems, she was grateful for these playful little moments. “Yes, fix it,” she said as she bit her lower lip.
Danny watched her for a moment, letting his eyes slowly scan the length of her body. She seemed to show herself off to him by the way she stretched, allowing him to admire every soft delicate curve. His heart began to beat slightly faster as he ran the tip of his tongue along his lips. After all these years he was still so crazy about her, even while in Azkaban. Not a day went by where he didn’t think about her, recalling all the memories they had shared together. That was all he had to keep him going -- remembering how it felt to touch her, kiss her, hear her voice, what she looked like and how good it felt to make love to her.
Now she stood before him and there were no bars, walls or shackles holding him back. He took one large step towards her, cupped her face within his hands and latched his lips onto hers. The kiss was hard and deep, filled with desire and passion for her. Without warning he suddenly lifted her up into his arms, holding her firmly as he continued to kiss her, smiling against her lips.
Ally gasped as he kissed her and then immediately kissed him back just as hard. It didn’t matter that they had had four years together since he was released. It seemed to her that she had a new lease on her life. Every minute together was still cherished. Danny reinvigorated her, especially after a week like she just had.
As he scooped her up in his arms, she let out an actual giggle and threw her arms around his neck to hold on. “Now we have to be discrete, love. There are teenagers in the house,” she said against his lips.
Danny tilted his head back and let out a hearty laugh when she giggled like that. It was rare to hear Ally giggle, so when she did he always found it amusing and kind of cute. He instantly went back to kissing her, this time latching his lips onto her neck just under her chin. “Mhm,” he hummed against her throat as he kissed her again, sounding as though he was ignoring her comment about teenagers and discreetness. They had gone from being alone to acquiring two extra guests in the matter of a week.
He looked up at her with an arched brow and a sly grin on his face. “I’m not so sure you know how to be discrete,” he teased as he carried her out of the kitchen and into their bathroom.
She kept smiling the entire time his lips stayed near hers. “Hey!” she answered with mock offense. “Of course I know how to be discrete.” She closed her eyes as he carried her to the bathroom. She kept her voice low as she continued her thought process, using logic in a moment when she would rather just let go and let her emotions rule. But indiscretion at their age wouldn’t do anyone any good. “Besides, we have to be,” she continued. “Lux is still in her room, with friends, as you said. We can’t embarrass her in front of them. Not to mention the male,” she added with a roll of her eyes. “It wouldn’t do to have the enemy seeing or hearing us in a compromising position.”
Danny kicked the door shut behind after entering the bathroom then set Ally down onto the counter next to the sink. He placed his hands on either side of her and leaned forward to press a soft playful kiss to her lips. She was right he very well knew that, but he wasn’t about to tell her. Instead he smiled then pulled away from her and wandered over to the shower where he turned on the hot water. He then turned around and swiftly pulled his shirt off, up and over his head. Lazily he tossed it to the floor then unbuckled his belt before holding a hand out to her and curled a finger back and forth, calling her over to him.
It took her no longer than five seconds from the time he set her on the counter to the time her dress was on the floor. She generally preferred plain dresses in her normal day to day life. But patrols were different; she would have to move quickly. So for patrols she wore a short flared dress over tight pants to give her maximum flexibility. And now, she wanted nothing more than to be out of said clothes.
Still in her pants and a bra, Alecto hopped off the counter and quickly shed the rest of her clothing. She followed Danny into the shower and let out a long sigh. This is exactly what she needed.