Who: Pansy Malfoy(in Zuko’s Body) and John Jones(in Tonks body) When: During the Body Swap Plot Where: Her place What: Meeting Rating/Warning: Low/None Status: Complete
John was worried about Pansy, and, rather than just stay home, when John was worried about someone, he did something about it. Taking care, because he was in another’s body, he had arranged for taking out some money from the bank and loading some visa cards with it, and then traveled, heading to Pansy’s place. He wanted to help her, and see if he could just be there for her.
When he arrived, and tipped the driver, annoyed by some leering on the man’s part, he sighed and headed for the door, knocking when he got there. He was working on mastering Tonks’ shapeshifting, but so far it had not happened.
The only place Pansy had gone was to Draco and Zuko’s place. And driving had been weird. She was too tall, too skinny, too male for all of this. Not to mention the lack of magic and the addition of this fire bending stuff. She wasn’t even going there, really.
She answered the door, and looked a little confused--the expression seemed to match Zuko’s features well. “Hello?”
Pansy’s movements and expressions, even on someone else, made him grin. “Hello, Pansy. It’s John. Got a minute?” He wore Tonks’ body with a gentle ease, but some unsureness. He had shapeshifted a lot since discovering his power, so the body didn’t matter so much.
“John?” Pansy asked, Zuko’s eyes going wide on his scarred face. She stepped to the side, and motioned for John to come in. “...I … wow, you weren’t kidding when you said...” She shook her head. “Come on in. Let’s have a beer.”
John stepped in, and aside. “Thanks. And that sounds good. Everyone I know got hit.” He smiled lopsidedly, the hair on his hair turning pinkish. “My wife and her brother switched, and I switched with her brother’s fiance.” He shook his head. “It makes it weird. Er.”
“Wow. That sounds... a bit fucked up, if I’m honest.” Pansy said, giving a lopsided grin as she closed the door behind him. “Well, this is my brother’s husband’s body, so... yeah. Things are weird here, too. And my brother’s still himself, so. It’s bizarre. I bet Zuko is miserable in my skin. C’mon, let’s have that beer.” She turned and led the way into the kitchen to pull a couple out of the fridge. Though, at the last minute she picked a wine cooler for herself instead. She must have adopted Zuko’s sweet tooth when she popped into his body.
“I cannot argue.” John smiled to her, shaking his head. He followed her toward the kitchen, and took the bottle she handed him. “I’ll need to go slow in this body, but one wont hurt.” He didn’t want to mess up Tonk’s body, at all. “It’s weird, this one, for sure.”
“I don’t have magic in this body, and I know Zuko can control fire, but I don’t want to try it.” Pansy said, moving to the fridge. She pulled out a wine cooler for herself then motioned for John to grab his own. She had no idea what he wanted in that body. She had a feeling that Zuko’s body might freak out if she put too much beer in it.
“Tonks can shapeshift and do magic, but I don’t know what the rules or limits are and I don’t want to mess up her body.” John nodded, eyes warm as he listened to Pansy. He took a bottle, and then opened it, and hmmed.
“Seems like this will at least give us more awareness of what others around us do and like.”
“Yeah, not sure I really need to know what Zuko--my brother’s husband--likes.” Pansy popped hers open and took a gulp from it. “I can’t wait to get back into my own body so I can sleep with my boyfriend again. He was gone in Switzerland that whole time, and now as soon as he gets back I end up with a penis.”
John laughed. “I’m sorry, Pansy. I hope it will fade fast. I’m not any happier lacking what I normally have and suddenly having breasts. I called us both out on assignment this week, but I’m hoping it ends fast.”
“Hey, breasts are fun. I’m sure you’re having a great time with those.” Pansy said, giving him a little smirk. “I can’t even touch myself without feeling dirty. This is my brother’s husband. I’m like... not supposed to know what his naked body looks like.” Though, on the other hand, it was sort of a comeuppance for him catching her naked coming out of the bath.
John laughed. “Well, I prefer breasts attached to someone I am touching, not on me.” He chuckled. “I try not to think about it. My wife’s brother is this person’s fiance, so it is all sort of twisted up. Seems like we both got odd swaps. It would have been easier to just become AJ.”
“I don’t think I’d like being in Peter’s body,” Pansy said, frowning. “I think I’d prefer a stranger over that. And definitely over being my brother’s husband. We did get really odd swaps.” Pansy sighed, then gulped again from her bottle. “They’d better switch us back. And fast.”
John listened, then nodded. “You might be right.” He swallowed down some of his beer, surprised to find most of it gone.”I hope so too. It’s an odd thing to have a different body and weird relations and guilt about even looking at yourself while showering.”
“Well.” Pansy said, breaking into something of a smirk. It looked weird on Zuko’s features. “Okay, so, when Zuko first moved in with me and Draco, I was in the bath this one time. And he just walked in. I was climbing out of the bath, totally naked, right? And he just stood there, gaping at me. And I grabbed my towel, but it was folded up, so I couldn’t cover myself. Most awkward thing ever.” She was grinning, though. Because now it was funny. “This is like... revenge.” She said, the grin growing much, much more brightly.
John laughed, and shook his head. “Not a bad thing entirely, then. Good for you.” He patted her shoulder gently. “Hopefully it will wear off quickly, and no more naked incidents will happen.”
The grin on Pansy’s face... well, on Zuko’s face... looked rather foreign on the scarred boy. But Pansy was in there, grinning one of her brightest grins. She nodded. “Fingers crossed. I’d like to get Zuko back to my brother, and get myself back to my Peter.”
“Exactly. And I can get Tonks back to her Mac, and me back to AJ, and we all can have our naked funs where they belong.” He nodded, grinning a little.
Pansy laughed. “I have a feeling Peter and I are going to lock ourselves inside our bedroom for a week after this. I can’t believe how much I miss him. Not just the sex part, because that’s amazing, but cuddling and talking and kissing and just being together without it being weird and awkward.”
“AJ and I as well, likely.” He smirked at her. “Snuggling and chatting is nice. Especially the naked kind.” He chuckled. “And thanks, for being you, Pansy. It’s nice to have people to talk to about this sort of crazy.”
Pansy laughed. It probably sounded a little strange coming from Zuko’s voice. “Yes. Definitely the naked kind.” She finished her drink and set the bottle aside. “It really is. Don’t be a stranger through all of this, okay? You’re not alone.”
He smiled and extended his hand to shake. “I won't. Thanks, Pansy.”
Pansy reached her own hand forward and shook his. It was good to have an ally through all of this.