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p . fitzwilliams ([info]aftershocks) wrote in [info]valesco,
@ 2015-07-27 21:07:00

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Entry tags:adian rosenberg, arista sykes, arthur griffiths, camilla clearwater, charles spinnet, charlotte towler, flynn wright, greta catchlove, group, howell williams, hugh orpington, liddie lynch-spinnet, ludo bagman, mattie scarpin, miles lufkin, peter fitzwilliams, phoebe smethwyck, rose knightley, saoirse mullet, vivienne lufkin

ALL STAR PARTY! FOR JULY 31ST!



Peter had not understood his management's request to wear light colors, a white shirt if he could, until he entered the tented area on Wimbourne Field and was struck with a glob of what felt like paint. He stared down at the bright pink bulge on his chest for a few seconds before looking up to find the culprit, a tiny intern from the back offices who looked mortified that he had been the one to strike Peter. But, the week had been a good one for his team and for himself, so Peter just spread the paint across his shirt like a claw mark and continued on his way. If this was their theme, he was going to run with it.

Anyone who came into his path had a pink hand-print somewhere on their body, whether it be in an appropriate place or not. He was enjoying very much the attention that had been put on the Wasps, and with their latest addition milling about somewhere, the news fresh off a post-game announcement, Peter was feeling excellent about the rest of their season.

Perhaps he needed some yellow paint, with all this team spirit he was feeling. Peter made his way through to a table where the necessary supplies were at the ready, and dipped two fingers into the bowl of yellow paint. With keen expertise, he spread thick lines across his cheek bones, as if ready to go into battle.

His spirits high and the lights down low, this was certainly going to prove to be an excellent night.


ooc: Black Buzzers and the Brash Bees win! Caden Flint and Hugh Orpington are your MVPs!
Black light party! Paint! Wizard fun! Lots of dark corners to get into trouble!


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[info]waspsting
2015-08-08 04:18 am UTC (link)
Her lips pressed together harder, a physical manifestation of how closed-throat her words felt. Saoirse had many things she wanted to say to Howell, but feeling so worried about how they may be received, in addition to never having been good with speaking up, it felt nearly impossible to voice her fears.

She looked at Howell again, glancing to him with the hope of reading his face. But it was impassive, which only made Saoirse fidget more in her own skin. She looked quickly back down to her feet, her own hands, as they held each other tightly. Or was it nervously? She found that she had taken to rubbing her empty ring finger (it was not practical to wear her engagement ring with quidditch, so Saoirse wore it on a chain around her neck to ensure it could always be on her person), thinking... thinking...

"I feel nervous about the wedding," she murmured quietly, finally, unable to look at him. Saoirse pressed her shoulder to her ear in discomfort. "Not about... marrying you, but... the ceremony, and the reception, so many people, and... all the things that go along with--- that. It's so much, so much attention and pressure---"

Cutting herself off, her skin began to feel hot so she wrapped her hands around her neck. Or, perhaps, it felt like her throat was closing up, so Saoirse had to make sure that it didn't with a little bit of applied reassurance.

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[info]quietwolf
2015-08-11 02:02 am UTC (link)
Howell blew out a slow breath, nodding as he listened to her and feeling mildly relieved that at least she led with "not about marrying him."

He could certainly understand her concerns. Not being a particularly social person, the idea of being center stage on that day, with all eyes on them, was a little unnerving. The knowledge that that's what he had to get through so that he could go home with Saoirse every night for the rest of their lives was enough to quell this apprehension.

Perhaps it was not so easy for Saoirse, and he liked to think that he had grown enough in this relationship to not take offence or feel insecure that it was not the same for her.

"What would make you feel better?" he asked, looking at her from the side.

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[info]waspsting
2015-08-12 05:42 pm UTC (link)
"I don't know!" Saoirse burst, shaking her hands before her like they were covered in an unfortunate substance. Her built-up nerves had gotten the best of her, the anxieties she had been harboring for so long swamping her with this small liberating freedom. Saoirse stopped walking now, unable to continue doing so while feeling so distracted and overwhelmed. Her hands pressed to her own front in a constricting manner.

"I don't know, Howell. I want to know, I don't want to feel like this---" she rambled, her eyes looking everywhere but at him. It pained her to be saying this out loud after having so reverently resigned to never bring it up. But she must, Saoirse knew that, if she wanted to be close with him. Or perhaps she would always struggle with wanting to share everything with Howell, wanting there to be nothing between them, and actually lacking the capacity to take the steps to do so. She frowned, feeling exhausted with herself.

Was she mad? She felt mad, she felt like there must be something innately wrong with her to struggle so desperately with the one person she knew she should struggle with the least. Howell did nothing wrong, he most certainly didn't deserve being subjected to her insecurities, and it felt--- she knew it must look like she was attempting to break him, but she wasn't, that was the exact opposite---

Her face twisted painfully. She felt like she was drowning, helplessly drowning with no anchor to grip tightly, permanently onto in these overpowering waves. The love she felt for Howell Saoirse would sometimes manage to hold onto and pull close, but it seemed she always managed to lose her grip of it.

"I love you," Saoirse evoked, needing to say it aloud, needed for him to know that out of all of this, it was the one thing she did know. Her back straightened, and she finally looked to his eyes. "Tell me it's alright, tell me it's going to be alright---"

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[info]quietwolf
2015-08-20 05:41 pm UTC (link)
Alarmed, Howell stopped and rushed to reach for her, somehow scared she might shatter into a million pieces if he did not physically hold her together.

He could feel her shaking even his arms, and wondered with bewilderment how this had escaped his notice. Reluctance, a general disinterest in the minutiae, yes, he had noticed these things from Saoirse. But he had not realised how distraught she felt over the whole affair.

Shoving his feelings to the side, Howell still struggled with knowing Saoirse battled demons in this particular arena that didn't have anything to do with him but with the situation, and the knee-jerk response that of course someone who reacted like this didn't want to marry him. How could he, how could any person, listen to this, see this, and still think he wasn't promising to spend the rest of his life with someone who would never be able to give themselves over as fully as he would give himself to them? Howell and Saoirse had struggled for so long to even get where they were today, and it broke his heart that right now it didn't seem nearly as far as he'd once thought.

It would have been harder to accept if Saoirse hadn't been so adamant about saying she loved him, about trying to clarify that it was not him that was the cause of such distress in her, which was progress for them. Howell couldn't help his initial reaction, but at least with those reassurances from her he could reason with himself beyond the panic.

Taking her face in his hands gently, he said, "I love you, too. Always. And I will do whatever you need me to to help you feel happy and safe." One of his hands moved up the side of her face, stroking her hair softly as he held her gaze. "It's going to be all right. I need you to tell me what you want."

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