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Andrew Wells is a giant nerd (tuckersbrother) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2010-05-25 02:38:00

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andrew wells, james sirius potter

Who: Andrew Wells and James Sirius Potter
What: Gift exchange and probable snogs.
When: Evening, Christmas Eve.
Where: James' apartment.
Warnings: Nerdgasming (From both parties, believe it or not) and eventual snogging.

So far pretty much every time Andrew had seen James since they became themselves again it had started with James coming to him. The whole thing was still awkward for Andrew, that probably wouldn't change any time soon, but he figured it was time he started actually trying with James. Because if he never tried to make things easier then they probably wouldn't ever become easier.

And what was it that was so awkward? Well. It was possible that they were sorta kinda dating. Or something. Having never dated anyone before, even though he was twenty-five years old, Andrew wasn't sure if they were or not. They had been on a date, that didn't necessarily mean they were dating. And Andrew, being unsure of the entire thing anyway, didn't want go go around making assumptions. And he really wasn't going to make an assumption and then say it out loud to anyone. Hell, he hadn't even really said that he liked guys out loud to anyone, even though most people probably knew anyway. It was just something that hadn't ever mattered considering there weren't exactly dating options for him in his world.

But either way, he figured it was time he started trying. He'd grabbed the two Christmas gifts that he had wrapped for James and made his way to the wizard's apartment, hesitating for just a moment before knocking quickly on the door.

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king_james
2010-05-26 05:55 am UTC (link)

James had already dropped off most of his presents to the people he had wanted to drop them off to. He didn't want to spend more time than was necessary with Ron and Hermione had shooed her hovering nephew away. Leaving him to his own sulky thoughts. He had plans to see her on Christmas morning but that didn't mean that he wouldn't spend the night worrying about her. With uncle Ron being an insensitive pillockhead and his mum and dad gone. He knew how difficult this would be for her.

He was sitting around attempting to come up with a grand plan to make it all better for her when he heard the door knock. Frowning, he checked the time. It wasn't terribly late but he hadn't been expecting any visitors. He even had his pyjamas on. Black and red, long-pyjama pants, slung low on his hips. That was it. His dark, long hair was mostly caught up in a hair tie and there was a hint of subtle on his face. He looked like sex. He knew it. And he strutted to the door going to see who it was.

Imagine his surprise when he saw that it was Andrew.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-26 06:17 am UTC (link)

Okay. So. Andrew hadn't expected James to come to the door looking so... well, looking like that. And it was possible that Andrew ended up staring for a moment, mind wandering back to that year's worth of fake memories, plus the not-fake memories from when they weren't themselves, before his face went quite red and he looked away.

"It's uh. Not too late is it?" he asked, his blue eyes locking onto the Batman wrapping paper that covered the gifts in his hands. James was flat out gorgeous, that was really, really obvious. And even though he didn't plan on saying it out loud again, Andrew still wasn't sure why someone that looked like that would be bothering with him. Or, he didn't plan on saying it then, at least. "Because if it's too late I can come back tomorrow. That's no problem or anything." He sort of shuffled his feet a bit as he stood there and, for the first time, wondered why he'd picked up such dorky wrapping paper. He could have at least used something else for James' gifts.

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king_james
2010-05-26 06:25 am UTC (link)

James lips widened into a smile, the frown that'd been tugging at them immediately forgotten, gone as if it'd never been there. Oh yeah, his ego was so very much stroked by the look Andrew was giving him and by the way the other male was turning red.

"No." James shook his head. "Was actually considering giving out more presents. So it's good that you came. Come on in." He said, he was making to step back and let Andrew in when his eyes cut to the wrapping paper and his grin widened in amusement. Andrew might not quite get it but the other males complete and utter geekiness bemused the former Gryffindor. Not to mention James also found it to be damn adorable. Andrew Wells quite perplexed James Sirius Potter and James found that he liked it. Andrew was different and unique and funny as hell. He wanted that.

"Reckon yours isn't wrapped up as nice as mine is. But hope you like it all the same." Small smile. And yep, he admitted to not doing something fantasmically. What his ego is THAT horrible. Not to mention, James meant it and if Andrew looked properly and stopped shuffling - which really James didn't mind - he would see that the younger male was being serious.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-26 08:03 am UTC (link)

"You sure? Because you seem ready for bed," Andrew asked, a bashful smile tugging at the corners of his lips. But even though he was asking he was still stepping into the apartment. Having never been to James' apartment before, Andrew couldn't help looking around, grinning a bit more at the place. It was laid out like his own apartment, of course, all the standard rooms were laid out the same way, but it was the personal touches that each person brought in that made them different. And considering James wasn't the nerd that Andrew was, their apartments ended looking considerably different in the end.

Andrew liked James. He really did. James was completely different from most of he people that Andrew knew and, Andrew wouldn't say this out loud to someone with an ego like James had, he hadn't been able to find too many faults in him yet. Granted, there was a good chance it was because Andrew hadn't really spent all that much time with him yet, not when compared to how much time he'd spent with other people that he knew, but still. That was beside the point.

"The paper's not the important part," Andrew said with a shrug before turning to look at James again, this time with much more composure than he had when James opened the door. Didn't make him stop looking bashful though. "You didn't have to get me anything though. But I'm sure I'll like whatever it is."

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king_james
2010-05-27 07:46 am UTC (link)

Oh. Yeah. Andrew? Was so good for his ego with that smile. It didn't hurt that James actually thought it was cute. Grin wide and crooked, he opened the door wider to emphasize his point. "Haven't you heard? I walk around my flat like this all of the time." No. Not exactly. However, he liked teasing Andrew. "Bed can wait, mate. I want to see what you got me." Because a part of him would almost always be ten. James liked receiving gifts almost as much as he liked being appreciated and liked food and music. It was there on a rather long list of things James liked.

"Still nice paper." James protested. He wasn't about to get into an argument about appearance and shiny wrappy paper and it's niceness when Andrew was actually in his apartment and when Andrew could be handing him his gift. James did pause to look a bit confused though. Like a smile that was crossed between bemused and 'what planet are you from', because he didn't get it. "Which would mean you didn't have to get me something. And you did. You have just as much right to get something from me as I do from you." Why are you being strange Andrew? He was slowly starting to get what Andrew meant. It was the whole, 'oh, you shouldn't have?' which in James opinion was ridiculous, since he wanted to. So really. That was all that mattered. "I wanted to get you something. Just a tic." He said. Closing the door behind the other male and padding into his bedroom to get the present.

Padding back with a present of plain, but sheer gold wrapping paper. James handed Andrew his present, with the tiniest of smiles. "Now give me mine." The smile became quite easily a grin.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-28 04:20 am UTC (link)

"Thanks," Andrew said simply, smiling a bit more as he took his gift and held James' out to him in turn. Once he had his own gift in his hands he looked around for another second. "Is it, uh, okay if I sit down?" he asked as he gestured at and took a couple steps towards the couch. When James gave him a nod Andrew sat down. That grin was still on his face as he looked down at the gift that was now in his lap, still surprised that James had thought to get him anything.

"You can open yours first," he said, looking back over at James after a moment of somewhat awkward silence. One of these days, Andrew thought to himself, I'm not going to be such crap at talking to someone I like. At least he was at the point that he could admit to himself that he liked James. A lot. A few weeks earlier and Andrew wouldn't have even done that. No use admitting to things that would never come to fruition anyway.

Plus, Andrew just wanted to see if James liked his gifts. He wasn't positive, but he was pretty sure he'd heard James say something about liking Elvis before. And the journal... Andrew just thought it reminded him of James some. The wizard could use it for whatever he wanted to. The paper wasn't lined or anything.

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king_james
2010-05-31 02:32 am UTC (link)

James handed Andrea his present before sitting down quite like a little boy rather than a grown man of one and twenty. His grin was wide and excited as he tore at the Christmas present rapidly. First he opened the smaller one. Saving the bigger one for last. What he found was a leather journal. His features puckered at first slightly in disappointment. At his first thought was, a 'book'. But he very quickly saw that it wasn't and his mouth twitched back into a smile. An empty journal. "To write lyrics in? For my music?" He guessed, quite happily. The look on his face soft as his fingers trailed over the journal cover and then, after opening, in it's empty pages. He wanted to lean in and kiss Andrew in thanks but he didn't want to scare him off.

"You .. This is a bloody wonderful present, Andrew. Truly." He said as he looked back at the other male, catching his eye. He held Andrew's eyes for a moment before turning to his second present.

James eyes widened almost impossibly as he gaped at the cover. His hand shaking slightly from excitement. This .. Andrew had gotten him... Bloody hell! "Bloody fucking HELL!" James shouted in excitement, before rapidly removing the rest of the wrapping paper and then very reverently opening the top of the box, lovingly caressing the DVD cases. He was in complete awe. The journal had been .. wow. He had appreciated it. Andrew had clearly thought about him. It was a lovely design, simple yet very suited to him. Quite masculine a journal. But this ...

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-31 03:24 am UTC (link)

At first Andrew was worried that he'd misjudged entirely with the journal because James' first reaction wasn't exactly what he had been hoping for when he came across the thing in the store. Thankfully James' reaction shifted after a quick moment. Andrew gave him a nod when he asked if it was for lyrics. "Uh, yeah. I mean, if that's what you want to use it for. I don't really care what you use it for in the long run. I mean, lyrics and stuff were what I thought of when I saw it but it doesn't have to be for that." Andrew was really glad that James was having a good reactions to the gift. Glad enough that he was calming down a bit, not quite so bashful and nervous, and there was a genuine smile on his face.

And then James caught Andrew's eyes and his face went a little red. But hey, Andrew managed to keep himself composed that time.

The wizard's reaction to his other gift made him smile even wider though. He knew that James liked Elvis, he'd mentioned that on the boards before. Plus Andrew had over a years worth of memories in his head about James. There was no telling how much of it still held up as truth, but some of it was bound to be accurate. And so when Andrew had gone into Best Buy in search of Dawn's Christmas gift and spotted a boxed set of all of Elvis' movies plus a couple concert specials? Yeah, he'd had a feeling that it was dead on for James. "That was an even better reaction than I hoped for."

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king_james
2010-05-31 03:50 am UTC (link)

James gave a tiny crooked grin. "You're cute when you ramble." Then he shrugged slightly, and amended. "Cuter, to be perfectly honest." James just couldn't believe his gifts. He was just absolutely amazed by the journal at first. Then he opened the box. And that was... that just was ... James was really want step away from squealing. He was caught between that and petting the box and the disks some more. The gift was magnificent. To James all of Elvis was. But to have the DVDs to watch whenever and he was rather he hadn't seen a lot of these.

He just loathed to put the box down. But he had to. For what he wanted to do next. Momentarily.

Very carefully he set it on a table next to him. Before he did, he made sure to wipe it down with his hands. Checking for crumbs or other stickyness. Then he turns his focus, intense gaze on Andrew. He moves closer just slightly. But he doesn't crowd the other bloke. "I'd like to kiss you. May I kiss you know?" He asked, voice low. Wanting to so badly but not wanting to startle the older, yet more timid, male. He just wanted to thank him. And taste him. And okay, maybe some very heavy petting but hopefully that would be gotten to later on in the night.

Hopefully if Andrew ended up liking his present. James was confident that he would but now he wanted to like it almost as much (because really. Elvis. No way anyone's excitement for anything could beat his excitement for Elvis) as he had been over both his presents. Put together.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-31 04:02 am UTC (link)

Andrew honestly hadn't been expecting James to ask him that. Seriously. Okay, maybe he should have been expecting it at some point. They had the memories of more than just kisses and James had expressed that he was, you know, interested. But still. Even though in the back of his mine he was aware of all that, it didn't make Andrew any less surprised each time James so much as complimented him, let alone now that he was asking if it was alright to kiss him.

His face and ears went even redder then and he bit down on his lip, unable to respond for a minute. Thanks a lot, nerves, Andrew thought to himself. You guys are a huge help. He still hadn't ever so much as kissed anyone while he was himself. The first time the red kryptonite had been to blame. The second was a jerkoff of an angel. But Andrew was twenty-five years old, old enough that it was about time he actually did kiss someone.

"Um. Okay," he said with a small nod, voice soft. He wasn't entirely sure what to do with himself at the moment so he just set his gift aside, too nervous to do anything like moving closer to James.

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king_james
2010-05-31 05:11 am UTC (link)

James' smile was wide, made near brilliant with wanting this. Yet it wasn't cocky. At all. Surprisingly.

One hand on either side, of Andrew, James kept himself from stretching along the other male or even touching him with anything other than his lips. He used Quidditch Captain self control for this. A part of him that he pulled out when need be and now was the time. Precision, self control and patience.

He presses his lips softly, fully, on Andrew's in a chaste kiss. Slow and hopefully comforting. Nothing too startling, before he nibbles at Andrew's bottom lip. Because really. He was going to enjoy this. And he was going to make sure that Andrew enjoyed it so that he would let him do this again and often. Soon, as well. Soon and frequently. James would truly like that.

Nibbling, as he managed to balance himself on one arm one of James' hands goes and caresses the lower side of Andrew's face his thumb just brushing gently along the other male's neck, turns into a soft but firm nip before James is sliding his tongue in and snogging Andrew good and proper. Yet still very much gentle, not rushing it. Languidly. Giving Andrew enough space and room to pull back whenever.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-31 06:06 am UTC (link)

Andrew didn't pull back when James kissed him, but he did go still for a moment at first. Yes, he knew it was coming, but that didn't mean he knew how to react initially. It was just a few seconds of stillness before Andrew let his eyes slide closed and leaned towards James just a bit.

And then the next thing Andrew knew James was nipping at his lip and that actually felt really, really good. It was sort of all he could do to not make any sort of sounds while James was kissing him, because he wanted to. But he was determined not to. James may have already known that Andrew was pretty much inexperienced in all these ways, but he didn't need to go and act the part. Not that he was suddenly going to pretend to be some sort of big slut or anything. That wasn't in Andrew's plan at all.

But what Andrew did do was hesitantly bring up his hand and let it rest on the back of James' neck.

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king_james
2010-05-31 06:40 am UTC (link)

James wouldn't have minded the sounds. Not at all. He took the sounds as encouragement. And they were a big stroker of his ego ~~among other things~~ so they were all good with him.

He hummed, pleased, against Andrew's mouth when he touched him, resting his hand on the back of James' neck. James took that as encouragement to do the same, his finger gently splaying out and caressing gently every bit of skin from Andrew's jaw, the bottom part of his ear, to his neck that James could get away with touching.

He still didn't lean forward, instead. Sadly. After a few moments of kissing, he broke the kiss, carefully leaning his forehead against Andrew's as he regained air. James gave into the sappy momentarily and placed a peck on the tip of Andrew's nose, his fingers rubbing the back of the other male's neck in a soothing, distracting manner, while holding onto his eyes.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-31 07:02 am UTC (link)

Andrew's breathing was a bit shaky when James broke the kiss. His lips were red and pulled back into a smile, and his cheeks and ears were red as well. And maybe he was breathing just a bit hard. Alright, there was no maybe about that. He was. But Andrew wasn't going to point that out to anyone. Besides, it fit with the pounding in his chest.

After he felt the kiss on the nose he opened his eyes slowly and let them lock onto James'. He wasn't about to pull away or anything, honest. He liked James touching him like that, even if they were relatively innocent touches. He liked being close to James like that.

But even though he liked the touching and being close he still didn't know what to say. Eventually he settled on "Thank you." The words came out of his mouth quiet, but loud enough that the wizard would hear what with being as close as he was.

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king_james
2010-05-31 07:26 am UTC (link)

James could have been smug. And yes, he was very smug that Andrew was breathing hard but he managed to keep that under control. He had enough sense not to make it seem like it was some sort of competition or stroking for his ego, because it wasn't for the first and the second ... actually wasn't on purpose. By much. It was just trying to make this good for Andrew and to convince him to allow James to snog him more foten.

James smiled when Andrew open his eyes and the expression turned into a funny little look when Andrew said thank you. He hadn't been looking to be thanked but luckily enough James was aware enough to get it. He'd long realized that this was new and awkward for the other male; therefore he wasn't insulted. Rather he said, "You're welcome." Before kissing Andrew's nose again, and then nipping at his bottom lip again for good measure, before reluctantly pulling back. "You don't have to thank me for snogging you, Andrew. I promise the fact that you're trusting me like ... with you," his tone suddenly soft, murmured. This was a bit hard for James. A struggle. This being humble thing. He did it so very rarely, that it was almost like new each time. "is thanks enough."

Reaching over, when he sat back, he handed Andrew his present. To hide his own moment of vulnerability in a very obvious way.

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tuckersbrother
2010-05-31 08:19 am UTC (link)

Andrew nodded at James' words, his smile going bashful again as he looked away and took his gift from the wizard once it was offered once more. "You can, uh. Do it again sometime. You know. If you want to." His eyes were still on the golden paper as he spoke, hands toying with one of the taped down edges a bit.

But he figured it was time he opened his gift already. He carefully peeled back the paper, taking his time because he had this weird hope that the longer he took to open his gift the longer it would take before James realized that Andrew sounded like a complete moron whenever he talked to the wizard. He didn't want to sound like a moron with him, but he really couldn't help it.

Once he got rid of the paper and popped open the box his smile brightened. Peering up at him from inside was Yoda, and that would have been great in itself but when he pulled the little green guy out of the box he found it was, in fact, a backpack made to look like Yoda was riding on the back of whoever wore it. Clearly James knew what Andrew liked, because he loved the backpack. And while most guys probably wouldn't want to be caught dead wearing something like that, even if they really liked it, Andrew really did plan on putting it to good use. "This is great!" he said honestly, and happily as he looked over at James once more.

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