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Jae Troy (sunspots) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-04-06 23:15:00

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!1998: 04, !complete, jae troy, teagan moran

Who: Teagan Moran & Jae Troy
Where: 6th April, 1998
Where: Their Flat!
What: Jae comes home late one night, mind on Gringotts, before Teagan shows up and forces him to consider a whole new set of problems.
Rating: PG-13

Ten hour workdays were not uncommon in Troy's life. They were the norm rather than the exception because of the recent turnover at Gringotts. And now with the vault break-in? Well, it was lucky that they even let him go home occasionally. Gringotts might have not been open that day, but there was so much to do to get security back on track and the bank running smoothly. If that hadn't been stressful enough, the interrogation that everyone had been put through had been absolutely horrible.

It was doubly horrible for Muggleborns, for each of them had been accused of criminal acts in connection to the vault theft. Luckily, with no proof whatsoever, no arrests had been made from the staff. Yet.

By the time Jae got home that night, it was late and his roommates were supposedly asleep. He saw that someone had left some dinner out for him when he walked into the kitchen and he smiled gratefully. Jae hadn't been looking forward to digging into the fridge for leftovers and now he wouldn't have to. Warming up his food with a wave of his wand, he dumped his work satchel on the kitchen table before sitting down in front of his food to tuck in.

As he ate, he felt some of his sore muscles starting to relax now that he wasn't in his cubicle, hunched over paperwork while worrying about whether or not he would be arrested because of his blood background.

It wasn't long before he was finished. Standing to wash the dishes the Muggle way, his mind further wandered back to work. He would need to owl Leigh and talk over about whether it would be better or not for some of the band to house their accounts elsewhere. Gringotts was becoming quite a bit unfriendly toward Muggleborns, even if they were good customers.

And the Weasleys. Now that he had been in country for awhile, he knew that the Weasleys were a key figure in this political battle in England. He would have to owl them and see to maybe getting them to move their accounts. Because he didn't see himself sticking around Gringotts for much longer and he rather not lose his two biggest clients.

Finishing with the dishes, he moved to pick up his satchel and head to his room.

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sunspots
2010-04-09 11:52 pm UTC (link)

Jae had grown up as a practical and realistic sort of bloke. His mother had raised him not to expect anything (in ways that had nothing to do with how his father wasn't all that much in their lives) or to expect things to be happiness and sunshine all the time.

Because that was bloody well wasn't going to happen, was it?

He had his share of good luck, but he wouldn't have been surprised if he woke up tomorrow morning and found out that the Cup was officially canceled. Though he definitely didn't plan to bring that up now.

Raising an eyebrow, he asked, "Do I want to know?"

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moranduh
2010-04-10 04:49 pm UTC (link)

Teagan considered telling Jae of the time that the Bats had a particularly thrilling victory over Falmouth (she couldn't remember now if it was last year or the one prior) and proceeded to celebrate with such inclusions as a fully functional bar tap and a hot tub. So, maybe, things escalated. And perhaps a game of strip Exploding Snap was involved. It was all in good fun.

She took one look at Jae, and that perfectly expected raised eyebrow and she gave a little shrug.

"Probably not," she told him, a wicked grin tugging at her lips. "Best to leave certain things to the imagination. Oi- wait, you owe me something."

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sunspots
2010-04-10 10:29 pm UTC (link)

"Like I'd be imagining that," he murmured quietly under his breath, rolling his eyes. Except, he briefly had a few weeks ago after that particularly awkward conversation with Teagan through the journals. If he hadn't known any better, he would have said that they had been flirting.

But since he knew better, he could safely say that this was clearly impossible.

"What can I possibly owe you?" He questioned in genuine surprise, not quite remembering what he had promised her.

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moranduh
2010-04-11 01:36 am UTC (link)

Perhaps it was due to the sheer flirtatious nature of Teagan's personality, or because of how often she found herself in flirtatious situations, the conversation she'd had with Jae wasn't awkward to her. She had always wondered about Jae and his... well, who he was or was no interested in. She never thought she would come across that field of thought, however.

She feigned a look of pain as she rubbed at her back left shoulder.

"Oh, I've just got this terrible pull in my back," she whined, looking up at him with puppy dog eyes. "And I'm just achy all over."

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sunspots
2010-04-11 02:13 am UTC (link)

Maybe it was because, before, they had only used to see each other at Quidditch practice and the odd event that she and Mags managed to drag him out to eat, but it was quickly becoming evident that Teagan was...very friendly. Affectionate. Sometimes, uncomfortably so.

But he thought himself immune to her womanly ways, mainly because he preferred his own gender to hers.

At least, he had thought he had, up until she did that thing with her eyes. A slightly choked cough, born both of her actions and of what she was asking him for, escaped him.

It took him less than a second to compose himself though. Snorting, he placed his feet in her lap and wiggled his sock clad toes. "Not happening, Moran. I was the one at work all day. Not you." A slight flush was starting to work its way up from the collar of his neck.

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moranduh
2010-04-11 06:35 pm UTC (link)

This was clearly not the response she had hoped for. She had been prepared for Jae to fall prey to that look on her face and start working on that kink in between her shoulder blades. However, as Jae dropped his legs in her lap, she looked down at them as if she had never see something of the sort in all her life.

"Are you saying-"

She pursed her lips, as she looked back toward him.

"You're a sneak," she teased, before her hands clasped around one of his feet. She began to massage at the middle of his foot. "And this means you owe me."

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sunspots
2010-04-12 02:40 am UTC (link)

Jae smirked at her, before leaning back comfortably against the arm of the sofa he was now against. He spread his right arm across the back of the couch, while his left one hung off it. "You have fun trying to collect on that," he told her, as he sighed happily.

He had been feeling achy all over, but this was releasing all the tension that he had been holding inside of him. He could push the thought of Gringotts and everything that was going wrong in life, away from his mind.

"Hey, if you ever do get sacked, you could become a masseuse," he joked, as he closed his eyes and let his head fall back.

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moranduh
2010-04-12 03:17 am UTC (link)

She worked at the muscles in his foot as she furrowed her brows in his direction. "I'm so glad I've got something to fall back on," she mused before throwing him a teasing glance and pinching the bottom of his foot.

He may have gotten her to give him a massage, but she still held all the power.

"What about you? What would you be doing right now if it weren't for the bank?"

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sunspots
2010-04-13 01:22 am UTC (link)

He took the foot she didn't have a grip on and nudged her with it in reaction to the pinch. "If I wasn't with the bank?" Pausing momentarily, as if he was giving the question a lot of thought. "I'd probably be bumming off you, asking you for footrubs all day."

Jae might not have been the most comical guy, but he knew how to deflect well enough. Because as much as he liked to think he had a clue...he didn't. He had no idea what he would be, what he would do, if he wasn't with the bank.

And honestly? That was bad, if he was considering leaving his current job.

He leaned back, closing his eyes again. "I could get used to this."

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moranduh
2010-04-14 01:12 pm UTC (link)

"Now where would I possibly be able to find the time to give you massages all day when I'd have to work nearly double in order to pick up your side of the rent, you lazy bugger," she teased again, a smile widening as she spoke.

She switched to his other foot as she stole a glance back at him.

"What about Quidditch?" she asked. "Why not make a job out of it?"

She could never understand that someone as good as Jae would want something else entirely as his way of making a living. He could be a top player, easy, if he tried. She never had a head for numbers or any sort of job that required her to be behind a desk. It was hard for her to think of anyone wanting a job like that.

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sunspots
2010-04-15 02:31 am UTC (link)

"Hey, you managed the rent by yourself all this time. Pretend I never moved in and it will just be like old times." If only things had worked out that way. If he had been able to stay at the bank in Ireland, he would have never come to England and consider giving up his job. Yes, he had the bonus of living in something that wasn't a shoebox like his old flat and living with Teagan wasn't bad at all, but losing his job because of bigotry and fear?

Yeah, even the bonuses weren't worth that.

"I never saw Quidditch as a career choice," he said with a shrug. "Honestly, I don't find it half as thrilling as some of you guys." It had been his way of proving that he was, simply, good at everything. Intelligent and athletic. Those were the things that got you noticed at a school like Beauxbatons and he had always vied to be the best.

It was an annoying quirk of his, to say the least.

"One real game ever four years is fine with me."

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moranduh
2010-04-18 09:06 pm UTC (link)

Quidditch was quite possibly the most important thing in Teagan's life. Aside from her family, which she had to care about, and the few good friends she managed to keep over the years, Quidditch was the only real passion she had. There was just something about it that made her feel her happiest. There were moments her father's critiques could stir at her, but even still, she knew she was doing what she was good at.

It was hard for her to comprehend that someone else couldn't feel the same way about it.

"Well, then I suppose that is out of the question then," she said, leaning her head back against the couch. "Maggie is still thinking about going in for that stupid registration. You're not- are you?"

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sunspots
2010-04-19 03:38 pm UTC (link)

"If I stay at Gringotts much longer, I'm going to have to. I won't have any choice," he explained, pulling his legs away from her and sitting up properly again. "I'm going to talk to Mags about it too, but if I end up sticking around, too many people at work know that I'm Muggleborn. It'd be a stupid risk to take by not reporting it."

Which was stupid, having to register his Muggleborn status, but what choice did he really have? He was surprised that no one was knocking his door down already for not registering. Jae supposed that the wrong ears hadn't heard yet.

"But hey, don't worry about it," he said, smiling at her. "It's not your concern. I'll figure it out."

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