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Dean Thomas (inkeddean) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-07-13 13:14:00

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!2003: 07, !incomplete, dean thomas, percy weasley

Who: Dean and Percy
What: Talking about a job offer, and other things
When: Today, noon
Where: The Lucky Bakery
Rating/Warning: TBA

Dean arrived with a satchel slung across his chest holding his school portfolio and also some miniaturized examples of the work he'd been doing lately. The school portfolio was all muggle, of course, but he had some wizarding portraits and sketches that he could show as well. He wasn't sure how comfortable he was working for the Ministry, but if he was going to be opening his own gallery it was a good idea to get his name out as much as possible, right? And to make contacts. Besides, Ron had asked him to talk to Percy, and as far as Dean was concerned he'd do about anything in the world for Ron that he could. Ron deserved it.

So he walked into the little bakery and looked over the scones and pasty selection in the display counter before taking a seat and waiting for Percy to arrive.

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weasley_percy
2010-07-15 04:28 pm UTC (link)

Percy nodded, swallowing quickly, "After the war, I thought, well, I suggested we start a division that made sure to offer people support. So many were isolated, with their wands and homes stolen by the DE under the guise of the Ministry. I thought we should offer them help to get their things back and it sort of turned into more than that, offering them medical supplies and even food items if they were home bound," and he paused, and looked at Dean, "She was greatly traumatized by the war. I only recently found out that the individual who was handling her case was doing an appalling job. He had not been to visit her, but had sent things via owl," and at this, Percy found himself almost glowering, looking into his plate, "She's been so alone, with her parents and few friends visiting, basically isolating and growing more and more intimidated by the rest of the world. She needs..," and his eyes were on the chocolate, not seeing it, "She needs to feel safe. To be able to walk outside and know she won't hurt anyone or they will not hurt her."

He blinked, coming back to the present and not the vision he had of her, in her house, her smiling, and he looked at Dean, trying not to color, "She's...well, she seems such a kind sort. I hate to think of her going through so much of this one her own."

He wasn't sure what else he could say, but then decided to try to get more from Dean, "Is she artistic, like you? I know she plays the piano. Do you know if she paints as well? Or reads? Or eat chocolate like this?" he added, glancing at the cake that was disappearing, and thinking of Ron.

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inkeddean
2010-07-15 04:33 pm UTC (link)

Dean watched Percy talk about her and wondered if Percy knew just how he looked - transported, as if he was forgetting where he was. Dean was starting to get the impression that he'd been called her under false pretenses...

But it made him smile, too. Percy seemed a good enough bloke, and he didn't begrudge him trying, if he was right about what Percy seemed to be trying. "I haven't seen her in nearly five years, mate, I'm sorry.I can tell you about the things she liked in school..." And he hadn't realized her situation was as dire as Percy had described. It was hard to reconcile that description of Lavender to the girl he'd known so well.

"You like her, eh?"

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weasley_percy
2010-07-15 04:39 pm UTC (link)

"Oh," Percy said at first, some disappointment to his tone, but then he nodded, "Well, okay. School things might help cheer her up a bit," and he had to stop, startled at Dean's comment.

"I...I...It is partially an aspect of my job, to lend her some assistance," but he found himself stopping, and his expression changing as he made up his mind to man up, and stop pussy footing about it.

"Is it that obvious?"

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	inkeddean 2010-07-15 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Dean snorted, finishing his cake and leaning back a bit in his chair with a grin. "Well, only when you were going on about her that way. I took a guess. Besides, who wouldn't? She's gorgeous, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

weasley_percy
2010-07-15 04:46 pm UTC (link)

Percy leaned forward, the cake unfinished and forgotten, 'She really is. I don't remember her ever being so incredibly...alluring before, when we were all in school. Which is probably just as well. I'm not too sure she would have liked me back then. I'm not too sure she likes me now, or understands what I'm feeling," he said with a tone of regret.

He looked at Dean, "I wish you knew more about her now. I don't too many people do."

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	inkeddean 2010-07-15 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Dean sighed at that, nodding. "I wish so too. I mean, not the same way you do, obviously, she's like a sister, but I've got every plan of seeing her and trying to get to know her again, you know? I stayed away too long." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

weasley_percy
2010-07-15 05:01 pm UTC (link)

Percy could only nod, "She needs people about her, needs to get out. She's not disfigured, at least not anywhere that I could see, but she seems under some misconception that she might hurt others, or that they might hurt her. It may be due to her...alterations that plague her, but I think she is hypersensitive to it all, feeling not exactly persecuted, but," and he paused to find the right word, "But maybe more vulnerable. She's too sweet to be going through these torrid emotions alone."

He gave a heavy sigh and sat back, "I hope you can see her more. Hell, I hope I can see her more," he added sheepishly, and he looked at Dean, "I do want to see your work, if you are still interested in the project. There really is a project; I certainly wouldn't lure you here with false promises. But, I have to admit," and he found himself starting to grin, "You helped me a bit Dean."

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inkeddean
2010-07-15 05:09 pm UTC (link)

"I haven't helped you at all," Dean pointed out, then he snorted. "Let's see, she's sentimental, some people said in school she was silly, but that's not really true. She liked to be the centre of attention, sure, but only because she really did deserve to be a lot of the time. She loved Divination, and I think she liked Astronomy too because of it but I can't remember if that was her or Parvati. You know her best friend is Parvati Patil? Oh, she had a bunny." These were just stupid little facts, though, and Dean felt a little guilty that he couldn't give him anything deeper than those.

As he talked, Dean reached for his satchel and then as he was opening it he laughed at himself. "Oi, and I have two portraits of her in here, if you want to see them." He figured Percy would, so he took out the miniature copies of the portraits he'd sent her copies of just the other day. "I've been practicing some new portrait techniques. These are the most recent I've done, actually."

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weasley_percy
2010-07-15 05:17 pm UTC (link)

Percy carefully wiped his hand on a napkin as he accepted each of the portraits, being sure that his plate was out of the way, set off to another table near them as he lay them down on the table. And as he gazed at them, Percy found his breath catching and his heart starting to pound in his ear.

They were absolutely stunning images of her. In both of them, she looked so happy, so alive. He didn't speak for a long moment, his eyes moving from one, then to the other and then back again. Only what seemed like a moment, Percy raised his eyes to Dean's, "They are stunning. She is stunning. You've done such a marvelous job Dean," and after a moment, he went on, "Did she see them? I think she would like them," he said, even as his mind was registering what Dean had listed: astronomy, divinations, sentimental, parvati, rabbits.

He grew quiet again, and then after another moment, he said, "Are...are they for sale by any chance?"

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inkeddean
2010-07-15 05:29 pm UTC (link)

"For sale?" Dean shook his head. "No, not yet anyway. I sent her the same sort of copies and asked if she wouldn't mind my showing them, and she said that was fine, but I'd have to ask her permission too before I decided whether or not to sale them. You understand." The way he said that wasn't a question. Percy may have been a good guy, but he wasn't going to do anything about those portraits without permission. "I just brought them as part of my portfolio, sorry."

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weasley_percy
2010-07-15 05:34 pm UTC (link)

"Oh," Percy said, and he nodded, flushing slightly at his presumption and audacity. It wasn't like him to be so direct about things; it was a bit daunting to be so enamored as he was with her. He handed them back, "Of course, I understand," and his eyes rested on them before he turned to look up at Dean, "Well, if you ever do decide to sell them, I'd be interested in buying them. Definitely."

He turned to the table behind him, and got his tea, "What else have you brought? I like how you could feel her emotion in that picture. Maybe that is an idea for the project? People who seem to almost speak what they are feeling? All good emotions of course."

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inkeddean
2010-07-16 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Dean watched Percy blush and then chuckled, taking his school portfolio out and handing it over. "I'll ask her," he said, as he did.

The portfolio was the best of his work at school - quite a few sketches, and muggle photographs of larger art installations and paintings and sculptures that he'd done. There were some wizarding photographs too, of paintings that were also charmed to move, in a small section toward the back, just to prove that he could do magical art as well.

Some of the pieces were a little more risque - but nothing more shocking than a few nudes. Compared to some of the blokes he'd known at school, Dean's art was relatively tame.

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weasley_percy
2010-07-16 09:04 pm UTC (link)

Percy stopped for a moment as he began to look, "Oh! But you mustn't tell her its me who wants them. I...I don't want her thinking me too forward or odd," he said, pausing as he waiting for Dean's answer. He wasn't looking at the art, but looking at Dean, "She hardly knows me and I expect she might think it rather forward of me, to be purchasing art of herself. Couldn't you tell her something else? Say a private collector wanted them?" and even as he spoke, his face flushed more red.

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	inkeddean 2010-07-16 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Dean looked at Percy carefully, then cleared his throat. "I don't make a habit of lying to my friends, Percy. Not even to help someone who has good intentions and all that. So if you don't want me asking, I won't. I can tell her someone wants them, but if she asks who I won't lie." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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