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A Cattermole (alfiecat) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-12-12 18:18:00

Entry tags:

!1997: 12, !complete, alfred cattermole, julien dorny

Who: Alfie and Julien
What: Cheering up
Where: Pitch, then TBA
When: Today, after the game
Rating/Warning: TBA, probable kissing

Alfie took a shower after the game and trudged out long after most of his teammates had left the Pitch, locking up his broom and then trudging back and toward the castle. He didn't know how the game had gone so badly. Only 80 points the whole game? And how many teammates to visit in the hospital wing? Three? Four? He hoped Megan and Oswald were okay - they seemed to have really been the hardest hit out of anyone.

He didn't suspect that his sister or anyone had waited for him - it was starting to get colder again and dark now too - but he saw Julien there and he actually managed a grin. He was there. He'd actually come out with the Quidditch crowd and all to see him fly. Somehow, that made the loss just a little easier to stomach.

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book_bound
2009-12-13 12:25 am UTC (link)

Julien had actually come out to see his... boyfriend... that was weird... play in Quidditch today, and he wondered if he hadn't jinxed the whole thing; it was a pretty large coincidence that the day he came out to watch them play that Hufflepuff lost so badly. On the other hand, his house had won, so... maybe he wasn't a jinx after all...

Whatever had happened, he knew that Alfie must be smarting from the loss so he'd kept his distance until he spied the other boy leaving the broom cupboard and stepped away from the wall he'd been leaning against, coming up to meet him.

"Hey." he said softly when he came up in front of him. He wasn't sure what to do, lean in for a kiss (assuming no one was watching) or hold Alfie's hand, or what.

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	alfiecat 2009-12-13 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"Hey," Alfie said, and he lost a bit of the smile when he spoke because, honestly, it wasn't the sort of thing you could just keep smiling after. "That was sort of a shite for the first game you came to watch, I guess. Congratulations for your team, though." He couldn't really begrudge him that - Ravenclaw had flown really well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

book_bound
2009-12-13 12:31 am UTC (link)

Julien shrugged with a shoulder. "I'd rather have seen you happy than seen my team win." he said, with no house spirit but loyalty to put a Gryffindor to shame. "I still think you played really well out there. I'm glad you didn't get injured." It had been nerve-wracking watching Alfie fly out there and not knowing if a bludger was going to come out of nowhere and smack him out of the sky. "How are you feeling?"

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	alfiecat 2009-12-13 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"Cor, yeah, there were way too many injuries, that game," Alfie winced remembering the way Oswald had smashed against the goal toward the end of the game, or how Summerby had taken Jones down himself. "I'll have to go by the hospital wing after dinner something. I'm okay, though. What did you think of it? The crowd didn't bother you, or..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

book_bound
2009-12-13 12:47 am UTC (link)

"Was that usual for a Quidditch match?" Julien asked, not sure how he was going to handle watching Alfie do that all the time, but knowing already that he would find a way to do so. "It was okay." He'd kept out of the way and had taken up about the same space as a postage stamp the whole time, but it had been worth it to watch Alfie fly. "I really meant what I said, you're amazing in the air."

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	alfiecat 2009-12-13 12:53 am UTC (link)
	"Not usual for our games, anyway," Alfie shrugged, but he couldn't help but grin a little, chuckling. "Sort of exciting though. Did you see how close Ryan's bludger came to me when I was lobbing them toward Li?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	book_bound 2009-12-13 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Julien shook his head and held out a hand like that would stop the images of what could have happened playing in his head. "Alfie, please." he said, his tone pleading. "I can't think about that... please..." He looked back at Alfie and then lowered his hand to grasp the Hufflepuff's elbow briefly, like he was reassuring himself that Alfie was okay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

alfiecat
2009-12-13 01:03 am UTC (link)

Alfie blinked at that - like Julien actually looked sick thinking about it? - but he softened his voice a little, and he reached to pat the other boy's shoulder reassuringly.

"Hey, I'm okay. I mean, it's not like I've never gotten hit with a bludger in practice or something. I'm a Beater... Besides, it's part of playing Quidditch. But I didn't get hurt or anything. You okay?"

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	book_bound 2009-12-13 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Julien gave Alfie a somewhat shaky smile back. "Yeah, just... I don't like thinking about it, y'know." he semi-mumbled, going a bit red and looking down at his feet feeling awkward. "Anyway, it was fine, you're fine so it's all... fine..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)