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Grayson Wilkes ([info]glovesmandatory) wrote in [info]valesco,
@ 2008-10-26 17:46:00


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Entry tags:grayson wilkes, ophelia wilkes

[Ophelia!]
Things had been going well -- eerily well, in all honesty. 'Work' - inasmuch as what he did for the Dark Lord could be called 'work' - had him pleasantly on-time, although he had a few ticking annoyances plaguing the back of his mind that he'd have to take care of sooner rather than later.

He palmed the box in his pocket before he apparated to the door of the house he shared with Ophelia, glancing into the hall as he stepped inside. Grayson would be the first to admit that he kept an odd schedule, so there was no telling whether his girlfriend would even be home. He smelled food, but that was more than likely a house-elf preparing the evening meal at the time it had been told to earlier in the morning by Grayson himself.

Stepping into the living room area, he drew off his gloves and shoved them into the sleeve of his overcoat and hung the thing up on its proper hook. He wasn't one to announce his presence, but Ophelia had probably heard the activity if she was home. He slid down into a chair, opting to wait rather than call out to her.



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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 01:32 am UTC (link)
You could say that Ophelia had a keen ear for things, or at least for those things that concerned Grayson--you couldn't be surprised, not with the habit he had of being quiet and sneaky as he was ninety percent of the time. Even the lightest closing of a door from two stories down could wake her up in the middle of the night anymore, which meant that it was most certainly nothing that could not disturb her reading in the library just above.

It didn't come as a surprise that he didn't call out, but she was wise enough to know that did not mean he didn't expect her to come down anyway. She closed the book and got up without question of it, quite possibly a little quicker than she needed to, and came down the stairs, stopping at the foot to peer around.

It was a sliver of movement to her left that tipped Ophelia off to his location, and she turned to walk into the living room, stopping at the doorway and smiling at Grayson's relaxed form from behind. "You're back."

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 01:39 am UTC (link)
He was in a good mood.

Grayson leaned lazily across the chair until he could peer around the back of it and let his lips twitch into a brief smirk. "I told you it wouldn't take long." Not that he'd really specified where he was going or what he was doing, but that was relatively routine where he was concerned. No need to put Ophelia into danger by telling her just what he was up to.

Besides, he had a feeling that she probably felt better not knowing. "I hope I didn't wake you." Mid-evening naps weren't unheard of, after all, and he really did hope he hadn't disturbed her too terribly.

You know, from rest ... not from a healthy mental existence. People didn't get to have those around him.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 01:59 am UTC (link)
"Not at all," she replied with a shake of her head. Pushing off the doorway, she strolled over to the chair and perched on one of its arms. "I was just only reading upstairs."

Reaching over, Ophelia ran a hand idly through his hair and leaned back against the chair's back comfortably, not sure why but feeling very content all of a sudden. Contentment was actually a feeling that she'd been experiencing relatively often as of late, and all for apparently no visible reason. Well, nothing more visible than that life in general just seemed to be going smoothly. It wasn't something that she could pinpoint exactly--but she wasn't about to fight it, either.

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 02:02 am UTC (link)
When she came to sit on the arm of his chair, Grayson easily slid a hand out to run across her hip. There were relatively few people he could be honestly relaxed in the company of, and at some point Ophelia had become one of those people. That was part of the reason he'd come to the conclusion he had, but he was ... typically at a loss as to how to articulate that part of things in words.

He half-nodded. "Good. From the look of things, we should be able to settle in for dinner on time." Now to find a ... hopefully proper way to bring up what he'd been thinking of lately.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 02:16 am UTC (link)
"The house elf is doing a surprisingly good job of things lately," she mused. Which, if Ophelia was completely honest, probably had something or another to do with the influence of her boyfriend. For some reason, there weren't many people who had the gall to displease Grayson on purpose, almost as if they found him frightening.

Utterly ludicrous, of course. She couldn't imagine what could be so scary about him. Grayson Wilkes was practically a teddy bear.

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 02:25 am UTC (link)
Maybe one of those teddy bears that secretly had switchblades embedded into their paws that snapped out when you tried to hug them?

Grayson nodded faintly, smoothing his hand over her hip once more. "You're ... happy here, aren't you?" A bit of an out-of-the-blue question, but one that he felt nonetheless he should ask before he went any further in his lone train of thought.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 02:39 am UTC (link)
"Eh?" She tilted her head slightly to gaze down at him, a smile still lurking on the edges of her lips, but tinged with the look of having been taken off guard. "Why such an odd question all of a sudden?"

Ophelia's fingers continued to move through his hair as she spoke, affectionate but now somewhat reassuring as well. "Have I done something to have you think I'm not?"

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 02:46 am UTC (link)
Ah, so he had caught her off guard.

"Well, you see..." He curled his hand around Ophelia's wrist to still her fingers long enough so that he could turn to kiss her palm, "...As much as I enjoy languishing in sin, I am terribly traditional when it all comes down to it."

Grayson slipped his hand into his pocket and set the little velvet box atop Ophelia's knee. One spontaneous proposal after another from him, apparently.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 03:45 am UTC (link)
"Eh?"

It was the same syllable she'd uttered earlier, except this time it was about ten times more surprised--and on top of that, downright perplexed. Her eyes shifted between the box on her knee and his face, trying to discern his level of seriousness, you know, generally just what was going on.

It was impossible that he could be asking her to---? Right? Considering their history with weddings, it wasn't possible that Grayson was proposing (albeit rather awkwardly), was it?

After a long moment, an uncertain hand reached out to pick up the velvet box, and she used her thumb to flip the top open. Inside was---oh. Ophelia's eyes locked on the familiar diamond, unable to tear themselves away even as she opened her mouth to finally speak. "You're serious, aren't you?"

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 03:50 am UTC (link)
"I understand, of course, that you might not want the same ring -- if you would be more perceptive to a newer one..." Because apparently he wasn't entertaining the thought that she might say no. They were happy together and they were practically married already, living together as they were. What could possibly drive her to say no?

Except for that whole ... disastrous first wedding thing. Grayson shifted so that he could slide his hands down over her arms, brow arched at her. "I don't think that I'm anything but serious most of the time, Ophelia." He gave her shoulders a light squeeze, though, still waiting for his answer.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 04:02 am UTC (link)
Well, he did have a point; there were very few times when she had seen Grayson be anything but serious. So it was a stupid question on her part, maybe, but she had a reason, didn't she? This was all a little sudden, after all.

Ophelia's skin warmed at the feeling of his hands on her shoulders, and a smile coaxed itself out onto her lips once more. Her eyes rose from the stone for the first time since he had asked the question---wait, no, that's right! He hadn't asked anything, had he?

Well then.

Forcing herself to frown despite the unbearable excitement that was currently growing in her chest, Ophelia gave the box back to him and crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't know what you expect me to do with this, Grayson." After all, he was not about to get away with doing this wrong twice.

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 04:10 am UTC (link)
Oh, she was not going to actually make him say it, was she? Apparently she was. He resisted the urge to do something ridiculous like lose his temper -- because quite honestly, he had been planning to ask properly, but then things had just sort of come out like they had...

"Well, that is a problem." He took the box and tucked it back into his pocket, glancing toward the kitchen.

"You know, I think that dinner's nearly ready."

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 04:45 am UTC (link)
Ophelia watched in disbelief as Grayson tucked the box away again, unsure of what to do now that her plan had backfired. She wanted to say yes of course, but it just wasn't possible to give in and stop him, thus letting him win this. He was not about to propose for a second time (if you could even call the first time a proposal) and do it all wrong. And on top of that, if he really wanted to marry her, he'd do it right. Obviously he didn't want it enough if he was going to act like this, so---so fine!

"I suppose it is." She shrugged away from his hands and got up coldly to proceed down the hall towards the dining room, not giving a second glance back towards her would-be fiancé. FINE.

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 04:53 am UTC (link)
He wouldn't have expected her to react any other way, honestly. It was almost as if he were satisfied that she didn't give in immediately -- hell, maybe it had been a test all along. One never knew with Grayson.

He shifted up from the chair as well, moving into the dining room himself and waiting for the house elf to serve up their meal. He absently wondered whether Ophelia was going to be sore for the entirety of dinner -- probably, until he proposed again later a little more ... properly.

Which he did plan to do. Really!

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 05:04 am UTC (link)
Indeed, she had planned to be sore through the entirety of dinner--and was, rather marvelously if she did say so herself. If he hadn't realized that he'd annoyed her by now (and she knew Grayson was a far more perceptive man than that), then he was truly dumber than a rock. Even their normally empty-headed house elf had noticed the coldness emanated from each of her movements, her clipped speech, which had him rushing out of the dining room throughout dinner as quickly as he had come.

The minute that she finished eating, Ophelia laid down her fork and was already up from her place without an acknowledgment to Grayson in the process.

Maybe she should make him sleep in the spare room tonight, just for good measure.

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 05:13 am UTC (link)
Grayson paid little attention to how clipped she was during the meal, if only because he was honestly distracted by planning the rest of the evening. He finished his own meal at a leisurely pace and then slipped out of the dining room, thumbing the ring's case once more before he moved upstairs.

All right, he'd gathered his thoughts as much as he was going to. It wasn't his fault that he was emotionally crippled, was it? No, certainly not.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 05:23 am UTC (link)
Seriously--she was seriously considering making him sleep in the other room. As she crawled up onto the bed and picked up her book--another, for she had several laying around the house at any given time--, she grew more and more annoyed at him. So not only had he made one mistake this evening, but now he was going to make another and be an arse and take his sweet time getting up here.

Ophelia thumbed the end of her wand at her side as she contemplated locking the door on him. Just as she was beginning to think it was a good idea, however, there he was in the doorway, and she diverted her eyes towards the text on the page. Well, it's not like a locked door would have kept him out if he had wanted to get in anyway.

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 05:33 am UTC (link)
The house elves could vouch for that last statement -- although he had admittedly gone a bit overboard using the axe as he had. Completely unnecessary. He sighed quietly, walking over to the bed and sitting himself down on the edge. He didn't touch her yet, though.

"You should know," he started, more than a little awkwardly, "that I'm very fond of you. I hadn't imagined that after ... what transpired between us that I would have any desire to see you again, but my ... feelings," it was almost as if the word pained him, "persisted. And now ... I am glad that they have. You make me happier than I expected ever to be in the most unexpected ways, and I would be most pleased to have your hand in marriage, if you will offer it."

That was about the most on feelings he'd ever spoken to anyone, truth be told. "I love you, Ophelia." He opened the ring box for the second time that night, fully expecting ... well, he didn't know exactly how she would react.

And that was very much exciting.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 05:53 am UTC (link)
Ophelia stared into the pages of her book intently as Grayson sat down and began to speak. It wasn't until he was a good half way through his speech that the expression on her face began to soften. It wasn't just the words coming out of his mouth, but the way he was saying them. It was clear that expressing emotions like this was difficult for him--she knew that, she did. But she wanted to hear him say it anyway, because it was quite possible that if she didn't make him say it now she would never hear it again.

And anyway, if he wasn't willing to say these things to her, she would have been a fool to marry him.

But there it was---those three words, which made her take a sharp breath in the shock at hearing them. Never, not once in over a year and a half, had Ophelia ever heard him tell her that.

A quiet, involuntary laugh escaped her lips and she closed her eyes, closing the book with a snap of finality. "Alright, then." Ophelia looked up into his face and smiled, a smile full of content and excitement like she had never felt before. "Since you asked so nicely."

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 06:00 am UTC (link)
Grayson didn't bother to hide his smirk. He was very much pleased -- he slid the ring onto Ophelia's finger and shifted forward to kiss her -- well, rather soundly. It had taken quite a lot out of him to express his feelings and he was going to enjoy his rewards, damnit!

But this meant that they had to plan a whole new wedding -- at least Ophelia could busy herself with that. He slipped down on the bed next to Ophelia and wrapped a strong arm around her waist, drawing her against him. He let one hand wander up into her hair, caressing in a way similar to how she'd been stroking his own earlier.

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[info]primrosepath
2008-10-27 06:17 am UTC (link)
The weight of the ring on her finger was familiar, and to feel it sitting there again was comforting in a way--satisfying, even, like it was something that had been lost along the way. She had missed it there. Even after she had taken it off freely, even when she had been with Smeth, it would have been a lie to say that she hadn't missed that ring around that finger. She just felt a little more whole, seeing and feeling it sitting there again in its place.

Closing her eyes, she put a hand over the one around her waist and sighed. "Thank you," she muttered. It probably would have seemed odd to a normal person, for her to be thanking him right now, but it needed to be said. And it wasn't for the ring. "I love you, too."

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[info]glovesmandatory
2008-10-27 06:20 am UTC (link)
"You're welcome." He let her settle in against him and pressed a kiss to her temple, fully realizing that they probably weren't going to be getting sleep anytime soon. That was just fine with him -- most of the time when he stayed up past what he considered a reasonable hour it was because he was irritated or concerned. It was rarely because he was genuinely/I> happy.

He would take this for what it was and enjoy it.

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