the inscrutable drystan b. fawcett (brythonichero) wrote in valesco,
@ 2012-02-28 21:31:00

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adrian mattias, anton chang, arista sykes, billie trimble, carys llewellyn, delilah spinnet, derek dobbs, drake parkin, drystan fawcett, galvin gudgeon, geoffrey brand, glenda prewett, griffith kirkham, group, hamilton nott, holly troy, iwan quigley, joey jenkins, magnolia mattias, marissa macfusty, michal conway lynch, miles lufkin, mirabelle jasper, odette boot, rose knightley, rupert brookstanton, savannah davies, seth wadcock, veronica zeller, victoria cadwallader, zoey moran

End of Season party! For the 3rd

Drystan did not usually consider himself a sore loser. He had experienced enough defeats in his career to understand that winning was sometimes as much luck as it was skill—the latter of which he had plenty, the former he was starting to doubt he had any. He would even go so far as to say this was one of the top seasons he'd ever played. Losing the Cup might not be such a hardship, in that light. But to lose to the team he considered the most unsportsmanlike in the League was just an insult to injury. To have lost to them for the third time in the season was, in his perfectly reasonable and justified opinion, grounds for murder.

But a lifetime sentence in Azkaban would leave behind a wife and three children who would likely be just fine without him, but he'd miss them. So mass murder was off the table for tonight, at the very least.

Press snapped pictures outside the admittedly-abandoned looking building of 23 High Street, and Drystan knew there were more inside. Entering the rundown lobby, by-passing the elevator with the out-of-order sign, they made their way up the long flight of stairs to the grand doors of the first floor landing and into the—holy Mer—

Of course, the invitation specified formal wear, but Drystan hadn't honestly been expecting a high-brow formal occasion from the Kestrels. It was a ballroom. There was emerald green positively everywhere. There was something that looked suspiciously like a string ensemble. A bar, where he fancied he would spend as much time as possible, was in the corner. Platters with hors d'oeuvres and glass flutes zoomed by. Having stopped moving, wearing a stupefied expression, Bess had to tug his arm to get him to continue his stride.

"Hell," he muttered, pulling a grim face at the ostentatious yet somehow tasteful décor. Lifting their linked hands, he kissed the back of hers while surveying the spectacle before him.

"Five minutes? Five minutes isn't too soon."

ooc: Quidditch players/personnel + their guests! BLACK TIE! Party is on the first floor in this cool but creepy rundown building. Have fun! :D

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mattias
2012-03-04 09:00 pm UTC (link)

The reason he was telling her wasn't with the expectation for an immediate response, Adrian hoped she knew that. He began to worry that he had conveyed it wrongly, inappropriately, that she thought he was telling her this as a defining... thing. He didn't want to pressure her, make her think he was controlling her, just as-- because she needed to know, he had to have someone else know. Not as this ending---

Huh? Adrian blinked, his mouth opening slightly as he took in her last words. What baby? Josef? It would be strange for her to refer to their one and a half year old as a baby.... Wait! She! Josef wasn't girl! Now thoroughly perplexed, it took Adrian a few couple of moments to finally understand what Maggie was saying to him. She would... be alright with going back to Braga... because... it would be better for the baby to be near him. The baby--- their baby? Maggie was pregnant! With a child.

A child! What a feeling to have, knowing he had a child. He had--- gotten old enough that a true, proper family was not something that scared him. A child, a family, was something Adrian could say that he wanted, and for the past year had been picturing it all being with Maggie. Of course, that picture had included them being married already---

What excitement that had shown up on his face flattened a little. This made everything even more confusing and tangled, if that was even possible. Was-- would--- she-- Adrian wanted to be excited, but there was a tiny part of him that suddenly felt this news, this life-changing news might ruin what they were rebuilding. He looked to Maggie for any indication how she was feeling, if she was excited and happy, or miserable and--- she just looked nervous. He kind of felt nervous, now that he thought about it. But that was normal, wasn't it?

With that thought, Adrian screwed his mouth up tight in determination. Regardless of the situation, it was still his first child, which he felt like he had been waiting for for a long time, now. That would be enough to propel him through... all this mess that they had created. For now, at least. So, a small smile formed on his face as he looked at her, even if his head felt like it was becoming dizzy from all this thinking.

"Really?" he asked in a small voice. "My--- a girl?" Adrian wanted to say so much more, but he couldn't configure it into tangible sentences. "That's--- that's--- amazing--!"

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maggiepie
2012-03-05 03:48 am UTC (link)

The nervous laugh she let out bounced off the walls of the empty stair case. Maggie was shaking with anticipation of his reaction, hoping that he didn't grow angry, that it wasn't a bad thing because once a woman accepted she was going to have a baby it wasn't something that you could easily take away and---Oy, she had not realized how much she was shaking and had to grasp onto the frilly fabric at the front of her dress to try and keep her hands steady. This was much better than how she broke the news to Braith; she was in love with Adrian, and the idea of a child with him was a wonderful thing. It was. Maggie didn't need a piece of paper to tell her that she loved him, or wanted to be with him. Maybe---maybe they would never be together like they were, but she didn't need to be married to be happy. She didn't need that ring, she didn't.

Maggie was done with worrying about what people thought about her. She was done keeping secrets to keep a good face, she was done lying about how she felt when she was a mess on the inside. None of it was good for her, none of it was good for Adrian, and none of that was any good for her children. It had taken her a long time to get used to the idea of being a mother, but once Josef was born Maggie knew that he'd always been meant to be hers. This baby, this girl was meant to be hers and Adrian's. It was a lovely way to think of it, and Maggie was focused on thinking only in the best of senses.

If she didn't, she would lose her mind and she certainly did not want to miss out on anything else in life.

"Y-yes, it's a girl." Her hands had stopped shaking for the most part but her voice still wavered. Maggie had to take a few breaths to stop her tears, but at least she wasn't feeling sad and miserable like she had been for the last two months. She pressed her lips together, trying to smother her smile because she still wasn't sure what all of this meant. "I'm---I'm still very much in shock about it all, to be honest..."

She sighed, involuntarily leaning against Adrian's shoulder. This was a terribly exhausting evening, and she hadn't even danced.

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mattias
2012-03-05 07:30 pm UTC (link)

But terrifying! Really, really, really---- terrifying! He--- it--- they--- they-- what--- how--- it kind of felt like his brain was going to implode. Adrian wanted to be happy--- he was happy!--- but he couldn't help the creeping, heavy thoughts that were now following his initial reaction. There were many things they still needed to work on, and now a child was thrown into the chaos that was their relationship? Adrian couldn’t help it, he felt his stomach twist at that thought.

Obviously this news was meant for a later time, when he and Maggie were in a better place but.... but that didn't mean he would love this child any less. That would not change how he felt about her, and he would always love Maggie--- it just made all of this even more complicated, if that was even possible! And confusing? Or less confusing? Adrian shook his head, starting to become unable to decipher his own thoughts.

And he had thought he would be the one with the life-changing news (that he honestly thought would upset her much more than it did). That--- it--- when--- wow. Alright. His only ease rested in the fact that Maggie appeared just as anxious as he felt. That made him feel a bit better. He nodded to her, still completely unsure of what to say until the shock wore off. That was better than rambling his rambled thoughts, right?

Adrian let out a light sigh, somehow comforted by Maggie's weight pressed on his shoulder. He quietly wrapped his arm around her back, resting the side of his face on the top of her head. This was going to be a very different off season.

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