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[clumsy_auror]

The contractions are regular, now. Regular, and steady, and growing stronger. She keeps giving Bernard feeble smiles, as she paces the floor, trying to stay limber and move around while she still can.

One imagines the kettle will be going fairly constantly for the people ensconced in the living room.

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[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

Dude hangs up Crowley's coat before pottering into the kitchen, pottering back out a few moments later with a steaming cup of tea. "Here," he says, pressing the mug into the demon's hand, and plunking beside him. "Put a little liquid courage in there. Just a little. Give you a boost."

Solicitously, the farmer picks up a small dish of pistachios and offers it to Crowley. "Best eat something, too. Lookin' a mite peaked, boy. Just a mite."

[aj_crawley]

He's had a moment to compose himself; when Dude returns, he looks significantly less panicked - though no less windswept.

"Thank you," he says, gratefully, popping a pistachio into his mouth before wrapping his hands back around the mug.

"So, er, how are things, you know. Going?"

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

"They're going. They're going pretty well, I s'pose." Dude sighs, and winces as another of Nymphadora's cries drifts down the hallway. "It's been a while. We're all gettin' a little antsy."

[aj_crawley]

He takes a sip of his tea, and cracks a small grin.

"How's Bernard doing?"

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

"Runnin' around like a chicken with his head cut off when he's out here. Like a goddamn chicken." He chuckles. "Hair stickin' up every which way. Seems pretty calm when he's in there with her, though. Not too bad."

[aj_crawley]

"Well, he would be. You know, comparatively."

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Yep." A pause, and then Dude snickers again. "She's given him an earful or two. Doin' pretty well though, I think."

[aj_crawley]

"I," Crowley says fervently, "am so glad I'll never have to deal with any of that."

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

"You sure? You sure? I reckon if you go back there you could get your share," is the cheerful reply. "'Course, you didn't have anything to do with her bein' in that particular state, so she might be a bit more forgiving. Maybe just a bit more."

[aj_crawley]

"And my fingers are quite a bit harder to break," he muses. "Still, I don't think I'll stick my head around the door 'til this latest bit of cursing's died down."

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

"Smart man," approves Dude. "Hey, your friend's around here somewhere."

[aj_crawley]

"Er. Yes."

Tea. Tea is so amazingly interesting right now. Wow.

"I suppose he would be."

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

"Been quiet today. Nerves, I suppose. Nervous for 'Dora."

Dude gives the demon a shrewd look.

[aj_crawley]

"Well, yeah. I mean. We all are, right?"

[howdy-howdy.livejournal.com]

A shrug. "Yeah, I reckon we all are," he says quietly. "Reckon we all are. But she'll be fine. Just fine."