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Oct. 7th, 2006 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
clumsy_aurorNot exactly your typical Friday night in the Tonks-Wrangle household. Generally Nymphadora puts aside work on such nights in favor of socialising in the bar, or spending time with her family, but tonight there was a report that had been mocking her silently all week. It had to be done come Monday, hell or high water.
So this, perhaps, explains the clutter spread out over the entirety of the dining room table -- including papers, quills, ink pots, empty plates with crumbs on, and half-full teacups -- and the woman bent sullenly over it all.
So this, perhaps, explains the clutter spread out over the entirety of the dining room table -- including papers, quills, ink pots, empty plates with crumbs on, and half-full teacups -- and the woman bent sullenly over it all.
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Date: 2006-10-07 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-07 04:50 pm (UTC)'Dora bends over one of the pieces of parchment again, scribbling furiously in one of the margins.
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Date: 2006-10-07 04:59 pm (UTC)Of course, he's making no move to leave. In fact, in shifting his weight from one foot to the other, he's actually edging his way very slowly into the room.
He really has missed her.
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:04 pm (UTC)Weakly, "Azir--Aziraphael, where've you--"
But she doesn't bother to finish the question, because it isn't important. What's important is that he's here, and whole.
It is most fortunate that there are no dining room chairs between 'Dora and the angel, as it's probable she would've broken at least one limb, possibly two, in her attempts to reach him as quickly as she can. Newspapers and bags notwithstanding, she throws her arms around him, burying her face in his shoulder.
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-07 05:20 pm (UTC)"You came back."
It isn't said with wonderment, exactly, because Nymphadora had known he would. But the fact that he returned when she was still young, and not many years from now, was an overwhelming relief.
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:52 pm (UTC)"'Dora, really. Whatever would your husband think?"
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:53 pm (UTC)"I'm thinking I need a camera."
Anthony yawns, and then reaches for Mummy.
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-07 06:00 pm (UTC)He'd forgotten quite how comfortable this sofa was and he sinks back into it, beaming up at 'Dora when she hands him a cup of tea.
"Bliss."
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:04 pm (UTC)"Sunny in bed?"
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:08 pm (UTC)Nymphadora finally sits, settling herself on the couch beside Aziraphael, Anthony drowsily leaning against her and nursing his thumb. With one hand the witch gently strokes his flyaway black hair.
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-07 06:30 pm (UTC)"Well, you know. We only like people for the stuff they bring us. Personality is never a factor."
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:33 pm (UTC)He rummages in his bag and pulls something out.
"Please excuse my not having wrapped it, my dear. I was rather eager to come home."
It's a large sketchbook, leatherbound and handsome.
The first anniversary's paper, you see.
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:35 pm (UTC)"Oh. Oh, angel. This is too much."
You'll notice he takes it anyway.
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:41 pm (UTC)He looks up at them both when he's handed his gift across, looking rather sheepish.
"I am sorry, you know."
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:44 pm (UTC)"Cheers, angel. Quite a clever way to do that paper sticky wicket."
Her smile softens, just a bit, and then she reaches out to put a hand on his arm.
"Yeah. We know."
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Date: 2006-10-07 06:54 pm (UTC)"For Sunshine," he informs 'Dora as he hands it over, "and for Anthony," as he passes Bernard a line of beautifully decorated paper cranes, hung vertically from almost invisible thread. Considering the journey he's made they really ought to be thoroughly crushed, but what's a little miracle between friends?
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:00 pm (UTC)"Buh?"
He stretches out one dribbly hand. "Uhn!"
"I don't think so, Monkey. Not tonight," Bernard replies, standing. "I'll hang these above his crib where he can't muss them."
He walks out, holding the dainty string up to catch the light.
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:03 pm (UTC)"These are lovely, angel. Really. Thank you."
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:08 pm (UTC)He looks rather more serious, now.
"How was Bernard's recovery?"
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:10 pm (UTC)"Slow," she replies quietly. "Was in hospital for weeks."
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-07 07:40 pm (UTC)A rueful smile.
"Still, he's much better off than he would've been had you not done the healing you did."
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-07 11:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-08 12:46 am (UTC)"I'll do what I can, of course."
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Date: 2006-10-08 12:51 am (UTC)And because it's the easiest thing in the world, because his shoulder is so lovely and it's right there, finally, Nymphadora rests her head in the crook Aziraphael's neck.
"Are you all right?"
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:08 am (UTC)"Yes." And he almost sounds surprised to say it. "I am. I feel rather better having spoken to Crowley, of course; I'd ask you to remind me of that next time I take it into my head to go haring off, only I rather think I would have been less capable of rational conversation with him without the time to reflect."
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:19 am (UTC)Her voice is quiet, and with her free hand Nymphadora adjusts Anthony's sock where it threatens to come off. The baby kicks half-heartedly, mostly asleep as he is.
"I was pretty weird with him for a while when he showed up again. Couldn't help it."
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-08 01:28 am (UTC)Anthony stirs, fussing just a little, and quiets when Nymphadora hums reassuringly and rubs his warm back.
"However much I still don't entirely understand what he was thinking of, I still love him. Can't not."
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:39 am (UTC)"Believe me, dearest, when I say that I know what you mean."
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:43 am (UTC)"Yeah, you certainly do, don't you." A sigh. Then, hopefully, "You want to stay the night? Then you could see Sunny first thing in the morning..."
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:45 am (UTC)He squeezes her a little. He's missed his family.
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:53 am (UTC)She stands, finally, and nods her head towards the hallway.
"C'mon, then. You can help me get this one in bed, and then we'll make up the study sofa bed for you."
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Date: 2006-10-08 02:01 am (UTC)It's good to be home.