[LOG] Flashback: Alison & Ora, Tea Near King's Cross

[n3xt-in-line.livejournal.com]

Where: A tea shop near King's Cross Station, London
When: Sept. 1 (I think?), 2021, fifth year

"Make sure to cause plenty of trouble, you hear?" George commanded, and Alison rolled her eyes and tried to suppress a grin as Freddy nodded and George ruffled his hair, before she was hugged around the middle once more with a quick, "Bye, Mum!" and their son was off, short red hair bobbing through the crowd as he pulled his trunk behind him towards the train.

"You're lucky his mother doesn't mind him getting into trouble," she told George slyly, to which he just grinned and ruffled her hair, as she swatted his hand away and waved to Hermione and Ron, who had just seen Rose and Hugo off as well and were heading towards the exit as the train began to blow off large amounts of steam, signaling that it was getting ready to leave. There was a rush of last-minute goodbyes and the last few students rushed to board the train; then, with a cheerful whistle, the scarlet engine began to pull out of the station, gaining speed as it finally rounded a bend in the tracks and was gone.

"Ora!" she called, spotting her friend with her fair-haired husband not far from them on the platform, turning to head back now that the Hogwarts Express was out of sight. She waved wildly, still not really having the height to be spotted easily, pulling George behind her through the crowd as Ora stopped and turned towards the sound. "Ora, Draco, hello!" At least if Ora didn't see her, she'd see George and stop, hopefully. She hadn't had a chance to catch up with Ora last year before her friend had left King's Cross, but she had been hoping to find her this year, and hoping that she'd have a bit of time as well. "Do you have a bit?"

[OOC: Alison's cut her hair (I'm actually thinking of having her do it sometime in the Snogs RP, later on :D;) and it now looks like this~]

Comments

[n3xt-in-line.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Haha, yeah, that could be it. We're not lame! Really!

Awww <3 That could add to the angst, though, if he did that. XD Definitely extra awkwardness, there~ Alby would be kind of "D: ..." for a while, and try to ignore his feelings AGAIN. And I'm sure there are other awkward situations we can put them in if we think about it~ >D I wonder if we should do something with Hawk, he might notice something as well...]

[of-gunmetalgrey.livejournal.com]

[OOC: I think the Brits are just jealous we whooped their asses in the Revolutionary War. :/

I like the idea of adding to the angst if Alby tries to bring up the possibility of going back to the Chamber of Snogs or tries to talk about the kiss or something. XD ~<3 We are so wonderfully sadistic. :D

I'm wondering how promiscuous Hawk is. As in, does he hit on other guys in public? Has he had a scandalous relationship with anybody in school and that kind of thing, because I think at some point in time if it's really bugging Scorp he might try to pull Hawk aside (or one of his ex-boyfriends) and ask him a few things. XD]

[n3xt-in-line.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Ahaha. That must be it. Have you ever seen the Declaration of Revocation? It's hilarious.

XD Hey, we just want to write good stories, right? And yeah, I think Alby is more the type to want to try to talk about things, so after he can't keep quiet any longer he'll try to bring it up, and then Scorp can insist it didn't mean anything and yay, angst~

Hm. I think he's pretty much your average teenage boy, in terms of number and types of romantic relationships, he's just... openly gay. He probably hits on people mostly out of humor, though if he thought someone was going to accept his advances, I don't imagine he'd mind. He's probably had a relationship or two, though - the whole rest of Hogwarts can't be straight, right? >>]

[of-gunmetalgrey.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Haha, I just read it on your cue. It's pretty hilarious. XD

Yay, angst~! :D

As a school of only supposedly ~300 kids (if we assume 40 kids per year), I really can't imagine there'd be that many kids who are gay, or at least open about it. D: Assuming that maybe 5% of any population is homosexual (this is probably a rather large estimate), that boils down to about 15 kids, spread over about the seven years. Not great numbers. If we can assume that an addition 5% are willing to be experimental, we get something slightly more workable. D:

Anyways, all of the previous paragraph may be moot because Rowling's grasp of population dynamics is pretty bad. I think she's claimed in interviews before that the wizarding population in Britain is about 3,000 people. Even if only 90% of them went to Hogwarts, ~300 kids in school at any one time is a bit for a population of that size to be sustainable. I think it ought to be something more around 15% of the population being school age. D: Anyhooosss...

Either way, if Hawk's had two relationships with other boys (I assume from various years, since having all the gay boys in fifth year is maybe a bit too much with the asses and the u's and the me's)...I don't think that gives Scorp and Alby much to work with when it comes to asking people for advice. D: I have the feeling that Hawk's turned down a lot of girls asking him on the pretext of being gay, but you're right, he's probably not terribly promiscuous because there really aren't all that many people to be promiscuous with. So him having one or two in the past sounds about decent. Do you think he's in a relationship right now? XD

I think the thing that Scorp would ask him is if he asks someone out before he knows whether or not they're interested, and what he does if someone expresses disinterest because of the gender/gayness issue.

...and this was really longer than it needed to be, I think. D: Sorry.]

[n3xt-in-line.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Isn't it though~ XD

You really are probably right - while the WHOLE of the school is not likely straight, I don't see there being a large gay contingent, based on what seems like a reasonable number of students. (I suppose not everyone goes to Hogwarts, maybe, or something like that, but that is still a lot of math that seems to be getting dropped, somewhere in there. ^^;) Even adding in people willing to experiment doesn't gain us a lot, but at least that gives us a little bit more to work with.

I was definitely thinking one or two past relationships for Hawk sounds good, and probably both of those would be with boys in different years (probably older?). So that doesn't give our boys a lot of people to turn to for advice, but that's probably pretty realistic (and adds to the angst!). I'm guessing Hawk's probably not in a relationship at the moment, but I wouldn't be terribly opposed to putting him in one, if that would suit our purposes better. (I also can kind of see Alby... watching him, almost, to see if he acts different, somehow, to make sure that people can't just look at him and realize he's gay or something. Oh, Alby. XD;;)

That does seem like at least a safe way for Scorp to ask Hawk about things, though, so that sounds good to me~ I think Hawk is really pretty laid back - he'd be obviously disappointed if someone wasn't interested, but he wouldn't exactly have the added problem of his crush being his best friend that poor Scorp does. :D; ]

[of-gunmetalgrey.livejournal.com]

[OOC: I like the idea that Hawk has been dating older guys. I mean, when you're just a turning a fifth year, the likelihood of you dating younger guys when you're in say...third or fourth year is really not very high. XD

Whether or not Hawk is single is up to you, but he better not be having any designs on Albus or Scorp will have no compunctions about kicking his ass if he gets too close. >:E Hahaha, that will be so cute if Alby watches Hawk for a bit to make sure he doesn't act too gay. XD *laughs*]

[n3xt-in-line.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Yeah, I can't really see him dating anyone younger, so older just seems to make sense. :D;

I think single's probably better at the moment, maybe his previous boyfriend just graduated or something... Somehow Hawk just comes off as single in my head. XD; He might crack a joke or something if he realizes Scorp likes Alby, but I don't think he'd do anything - he is a decent guy~ (Hahaha, though if Scorp got jealous, that would be cute.) Alby is totally going to try to gauge if people will be able to tell. XD He feels suddenly exposed or something, even though he's not really acting differently except for being awkward around Scorp.]

[of-gunmetalgrey.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Oh, I like that idea that Hawk's previous boyfriend just graduated. Awww, now he's single and alone. It would be totally cute if Scorp started getting all jealous and protective if Hawk made jokes at hitting on Albus or something. :3 Oh Scorp. ~<3

So yeah, I can start the "sittin' on the train" log? from where Scorp hugs his Mum and Dad and runs off? X3 I'll try to get to that before I have to go to my TA review session! Teaching undergrads! Whee!]

[n3xt-in-line.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Yes~ That works for me. XD That'd be so cute~ Hawk would definitely tease him (relatively nicely) once he figured it out. XD

Sure, sounds good! :D Don't traumatize your students too badly! XD <3]