[LOG] Dinner at Godric's Hollow

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Where: The Potter Residence, Godric's Hollow
When: December 23, 2021 (fifth year)



Scorpius had never understood why his Grandma Cissy fussed over clothes so much. He never quite understood the fashion trends that swept through the Wizarding world year after year, and frankly couldn't see much of a difference between his old trousers and the new trousers his grandmother insisted on buying for him every time he visited the Manor on holiday. But he wore them anyway, because it was easier to go along with it than go shopping with his grandmother or his mother.

Scorpius was all dressed and ready for the party hours before it was supposed to start, so he lounged about in the parlor, playing a game of Go against himself, and not noticing that the rug he was sitting on was shedding on his black wool jumper. Until his sister came in and pointed it out.

"You've got rug all over you," Delphina said, staring at her younger brother with disapproval on her face. She drew her wand from the folds of her maroon dress and waved it at Scorpius. "There."

Scorpius didn't really see what the big deal was, having a bit of lint on his jumper. In his point of view, if the Potters didn't like him, it wouldn't be for the lint. It would be for the wanking he was doing with their son.

Delphina knelt on the floor and continued the Go game with him, watching her brother as he got increasingly edgy as the time to the party drew closer. It was a bare fifteen minutes before the party was supposed to start before his father emerged into the parlor, dressed in a blue button-down shirt and jacket that was a couple steps more toward casual and chic than he usually preferred. Scorpius looked up from his game and raised an eyebrow.

"Your mother insisted," Draco said in a tone which meant that Scorpius was better off not asking.

Scorpius nodded, and decided not to question his mother's decisions.

"Actually, it looks good on you, Dad," Delphina offered brightly.

"Not my usual style," Draco replied, not flattered by his daughter's compliment and looking more like he would rather spend the night alone than go to dinner with the Potters.

"It still looks good," Delphina said finally.

"Scorpius! Delphina! Draco!"

Scorpius heard his mother call from downstairs, and he leapt onto his feet, ready to go. He pelted down the stairs, leaving his father and older sister to follow is his wake, grabbing his coat and his scarf from the rack in the entryway on his way to the door. It had been a bare three days since he'd last seen Alby at King's Cross, but it felt like it had already been weeks, and he couldn't wait any longer.

"Mum!" Scorpius said, trying his best not to look impatient as he waited by the door. They had to walk all the way down the lane, out the gate, and onto the street before they could Apparate away to Alby's house, and that was a lot of time standing between him and Alby. Scorpius didn't even want to be a second late.

"You can wait a few more seconds," his mother told him, gathering her winter coat. "Don't forget to grab the wine, Draco!"

Finally the small family was assembled, and they bid Grandma Cissy goodbye. Grandpa Lucius was notably absent.

It was dark and snowing when they arrived at Godric's Hollow, a few steps from the Potters's door. Scorpius wanted to race up to Alby's door and knock loudly, but his father reminded both his children to mind their manners.

The Potter Residence was a cozy little cottage, probably larger than the inside than it looked on the outside, looking picturesque in the evening with a bit of snow dusting the roof and frost covering the edges of the windows. Scorpius's mum walked up to the door, fixed the collar of Scorpius's shirt, and rang the doorbell.

"Don't screw this up, Draco," Ora said, glancing up at her husband.

Scorpius's father lifted the bottle of wine in his hand. "I'll do my best," he replied dryly, right before the door opened.

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"You're welcome, Scorpius," Ginny smiled, piling eggs on both Scorp and Alby's plates as the two boys helped themselves to the rest of breakfast.

Dad gave no indication that he'd seen them earlier this morning - or at least, if he was, Alby wasn't astute enough to pick up on it. His father was reading the paper, which he usually did, and nodded to Scorp as he offered a good morning. Alby shot Scorp a reassuring smile and tried to ignore the way he could feel his sister staring at him, as though she expected Alby and Scorp to throw caution to the wind and start snogging over breakfast. Alby rolled his eyes and went back to his own breakfast - but not before noticing that Scorp and James were pointedly ignoring each other.

Well, he thought, at least it was better than them fighting.

Scorp seemed to enjoy breakfast, which pleased Alby's mum; he had to admit, she was a really good cook, and so was Grandma Molly. If there was one thing he could count on, it was being well-fed while he was at home. But he kept glancing at the clock, watching the hands march forward slowly, wondering when Scorp's parents were going to come pick him up. Would they have time for anything else this morning? Or would he have to go soon? Alby wished they could just pick a place and stay together for the rest of the holiday, as unlikely as that might be. He wondered vaguely how he'd ever survived without Scorp over holidays, but he supposed he hadn't really known what he was missing, before. It was almost too bad that he certainly did, now.

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Breakfast seemed to go by all too quickly as Scorpius and Alby helped polish off everything that Alby's mum had so generously made for them. Scorpius kept eyeing the clock between muted conversations with Alby, doing his best to remember to swallow his food before opening his mouth, but it felt more and more like time was running out, and by the time he and Alby brought the breakfast plates to the sink the clock hands had moved to nine o'clock. Scorpius thought back to the previous night as he thanked Alby's mum again for the food, trying to remember when his mum said she'd be by to pick him up. He hoped she'd be late as opposed to early, because there was always that likelihood that he wouldn't get to see Alby again until they climbed back aboard the Hogwarts Express. There was nothing more he wanted to than to spend the rest of his holiday with Alby, but somehow he had the feeling that wasn't going to happen, not with Christmas just over the corner. Alby had family to see after all, a family that Scorpius wasn't a part of.

Scorpius's had barely made his way back up the stairs to Alby's room when he heard the knock at the door. He groaned. Why, this day of all days did his mother decide she wanted to be early?

"Come on," Scorpius said, shutting Alby's door quickly, hoping that maybe if he wasn't around his mum would spend more time talking with Alby's mum, and buy him a little more time with his boyfriend. Downstairs he could hear his mum--and only his mum, thankfully--and Alby's mum talking already, the sounds of their voices drifting through the door.

"One last snog, for the holidays," Scorpius whispered, leaning against the door and trying not to look like he was saying goodbye. It was only for a week or so, for crying out loud, but he couldn't help but think it was going to feel like an eternity anyway.

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It seemed like it was nine before Alby could count down the minutes; he and Scorp had just cleared their plates from the table and started to head back up to Alby's room when there was a knock at the door. Beside, him, Scorp groaned - apparently his mother was also an early riser, and expected to be able to collect her son before he and his boyfriend had a chance to enjoy the morning together.

Nonetheless, the two boys climbed the rest of the way to Alby's room and shut the door, Scorp standing with his back to it, just as voices began to drift up the staircase from below.

One last snog was certainly something Alby was happy to give, placing hands about Scorp's hips and leaning up so their mouths met firmly, venting his frustration at the time they would not get to spend together today into that kiss, so Scorp would have something to remember for later. It was going to be the bess damn holiday snog ever, as far as Alby was concerned, because it was all they'd have until New Years, at the earliest, and only then if they both managed to convince their parents to let them have another sleepover, this time at Malfoy Manor.

Alby was not yet ready to part from Scorpius's lips, tongue still exploring the now-familiar velvety insides of Scorp's mouth, when he heard footsteps on the stairs and his mother's voice calling their names. Pulling back, Alby pressed one more chaste kiss to Scorp's lips before licking his own, relishing the taste of his boyfriend (and making sure there wasn't any spittle there to give them away) and stepped the rest of the way away from his boyfriend, nudging him aside to open the door.

"We're coming," he told his mother, who was on the last step of the stairs and hadn't yet had a chance to knock.

[OOC: One or two more tags at most, I'm thinking? :D]

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Scorpius did his best not to shove his hands right down the back of Alby's trousers like he really wanted to do, so he had to settle for cupping his hands on the small of Alby's back as he leaned forward to meet his boyfriend in what might be their last snog before the new year. Scorpius hoped it wouldn't work out to be that way, but there was always the possibility that Grandma Cissy and Grandpa Lucius were going to tell him he couldn't bring friends to their New Years Party.

"Mmm," Scorpius hummed quietly, a smile gracing his lips as nibbled Alby's lower lip, his tongue playing with Alby's. This was one great kiss.

He wasn't ready for it to end by the time he heard the footsteps on the stairs. He almost wanted to just risk it until there was a knock on the door, but the thought of his mum and Alby's mum on the other side of the door while he was snogging with Alby gave him cold feet. That was not an image he particularly wanted to entertain.

Scorpius grinned as Alby placed on more kiss on his lips. He scooped up his clothes (including James's old Chudley Cannons t-shirt, it definitely needed to be washed) and Alby's present to him--which he couldn't wait to read when he got back to the Manor--and together they emerged from Alby's room, looking not at all as if they'd been kissing each other passionately one minute before.

Scorpius's mum was waiting for him at the end of the hallway, her coat in her arms and a big smile on her face. "Good morning, Scorpius," she said. She smiled at Alby too. "You two boys have fun?"

Scorpius nodded. "Yeah, Mum."

"Well," Scorpius's mum said, turning to Alby's mum, "thank you for letting Scorpius stay the night." They chatted again on the way down the stairs, Scorpius and Alby hanging at the back, following their mums down to the front door.

Scorpius handed his things to his mum, and gave Alby a giant hug. "I'll owl you," he said with a grin. "Keep you updated." Scorpius gave his boyfriend a tight smile. He was going to miss Alby sorely over the next few days. "Happy Christmas. Bye."

Scorpius did not like long goodbyes, and he was pretty sure his mum probably thought he was acting a bit daft, so he hurriedly gave Alby another squeeze and a quick peck on the cheek before joining his mum.

"Thanks again for everything last night, it was wonderful," Ora said, and she and her son stepped outside, still waving to the Potters.

"So umm," Scorpius began, taking his things back from his mother, "where's Dad? Is he mad?"

"Not mad exactly," his mum replied, as she took his hand to Apparate. "But we do want to have a talk with you."

Scorpius groaned. The dreaded talk. He hadn't even started rolling his eyes when his mother Apparated them away, and he felt the squishing, crushing blackness descend on him.

Gragh, those gay lawyer bunnies totally ate my brain! D: Anyhoos, since term is starting again, I am back! Hopefully I'll be on a more regular schedule! ~<3 *not gonna slack off on RPs*

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Alby and Scorp followed their mums down the stairs; Scorp gave him a quick squeeze and kissed him on the cheek, and Alby grinned softly and nodded. "Thanks - I'll keep an eye out. Have a good Christmas." He turned to Scorp's mum as well, smiling up at her in silent thanks for letting Scorp stay. "I hope you all have a good Christmas."

He stood beside his mother as Scorp's mum thanked them and the two of them turned to go down the walk. He glanced up at his mum, who glanced down at him as she shooed him back into the hall and shut the door. "You have some chores to do," was all she said, with a slightly opaque look that said maybe she knew more than he thought she did.

Alby nodded, ducking his head a bit and heading into the kitchen to help clean up. Just as Alby was about to pass through the door into the kitchen, his father came out, sipping at what was probably his second or third cup of coffee. Alby paused - he still didn't know if Dad had caught them in the morning, and he wasn't sure if he would get in trouble for it, now that Scorp had gone.

His father did catch his eye, taking a long sip from his cup. But he sent a small smile down at his son as they passed each other, and Alby hurried on into the kitchen, thinking that at least if he was going to get a talking-to, it wasn't going to be now. He hoped maybe it wouldn't be ever, but with the looks both his parents had given him, he thought that might be quite impossible before vacation was over.

[OOC: Hee, it's okay. I totally understand~ I'm out of town this week, but I have email so I might be a bit slow to tag, but I'll be around. :D]

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[OOC: Wow, this thread was epic. XD *laughs* I think that's a good place to end? :D I can set up the next one too, then, since it involves work on Scorpius's end? It'll probably take a couple of days cause my schedule's pretty cramped, but does that sound good? :D]

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[OOC: XD That was totally epic, mwahahah~ But yes, that sounds like an end to me! :D; And sure, whenever you get the chance to set it up, just let me know. No rush at all! And we still have the snogs one going, I'll try to get a tag out for that in the next day or two~]