[LOG] New Year's Eve

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Where: Malfoy Manor, Wiltshire
When: December 31, 2021 (Fifth Year)



Scorpius was practically bouncing on the balls of his feet. He'd been rather distracted all day and for possibly the first time in his life, was having a difficult time sitting still. It had been a little over a week since the last time he'd seen Alby, and he simply couldn't wait any longer. The Manor had been bustling all day, hired house elves running about the entire house and the grounds, cleaning and putting up decorations. The kitchen had smelled wonderful since breakfast, and Scorpius had even snuck down to steal some food early in the afternoon, because he needed to get up out of his armchair in the parlor and move around. His mother and his father were nowhere to be seen--probably helping with the preparations, and for most of the afternoon his only company was Delphina, who liked to try to surprise attack him a few times an hour. It was a good thing for Scorpius that he was already anxious and excited or Delphina would've probably trampled him into the floor before lunch.

As the time wore on into the evening, Delphina got bored with trying test her little brother once every so often and decided to drag him off to his room and play dress-up. Scorpius didn't understand why it mattered whether his jumper was blue, black, or red--it was all the same to him--but Delphina insisted that he had to match, or else bring shame upon the Malfoy for name for years to come. Knowing better than to argue, he let Delphina pick out various outfits for him until she decided that she'd better worry about herself instead, and left him with the choice between a dark green jumper with grey trousers or a dark blue jumper with black trousers. Scorpius closed his eyes and just picked one. Blue and black it was.

Scorpius made one last round in his room to make sure that everything was prepared for Alby's stay. There was an extra set of blankets, an extra pillow, and his room was clean and spotless. It was fifteen minutes before all the guests were due to arrive by Portkey that his father knocked on the door and poked his head inside his son's room.

"Scorpius, the party's almost starting," Draco said, his gaze settling on Scorpius's bed, which had two pillows laying side by side on it.

Scorpius hadn't exactly been a fan of his father's stern Christmas Eve lecture about not doing things he'd regret later. It had been difficult for him not to roll his eyes at his father and assure him that he was never, in his life, going to regret sleeping with his best friend, but for his father's sake he'd refrained.

"Are you sure you don't want to put Alby in one of the guest rooms?" Draco asked, turning to his son, a look of well-intentioned concern on his face.

"Yes, Dad, I'm sure," Scorpius replied firmly. He was not going to budge on this issue. If his father wanted to, he could probably force Alby to take the guest room, but short of casting some serious spells probably had no way to enforce the rule.

Draco paused for a moment, wondering whether or not to press the issue with his son, but apparently thought better of it. "Just make sure nobody hears you," he muttered so quietly that Scorpius wasn't exactly sure his father had said it in the first place.

Scorpius followed his dad downstairs where his family was already gathered, waiting for the guests to arrive in the large foyer of Malfoy Manor. Like he'd been doing almost all holiday, Grandpa Lucius acknowledged his presence but said little to him, but Grandma Cissy fussed all over him, adjusting his tie and picking a few stray pieces of lint off his jumper.

"Don't you look darling?" she said, patting his cheek and pressing a kiss to his forehead. "I don't think I've seen you this excited in years, Scorpius."

"Uh...I guess," Scorpius replied, his cheeks coloring a little pink. There was no way he was going to tell his grandmother that he was just excited his boyfriend was coming, because he didn't actually give a damn about the party itself.

His mother combed her fingers through his hair, and Delphina, in a new, dark purple dress she'd gotten for Christmas, shot him a look.

"You were supposed to wear the striped shirt with that jumper!" she said, a look of disapproval on her face.

Scorpius just shrugged. He thought he looked fine.

Shaking her head, Delphina turned to the guests that had just started arriving.

The Greengrasses arrived first, old friends of the Malfoy family. Scorpius smiled tightly and shook hands with the entire family, wishing each and every one of them a "Happy New Year" despite not knowing a single one of them. Next came the Mann family, the Zabinis, and a few names Scorpius didn't recognize but seemed to be prominent, high-ranking members of the Ministry of Magic. Where was Alby? Scorpius showed the guests the way to the tents in the Manor's back garden, music already playing, hors d'oeuvres and wine floating about on invisible trays.

Scorpius returned for the foyer, looking through the crowd of heads popping in to see if he could see Alby.

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Scorp's strangled gasp was all the warning Alby got - he'd been expecting it, but he quickly found that there was only so much he could have expected in the first place. The other went rigid, shuddering slightly, and Alby fought the urge to move and instead tried to swallow. Watching Scorp come from this angle was nothing if not entrancing - and knowing he'd been able to do that with just his mouth made him feel strangely satisfied, even more so than after his own orgasm only moments before. He kept his hands on Scorp's thighs, helping to hold him in place, swallowing again as the other slowly sank back to the floor.

A bit of Scorp's seed trickled down the side of Alby's mouth; he wiped at his lips with the back of his hand, then licked them, catching the last of his boyfriend's taste on his tongue. Then he glanced down, running his palm over Scorp's softening member to clean it, and glanced over, grinning a little coyly, as he licked the last of the mess off his hand. It was a good taste, if not a little odd, but that didn't matter much.

He grinned lazily down at his boyfriend, flopping over chest-to-chest to nuzzle beneath his chin. "Yeah. A lot earlier." Oh well. They'd just have to make up for it by doing it again. Often.

Alby sighed happily, eyes slipping closed for a moment as he listened to Scorp's heartbeat beneath his ear. He was half-content to fall asleep right here like this, but the chill of the air prickled the skin of his back and he groaned quietly. "Bed," he murmured, only half-wanting to get up and move to it.

[OOC: I think Alby's happy either way, but they would probably be more comfortable in it, silly boys. XD]

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A slow, content grin spread over Scorpius's face as Alby licked his hand clean. He snuggled his boyfriend when Alby laid down on top of him, trailing a finger up his spine before resting his hand on the broad of Alby's back. He wouldn't have minded just drifting off to sleep on the floor with Alby nestled so close. Scorpius stared at the ceiling of his room, thinking that he now had something to look forward to on his holidays at the Manor. His thoughts briefly flickered to the party still going on downstairs, hoping that nobody was going to be missing him, or worse, coming upstairs to check.

Several minutes of blissful silence passed before Alby made the suggestion to go to bed. Scorpius blinked, fighting back a yawn. He smiled softly at Alby and nuzzled him fondly. "Bed," he confirmed, realizing that they were going both wake up sore and sorry if they fell asleep on the floor. Scorpius tried sitting up with Alby, but settled back down again with a dramatic flop of his limbs. "In a bit," he said, and lifted his head a bit to give Alby a kiss.

Anybody who walked in on them now would just have to face the consequences, Scorpius mused, giving Alby a little squeeze.

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"Mm," Alby murmured, which obviously meant, "Okay, whatever you say," but he couldn't be bothered to voice all the words. Scorp's chest was comfortable, and he was perfectly content to lay here a bit longer, now that Scorp's arms were around him, keeping him warm.

He returned the other's kiss, feeling a lazy sort of contentment, and thinking that the New Year had never been this exciting before. But hopefully it would be again. He grinned at that thought, snuggling a bit closer, only sparing a moment of thought in the hope that no one would come looking for them until late into the morning.

[OOC: Done-ish? :D; Aww, they're so cute~]

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Scorpius let his kiss linger on Alby's lips, smiling at his boyfriend as they parted briefly. "Happy New Year," he whispered quietly, and snuggled Alby close. They laid there on the floor as the air around them cooled, the sweat on their skin dried, and eventually, the sounds of the party died down.

Before falling asleep for good, the boys managed to roll off each other and climb into bed, still naked, their clothes strewn all over the floor. Snuggled close together, like it was the most natural thing in the world, Alby and Scorpius finally drifted off to sleep. And then all of Malfoy Manor was surrounded by the first peaceful silence of the new year.

[OOC: ...Aaaand I guess we're done! :D Uhhh...D: What're we gonna do for our next scene? XD We had a planning conversation, but I forgot where I put the log for that. D'oh. Hmmm...I remember there were a few things we wanted to do while still in fifth year? 1) Alby and Scorpius catch Joe and Alex 'experimenting', 2) Alby and Scorpius find Gilbert and Serge's painting vandalized, and subsequently discover who painted it in the first place, 3) Professor Blackwood decides to sit the boys down and secretly give them safe sex pamphlets. XD So...which one of those three did we want to do first?]

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[OOC: I think you hit the major points, at least, from what I remember... uh... I'd vote for number one, because it sounds utterly hilarious? XD; And maybe because of all the "experimenting" going around, that can prompt Blackwood into giving people safe sex talks? And I think I had a plan for Alby to try and ask Hawk how to have sex, as a one-shot thing. And we can definitely mix in the vandalizing of the painting thing anywhere we want~]

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[OOC: #1 sounds good! :D I kicked off this one, so I guess it's your turn! Hee hee hee. :D Poor Joe and Alex are never gonna live this one down! D: Maybe Zach should actually be there too when Alby and Scorp walk in on them? It's a good way to segue into the safe sex talk, I agree! Oh yeah, I definitely want to see you post Alby and Hawk having a chat about sex. Poor Alby. D: Or maybe poor Hawk. ¬_¬ We can save the vandalism for sixth years? :D And also at some point in time we definitely kicked about the idea of having the headmistress call Alby and Scorp's parents in to have a talk with them about the conduct of their boys. Cause you know, if they're boyfriends and sharing the same dormitory and all that, the admins are going to have problems. :3

Oh and before I forget, there's some nice hi-res pictures of the HBP movie posted on Leaky Cauldron! There's new Quidditch gear (http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/216922), Draco's laughably skinny ankles and giant feet (http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/216921) (I realize that's not what most people looking at that picture would say, but for some odd reason it jumped out at me), and more of Draco meaning SERIOUS BUSINESS. (http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/216917) (There are other pictures too, but I had to point out the Draco ones! ~<3 Where's Snape? THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE IS PRACTICALLY HARRY POTTER AND SEVERUS SNAPE!) D: I wish Draco would grow his bangs out again. He has a giant forehead.]

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[OOC: Okay~ I'll try to get to it tomorrow sometime, then~ I should get to bed in a few. But yeah, I think it'd definitely be a good way to lead into safe sex talks (and sex talk at all - ahaha, I don't know who to feel sorry for, Alby or Hawk XD). Vandalism sixth year sounds like a plan to me~ :D And yeah, I do remember tossing that plan around a bit, with the parents. It might be worth considering, if it sounds like fun. ;D

OMG PICTURES! Ahahaha, RON. XD I don't think I like that new quidditch gear as much, though. :x I still want to make a set of gear from the first couple of movies~ But wow, Draco does have big feet. o.o And a big forehead. D: Come back, bangs! You were so cute! He's really grown up quite a bit.]

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[OOC: I have to go shopping for my party in a few too. :D ~<3 Night! But yaaaay, I'm glad we picked this up again, it's totally kick started my Ora muse my inner HP fangirl. XD

I really don't like the new Quidditch gear as much. D: The old Quidditch gear was definitely more badass.

And DRACO HAS HUGE FEET! And a huuuuuge forehead. And teeny stick-like ankles. (My Draco has huge feet and stork ankles. Heeeeee. ~<3) Tom Felton's really much cuter with bangs. D: I JUST FOUND THIS (http://terry.elka.cz/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/tom_felton_.jpeg) *drools all over self* (Tom Felton totally looks like he just got back from a day surfing at the beach here in SoCal. Phew. *fans self*) The makers of the movie should realize this and bring his bangs back. Seriously. D: Also, his black shirt and his black jacket? Is it just me or does that scream "art gallery fag" to you?]

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[OOC: AND POSTED~ :D Ahaha, yes, all my HP muses have suddenly begun clamoring again. They seem to do that every once in a while. XD; Even my little beater wants some action. ::dies::

Yeah. D: I'm sad! I don't like the new stuff at all. They look like silly rugby players. ;_; I want old skool!

HE DOES OMG. DDD: Maybe if his ankles were not so skinny, it wouldn't be so obvious? XD; Oh, wow, that picture is very, very drool-worthy. *_* THAT is what that boy needs to look like all the time! XD That black "artiste" look is totally not doing a thing for him. >>]

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[OOC: Yeah, my HP muses have come back full force. This is bad, I need to write laywers! D: ...Ora totally wants out right now, and I don't think that's the best idea. -_-;;

Haha, now I have this image of Ora one day deciding to give Draco a makeover, and Draco will wake up with his hair dyed a bit darker and spiked and be absolutely furious. Not a crazy fangirl, not a crazy fangirl...]

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[OOC: XD Oh, come on~ Everybody can have a turn being written. It's only fair!

Ahahahaha. OMG, she she do it. Dooooooo it~ That would be fabulous. I want to, like, backtrack to before Voldemort took over and just have fun with things~ XD;]

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[OOC: That's what sucks about writing a grant right now! D: I have like...no time at all do all the writing I want to do. :(

XD I think Ora would only have the guts to do it after they got married or at least were stably 'together.' D: Cause you never want to wake up to somebody hovering over you with a wand. XD That never ends well.

It'd be cool to go back before HP got all SERIOUS BUSINESS and do something, but what would we go? A scene always has to go somewhere and I've got nothing. I guess I should post in Snogs, cause it's totally my turn in the whole helping-Dean-escape thing.]

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[OOC: I hear you. I always really want to WRITE most when something is due. XD;; But you're almost there!

Ahaha. That is true. Draco might be more forgiving once they were married. XD; Oh, but that would be so hilarious to pull on him when he was in school~

Yeah; I don't know if it would really be good for getting anywhere, per se. :x Maybe just a few slice-of-life scenes could be fun, but... yeah. The only thing I could think of would be the fun that is teenage girls agonizing over how to get the guys they eventually grow up to marry. XD;

Ah, Snogs~ We should pick that up again if there is interest or time, I wouldn't mind!]

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[OOC: I know! I swear all my best fic out of college came out of finals week. WTF is up with that? D:

Yeah, now I'm really, really tempted to go and do some flashbacks of Ora deciding that Draco really needed a makeover. XD HAHAHAHA. Somebody help me before I go crazy. But yeah, I like the idea of doing some slice-of-life scenes between just you and me on one of our character blogs, or some early year things (third or fourth year, maybe?) about Ora and Alison wanting to have the guts to ask their boys out. That would be so cute. XD

I'll go catch up on Snogs and post something, then! :D]

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[OOC: Totally~ I don't know why the best writing happens when you have a million other deadlines, but it really does. XD Without fail~

Ahaha, I would so be behind that~ YOU SHOULD. Bah. Do it! Yeah, slice-of-life can be fun, and if we add in some diabolical plans to snare ourselves some boyfriends it kinda even has a plot element~ XD I'd be cool with anything from end-ish of third year through fifth year or whatever~ We can always add in some school functions and fun things like that~ (Because school dances are so much drama~)

Woo! Wake up, HP muses, wake up~ :D]

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[OOC: When does Alison manage to snag the twins again? D: I forget. Was it early in third years or towards the end of fourth year? Cause it's not until fifth year that Ora starts seeing Draco. Hmmm...we could do something for the fourth year Yule Ball, but it's pretty much established that Draco goes with Pansy to that. :( *boo* I can't remember if they said who the twins go with. XD I like the idea of diabolical plans though. Coupled with some school functions for added drama. Thoughts?]

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[OOC: ... Actually, it looks like that was fifth year too. :O Her profile claims "After a number of encounters in her third year, they became friends in her fourth year and she began dating them seriously around the time Dumbledore's Army was instated in her fifth year." So maybe fourth year would be good. Hey, just because Draco goes with Pansy doesn't mean he can't ditch her at some point, right? ;D I can't remember if it said who the twins went with, but if it doesn't, then that leaves some room for fun, too, because Alison was at least friends with them by then.

Fifth year did get a little crazy, with the whole Umbridge thing... though that would be fun to play through a bit, now that I think about it. There could be some DA stuff, though that doesn't exactly involve Draco. :x]

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[OOC: I would actually like to see you post about how Alison and the Weasley twins first get together. :D I'm very curious! If you post, I'll post about how Ora and Draco decide to see each other too. X3

Oh, that's true. D: Just because Draco shows up to the dance with Pansy doesn't mean that he ends the dance with Pansy. >3 Mwa ha ha ha. I like how your brain works. Let me check through my text versions of book 4 to see if there's anything about who the twins go with to the Yule Ball. You three would totally shake up the party. XD

Writing about some fifth year stuff would totally be fun. *nods* And I think Ora will have enough angst about it too, because she knows that she can't tell Draco she's part of the DA, which means that Draco will eventually find out when the DA is caught and who knows what will happen then?]

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[OOC: XD Oh, that could be fun. I'll have to figure that one out, but I would totally love to do that~ You're on. :D I want to read about Ora and Draco! <3

Eeeeexactly~ >D Because really, who wants to spend a whole dance with Pansy? EW. D: Okay, just let me know - it might mention them, but I really don't remember. If they have dates, I'll just stare from afar~ (Or break in during dances or something. XD)

Yeah~ We can hate on Umbridge and think it's the end of the world or something. Aw, Ora!angst~ Poor girl~ That could be a lot of fun, though!]

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[OOC: Hahaha, okay! :D I better be seeing some Alison/Weasley Twins soon then! ^_~ And I'll get to work on Ora and Draco. (Did I mention that I dreamt about being Ora last night and staying at a fancy hotel in France with Draco? I'm crazy. D: Really, really crazy, I think.)

So book 4 mentions Fred dancing very wildly with Angelina, but doesn't explicitly say that she's his date. I don't think it says anything about George's partner. I guess that means you're cool for some AWESOME SCARY DANCING. :D Go!

So let's do some fourth year first? :D First with the plotting, and then the failing (let's end up going together because the people we wanted to ask out have already asked out somebody else), but ending OWNING the prom by dancing with our boys anyway? :D]

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[OOC: XD; I think I probably wrote some horribly fangirly Mary Sue fic about it way back in the day, but I don't even know if that can be salvaged into a realistic work of writing. ::dies:: But I will come up with something~ And I will be looking forward to Ora and Draco goodness! (XD Ahaha, that is AWESOME. It's still less crazy that dreaming about the JONAS BROTHERS, I think. XD I really need help.)

Ahaha, oh, Fred~ Okay, that is awesome. We should totally log this Yule Ball or something... Or maybe just figure out what all happens and have two narratives that kind of intertwine... or something. XD; It'll be fun~

Yes~ That sounds good to me, to start there! (Going together sounds like a good plan!) And then we can steal our true loves away for an evening of win~ >D]

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[OOC: Oh dude, I totally remember that horribly fangirly Mary Sue fic! XD I can't remember for the life of me what exactly happened in there though...maybe you can still salvage the situation into something? :D *grins* (I think the fact that Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama was there too really confirms my worst fears that I am insane. XD *laughs*)

I agree, we should log the Yule Ball. It would be cool to start off plotting and being disappointed together, and then split off half-way through the night into our own little intertwining stories dancing with our boys? :D Sound good?]

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[OOC: ::diiies:: It was so bad, whatever it was. XD;; I'll have to see if it's on my old computer somewhere. I probably could still salvage it. I think it involved quidditch injuries or something equally dumb. Ahaha~ (Ahahaha. XD We should have a weird dream contest sometime. It could be fun. But I can't claim to have ever dreamed about Zoidberg, that's for sure. XD)

Yes~ That totally works. :D I like that, it sounds perfect!]

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[OOC: Ooh, Quidditch injuries! I think I remember that! Hee hee. :D (I am probably one of very, very few people to be enough of a 'tard that Zoidberg appears in my dreams. D: WTF. We should totally have a crazy-dream-off sometime and prove to each other just how crazy we both really are!)

Awesome! Errr...who wants to start? Cause that's who's journal it's going to be going in, I think. D:]

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[OOC: WHOOPS WRONG JOURNAL. D: Well, you know who I am. :D;;;]