Open RP: Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage

[coxinsox]

No matter how many times it rolled around, somehow, Cox had always managed to avoid Chocolates Day... until now. It had never occurred to him just how much of an evil-minded bitch Lily Evans could apparently be. When he got back to normal, there were going to be words (AKA shouting) about what she'd done to himIn the meantime, though, he was

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[moonylicious]

At first Remus couldn't figure out who the angry kid drinking in the Ravenclaw common room was. But the kid's gestures were, well, eerily familliar, and it had been a while, (like since his reemergence) since he'd sparred with Cox.

Walking over, Remus plopped himself down on the couch next to the angry teenager. "Aren't you a little young to be drinking that, Perry?" he asked, torn somewhere between concern and amusement over Cox's plight.

[coxinsox]

Perry jerked back forcibly from the guy who'd just totally decided to invade his couch, scowling. This jerk looked familiar -- he kind of remembered him, in the way he'd kind of remembered Lily, his whole weird muddled memory thing. His eyes narrowed. "Wolfgang." He pulled the name out of the air, but it seemed like the right one.

He snorted and tipped the bottle back, his entire posture radiating defensiveness. "What's it to you?" he shot.

[moonylicious]

Remus snorted. "Yeah, it's good to see you, too, Perrylicious." He hesitated, then scowled, because calling Cox that was just... really creepy and he vowed not to do it again while he was magically cursed.

"I just noticed you look a little... unusual," Remus asserted. "Did you eat some chocolate you shouldn't have?"

[coxinsox]

Perrylicious? Ew. Perry gave Remus a disgusted look and pushed further back. "It's Perry," he growled. "Sicko." Why did he know child molesters and drug queens? What the hell had happened to his life?

At the question, he barked out a laugh. "Your friend Lily drugged me. I guess she thought this would be a whole fucking barrel of laughs."

[moonylicious]

Remus snorted. "I see. So you were planning to drink yourself into oblivion instead of, you know, trying to fix the problem?"

((OOC: I forgot to mention that I haven't had a chance to read any Cox/Remus back posts yet. If you feel like emailing me links so I'm not just flying by the seat of my pants, I would love you for at least the next five minutes.))

[coxinsox]

Perry bristled. "Yeah, well, I'm not really into hitting girls, so that's out. Who the hell do you think you are?" He sprang to his feet with a sneer, going to chuck -- quite forcefully -- his bottle into the nearest bin.

He turned around and folded his arms, baring his teeth. "Because last I remembered, it wasn't anyone else's Goddamn business what I do with my time. Did that change and I missed it? And especially not yours, jackass."

[moonylicious]

"No, you're right. This is absolutely none of my business," Remus answered complacently, unmoved by Cox's anger. He proceeded to sprawl lazily on the couch. "I mean, I was only offering to help you, but now I think about it, watching you reinact your teenaged emo years might be entertaining. I just wish I had some popcorn."

[coxinsox]

Oh, like that was okay. Perry stalked back to the couch and shoved Remus's legs aside, throwing himself back down bodily. "Fuck off, old man. You weren't offering dick. And don't give me some bullshit about how you were trying to get me to help myself, either." He snorted derisively, rolling his eyes. "I mean, what are you, a social worker on the side? A fucking guidance counselor?"

[moonylicious]

"No, none of the above," Remus admitted, still smirking. "I just like watching you in particular suffer through life. Funny, I thought you might be less of a jackass as a younger man."

[coxinsox]

"Yeah, well, congratulations. You're causing me plenty of suffering right now." He shifted on the couch to stare at Remus -- he had a stare that had taken down many a kid at school. A few teachers, too. Hell, it worked on almost everyone, except his old man.

"So you're not trying to help, and you're not doing anything. Does it make you feel good knowing you're hanging around a bar trying to fight a teenager?" He sniffed and smirked haughtily. "I bet your social calendar is real full."

[moonylicious]

Remus did not break under Cox's stare. Well, for a while he didn't.

"You aren't really a teenager," he pointed out. "So, no, I don't really feel particularly bad about starting this fight. Although if it would make you feel better, I'm sure I could ask Stephen for an aging-up potion."

[coxinsox]

Perry kept up the stare. He liked to see people sweat. At least, he did until Remus's helpful suggestion; then he raised a brow and let out another short laugh. "Oh, gosh. Now you're being really helpful, mister."

He leaned back and crossed his arms tightly, nostrils flaring as he eyed the werewolf. "Why don't you do that, then? Go fix me."

[moonylicious]

Remus shrugged and stood. "If you actually mean that, I will. Because nobody needs to relive their adolescence twice. But it's no skin off my nose either way."

[coxinsox]

Perry regarded him in silence, his eyes hard, probing; he wondered if the jerk was joking or not. Because, seriously? This was a whole lot of bullshit, and he was used to hearing bullshit.

It took him a moment to decide that for some ungodly reason, the guy actually wasn't screwing with him. He rolled his eyes and turned away. "Yeah, right. Get out of here."