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Presence of Presents

Dec 29, 2005 13:23

Regulus lounged comfortably in his chair, keeping one eye carefully on the entrance to the library. Every now and then a shadow neared the doorway from the corridor and his hand reached deep into his robes, but the two people for which he sat in wait did not appear ( Read more... )

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howlsoftly December 31 2005, 20:52:27 UTC

Remus blinked in the dim light as he entered, nodding courteously to Madame Pince when he passed her. He made his way directly to where he knew Regulus must be, and gave a faint smile.

"Happy late Christmas."

regulus_a_b December 31 2005, 20:57:12 UTC

Regulus smiled slightly and handed the larger of the two gifts up to Remus.

"Merry Christmas, or whatever it is they say."

howlsoftly December 31 2005, 21:00:03 UTC

Remus' face broke into a proper grin now, and he tore into the paper with all the vim and excitement of a Gryffindor on Christmas, as his inner monologue told him so.

Upon briefly relfecting on the analogy, he realized that it wasn't technically an analogy but a description, and he decided that his inner monologue was on the fritz and that maybe he ought to simply ignore it for a while.

All thoughts of inner analogies gave way, however, when he saw the present.

regulus_a_b December 31 2005, 22:18:52 UTC

There were really a number of smaller gifts within the container, as Regulus was rather unpracticed in the art of efficent gift-giving.

A thick but squat leather volume titled Magical Experimentation For Scholars filled the upper half of the box. Below, crackling paper gave way to a number of smaller objects. A small sack of beads held a note indicating how to use them to track objects, a small roll of red thread with a dubious scent, and lastly a note.

howlsoftly January 4 2006, 01:42:53 UTC

Remus gaped.

"This is too much," he managed weakly.

regulus_a_b January 4 2006, 01:50:28 UTC

Regulus shrugged slightly, thin shoulders coming up and then down in unison. His hair shielded the curve of his upper lip as he smiled.

"Is it? Well, I'll try not to over load you again, Remus."

howlsoftly January 4 2006, 07:49:04 UTC

Remus faltered, not wanting to seem ungrateful. "Um... I mean... thank you, really, it's wonderful, it's... I. It's too much. If... I don't know. Er... thank you, I mean. Really."

It briefly crossed his mind that Sirius might be slightly annoyed at this. He couldn't think why, exactly, just that he wouldn't approve. He wondered if Sirius' disapproval was enough to stop him from meeting with Regulus. .

regulus_a_b January 4 2006, 08:19:32 UTC

Regulus showed his teeth briefly as the smile opened wider and he raised his head. Then, after a pause his face tightened a little bit and he drew a smaller package out and raised it to Remus.

"Could you give my brother this- for me?"

howlsoftly January 4 2006, 19:26:11 UTC

He faltered. "Why... why can't you give it to him yourself?" Remus asked, feeling intrusive somehow. "I mean, I can if you want me to, but... He's your brother..."

regulus_a_b January 4 2006, 23:41:00 UTC

"I don't think he would accept anything directly from me."

Regulus bowed his head slightly.

howlsoftly January 5 2006, 06:54:37 UTC

"Well," he shuffled his feet, and looked down, "alright. I'll give it to him. Do you want him to know who it's from?"

regulus_a_b January 5 2006, 06:58:46 UTC

"Well, there is a note inside, but if you could tell him as well, that would be good."

howlsoftly January 6 2006, 09:58:20 UTC

"....yeah, alright."

regulus_a_b January 6 2006, 16:31:46 UTC

"Thank you, Remus."

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