The tide's slowly drawing out, the sound falling in rhythm with Peter's snuffling breaths as he naps splayed out on the beach, erratic burn lines down his right side that will take a good few minutes' wand work to rectify later. As the sun goes down, James takes off, supposedly to check out restaurants for later, but that's a path that rather conveniently takes him straight in the direction of the hotel where Lily's been all afternoon.
There's no one but couples on the beach now, strolling along the shoreline and so wrapped up in each other than the privacy charms Remus is tempted to cast seem quite unnecessary, even more so when Sirius reaches a hand up to cup his neck, drawing Remus down to meet him on the sand with kisses that taste of salt and summer and freedom, until there's no one else in the world.
"Oh, you know, first person you had a real, proper crush on. If you say Moony, by the way, fair warning that I may hurl."
"Hey! I'm right here."
"Oh c'mon, Prongs, like you wouldn't say Evans - her long flowing locks, pretty eyes, those supple--"
"Also right here. Watch it, Black."
"Anyway. Going to answer the question or what?"
"Why do you care?"
"Because you still haven't said!"
"He's got a point there, this must be good."
"Yeah, cheers, Wormtail, good to know you've got my back there-- oh, stop looking at me like that, all of you! Fine, fine, if it satisfies your twisted little curiosity... anyone remember Professor Browning, second year?"
"You're joking. Seriously? That defence teacher with all that hair?"
"It wasn't just hair, all the Muggles were into that sort of thing at the time, back me up here, Lily
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Other students might think her odd, and even some of her teachers fancied her a little unusual, but that didn't mean that Luna didn't fit right into Hogwarts, she knew that. Her mother and father had been here, and it was in her blood, this school full of whispers and magic and home. Her syllabuses might be restrictive, lacking in the imagination she'd been learning from her parents since birth, but all the same there were lessons here, in these old castle stones, and Luna was more than willing to learn.
"Bloody UNIT," Tosh muttered as she and Martha were dragged further along the corridor by their alien aggressors. "This is all your fault, you know
( ... )
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There's no one but couples on the beach now, strolling along the shoreline and so wrapped up in each other than the privacy charms Remus is tempted to cast seem quite unnecessary, even more so when Sirius reaches a hand up to cup his neck, drawing Remus down to meet him on the sand with kisses that taste of salt and summer and freedom, until there's no one else in the world.
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"Oh, you know, first person you had a real, proper crush on. If you say Moony, by the way, fair warning that I may hurl."
"Hey! I'm right here."
"Oh c'mon, Prongs, like you wouldn't say Evans - her long flowing locks, pretty eyes, those supple--"
"Also right here. Watch it, Black."
"Anyway. Going to answer the question or what?"
"Why do you care?"
"Because you still haven't said!"
"He's got a point there, this must be good."
"Yeah, cheers, Wormtail, good to know you've got my back there-- oh, stop looking at me like that, all of you! Fine, fine, if it satisfies your twisted little curiosity... anyone remember Professor Browning, second year?"
"You're joking. Seriously? That defence teacher with all that hair?"
"It wasn't just hair, all the Muggles were into that sort of thing at the time, back me up here, Lily ( ... )
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good luck with exams, and so sorry about the insomnia *empathy*
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