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[facesdeath]

When; Saturday... afternoon? Evening?
Rating; PG-13-ish.
Characters; Claire Bennet (adamantined) & Regulus Black (facesdeath)
Summary; Regulus has Claire over for tea and they both get a little more than they bargained for.
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[adamantined]

Claire only has to put Dinosaur in her sock drawer - as Mr. Muggles has taken to chasing him around now and then when she isn't there to tell him to knock it off - and leave a note for her father before grabbing her jacket (habit) and pulling the door open. She's in the process of pulling said jacket on, opening the door with her foot and with a smile.

"Hi," she says, and she's cheerful as always, thankfully not awkward for once in their strange little relationship. "Sorry," she goes on, apologizing for however long it took her to answer the door. "I had to make sure Mr. Muggles wasn't going to eat Dinosaur before I got back. Ready?"

i'm a terrible person i apologize

[facesdeath]

Regulus just smiles though, shrugging. "Making sure Dinosaur doesn't get eaten by Mr. Muggles is very important, though. I wouldn't want you to return to a missing puff."

It's good, because he's not awkward about that either - funny, how easy it is to get used to being a... somewhat normal person.

Either way, he extends a hand. "Ready."

good, you should.

[adamantined]

"Or a guilty dog," she agrees, shutting and locking the door behind her. Claire slips her keys into her coat pocket and ties it closed about her waist before reaching out and taking his hand. This part, at least, is familiar enough to not be awkward. Although she still thinks that it's strange - she thinks it's strange when Hiro does it, too - she's done it enough times now not to think much of anything about it. Though she'd never admit to closing her eyes each time he pops them back and forth, just like she'd never admit to wishing that she knew how to get to his apartment without teleporting there, should something ever happen.

She's a practical girl: these things cross her mind.

"Me too."

it's not like i lied though.

[facesdeath]

He laughs a little, nodding - drawing her closer once her hand finds his so that he can take them both back with more ease. "Good." They're back in the flat soon enough - Noah is actually perched on the back of a chair for once instead of being in his cage, so he can flutter about if he so chooses.

Noah is a very polite, clean owl.

Letting go of her hand is kind of a reluctant thing - though he simply makes his way into the kitchen to start up the water, at least. "Noah's been a little restless, but he seems better now that he's been out of the cage for a bit."

If it were possible, Regulus would love for Claire to be able to get into the flat without having to have one of them bring her. Because if anything were to happen, he'd want her there first where no one could get at her, ever.