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Now It's Official

May 09, 2007 20:44

Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Time: Afternoonish
Location: The Derrick/Parkinson Residence, Ambrose Terrace, York
Characters Involved: Pansy Parkinson, Peregrin Derrick, invitation only
Rating: PG

( Marriage requires a person to prepare four types of 'Rings': Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, Suffering, and Enduring. )

status: complete, status: invitation only, character: pansy parkinson, character: perry derrick

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freakedwithjet May 10 2007, 01:22:41 UTC

The house had been lonely, without Perry. She wasn’t used to it yet and late at night shadows loomed in undiscovered corners and Pansy retired early to a bed that was strangely cool and expansive without Perry hogging more than his share. Strangely, she missed that.

She missed him, too. This house was still- just a house. It needed them both to make it a home. It didn’t make sense with only one occupant - it became a Wendy house of pretence and it was that more than boredom that had led Pansy to journal Perry, late in the evening of the full moon. It had been reckless but comforting - she was glad though, that he was coming home.

It only occurred to her briefly that maybe Spinner’s End still felt more like home to Perry, and she dismissed it. They were going to get married- home for him was where she was, now.

Pansy hadn’t forgotten that Perry had told her he had the ring. The ring. So when he came in with a silly expression on his face and tried to act as though this was any other evening, she saw right through it. She got up ( ... )

inner_human May 10 2007, 01:23:30 UTC

Haha, and damned if he'd ever admit it, but he did enjoy this walking through the threshold of his own house, to see someone there waiting for him, and the small kiss of greeting. It was the type of thing he'd seen in his parents when he was younger that always made him roll his eyes. To think that he'd ever be doing it, and enjoying it!

And now he couldn't control the smug grin. Okay, so maybe he was a little mean, to be grinning when he'd made Pansy wait days and days and days. And to compound it he didn't say a word, and very slowly turned to hang up his jacket, as if he hadn't heard her.

And then, "Tell me. Did you only say 'yes' just for the ring?" He slipped a hand into his pocket and pulled it out; a little classic, black velvet box.

freakedwithjet May 10 2007, 01:24:10 UTC

Whereas Pansy had never seen anyone do this before. Her father had been greeted by a house-elf and a ready-positioned whisky and her mother had waited to be waited upon. She had done this with John - kind of - but it wasn’t the same. It couldn’t be the same when even Perry’s stupid smug smile couldn’t shake her satisfaction in his being home once more.

An eyebrow arched in response to his question. “Do you really want me to answer that?” And then she sighed as he turned and with all the speed of a glacier hung his jacket on the peg; and again as he produced the ring box. “Ugh, no, not out here. It’s cold and dusty and- come into the living room.”

Pansy took one of his hands and tugged him through. The furniture, such as it was, had been arranged and Pansy spread her arms and said, “I cleaned. Well, Kebby cleaned and I directed. Doesn’t it look so much better?” She turned a sort of half-pirouette and then sat down on the sofa. “Ok- now let me see it.”

inner_human May 10 2007, 01:28:27 UTC

Not out here-because it was cold and-well, leave it to Pansy to want to have the right ambiance. He sighed himself as he was led into the living room. The living room that wasn't completely furnished yet, and still looked mostly unused. But now it was looking livable-comfortable, even, thanks to a bit of cleaning. His grin became a little more indulgent and a lot more amused, because as hard a time as he gave Pansy, he still found her very cute.

But the grin faded some and Perry sighed as he sat down beside her. "...Okay." This time he didn't mean to keep her waiting. He was suddenly feeling pangs of doubt that hadn't been there while the box was still safely tucked in his pocket. In just another moment Pansy would be opening it, and she would see the ring.

And what then? What if she hated it? Because he had felt a little insecure even in the shop with June, knowing he was picking a ring that wasn't too flashy or expensive. This was something a man should have splurged on, and there he was, thinking it's just a ring and ( ... )

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