When Scorpius bursts through the door this time, he immediately recognizes where he is. (Even if it takes a few minutes for his feet to stop moving
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James isn't quite looking where he's walking, and barely stops in time to avoid crashing into the other boy. He still ends up spilling some of his Coke on his navy t-shirt, and makes a face.
Even though it's entirely his fault, he still says, "Watch where you're goin', mate."
Just a little on edge, Scorpius jumps at the contact. Frowning, he mumbles a not-entirely-convincing, "Sorry."
The frown only deepens as he sees what the other boy is wearing. A thought comes to mind but he dismisses it as impossible. What would a Muggle be doing in a Wizarding bar anyway?
Andromeda Tonks may or may not be a face that he knows.
She is sitting at the bar and smoking a well-deserved (in her opinion, at least) fag. Teddy had just been put to bed and the bar had conveniently showed up.
Scorpius has never met Andromeda Tonks but he has seen a few pictures from his grandmother's youth.
Wondering if the bar serves butterbeer, he walks up to it and looks around the barkeep. After a few minutes of fruitless waiting, he turns to woman beside him, "Pardon me, do you know if they sell butterbeer?"
Not that Sheriff Bell can do anything about it. His badge doesn't count for shit here and that suits him just fine. All the same it bears examination-make sure the boy ain't hurt or nothin.
While he had never met any Muggles before tonight, he does know what a cowboy is. (Mostly thanks to the special storyline in the The Adventures of Martin Miggs the Mad Muggle comics where Martin teamed up with Sherriff Oakley to defeat his robot army that had gone awry.)
He would certainly know this one, but he was much younger and had more hair than the Draco he would know. He has an advanced potions book hovering in the air at a table in front of him, and idly turning the pages.
"Erm, I... I thought you were someone else," he said quietly, blushing. It seemed incredibly stupid now. Although this person did look a lot like the pictures he'd seen of his father when he was younger.
"I beg your pardon?" He finally asks after a few moments' silence. What he really wants to ask is 'Who are you and why do you keep talking to me like I know you?'
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Even though it's entirely his fault, he still says, "Watch where you're goin', mate."
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The frown only deepens as he sees what the other boy is wearing. A thought comes to mind but he dismisses it as impossible. What would a Muggle be doing in a Wizarding bar anyway?
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James wipes at the spill with his free hand, then frowns back at Scorpius.
"What?"
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She is sitting at the bar and smoking a well-deserved (in her opinion, at least) fag. Teddy had just been put to bed and the bar had conveniently showed up.
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Wondering if the bar serves butterbeer, he walks up to it and looks around the barkeep. After a few minutes of fruitless waiting, he turns to woman beside him, "Pardon me, do you know if they sell butterbeer?"
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Miniature Malfoy if she ever saw one. He looks too young to be Draco, unless of course the boy had come here from a different time...
"I happen to know that it does, in fact." As she'd seen him looking about, though, "but if you're looking for a barkeep, you won't find one."
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Not that Sheriff Bell can do anything about it. His badge doesn't count for shit here and that suits him just fine. All the same it bears examination-make sure the boy ain't hurt or nothin.
"Take it easy junior."
This from the cowboy sitting near the door.
"Gonna knock into somebody."
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Scorpius gapes.
While he had never met any Muggles before tonight, he does know what a cowboy is. (Mostly thanks to the special storyline in the The Adventures of Martin Miggs the Mad Muggle comics where Martin teamed up with Sherriff Oakley to defeat his robot army that had gone awry.)
"You're a cowboy," he obviouses, still in shock.
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He would certainly know this one, but he was much younger and had more hair than the Draco he would know. He has an advanced potions book hovering in the air at a table in front of him, and idly turning the pages.
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He stops dead in his tracks just a few feet away.
This person is a lot younger than his dad.
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"...What did you call me?" He carefully asked.
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(Not to mention he sounded like him as well.)
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So hauntingly familiar?
As if he was Scorpius and Scorpius had gotten into some of Papa's hair-straightening goop?
Well, it didn't answer the question about his broom, but distracted him enough to raise a few more.
"Scorpius?!"
Ooo, you're gonna get in trouble. Big brother might just do the tattlin' himself.
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Cepheus rolls his eyes and says, "You know you're gonna be in for it when Papa finds out you took his hair-straightening potion to Hogwarts."
Funny, though. Scorpius's eyes don't quite look as much like their mother's eyes than he remembers.
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"I beg your pardon?" He finally asks after a few moments' silence. What he really wants to ask is 'Who are you and why do you keep talking to me like I know you?'
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