[for eb, maggie, and harry]

[raith_wraith]

Thomas watched Ebenezar for half a minute before shrugging his way past the old man. "He's probably down in the lab, I'll go get him."

And with that, he pulled a key out of his pocket, unlocked the door, and shoved it open. Damn thing still wasn't hung properly. "Shall we?" he asked, as he stepped inside. Harry'd damn well better have some of Mac'

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[the_blackstaff]

Ebenezar watched the vampire slip past him and walk inside Harry's place without so much as a wince. Apparently, he had a way around the wards, which meant that Harry had known about Thomas and not told him.

Something in Ebenezar's chest twisted painfully. He had the same feeling when Harry had snubbed him after the Blackstaff confession. It meant Harry hadn't trusted him and it hurt. He would get used to it. Like he got used to Harry ignoring him before, but that didn't mean it would hurt.

Still, he couldn't cross the threshold without an invitation. Which was why he knocked in the first place. He looked at Margaret, "I don't know how the wards will react to you. You might want to wait out here until Hoss invites us in."

[wild_maggie]

Maggie nodded, thoughtful. That was something she hadn't anticipated, something she didn't think anyone had thought of until now. There were probably going to be a lot of those things.

She did smile a little, though. Thomas and Harry seemed close, at least. And that was something. They had each other, even if she had been gone.

"I should have taken him with me," she murmured, apropos of nothing but her thoughts. "They could have grown up together..."

[raith_wraith]

Thomas couldn't hear them. He was too busy stomping all over Harry's trapdoor on his way to the little kitchen area. Of course, Harry could've been actually trying to sleep in the bedroom for all he knew, but the end result would be the same.

Ooooh, there was beer. Success!

[semi_auto_magic]

Harry didn't sleep much. When strangeness was afoot he slept even less. Over the last week or so since his mother's return he'd all but locked self up in the little wizard lab in the subbasement. Reading, taking notes, consulting with Bob