Hung over, hair sticking up in all sorts of unacceptable direction, pillow marks still relatively visible on his face, Reid managed to drag himself out of bed and into respectable(ish) clothes, stopping by the bathroom just long enough to brush his teeth and splash some water on his face, attempting to rub away the red from his eyes (nevermind the
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"You know I always look fantastic," she assured him, wrapping her favorite mint scarf around her neck. The coffee had helped but there was still a dull throb in her head that only pancakes could fix. "And you look just adorable, as usual."
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"Don't worry, as always you can count on me to be all eyes and ears. And probably a few drinks too deep," he shrugged.
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And Skylar meant it too. There was nothing that could make her doubt Reid or turn away from him. They had stuck together for nearly fifteen years at this point. Not even Harry Potter could change that.
"And we'll both look fabulous while discovering everyone's secrets. Nobody said we had to be flies on the wall."
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"As if we could ever look anything but," he agreed lightly, flicking an imaginary lock of hair over his shoulder with an exaggerated flourish. "We're too damn pretty to go unnoticed."
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"Did I mention how happy I am that this flat has separate bathrooms?"
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Reid wouldn't exactly have called himself a slob, but, well, there were certain habits (or lack thereof) with regards to cleanliness that got picked up and were hard to shake after seven years of bunking with teenage boys. Not that he'd ever been particularly organized to begin with, if his father had anything to say about it.
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The two could bicker like an old married couple - screaming one minute and then curled up on the sofa catching up on each other's days. Yes, he was a bit of a sob and she was a little careless. The separate bathrooms definitely helped keep harmony.
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"You also do it because you love me!" she teased, "Just like I tuck you in after you've fallen asleep on to sofa with the television still on."
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So he often found himself staying up, binging on documentaries and history channel features, stubbornly fighting the tiredness that would eventually win out. No matter what state he fell asleep in, he'd almost always wake up with a blanket pulled up to his chin.
He sighed with a similar dramatic flair. "I don't know how I'll ever manage to live without you when you finally decide to ditch me."
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Really, Skylar couldn't imagine life with out Reid safely on the other side of her bedroom wall. Summer and Winter Holidays had been absolute torture with him in a completely separate town. They would owl every day and Skylar would floo over whenever her parents would allow. Of course, as they got older the visits became more frequent as she gained more trust and independence.
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They really were already like a couple. As close as The Ravenclaws had been, there was no denying the bond between Skylar and Reid.
"You know, I think we need a cat now. Can we get a cat?" Skylar gave him her puppy-dog eyes.
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He genuinely had no argument to offer. Clearly getting a family pet was something they should have done ages ago - well, relative ages, seeing as their first two flats out of school had had strict pet policies.
"That's it," Reid declared, slamming his hand down on the table (ignoring the accusing glance he received from the bitch-faced woman a few tables down from theirs). "Next week. We're getting a cat."
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"A cat!" she cheered, clapping her hands together loudly. That bitched-face woman threw her the stink eye for the fifth time that morning. But Skylar was too excited to contain herself. "We owe ourself a fur baby."
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"It only makes sense."
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