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Cepheus Malfoy (pheus) wrote in paddedrooms,
@ 2013-02-14 02:13:00

Cepheus was kind of nervous. He and James had thrown together a somewhat engagement party in a matter of two days, which meant it was catered and thrown together. But, he thought they looked nice and the house was nice too. They'd even gotten a bigger table to fit everyone that was important to invite. He looked at James, standing there in his suit and bit his lip. "You look too good. You're going to distract me."

Albus could not believe that James was getting married. Let alone Cepheus. He'd not believed it at first. He'd thought that James was joking when he'd gotten the text. He glanced at Kit as they walked up to the building. "Can you believe my brother is getting married? I'm so confused."

Pansy slid her hand into Scorpius's hand as they walked together to the party. "How are you feeling?" She asked. It wasn't very great that Cepheus was getting married at the same time that Scorpius was going through a heart break.

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-14 10:28 pm UTC (link)

"Best mistake I ever made," James promised, smiling at Cepheus and pressing him against the wall. "Maybe I shouldn't have worn this suit. One us needs to stop this so we're not shagging when our families show up." He stole another kiss from Cepheus. "We have each other now."

Kit kissed Albus's neck. "That's a good idea," he said. "It won't be forever, Alby. Your friendship with each other is too strong to just go away. Even I want you to be friends again."

"Not really," Scorpius said. "I mean, kind of. There's an intern at the agency that I got lunch with and we talked about going for sushi." He shrugged. "I don't know if I'm ready to date, Mum. I think about Albus all the time. I feel miserable. Sometimes I feel like I should just give up because if my best friend couldn't stand dating me for more than three weeks, who will be able to?"

"I'm actually not completely sure my father wouldn't call out a hit on you," Lavinia said, laughing and leaning against Rex a little. "I'm pretty sure my grandfather has some very sketchy connections. He'd probably like you, though. He's a bit of a perv and you're hot."

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pheus
2013-02-14 11:45 pm UTC (link)

"It doesn't matter what you're wearing. I'm always trying to shag you." Cepheus pointed out as he took a step back, running his hand down James's silk tie. "Not that this tie is helping. I'm thinking about tying you up with it. When they leave, watch your back, Potter."

Albus smiled at Kit and nodded as they walked down the hall to his brother's flat. "That's why I love you." He told him, then rang the buzzer.

"Sometimes things seem like they should be easy. And they're not because it's not meant to happen." Pansy shook her head. "I loved Theo for a while. That wasn't supposed to happen."

Rex laughed at that and shook his head. "I'm not interested in grandfathers." He told her, then kissed her neck softly. "Just you."

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 12:08 am UTC (link)

James laughed. "I'm looking forward to it," he told Cepheus, stealing another kiss from his boyfriend. He wrapped an arm around Cepheus's shoulders, pulling him with him as he walked over and opened the door. James grinned at Al and Kit. "You're the first ones here," he said. "Come in. There's drinks and there's food."

Kit smiled at James, feeling a bit nervous about Scorpius's brother, but it wasn't like it was his fault Scorpius and Albus hadn't worked out, right? "Congratulations," he said, holding out the bottle of wine he and Albus had brought for them. "You look very happy."

"I know we're not going to get back together," Scorpius said, looking up at his mother and running a hand through his hair. "I've accepted that things are over, I think, but it's hard and I don't really want to see him with his boyfriend right now, but I'm going to pretend to be fine with it for Cepheus. It's my fault Cepheus and James broke up in the first place." He opened the door to their building for his mother. "After you."

Lavinia blushed when Rex kissed her neck. They hadn't really finished the conversation his dad had interrupted, but Lavinia wasn't sure she knew how to finish it anymore so she was kind of okay with that. She liked them being friends. She didn't want to ruin anything. "Probably a good thing. It would be kind of awkward."

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pheus
2013-02-15 01:04 am UTC (link)

Albus walked in and looked at his brother. "Maybe a little too happy." He told him with a laugh, then slapped his back gently. "I can't believe you're getting married. It makes me feel old."

Cepheus snorted. "We're not that old. Don't make me feel older than I am." He stuck out his tongue.

"You should go on dates." Pansy told her son before she walked through the door of the flat, glancing around. "This is a very nice place."

"What would be awkward?" Merlin walked up behind his daughter, placing a hand on her shoulder. He didn't like how much time she was spending with the other boy. But, he was going to let her make her own mistakes.

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 01:41 am UTC (link)

"I'm older than all of you," James said, shaking his head. He grabbed Cepheus and pulled him close, stealing a kiss from him. "I'll just be your pervy older husband. Everyone will be impressed I got a hot young thing like you." He put the bottle of wine from Albus and Kit down on the counter, then picked up drinks and pressed them into their hands. "Get buzzed so things are less awkward when Scorpius shows up."

"It's one of Dad's buildings," Scorpius said, pushing the call button for the lift and then stepping inside. "I don't think he thought giving Cepheus a flat would lead to him getting engaged so quickly."

Lavinia looked up at her father, feeling a bit like she'd been caught with her hand in the cookie jar. "Dad," she said. "We were just joking about Grandpa Riddle. It's even more awkward explaining it."

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pheus
2013-02-15 03:42 am UTC (link)

Albus sighed at that and looked at his brother. "You just had to get our families married, didn't you?" He asked and then shook his head. "Now there are just going to be awkward family dinners and holidays all the time."

"Your father has so many buildings it's impossible to keep track of them all." Pansy waved a dismissive hand as she watched the numbers on the lift. "I don't know why he wants all of them."

"I don't even like thinking about your grandfather." Merlin pointed out, shaking his head. "Let alone joking about him. Where did I lose your father?" He looked around for Draco.

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 03:56 am UTC (link)

"You're the one who had to date and dump his brother," James said, patting Albus on the back. "I love him. I'm more than willing to put you through awkward dinners and holidays to get Phe to myself."

"Money, I assume. Investing in real estate. Lavinia could probably explain it all to you. She's the smart one." Scorpius smiled at his mother, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Maybe I should move back home, since Cepheus will be moving out of our flat now."

Draco was walking a bit behind the three of them. He knew they were letting Lavinia make her own mistakes, but he wasn't as good at keeping his opinions to himself as Merlin was. "I'm here," he said, catching up and taking Merlin's hand in his. "I have my suspicions about what they were saying about Tom."

Lavinia rolled her eyes at that, looking at Rex. "There are all sorts of gross, dirty family secrets I could tell you about him," she said. "One day I'll let them slip." She looked at her fathers. "Are you happy for Phe?"

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pheus
2013-02-15 04:22 am UTC (link)

Albus snorted at that and rolled his eyes. "Arse." He hit his arm and then looked around his brother's place. "I've never been here before. Cepheus decorate everything?"

Cepheus smiled at Kit for a moment, then grabbed a glass of champagne, holding it out to him. "I'm glad you could make it. Albus looks happy."

"You're not moving back home, Scorpius. If you move home, you'll just be enabling yourself to do nothing." Pansy told him, shaking her head. "You need to live on your own and go out on dates and make friends."

Rex looked up at Draco and ran a hand through his hair. "It wasn't anything bad. It was harmless." He admitted. "It's good to see you again." He held his hand out to Draco.

Merlin nodded in reply. "We're happy for Cepheus. We think it's a little soon, but your brother has always danced to his own drum."

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 04:39 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, he's a genius," James said, giving the flat a fond smile. "He's got tons of ideas for the wedding already too. We kept meaning to have a big house-warming party, but then you and Scorpius broke up and then me and Cepheus broke up and now the engagement party is kind of doubling up. Grandma's been here before. She loves Cepheus. You should have heard how happy she was when I told her we were engaged."

"Thanks," Kit said, taking the champagne from Cepheus and taking a sip as he glanced back at James and Albus talking. "I was glad he invited me. I think everything is getting back to normal and I'm trying to transfer to his school for second semester, so we're both a lot happier than we were. Your place looks great."

"I have friends. They're just Albus's friends too," Scorpius said. He sighed, stepping out of the lift and walking down the hall of James and Cepheus's place. "I just... feel like maybe I should be out of love with Albus before I try really hard to date someone else, Mum. I'd like to know what it's like to not regret having sex with someone." He rang the buzzer.

Draco looked at the kid who Lavinia definitely had feelings for and sighed inwardly, reaching out and shaking his hand. "You too," he said. "Although with the way Lavinia talks about you, it's almost like you're always around. We're happy she has friends closer to he own age that she's not related to." He looked at Merlin and nodded. "Now we just have to sort out Scorpius. I don't like the idea of him living alone and sulking around am empty flat."

"You could get him a cat," Lavinia suggested. "Then his loneliness would have a mascot."

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pheus
2013-02-15 05:27 am UTC (link)

"I'm sure she's just ready for you to settle down and stop shagging everyone you come into contact with." Albus snorted at that and shook his head. "It's only a matter of time before she starts expecting grandchildren. She keeps talking to me about it."

"As long as Albus is happy, that's all we can ask for. My brother should have known how in love the two of you are." Cepheus told Kit, shaking his head. "He should have never did what he did and I'm sorry." He smiled at Kit. "Thanks. I'm thinking about going to school for design."

"I said date. I didn't say get into a relationship with someone." Pansy told him. "Different boy every so often until you find what you're looking for." She opened the door. "No need for the buzzer, dear."

"Scorpius and I still talk. We text." Rex told him with a shrug. "He was talking to a boy named August who he works with. I'm sure that he's going to be fine, Mister Malfoy."

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 05:55 am UTC (link)

"Cepheus and I want kids," James said, smiling at Albus. "We've talked about it a bit already. I mean, it was right after he proposed, so it's not too serious yet, and obviously we're both young yet, but we're going to have them. She wants you and Kit to start making babies? When does that happen in your ten year plan?"

"You'd be great at it," Kit said, looking around the flat again and smiling at Cepheus. "You've obviously got a gift. I --" He stopped when Scorpius and his mother walked into the flat. "Sorry. I told Albus I'd be with him when Scorpius got here." He grabbed another glass of champagne and brought it over to Albus. "Here you go, just in case."

Albus was the first person Scorpius saw when his mother opened the door and he froze for a moment, because Kit was right beside him and that kind of hurt. Albus bringing Kit to their brothers' engagement party, but this wasn't as big a deal for Albus as it was for Scorpius so why would he try? He walked into the flat, heading for Cepheus, and gave him a tight smile. "Congratulations, Phe."

Draco pulled the door to Cepheus and James's building open. "We'll see," he said. "Scorpius hasn't done a very good job finding boys for himself so far."

"Rex is great," Lavinia said defensively, calling the lift. "I mean, they're not together, but that was Scorpius's fault. There's nothing wrong with Rex."

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alboos
2013-02-15 06:23 am UTC (link)

Albus laughed at that, thinking about when they planned to have kids. "I'll be going to school for two more years. I'll propose in August for the anniversary for the day we met. We'll be engaged for around six months or so while we plan the wedding. I'm not sure we have to wait for our careers to really kick off because we'll probably be doing work before we even graduate. So somewhere around four years."

"Hey." Cepheus smiled at his brother, even if he knew that Scorpius's smile was fake. He wrapped his arms around him and pulled him tight to his chest. "I've missed you."

Rex laughed at Lavinia. "You don't have to defend me so much." He told her, shrugging. "Your father doesn't think I'm right because I'm a porn star. That's fine."

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 06:33 am UTC (link)

"What are we talking about?" Kit asked, raising an eyebrow at Albus and laughing. "Are you talking about when we're going to have our kids?" The timeline sounded about right to him. "Don't forget we need to get our cabin set up and have our fabulous New York apartment somewhere in there."

James snorted at that. "Yeah, Al was just teasing me about our grandmother pushing me and Phe for kids soon. We'll have them eventually. Phe should figure out what he wants to do with himself before we have a surrogate pushing out babies for us."

Scorpius hugged Cepheus back, closing his eyes for a moment and leaning into his touch. "I missed you too," he said. "I promise I'm here to be supportive tonight, okay? I can be mature and hang out with Lavinia and Rex or something. I'm really happy for you."

It wasn't fine with Lavinia, but she shrugged, looking at her fathers. "They shouldn't make me feel like I need to defend you," she said. "Phe did a great job redesigning the flat, Dads. I think he's thinking about going to school for it?"

"Is he?" Draco asked, perking up at the mention of school. "That would be good for him. Your father has lots of connections in the design world."

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alboos
2013-02-15 06:45 am UTC (link)

Albus beamed at Kit, leaning in to kiss him softly. "I'm already working on our cabin." He admitted as he looked him over. "We just need to move to New York. We should both apply to school there and if we both get accepted, we'll just... go there and make our dreams come true."

"There shouldn't be babies too soon." Pansy told James as she came up to him, smiling. "I'm too young to be a grandmother."

Cepheus shook his head. "Do you want some booze? If we're both going to make it through tonight, we'll need a nip of something."

Merlin nodded at that. "But, you know how Cepheus is. He won't want to accept my help. He'll want to do it all on his own. He never listens to us."

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 07:08 am UTC (link)

"You're working on our cabin?" Kit repeated, raising an eyebrow at Albus. "God, going to school in New York sounds like a dream. Do you really want to? We could try. There are some great theatre schools there. And think of all the auditions we could get."

James looked at Cepheus's mum and smiled. "No, I think it's still too soon," he promised her. "We'll wait a few years before we have kids. We'd definitely have to move into a house so we could keep them somewhere, for one thing."

"I want a lot of booze, but I'll settle for some," Scorpius said, pulling back from Cepheus and running a hand through his hair. "I knew he was getting back with Kit, but seeing them together still kind of feels like Albus is punching my heart."

Draco sighed, running a hand through his hair as he stepped out of the lift. "I'll be certain not to tell him about the reservations I have over him marrying a boy who broke his heart by sleeping with his brother."

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alboos
2013-02-15 07:20 am UTC (link)

"We're not going to talk about it right now." Albus told him with a snort. "Though, I have been having thoughts about how amazing it would be to raise our kids in New York and get them into the right schools. Letting them perform in little plays..." He was getting ahead of himself, wasn't he?

"Cepheus always loved my vacation home Draco bought me." Pansy pointed out as she thought about it. "If you wanted it. But, it's in the country."

Cepheus looked at Scorpius for a moment, then punched him half-heartily. "Does it feel like that?" He asked, teasing as he grabbed a bottle of wine.

Merlin shook his head. "I've looked into this boy. He seems to be clean." He told Draco, then looked at Lavinia. "What do you think of him?"

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 07:30 am UTC (link)

Kit laughed, leaning in and kissing Albus for a long moment. "I love you," he said, grinning against his lips. "I would love our kids to preform in little plays. But you're right. We should save this conversation for later."

If they wanted it? James had to get used to Cepheus's family. "We should ask Phe about it," he said. "I don't think living in the country would be so bad. We'd be away from the paparazzi. We could keep a smaller place in the city for when we need to be here."

Scorpius let out a weak laugh, rubbing the spot Cepheus had punched. "No, it feels like he hit me a lot harder than that, but we don't have to recreate it." He watched Cepheus with the wine for a moment. "Do you think somebody's going to love me as much as James loves you one day?"

Lavinia shrugged. "He's been kind of a playboy," she said. "He was always in the papers shagging someone new. I don't know if James deserves Phe back yet, but Phe's really happy so that's the important thing."

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alboos
2013-02-15 07:52 am UTC (link)

"You're right." Albus nodded as he pulled back from Kit. "We shouldn't be planning our future when my brother is celebrating planning his own. It's rude of us to be so in love." He hesitated. "Should I talk to Scorpius?"

Pansy nodded. "I believe he'll say yes. I know that he likes to do his own thing, but Cepheus always listens to me. I don't know why. You can take a look at it at least."

Cepheus gave Scorpius a sad look. "Yes. Of course." He shook his head. "Scorpius, you're great. Don't let what happened change your opinion of yourself. What about that boy you texted me about?"

"If James is willing to settle down for your brother, I think that speaks volumes." Rex shook his head, looking back at Lavinia.

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 08:09 am UTC (link)

Kit glanced at Cepheus and Scorpius talking off by themselves. "Maybe," he said. "I think if you want to go talk to him, I should stay over here." He kissed Albus's cheek. "One of you needs to be the first one to break the silence."

"I'll ask him," James said, smiling at Pansy. "Or we could ask him together, if you can get him to agree to things. He likes fighting with me too much."

"I told him about Albus," Scorpius said. "Not everything, but some of it. It just... I don't know. How can I date someone when every time I think about Albus or see him I feel all this stuff. I miss him and I love him and I'm so sad. I'm so tired of being sad and I have no idea how to turn it off or how to get over this. Sleeping with someone just made everything worse. I'm kind of afraid of having sex now because every time I've done it, I've regretted it."

"Well, we'll see," Lavinia said, pushing open the door to Cepheus and James's flat. She just wished everyone would be more careful about everything. Being careful never hurt anyway. "They sprung for champagne, so they must be serious."

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alboos
2013-02-15 08:38 pm UTC (link)

Albus looked back at Kit, then pressed their lips together. "I'll be back. I love you." He smiled at him and stepped away to where Scorpius and Cepheus were standing. "Hey."

Cepheus looked down at Albus, the smiled at his brother and stepped away to where his mother was talking to James. "What am I missing?"

Rex laughed and wrapped an arm around Lavinia's waist. "We should definitely go for the champagne. So their money doesn't go to waste."

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siriuslyjames
2013-02-15 08:59 pm UTC (link)

Scorpius gave Cepheus a betrayed look as he left him and Albus alone together, then raised his wineglass to his lips and took a long drink from it. "Hey," he said, trying his best to not look at Albus like a kicked puppy.

James smiled at Cepheus, wrapping an arm around him. "Your mother was just telling me that she has a house in the country you like," he said. "Al and I were talking about kids and I was saying we're waiting a while, but we'd need a house to raise them in. Someplace bigger than this."

"I think so," Lavinia said, grinning at Rex and pulling him away from her dads so they could get the champagne. "And if my dads ask later, I've only had one glass. No matter what the truth is. The bad thing about Scorpius and Cepheus moving out is that they're getting all empty nest on me."

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alboos
2013-02-15 09:22 pm UTC (link)

Albus bit at his bottom lip. "Looks like we're going to be family." Was that a good enough of an icebreaker? He wasn't sure how to act now that he was standing in front of Scorpius. "Who would have thought?"

Cepheus thought about the house his mother was talking about. "You mean the Manor?" He asked her, arching a brow. "The place Dad refused to live in because it made him feel too much like royalty?"

Pansy laughed at that. "Yes. The one he gave me when his father passed away. Your grandmother has been itching to move out of it."

Rex grinned at that and shrugged. "Well. You could always get your own place if you wanted." He told her. "You're going to be starting uni soon enough. I suppose you could live on campus."

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