p h i n e a s (mcseeker) wrote in valesco,
@ 2008-11-20 21:01:00

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elena mclaggen, joy mclaggen, phineas mclaggen, tiberius mclaggen

Joyyyy
Finn had really underestimated the hyper activeness of a room full of toddlers.

As Joy let out last of the party stragglers, Finn leaned against the back counter of the kitchen, yawning greatly. Cormac could barely walk, how he and his little friends had managed to run into every room of the house was completely beyond him. There were streamers thrown about every piece of furniture, his cushions were stained with cake and candy-coated handprints, and Finn really didn't want to know about the dirty diaper bin they'd set up in the bathroom.

His nose scrunched as Joy returned, and he lifted his chin to point at their son, who was passed out like a log in a nearly upside down position on the couch. Thankfully everything had been charmed for an extra bounce because of all the little ones running into things, but they should probably move him before he twitched and fell to the ground.

Eh, in a minute.

"That was the wildest party I've ever been to in my life."

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mcseeker
2008-11-21 05:16 am UTC (link)

Finn let out a low chuckle and pushed off the counter to stand in front of Joy, maybe even pushing her legs apart to stand between them. He pressed his hands on the counter on either side of her and leaned forward, clicking his tongue against his teeth as she began to bounce excitedly. There were days when her exuberance made him want to slam doors and scream (mostly after a loss), but lately all he'd been able to do was appreciate Joy's...joyful presence. Ha.

"Because I might have something to celebrate it. I do think mum's go a bit unnoticed on this very special day." Again his eyebrows rose, and Finn was suddenly aware of how very quiet the room was. Save for Cormac's snoring, of course, which was definitely going to be loud and annoying when he got older, but. Even the dogs had disappeared into their usual hiding places (Finn only knew where they were because they dragged his old jerseys into their spots.

He liked the silence. As much as he liked the roar of the crowd and the hollering of fans, Finn liked the control he had in the silence. He could let it stay like this forever, or he could break it with a single gesture.

Sticking his hand into his pocket and pulling out a small box to hand it to Joy was his way of destroying the silence.

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almondjoy
2008-11-21 05:39 am UTC (link)

What was that? WHAT WAS THAT!?

Joy's eyes must have popped out of her head at the sight of that box. Because if she recalled, those were the sorts of boxes that held rings and rings were given to you by your boyfriend usually preceding a very important question and---hold on, hold on, she had to have a moment to herself real quick to stare stupidly at it, because like. This was Finn, right? Because when she thought about who was holding this box out, it seemed very unlikely--IMPOSSIBLE, even--that it could actually be him. Finn was never keen on marriage.

You know who was keen on marriage? Tibs. AHA, so that was it, it was Tibs and he had polyjuiced himself and done this, because this could not possibly be her boyfriend. Right? But---Tibs was off in America, there was no way he could be here proposing to her (wait--that was a creepy thought, now that she thought about it), and so it... was actually Finn?

Christ almighty, the world was ending.

Reaching out, Joy took the box out of his hand and uncertainly flipped the lid open. She didn't know what she was expecting--maybe some snake would jump out at her and he'd double over laughing, knowing he'd gotten her, he would do that--, but what she got was blinded by one of the most stunning diamonds she thought she'd probably ever seen. For the first time, it really hit her.

"Ohhhhmygod."

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mctibs
2008-11-21 05:58 am UTC (link)

Ok so Tibs was very very annoyed, because their flight was delayed so therefore he missed his nephews first birthday party. Which was just tragic. But it was ok now, because now he was on Finn's front porch juggling all the bags in his hands. (Cormac's presents, Ice cream for Joy because it had been far too long since she had Tib's delivered Ice Cream, and other souvenirs for the whole lot of them) He finally managed to open the door and was just about to yell surprise when the seen before him stopped him mid-word and all the bags he was carrying fell to the floor.

"YOU'RE PROPOSING?!" Tibs yelled instead the planned 'SURPRISE'. "You are proposing and you didn't even TELL me? Aw that's so not fair! I told you!"

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mcseeker
2008-11-21 06:12 am UTC (link)

Finn's head shot toward the front door at the sudden appearance of his brother and family, and---just, perfect. Not even the sarcastic kind of perfect, but the actual, literal, this-was-perfect kind of perfect. He grinned and stopped himself from rolling his eyes at his brother's exclamation.

"Shut up, Tiberius!" Elena hissed from behind, whacking her husband with her bag.

"Hello," Finn called over, acknowledging them before turning back to Joy with a very amused grin. Well. Now that the semi-romantic atmosphere he'd managed to create was gone (well, at least he had found it to be romantic), might as well get to the point. "Tibs is right, again. I'm proposing." Finn tried to put on a serious expression, but he couldn't stop smiling, "Do you want to marry me?"

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almondjoy
2008-11-21 06:22 am UTC (link)

"Uh, no shit I do!"

In her own signature gracelessness, she blurted it out so fast that Joy wasn't even sure that she had thought about it before she did. But it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because her answer would have been no different if she'd had years to think about it. She didn't even know when she'd decided that marriage was no longer scary, but lately the thought was more exciting than frightening. Well---not too exciting, because she knew it'd never happen with Finn, but apparently it was happening with Finn and ohmygodthiswassocool.

Reaching forward, she grabbed Finn's face with both hands and kissed him, hard. As an afterthought, she let go with one hand to wave a distracted hello to her finally-to-be-real in-laws, but the only thing she really cared about right now was how amazing this man was.

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