Avis Booth (alaspooryorick) wrote in valesco,
@ 2009-12-15 19:06:00

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[Tomas. :( ]
She knew only a couple of things right now.

Her son was safe. Tomas was safe ... and that was very, very important. The other thing, though, was that Corner Conway was dead. She wouldn't admit this to anyone (indeed, she didn't think it was a very good idea), but she'd been very ... close with Corner in her younger years, despite his protests and the fact that he had been mourning his wife at the time. She'd been a bitch anyway.

It meant that she missed him, though, in a way that was more emotionally invested than most other people might get. Sure, she felt sympathy for people who lost others ... and even when other Aurors died, but this was still different.

She'd taken the day off, and Tomas should have too - but she knew he was too stubborn for that. She'd spent the day with their son -- making cookies hadn't worked out very well, but Geoffrey was still having fun decorating them even if they tasted a bit off. Anything to distract both of them, right? Merlin's sake, the boy had been through two traumatic moments in the past year.

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auroared
2009-12-16 02:24 am UTC (link)

Tomas took his time taking off his robes as he stood in the foyer of their home. He was extremely exhausted from the day, the last few days, really---the past two weeks had been completely miserable and draining, and as much as he hated to admit it, Tomas had barely been able to handle it. At the office he could always turn off his emotions and manage any situation, but the second he stepped into their home, Tomas felt all of his walls begin to crumble.

The idea of losing Geoffrey had hurt worse than any injury that Tomas had ever endured. He could not begin to describe the helplessness that had engulfed him, and every time he looked at Avis, he saw their next child growing inside of her and---it hurt. He knew that they had information about the Order of the Phoenix that...in hindsight, it probably would not have made a difference to the outcome, but in the moment he hated himself for keeping any sort of secret for the Order.

It was just one small bit of the mess his mind was in right now. Tomas couldn't let himself think about his boss' empty office, or how he had now lost two father figures, because he would just end up losing his damn mind.

"Smells---good," Tomas said as he entered the kitchen. Geoffrey shot up in surprise and waved a cookie frantically around, slopping frosting onto the floor.

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alaspooryorick
2009-12-16 02:29 am UTC (link)

"I'm afraid they don't taste very good," she mumbled, immediately dropping down to her knees to get the frosting off the floor before it got too sticky, "Something about the sugar to flour ratio." Or that she'd added a bit too much salt. Something like that, she was sure.

She knew it was difficult for Tomas to handle this, and while shew anted to help him ... prying too much seemed like a terrible idea. It wasn't like she was very good at sharing her feelings when it came down to it, and this time she was grieving too. The rational part of her knew that it would be all right and that Corner's death had been somehow expected, considering his controversial blood status and his position ... but still.

Still.

Now was no longer the ideal time to be having a child, but she couldn't even think of bringing that up to Tomas and she'd chocked her feelings about that up to being miserable over Corner and pregnancy hormones.

"I ordered food, however. It should be here soon."

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auroared
2009-12-16 03:17 am UTC (link)

He crossed the kitchen quickly, and didn't waste a second to kiss his wife hello once she stood (with an outstretched hand from him, of course--she was pregnant, she shouldn't be kneeling). Tomas felt his face flicker into a smile, and it felt like he was rusty. Smiling was his thing, he had a great smile, so feeling as if this emotion was a foreign expression was so damn strange.

"I'm sure they taste fine," he said in an overly content manner, his hand going to the small of Avis' back as he turned to Geoffrey. The boy seemed quite comfortable to be back home, and from the reports the children had been awoken from a magically induced slumber--if they'd been that way for the entire ordeal, no one knew, but it was strange to almost want to thank those bastards for causing the children no harm.

Tomas bent forward as Geoffrey offered a cookie and bit off the gingerbread man's arm. His face contorted at the taste but forced himself to swallow it whole. "Mm--mmmm!"

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alaspooryorick
2009-12-16 05:50 pm UTC (link)

"It's nice of you to try," she managed with a small smile, curling her arms around his shoulders and pressing a kiss to his clavicle, "but I know they taste bloody terrible, Tomas." She supposed it didn't matter all that much since Geoffrey didn't seem to mind much and he was the one who was having fun, but still. She'd been hoping to give Tomas something nice.

Yes, Geoffrey had been adjusting well -- maybe being raised by Aurors did that to a child, or maybe he really had been in a peaceful sleep for the whole time, who knew. Regardless, she was glad he was doing well.

"I ordered a bit of everything, I wasn't sure what you wanted."

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