Braith Selwyn (braith) wrote in valesco,
@ 2010-01-13 20:10:00

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You know who.
Braith wasn't all that sure what he had with Maggie, but he'd gotten off of work early today and he'd seen some magnolias in the window of the flower shop on his way home. It might have been cliche and predictable, but at least it was still a nice gesture, right? It was a low-pressure way of telling Maggie that if she wanted something more with him then that was just fine.

Even if she wasn't exactly a pureblood and she was a little younger than him. He'd already lost one fantastic woman to his habit of going back on his sincerity in a relationship (that and the fact that Amelia had been politically ... troubling). He didn't want to end up alone forever.

He cleared his throat and tugged at his jacket sleeve before he knocked on the door, hoping she was home. Maybe she was out helping her teammates train for the big Quidditch game and he should just leave them with ... someone?

No, he wanted to see her.

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braith
2010-01-20 03:09 am UTC (link)

"It's, uh, Selwyn." That wasn't exactly as bad as BOOT, persay, but it was a bit hard to spell and he supposed that she was probably not even thinking about the fact that he was going to have to marry her to reduce this scandal, but how to bring it up?

"I mean, Mrs. Selwyn doesn't sound so bad, does it? I once knew a bloke -- you know what, this is a terrible time for me to be bringing up other people." He scratched behind one of his ears and peered at her from over the rim of his glasses, still half-supporting her.

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maggiepie
2010-01-20 03:46 am UTC (link)

A SHRIEK could not correctly describe the sound that had hurled itself out of Maggie's mouth. He----had---not----JUST PROPOSED!

She pulled herself away from him harshly, wheeling back into her flat as she went completely blind with, what? Rage? Insanity? This all had to be a dream, because this was far too ridiculous for real life. Her life---okay, her life was a little ridiculous, but not this kind of ridiculous! She--she wore expensive clothes and went to the best parties and hooked up with gorgeous men she---

She did not get proposed to by the man whose bloody swimmers just happened to be more potent than the potion she was currently on! SHE SHOULD SUE THE BLOODY----

"I'M NOT MARRYING YOU, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" Maggie screamed, turning back to face him, slamming her hands down to her sides, "WHAT----I can't even think and you're proposing MARRIAGE and---ALL YOU KNOW IS---"

Another unintelligible sounds was released, and Maggie wondered where the fuck her wand was so she could blow this man's head off. That would be the end to all her problems.

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braith
2010-01-20 03:49 am UTC (link)

There had been several moments in his life like this one, where a woman had managed to get so angry at him that she'd gotten to that particular pitch where he knew that his well-being was going to be in danger in a few seconds if he didn't manage to diffuse the situation.

Unfortunately, Braith had no fucking idea what he was supposed to do when a hysterical woman who was pregnant with his child was shouting at him for wanting to do the right thing with this baby. He resisted the urge to gape and just managed to stammer out something that sounded vaguely like, "Ididn'tmeantoffendyouI'msorry!" before he apparated his ass out of there.

No need to get himself killed prematurely unless it was when someone caught him doing something appropriately Death-Eater-ish.

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