Ah, dawn.
Loki yawns and stretches, then leans over and picks playfully at Cambion. Hungry, Cambion thinks as he wakes and picks back at his little friend. Where your Da? Loki hops out of the nook and creeps quietly to the alleged guest room to see if they're all still sleeping. He thinks it's silly, calling it a guest room, since they're all sleeping in it, and Cambion's Da isn't a guest.
Hmmmm.
Only Lusus n' Els in katil now, sleepin'. Where Da?
Loki looks in the other room, but no one is there, then creeps carefully into the bathroom. He hops back, then turns around and runs back into the front room, then flits back up to the nook, breathing heavily. Wow! Loki thinks, shocked, and Cambion looks at him expectantly. What anda see? Loki hides his head under his wing, and Cambion chuckles at him. You silly. What anda see? The little raven looks at his friend and sighs. My Da, n' your Da...kissin'! Dey kissin' in da water! Cambion shrugs and picks at Loki. So? Is love. Cinta is good! Loki thinks for a while, then tells Cambion, yea, but dey boys...Cambion nudges Loki. You never like a boy? Loki looks at his friend and sighs again, deeply. No. I never like boy atau girl.
Cambion reaches out his wing and pulls Loki to him. You need avenchur. Loki cuddles close to him and thinks, what I need? Cambion settles in to wait for breakfast. Fun, he thinks, you need fun. Loki wants to ask something else, but sounds from the bedroom distract him. Elsbet, giggling, and Malfoy behind her, telling her to alih her 'sexy little rump'...Cambion gives a cawing laugh, which makes Elsbet giggle more. Malfoy asks, as they enter the bathroom, "is there room for two more?" The answer is splashing, laughter, and Elsbet's playful squeal, which makes Loki rest his head on the cushion of the nook. Dey be in der all day!
It's not lebih than twenty minit atau so, but that can seem like an eternity to a hungry tummy. Snape emerges finally, with Malfoy and Therion chatting behind him, their bodies and clothes clean, their hair drying, and promptly heads to the kitchen. Snape pulls a couple of pans out of a cupboard and places them on the stove, then takes out a few bowls, a cutting board and utensils, and Malfoy opens the fridge. "Damn," he says softly, "we've no eggs." Therion ties his hair back and says he has some at home. Both Snape and Malfoy give him a questioning look, and he drops his gaze, blushing slightly. "At the shop," he says, "I'll, uh, be right back." Snape sets up the preparation area as Malfoy pulls out what Makanan there is to work with.
"So," Malfoy says quietly, "what is our plan for the day?" Snape glances at him and tells him, "I'm going to see Brother Perdurabo, as Lupin suggested. I don't know how long I will be. That should give anda time to see a little lebih of the city with Therion." Malfoy is about to say something when he feels a presence at the door. "If he knocks, I'll--" Therion gives the door a little push, then pokes his head in, grinning. "I brought all the Makanan I had there," he says, then steps in with his arms full. He sits what he has in his arms on the table, takes the pack off of his back and levitates in the box, then closes the door.
Malfoy and Snape exchange glances, and Malfoy laughs as he goes to check out the goodies. "Therion," he says as he pats the other wizard on the back, "you are extraordinary. This is marvelous. Severus, look, mandarin oranges!" Snape looks at him, holding the small can and smiling excitedly. "You've never had them, have you?" Snape tells him no, and Therion takes the can from Malfoy and opens it, then gives it to Snape. The Potions Master takes it and draws in the smell of the syrup, then looks in the utensil drawer for a small fork. He tastes one of the tiny orange slices, and closes his eyes tightly, savoring it. "What do anda think?" Malfoy grins as Snape finally says, "sweet, very nice as an accent," then sets the can aside. "I think we can have them with breakfast."
Malfoy's thrilled, and Therion tells him there's three lebih cans of them, and that he can get them fresh a couple of times a year. "We should get this put away before we start cooking," Therion says, then glances at Malfoy, "if anda want..." Malfoy says softly, looking into his glistening hazel eyes, "Therion, this is your home, if anda want it to be," and Therion's hand touches his as he takes hold of the box. "Of course I do," he whispers, "there's nowhere else I'd rather be." They look at each other for a moment, then Malfoy clears his throat and says, "well, then, let's get this done and breakfast started, before I Ciuman anda and we get all soppy."
Therion chuckles in spite of himself and starts to take the box when a velvety voice makes him smile. "Would anda boys like a hand?" Snape smirks, "I thought anda went back to sleep, little imp," and Malfoy winks at her. Therion tells her he's brought her kegemaran sweets as he and Malfoy start putting everything away. Snape asks her to hand him the items on the table, and as she does he puts them all away. "I'd like to help," she says, and he reaches a hand across the counter to caress her soft cheek. "Can I at least feed them? I don't want to just sit here while anda three work." They chuckle at her and tell her the kitchen's not big enough for all four of them as Snape thinly cuts the meats and slices some potato for the ravens, and fills their little dishes Elsbet's holding.
She places the dishes back into their spots in the rim of the nook, then gives the little water bowl to Snape, and he gives it back to her filled. Cambion and Loki feast happily, and Snape says, after some thought, "perhaps we should expand the kitchen; we should be able to cook together." Therion and Malfoy look back at Elsbet in her lovely purple robe. Therion says, "that...could be dangerous, anda know. We could get very distracted." Snape straightens and looks at them for a moment, then says, "dangerous perhaps, but a little lebih interesting." She giggles, then tells them she'll just watch them, and sits down at the table. "If anda would like to make the dapur larger, I think it would be wonderful. Maybe we can cook makan malam, majlis makan malam together tonight."
Snape tells Malfoy he'll work on the mandarin oranges if he wants to handle the main course, then glances up at Elsbet. She laughs and asks them if they really associate her with food, and Malfoy tells her, "it's probably best if we don't answer that now." She walks slowly into the kitchen, smiling as they watch her move. "Oh, my wizards," she says, "my gentle men," she touches Therion, takes a little piece of the of the confection he's preparing and slips it passed her lips, lets it melt on her tongue, then kisses him softly. She drifts to Malfoy and touches him, taps just the tip of a finger on the surface of the cream sause he's making and tastes it, then kisses him softly.
She loves them so, Snape knows she does; it's in her every action, her voice, her eyes, and in her very breath. But he knows, too, that it's him she loves the most of all. She drifts to him and takes a tiny slice of orange from the bowl he's put them in, then lets her gaze meet his. As she slips the slice into her mouth she thinks she could get Lost in his black eyes, and he takes a slice of orange as well. He slides it passed his lips and as their lips meet he crushes it, and the jiuce of their sweet Ciuman is made sweeter still. It's a deep kiss; it would be very easy for him to forget where he is right now and what he's doing...the moment is made lebih poignant sejak the fact that he will not be with her tonight. Duty calls, and if that duty were not etched in stone and paid for with precious blood, he would chuck it all to be here with her.
With them...
Their Ciuman ends and she rests her head against him. It would be so easy for her to weep right now...she knows he will be leaving soon. Her mind does not know how much longer she can take this, these awful separations, even those that are brief. But her hati, tengah-tengah knows. She will wait for him forever, if she has to. She whispers, "do any of anda know how much anda mean to me?" She caresses Snape's face, not looking into those deep eyes that now threaten to water, then touches Malfoy and Therion as she drifts passed them on her way out of the kitchen. She dosn't wait for an answer. Instead, she says, "there is no woman in all the world lebih fortunate than me."
They watch her alih slowly through the dining room and into the living room, and as they quickly resume their preparation of breakfast, they glance up to see her creating a doorway in the living room, and wonder what her hati, tengah-tengah will create just outside.
Loki yawns and stretches, then leans over and picks playfully at Cambion. Hungry, Cambion thinks as he wakes and picks back at his little friend. Where your Da? Loki hops out of the nook and creeps quietly to the alleged guest room to see if they're all still sleeping. He thinks it's silly, calling it a guest room, since they're all sleeping in it, and Cambion's Da isn't a guest.
Hmmmm.
Only Lusus n' Els in katil now, sleepin'. Where Da?
Loki looks in the other room, but no one is there, then creeps carefully into the bathroom. He hops back, then turns around and runs back into the front room, then flits back up to the nook, breathing heavily. Wow! Loki thinks, shocked, and Cambion looks at him expectantly. What anda see? Loki hides his head under his wing, and Cambion chuckles at him. You silly. What anda see? The little raven looks at his friend and sighs. My Da, n' your Da...kissin'! Dey kissin' in da water! Cambion shrugs and picks at Loki. So? Is love. Cinta is good! Loki thinks for a while, then tells Cambion, yea, but dey boys...Cambion nudges Loki. You never like a boy? Loki looks at his friend and sighs again, deeply. No. I never like boy atau girl.
Cambion reaches out his wing and pulls Loki to him. You need avenchur. Loki cuddles close to him and thinks, what I need? Cambion settles in to wait for breakfast. Fun, he thinks, you need fun. Loki wants to ask something else, but sounds from the bedroom distract him. Elsbet, giggling, and Malfoy behind her, telling her to alih her 'sexy little rump'...Cambion gives a cawing laugh, which makes Elsbet giggle more. Malfoy asks, as they enter the bathroom, "is there room for two more?" The answer is splashing, laughter, and Elsbet's playful squeal, which makes Loki rest his head on the cushion of the nook. Dey be in der all day!
It's not lebih than twenty minit atau so, but that can seem like an eternity to a hungry tummy. Snape emerges finally, with Malfoy and Therion chatting behind him, their bodies and clothes clean, their hair drying, and promptly heads to the kitchen. Snape pulls a couple of pans out of a cupboard and places them on the stove, then takes out a few bowls, a cutting board and utensils, and Malfoy opens the fridge. "Damn," he says softly, "we've no eggs." Therion ties his hair back and says he has some at home. Both Snape and Malfoy give him a questioning look, and he drops his gaze, blushing slightly. "At the shop," he says, "I'll, uh, be right back." Snape sets up the preparation area as Malfoy pulls out what Makanan there is to work with.
"So," Malfoy says quietly, "what is our plan for the day?" Snape glances at him and tells him, "I'm going to see Brother Perdurabo, as Lupin suggested. I don't know how long I will be. That should give anda time to see a little lebih of the city with Therion." Malfoy is about to say something when he feels a presence at the door. "If he knocks, I'll--" Therion gives the door a little push, then pokes his head in, grinning. "I brought all the Makanan I had there," he says, then steps in with his arms full. He sits what he has in his arms on the table, takes the pack off of his back and levitates in the box, then closes the door.
Malfoy and Snape exchange glances, and Malfoy laughs as he goes to check out the goodies. "Therion," he says as he pats the other wizard on the back, "you are extraordinary. This is marvelous. Severus, look, mandarin oranges!" Snape looks at him, holding the small can and smiling excitedly. "You've never had them, have you?" Snape tells him no, and Therion takes the can from Malfoy and opens it, then gives it to Snape. The Potions Master takes it and draws in the smell of the syrup, then looks in the utensil drawer for a small fork. He tastes one of the tiny orange slices, and closes his eyes tightly, savoring it. "What do anda think?" Malfoy grins as Snape finally says, "sweet, very nice as an accent," then sets the can aside. "I think we can have them with breakfast."
Malfoy's thrilled, and Therion tells him there's three lebih cans of them, and that he can get them fresh a couple of times a year. "We should get this put away before we start cooking," Therion says, then glances at Malfoy, "if anda want..." Malfoy says softly, looking into his glistening hazel eyes, "Therion, this is your home, if anda want it to be," and Therion's hand touches his as he takes hold of the box. "Of course I do," he whispers, "there's nowhere else I'd rather be." They look at each other for a moment, then Malfoy clears his throat and says, "well, then, let's get this done and breakfast started, before I Ciuman anda and we get all soppy."
Therion chuckles in spite of himself and starts to take the box when a velvety voice makes him smile. "Would anda boys like a hand?" Snape smirks, "I thought anda went back to sleep, little imp," and Malfoy winks at her. Therion tells her he's brought her kegemaran sweets as he and Malfoy start putting everything away. Snape asks her to hand him the items on the table, and as she does he puts them all away. "I'd like to help," she says, and he reaches a hand across the counter to caress her soft cheek. "Can I at least feed them? I don't want to just sit here while anda three work." They chuckle at her and tell her the kitchen's not big enough for all four of them as Snape thinly cuts the meats and slices some potato for the ravens, and fills their little dishes Elsbet's holding.
She places the dishes back into their spots in the rim of the nook, then gives the little water bowl to Snape, and he gives it back to her filled. Cambion and Loki feast happily, and Snape says, after some thought, "perhaps we should expand the kitchen; we should be able to cook together." Therion and Malfoy look back at Elsbet in her lovely purple robe. Therion says, "that...could be dangerous, anda know. We could get very distracted." Snape straightens and looks at them for a moment, then says, "dangerous perhaps, but a little lebih interesting." She giggles, then tells them she'll just watch them, and sits down at the table. "If anda would like to make the dapur larger, I think it would be wonderful. Maybe we can cook makan malam, majlis makan malam together tonight."
Snape tells Malfoy he'll work on the mandarin oranges if he wants to handle the main course, then glances up at Elsbet. She laughs and asks them if they really associate her with food, and Malfoy tells her, "it's probably best if we don't answer that now." She walks slowly into the kitchen, smiling as they watch her move. "Oh, my wizards," she says, "my gentle men," she touches Therion, takes a little piece of the of the confection he's preparing and slips it passed her lips, lets it melt on her tongue, then kisses him softly. She drifts to Malfoy and touches him, taps just the tip of a finger on the surface of the cream sause he's making and tastes it, then kisses him softly.
She loves them so, Snape knows she does; it's in her every action, her voice, her eyes, and in her very breath. But he knows, too, that it's him she loves the most of all. She drifts to him and takes a tiny slice of orange from the bowl he's put them in, then lets her gaze meet his. As she slips the slice into her mouth she thinks she could get Lost in his black eyes, and he takes a slice of orange as well. He slides it passed his lips and as their lips meet he crushes it, and the jiuce of their sweet Ciuman is made sweeter still. It's a deep kiss; it would be very easy for him to forget where he is right now and what he's doing...the moment is made lebih poignant sejak the fact that he will not be with her tonight. Duty calls, and if that duty were not etched in stone and paid for with precious blood, he would chuck it all to be here with her.
With them...
Their Ciuman ends and she rests her head against him. It would be so easy for her to weep right now...she knows he will be leaving soon. Her mind does not know how much longer she can take this, these awful separations, even those that are brief. But her hati, tengah-tengah knows. She will wait for him forever, if she has to. She whispers, "do any of anda know how much anda mean to me?" She caresses Snape's face, not looking into those deep eyes that now threaten to water, then touches Malfoy and Therion as she drifts passed them on her way out of the kitchen. She dosn't wait for an answer. Instead, she says, "there is no woman in all the world lebih fortunate than me."
They watch her alih slowly through the dining room and into the living room, and as they quickly resume their preparation of breakfast, they glance up to see her creating a doorway in the living room, and wonder what her hati, tengah-tengah will create just outside.