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[lancifolium]

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[mapmaker]

i would avoid the sofa. it makes a poor fainting couch, and i'm pretty sure there's still the faint scent of dung bombs over there.

[lancifolium]

Merlin's tits that smells horrible. No more swooning unless you're around to catch me.

[mapmaker]

i'll endevour to do my best. although as i'm stuck over here and you're over there, maybe i'll just have to be less charming so there's no chance of swooning?

[lancifolium]

I wouldn't go that far. I quite like you as is. As my gran says, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

[mapmaker]

oh, well. then i'll keep going, shall i?

although now i think my brain is empty.

[lancifolium]

I would offer to fill it but I can't tell if that's flirtatious or threatening.

[mapmaker]

a little of both?

but that's just how you roll.

[lancifolium]

[ Internally keysmashing seems to be her life now. ]

I'm uncertain if that's a good thing or not.

[mapmaker]

you're a gryffindor.

of course it is.

[lancifolium]

Then I suppose the flirtatious threats will continue! Apologies in advance, I suspect I'm quite bad at this.

[mapmaker]

you're better than me.

( At least they're acknowledging they're doing it? )

i'm pretty sure i've misstepped the entire time?

[lancifolium]

[ Is this growth? ]

How so? I don't think you have.

[mapmaker]

i'm just not used to doing it.

or at least, having someone i'd like to impress with my flirtatious prowess. if there were a handbook then i'd feel better.

[lancifolium]

If it's any consolation we're very much in the same boat. I've been avoiding things like this, but I don't want to avoid you.

[mapmaker]

( He glances her way, there and then gone. But now his ears are a little red. )

yeah, i get that.

i want to talk to you all the time. no matter how often i end up tripping over my own tongue. i'm glad it doesn't make you want to avoid me.

[lancifolium]

[ Catching sight of him catching sight of her, she goes instantly red, which highlights the freckles brilliantly but also, in her observation probably makes her look like a proper git. ]

You can't look at me like that and say things like this! It's unfair!

[mapmaker]

look at you like what?

( The curve of a sly smile now. )

do you want me to stop?

[lancifolium]

[ So very very red in the face, but doing her very best to glare and hide a grin. It's not working. ]

You know like what!

[mapmaker]

i'll just look at the wall from now on. i know the fainting couch isn't fit for purpose, i'd hate for you to suffer.

[lancifolium]

As if you could look away that long.

[ Talking shit and making it worse for herself table for one. ]

[mapmaker]

( He looks up, unbidden. )

you're right. i can't.

[lancifolium]

[ She might be blushing furiously and fairly certain that she's going to die but Lily stares right back, because if he's going to be murderous she is going to do her damndest to murder him right back. This is courtship right? ]

You're lucky there are other people present.

[mapmaker]

oh?

( It's probably for the best. Remus doesn't think he's quite ready for the bubbling cauldron of his feelings to overflow. He likes that Lily doesn't push. That they're so far keeping this within a realm they can both deal with.

Still, they're both teenagers. And hormones exist. )

and what if there weren't?

[lancifolium]

[ This is fine. Everything is totally fine and not at all going to give her a heart attack. ]

Wouldn't you like to know. Suffice to say I would not be the only one going red in the face.

[mapmaker]

( He hunches over his parchment for a moment, considering. The next note she gets is still scribbled out in a hurry though, as if he doesn't want to stop himself. )

i think you look very pretty when you blush.