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Sure they’d fix it if she caused enough of a riot, but there a confliction with that. If they’d messed up his order as well Dusk would feel more confidence in bitching to them, but they hadn’t. Just hers. So she hesitated. “I’ll live somehow.” She replied dryly to his hypotheticals. “What I won’t live with, is if I leave here without any coffee at all.” She sighed just the right amount of dramatically (no such thing as overdramatic as far as Dusk was concerned). “If you insist, we’ll try it your way first.” As in, just being honest and asking for another new cup. “If this fails I will insist you talk to him for me,” She warned. 

Ambrose smiled softly looking at the other he hardly minded helping the women get her early morning coffee. he laughed shaking his head ‘I must say I’ve never met a Lady like you before but Scots honor if we can’t get you new fresher and hot coffee I’ll hand over mind promise.” he mused placing a sort of status spell on his drink as he normally did to keep it hot moving over to the counter where the barista stay standing.  It was easy to bring him into conversation before motioning for the other to come up and join them. “I believe this lady has a question for you Robby.” He mused looking at her giving a wink.

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Zach sighed. Why couldn’t he just leave him alone? Why did they think it was so bad for him to just be alone here? “Then, I’m sure my neighbors will call to have you removed or arrested for disturbing the peace.” It wasn’t just him that Ambrose would be bothering, and considering that Ambrose had a job under the police, he didn’t likely want to get into any legal trouble. “I had more things to talk about then,” he explained. He always ran his mouth without thinking before, and he didn’t feel like saying as much now. He sighed before getting up to open the door. “Can you just say what you want to say and just go?”

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Ambrose was worried about Zach this was unlike any of their other pranks or jokes that came with plenty of issues. “Then I’ll just have to charm them with my smile and sleep in front of your door until you open up. It's You who lives here Zach surely they won’t be that over the top Karen like.” He mused tilting his head when the door finally opened taking in his brother’s appearances “It's not me who needs to do the talking, but I’ve said what I needed if you really want me to go then say so and I’ll leave you alone...But you aren’t alone Zach I’ll always be around if you need me.”

“Well fuck.” That meant she couldn’t complain complain. The workers deserved respect, and fucking up once in a while was only human. It just sucked that it was hers that they fucked up on. Deeply, Dusk sighed. “You think?” Maybe, just maybe, she could try being nice about it. Tell them about the problem calmly and politely ask for a hotter cup. Just be nice about it. “Would you consider a bargain of I pay you 8 bucks for your cup instead?” Giving more money then it was worth felt like the more satisfying option then using the word please or asking for another cup. Especially to that barista who had given her the stink eye. “Maybe they’re good in general, but I’m not talking to that barista again.” Dusk didn’t want to deal with the hassle of him. “You’re a regular,” He had made it obvious. “He’ll like you loads more then me.” Probably. “Name your price.”

Ambrose couldn’t help but smile at the other, he knew the place probably didn’t mean to serve less than perfect coffee but it was rather busy this early in the morning. “Yeah, they are pretty nice here, plus they would like the chance to fix a mistake without getting a complaint” He mused honestly before laughing “You wish to buy my cup? What if I took a sip from it already? Or I got a flavor you didn’t like?” He wondered why she had asked such a weird request.  “That I am, and the barista does seem to enjoy flirting with me, but he doesn’t hate others' promises unless you treat people badly.” He mused laughing “I could talk to him for you if you’d like?”

“He seems like the type,” zatanna smiled. wesley struck her as a very soft sort of man, the kind that was good at providing comfort. it was clear she was right given that he made ambrose feel safe after everything. she squeezed his hand reassuringly as he talked about how he was doing. “you did nothing wrong, ambrose,” she assured him. “you can’t help the lycanthropy as much as i can’t help what’s in my blood.” she was glad he at least had friends to help him through the change. it was a scary thing to do alone in a foreign world. “this is different than the hunters. your wolf didn’t kill anyone.” she knew about the incident because zach had described it during the interrogation process. “as awful as it is, it was her aunts choice in the end.” zatanna had been in thorn’s position before. only, it was her dad who sacrificed himself for her sake. she laughed as he made the remark about cookies. “it’s probably best no one eat these.” she dumped them in the trash before conjuring up some that were more edible than her creations. “tea, i can do at least,” she nodded and put the kettle to boil.

Ambrose chuckled softly, nodding his head “He really is, he always has a way of making me feel safe even when I have no purpose being upset.” He mused honestly before smiling at his sister; she always made him feel better about any situation. “I know but you would’ve adored her Zee, she was brilliant and had such a sense of humor, she reminded me a little bit of your father if I’m honest.” He mused nodding his head “Lucky Sam was able to distract my wolf from killing anyone, granted either solution wouldn’t have been ideal.” He mused nodding his head in agreement “Yes it was her choice, though I did get a rather adorable cat out of it, his name is Binx I hadn’t the heart to tell her about Hocus Pocus” He did cute little magic hands before shaking his head “One day I’ll come over and cook for you, it's been a while since we’ve baked together granted we were using an easy bake oven I’m sure I’ve still got the skills” He smiled nodding his head “Could never say no to a cuppa love.”

Birthday Bash || Ambrose’s Party Outfit

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When he heard the knock on the door, he expected it to be Thorn again, trying to get him to go out again or something. Really, he just wanted to stay home. Bunny had even brought his rabbits back to him, so it wasn’t like he was even along. “I really don’t,” he answered, after a long moment of silence. He didn’t want to be rewarded or bribed with food either. “You were perfectly fine without it when I was away on tour,” he pointed out. “Did Thorn put you up to this?” He asked, still not opening the door yet.

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Ambrose knew if anything based off his chat with Thorn that Zach was barely leaving his apartment and while he could understand that he couldn’t just leave him to sulk alone. “Well if you choose not to I’ll spend my night screaming out here.” He mused waiting for the other before sighing before shaking his head “Yeah but you certainly texted and called me more while on tour.” He paused “no she didn’t, do you really think I can’t tell something is wrong? I've know you all my life Zach, please just let me in...we don’t even have to leave your place I just want to spend time with you....Don't shut me out”

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“Well, if you’re proud of him, then it sounds like I don’t actually need to threaten him.” Zachary hadn’t exactly seen Ambrose have any bad taste in anyone, so he assumed he could trust his judgement. He didn’t want to just scare away the guy Ambrose liked. “That sounds great!” He rose a brow when Ambrose said he mentioned him to Wesley. “Only good things, I hope?”

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Ambie smiled looking at the other “Well You can just be your prefect self and I’m sure you’d  get along swimmingly.” He mused softly he had hoped that Zach would take a liking to Wesley he cared about the others opinion when it came to his lovers. “Of course only good things, you are after all my ride or die, just try not to steal him away with those wonderful legs mate.” He teased.

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“Why is Wesley able to do that?” she asked with some curiosity. She knew he was more experienced than Ambrose so maybe that played into it some. She nodded when he explained how he managed his wolf here. From what she’d seen, his wolf did seem docile. “Do you remember what your wolf does throughout the night when you wake up in your human form?” she asked. “Sorry…” she shook her head and backtracked. “You don’t have to answer that. This isn’t an Anne Rice novel.” She nodded when Ambrose apologized in return for her aunt. “Well, we did save something of hers at least.” Sam had saved some of Eleanor’s books for Thorn and Ambrose had agreed to take care of Binx. “Some part of her still lives on through that.” She paused for a moment when he asked her how she was doing. “Me? I’m okay,” she lied. She wasn’t really sleeping all that well, but she was functioning and doing the things she’d been doing before being sent to the other timeline. She was pretending to be okay. And if she pretended hard enough maybe she would be okay in the end. “I’ve been staying busy with projects. But I am a little worried about Zach,” she deflected the attention away from herself. “Have you talked to him recently?”

“Wesley was born a werewolf, I was bitten there is a difference between the two, Since I wasn’t born with the curse I can only change under the full moon. Being Born a one you can change at will, if I was to become Wesley’s mate I would inherited such a trait but for now I’m stuck with the one night.” Ambrose explained before looking at her smiling “No its fine Thorn really you are more then welcome to ask anything. After all I’d like to think we bonded back in the 1600s” He teased before replying “When I first changed not so much but there was a disconnect between my wolf and me, so I traveled back to Wesley and Shumani’s pack to learn how to handle things. When I started accepting and understand my more primal side we became one in a way, I remember basically following Sam everywhere since he smelled heavily of meat.”

He mused before nodding his head when she spoke of her aunt “I’m so glad we were able to bring back Binx and those books for you. Have you learned much from them?” He questioned before looking at her shaking his head “I’ll take that answer but I want you to know...Its okay not to be okay, I haven no idea what it is like to be a women much less one who got sent back to a time when women were nothing more then items for men to play with.” He replied honestly before nodding his head “I’m worried, I know Zatanna was there to help deal with the aftermath of this whole event. I’ve called and texted him but even I can tell something is off. I’ve been thinking about dropping by and just hanging out with him and figure out what I can do to help.” He mused honestly he worried about Zach regardless of what happened he was like a brother to him.

Ambrose was worried about Zach it had been awhile since he’d heard his friend this down and he knew it wasn’t going to be fixed in a day but he wanted to check in on him. He knocked on his door hoping he’d answer the door if not he’d just drop in using his magic. “Come on Zach you know you wanna let me in, I got some of your favorite take out and I’m dying without your presence in my life.” He mused waiting for the other to answer.

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            “well, i am pretty incredible so i guess i can’t blame you for falling for me.” wes chuckled as he closed his eyes, resting his head on ambrose’s “she sounds like it, i wish i could have met her… thanked her for keeping an eye on you. lord knows how much of a job that is.” wes leaned back slightly to look the other male in the eyes “you are strong enough to do anything, and as selfish as it may be i’d rather not have found out you’d been burned at the stake saving someone… no dying before me, you hear?” he gave him a stern look before kissing him “well of course i did. you wasted a perfectly good opportunity to nurse me back to health. to think i nearly died and had to carry you back.” wes returned the pout “i say you owe me an apology pup.”

“As I live and breathe, yes,” he nodded. Zee had more than just earned respect, she exuded it. Even the hell side of his family was starting to see that she was a force to be reckoned with not because of Michael but because of her own skill and power of will. She was an enigma that infatuated both sides. “From what I hear, Zach is dramatic enough that he qualifies as at least an additional five or six siblings,” the Archangel chuckled. He’d heard some stories that made it clear Zach was a chaos magnet of his own. He was a sort of Peter Pan that never grew up and didn’t feel he needed to. “Pride is indeed his kingdom. Last I checked, he’s got a deal with Kris Jenner so you’re probably right.” He also had a deal with the cast of Jersey Shore, but that was a given. “I’ll let Gabriel know,” he nodded. “I’m sure he’d love to stop by. He loves spending time with the Heaven dogs so I’m sure he’d enjoy it here too.” And his presence was less likely to frighten the creatures. His aura was much less abrasive than Michael’s. Given that fact, Michael was surprised how quickly Cooper took to him. He ran his hands through the dog’s well maintained coat and smiled. “An old soldier then, huh?” he smiled, gently scratching him behind the ear. He was just what Gabriel needed. “I think you’re right. He looks like he’s up for the challenge. What do you say Cooper?”

Ambrose smiled softly nodding his head “That is good to hear, though I don’t know much about you, so long as Zatanna is happy I’m happy. Is most of the things in the bible true about you lot? You’re the sort of hammer of god and the pack leader?” He questioned moving over the cages before laughing “Ahh Zach is lot to handle but Zee had us both to content with and let’s just say Zach and I are good at feeding each other’s chaos. Lead to plenty of crazy schemes and angry screams from my parents and Zee.” He chuckled thinking of all the trouble they’ve started together before looking at the other “Makes sense, and I’m so curious about this deal, maybe I’ll ask one day.” He replied before looking at him smiling “I would never turn down extra help, a lot these animals sometimes take special care and extra hugs.” He mused honestly a lot of his employees were either volunteers or people who card for animals. He watched Cooper seemed taken by Mike he didn’t show any fear as he walked up to him and allowed him to pet him before smiling softly “Yeah, unfortunately his owner/trainer was killed in Action and I took him on, He is great to have around quite the helper I think he will work for both Gabriel and yourself.” He mused as he saw Cooper wag his tail happily before letting out a soft bark. “He said Challenge accepted captain, which is sort of funny to me because you do look like a captain.”

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            “we got lucky, our favourite past time turned a profit and people seem to want our help.” freddie shrugged. he never like making a big deal out of their mystery solving, not that he wasn’t proud of their work because he was, but freddie didn’t want to seem like he was bragging about their success. “aw, i don’t know about that but maybe i can at least get an honorable mention or even some feedback on it.” he didn’t have the skills to win but he was hoping that this would give him some new ideas. freddie set the dog into the water and knelt down next to her to begin washing her “velms is back in coolsville and shaggy and scooby are probably eating their way down a coastline so right now it’s just me and daphne here.”

“At least it’s only one day a month then,” she nodded and stepped aside to let him in. “How do you keep yourself safe here when you turn? If…you don’t mind me asking that is.” She wondered if he kept himself caged or maybe warded. She’d been reading up on lycanthrophy now that they were back. It kept her mind distracted from everything they’d gone through in the other timeline. She figured if she just kept busy enough, she wouldn’t have to think about it. She nodded when he replied that he was still upset about her aunt. She was too, not that she really let herself show it  (or gave herself time to feel it). “You did nothing wrong, Ambrose,” she assured him, hoping to absolve him of whatever guilt he felt. “The choice was Eleanor’s. I did some digging into my own family history and I found records of her death in our timeline. She was burned as a witch here too. Those villagers were going to burn her alive with or without us present.” It didn’t make this any easier. Eleanor’s fate might’ve been sealed either way, but this time they’d been the cause. At least in the other timeline dying had been her choice. From what Thorn gathered, in this current timeline, it was less of a choice and more of a punishment.  

“True, though Wesley is lucky he can change whenever he wishes which helps a lot at keeping things under wraps.” Ambie mused before looking at her “Here I just get far enough away from the city there is a nice little forest I tend to use and just roam, my wolf isn’t dangerous more curious if anything. We had to use extra measures back them because my wolf wasn’t used to any of those smells or people, its why I had to scent both you and Sam before hand so he recognized you both as friends and potential foes.” He explained looking at her it was rather interesting how people seem to take an interest in his lycanthropy in truth he still held on the journals he’d written while training with his pack. “I know but I hate that we couldn’t at least try and save a version of her...She did want she wanted what anyone in her position would’ve done but has she been born here like you, she would’ve been cherished instead of condemned and that kind of thinking never sits well with me.” He mused in truth it reminded him too much of his parents way of thinking. If it wasn’t perfect or pureblood related it wasn’t really worth their time. “I suppose there is something to be said going out on your own terms, so how are you doing after everything? You’ve gone through so much outside of the incident I wonder what your thoughts are.”

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          wes chuckled “oh really? and what advances are those?” he teased, feeling his wolf start to settle. “change scares people. they seemed to rely pretty heavily on their religion from what they teach in school so if they followed their god and were normal then the ones that have magic or break every bone in their body once a month before turning into a big wolf must be demonic.” he shrugged, it was ridiculous and close minded but there were still people like that today… those hunters were proof of that “well lucky for me i had this crazy pup with me. scared ‘em all off and healed me up.”

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          he couldn’t help but laugh “me? trouble? i would never.” freddie grinned “there’s no mystery involved with it so your sister should have nothing to get grey hairs over. traps illustrated is running a contest so i’m putting something together.” he explained before moving over towards the pool to try and coax the dog in “aww, i don’t think that’s a bad thing. she’s the sweetest thing ever.”