daydreams of a piper

It was truly something to behold. “Oh, milady, are you sure you can give something of such value to me?” Reid holds both pendants in his hands. His heart is racing from the endless possibilities: because the first person to come into his mind is...

“Oh, Raine!” Reid had just been going to go check on the vegetable garden, after the whole herb garden fiasco. He hadn’t expected any company! And he doesn’t recall telling anyone about his birthday, either. Was it Peter? It was probably Peter. (Or maybe it could have even been Wolfram! he thinks with a squeal.) “And Ren and Ran. Nice of you all to stop by! Thanks for the greetings!”

The jewels they gifted to him were ones he isn’t familiar with, but of course it won’t deter him from studying them! Since his little brother’s putting in such effort to become stronger, it’s only right for him as the elder brother to work hard too!

How is it that she can make me smile every single day, without fail? Reid knows that it’s because he loves Laurent: endlessly and hopelessly loves her with all of his heart and mind. He knows that whatever she’s given him had a lot of thought and love put into the choice and that it was both practical and complimentary to his tastes.

He holds the box in his hands and feels a strange sort of energy from it. It was comforting in a way--the same way he had been comforted by the presence of his grandfather when he had been back home. These were remnants of Franz’s legacy, his pan pipe aside. Reid was grateful to have them.

It was pretty embaressing of what transpired in the past, whenever she thought about it Laurent wanted to throw up, lock the door and lay down. But it’s over now, it’s in the past, but it’s hard to pick up the broken pieces. She silently mourned it, but she forged a neutral stance whenever someone inquired to her about it. It was especially uncomfortable to hear people talk to her about getting another go, or at least- some of her more annoying peers did. She had no intention of getting back with him. There had also been some talk about hooking up with someone else, she couldn’t help but feel a teensy bit jealous– but she had to remind herself she didn’t want to deal with his bullshit anymore.

A gentle hum leaves her lips when he poses his question. “Ohhh…Prom night? I did not, I was just going to hang home.” Laurent twirls a pencil between her fingers, when debating on what to respond with next. “I don’t know if Mom planned anything, but as far as I know she hasn’t. I’ll let her know in any case..” She had some commission work due, from what she recalled. There was talk about maybe driving somewhere fun to make up for festivities but hanging with Reid seemed like a nice distraction too. He always seemed to figure out a way to make her smile.

“I’ll take up your offer on it,” Laurent says with a tired smile, then tilts her head to the side. “What would you like to do then, Reid?” There was always the mall, the movie theater–– were there any good ones out? They’d probably have to check it out. “But, I’d be game for anything, sounds like a lot of fun,” She chuckles a bit, “Besides, it’d probably a lot more exciting than Prom…Ah..it could be just us or you could invite others too, your choice though.”

She said yes—prepare for Phase 2!  

"Definitely more exciting than prom, with you around," Reid says, leaning back against his chair. "Much as I'd love to have the others join us, I think more than half of our group is gone: Peter's taking charge of an off-schedule baseball practice with the other underclassmen on the team; the Friedhofs and Stolzenbergs are going to be busy because the Greek side of the family's visiting that weekend; Gretchen's going back to her hometown with her family to visit her grandparents; I think I overheard Raine making plans with Ren and Ran for a fair or something like that; and I'm pretty sure Lars and Ryan have to take supplementary lessons."

Mean as it is to admit, Reid had hoped it was just going to be the two of them.

Reid had known from the beginning of their friendship that Laurent was not planning to go to the senior prom. The acceptance and adjustment into genderfluidity had only exacerbated the common stresses of preparing for the night: what to wear, who to go with, what the night will be like surrounded by pretty much all of your peers. What had transpired with her ex before—before he had moved to town from Ireland with his brother, before he had gone to school there, before he had pretty much fallen head over heels for this wonderful person, and before he had the chance to kick the guy's ass himself—had only steeled her resolve not to go.

Which sucks because Laurent deserves to have that one special night more than anyone else in the entire senior class. (At least, in his opinion. Reid might be a tiny bit biased.)

Stop being dramatic and just fuckin' ask her on a date that night, Peter had deadpanned when he was pouring his heart out to Franz. Leave it to his little brother to come up with a reasonable solution!

But Reid will do one better.

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“Why’re you worrying so much? It’ll all turn up grand in the end! ‘Least, we can hope so. If not, we’ll take a deep breath and work from there.”

“Oh. Ohhhh Jaysus, that’s pretty much salvageable. Peter’s not gonna like that. Peter, um, about the herb garden--!”

“Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat.” (“May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat.”)

“In my selfishness, I let Peter take my place in the Hunter’s Trial. And, by doing so, I’ve taken away something very dear to him--something that was so deeply a part of him that he might never get back. I can never forgive myself for that. I can never forgive myself for being so weak that my little brother felt the need to give himself up for my sake.”

“I’ve been waiting and searching and hoping. And now that you’re here, I don’t even know where you are. What you look like. What your name is. But I know you’re the right one. I know that it’s you I’ve been waiting and searching and hoping for. I can’t wait to meet you outside of this dream.”

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