#aurorlongbottom

No, make that twenty-four.

Send a ship and I’ll tell you who;

Gives nose/forehead kisses; Both, though Alice more frequently (when she can reach his nose and forehead at least). 

Gets jealous the most; Frank, without a doubt. Alice rarely gets jealous, though admittedly she did in the beginning of their relationship, particularly when Marlene could be so openly touch Frank, even with simple gestures where as she had to be mindful not to touch him at all unless alone with him. 

Picks the other up from the bar when they’re too drunk to drive; More often than not, it’d be Alice picking up Frank. Though admittedly, I don’t see either of them frequently getting that drunk in public. 

Takes care of on sick days; Alice takes care of Frank, though he tries to do his best in return. 

Drags the other person out into the water on beach day; Alice drags Frank out, for sure. Probably on one of their few weekends away, where they’re intended to relax and simply be together, something she’ll remind him of while splashing him with a bit of water. 

Gives unprompted massages; Frank. Eventually Alice realizes it happens on the nights where she’s so wound up that the moment after work, she starts baking and knitting, shutting herself inside her mind, trying to cope with everything going on around them. 

Drives/rides shotgun; Frank always wants to drive, and Alice always allows him. 

Brings the other lunch at work; 

Has the better parental relationship; Alice. Her parents only wanted for her to do her best, and to be the best person she could be. No where near as complicated as Frank’s relationship with his mum. 

Embarrassingly drunk dancer; Dear god, Alice. Just another reason to only get drunk at home. 

Still cries watching Titanic; Alice. Frank would probably be sitting there seething over the fact that the ship wasn’t required to hold enough life boats for everyone on board, and that certainly more could have fit in the first few boats to leave. 

Firmly believes in couples costumes; Alice. Though I’d imagine getting Frank to dress up as anything for Halloween would be a challenge in itself. Honestly, she should just dress up with Marlene and give Frank a headache for the night. 

Breaks the expensive gift rule during Christmas; Frank, and oh how he’ll hear about it, even if Alice is crying with happiness the whole time. 

Makes the other eat breakfast; Alice, even if she has to bend and learn to get in the habit of using pepper on eggs. *sigh* 

Remembers anniversaries; Both, though Frank’s more apt to “forget” simply due to life getting away from him, and the day arriving much sooner than he’d anticipated. 

Marlene didn’t need a signature to recognize the handwriting. She knew who it was before she what it said. Purse down, boots off, denim shorts exchanged for a shorter, fringier pair, and Marlene was poised to reply.

Well, almost. She tore a corner of parchment from Frank’s letter. When it was rolled and lit and puffed, she scribbled across the back---

Home. Come over. I’m too high to apparate on my own.

Place one of these words and a character/pairing/series in my inbox and I’ll write a drabble about it.

Terrae : Earth

send me a pairing and I’ll tell you who;

falls asleep on the couch; Alice, typically while knitting, leaving Frank to carefully extract the needles from her grasp so she doesn’t hurt herself while sleeping. 

makes friends with the neighbors; Alice, who cannot go to any new place without attempting to make a friend or ten. Also very likely to find out if the friendly ones are allergic to anything in case of baking something for them later. And of course, makes sure Frank knows who is who and what she thinks of each. 

is the adventurous eater; Alice without a doubt. Not that she goes out of her way to do so, but lets be honest, Frank isn’t stepping out of his box of what he knows and likes any time soon. 

hogs the covers at night; Listen this is a complicated one, because Frank likes the cold, and Alice likes being warm. But Alice also loves snuggling to Frank, who probably does not want the hoard of blankets on him, so the covers probably end up on the floor with Alice shivering or giving up and grabbing the blankets in the middle of the night. 

forgets to do the dishes; Frank is more likely to just because Alice is so in the habit of cooking/baking and cleaning as she goes. 

tries to surprise their partner more often; Alice, but Frank succeeds more often. Alice is not the best at keeping surprises/secrets when it comes to the people she loves (note; almost everyone had a feeling she was seeing Frank before she told them, oops). 

leaves dirty laundry on the floor; Alice. She really tries not to, and isn’t often bad about it, Frank’s just much better about it than she is out of habits that Alice was never forced to have. 

stays up til 2 AM reading; Staying up late to read specifically would be Frank, but staying up until 2 doing something in general (likely knitting) would be Alice. 

sings in the shower; Alice, mainly because she often forgets the walls are not sound proof, generally meaning she’s a bit louder than she would like. 

takes the selfies; Alice, and often tries to sneak pictures of Frank, because who doesn’t want to see the handsome creature that he is?

plans date night; Frank. But he always asks and discusses with her before setting it in stone. Seeing as they’re an actual 80 year old couple though, they tend to stick to the same pattern anyway. If it comes to a group outting however, Alice takes the lead.