Three Green Thumbs

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Daisy’s eyes grew wide at the thought of the two of them attempting a sport like archery. Surely they’d both end up injured with arrows sticking out of various body parts and limbs. A thought she didn’t want to think too much about - she didn’t like thinking about Tilden getting hurt, despite the fact that it happened often. “You’re absolutely insane if you think I’d shoot you with an arrow.” Daisy giggled, finally huffing and attempting to get back on her feet. “I’d make you stand behind me at a sensible distance to ensure your safety.”

Back on her feet, Daisy used her arms to help keep herself balanced as she made her way towards the edge of the ice. “I think that’s a good idea.” She nodded. As much as ice skating was a bad idea, she certainly didn’t want their day to end because of it. She loved spending time with Tilden, it didn’t matter what they were doing, she was happy to just be in his company. “Maybe we can build a snowman, or if we want to stay warm we can go to my place and watch a movie.” She suggested with a grin, stepping off the ice and back on to the snow.

Slowly heading back over to the bench, she plopped herself down and bent down to unlace her skates. “No, you always give the best gifts! They’re always so thoughtful.” Daisy had kept everything that Tilden ever gifted her, which added up to quite a bit over all the years they’ve known each other. Everything he’d ever given her was special, even the silly little letters they passed to each other between classes. “But I do have to admit, I think my gift is exceptional this year. Not that it’s a competition.”

~

“I was stabbed by a quill someone threw during potions class in my fourth year; so I’m pretty familiar with it. It’s just a bigger quill, right? Feathers kind of sting, though.” He rubbed the area on his arm, the scar still there as he had been an awful patient and picked at the wound before it was dealt with. Actually, that was the year he started wearing thicker sleeves in hopes that he wouldn’t get stabbed again. Not that it helped, he just injured different parts of his body instead. 

“I did that one year for the Scamanders’ grandkid! I enchanted the snowman, though. They kept singing about someone named Frosty?” He shrugged, having to maneuver himself oddly so he could get onto the bench. It was a lot like watching a very long twig try to walk--or even watching a newborn calf try to walk. Only, the calf probably did a better job of catching on to how gravity worked. 

He seemed to get a bit excited over the idea of the gift now. “Now you have a lot to live up to! So I’m expecting to be blown away by it!” --Which wasn’t hard to do in his case. Not when the gift was coming from Daisy of all people. She could gift him socks and he’d be over the moon about them. Tilden was certain that every year, at least one person had to cope with his ramblings about how nice his gift from Daisy was. Often, it was either Ivy or Remus. Though, he suspected Remus tuned him out to avoid wanting to muzzle him. 

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐄 💭  𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝚨 𝐓𝚮𝐎𝐔𝐆𝚮𝐓 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝚮𝚨𝐒 𝚮𝚨𝐃 𝚨𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒.

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐄 💭  𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝚨 𝐓𝚮𝐎𝐔𝐆𝚮𝐓 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝚮𝚨𝐒 𝚮𝚨𝐃 𝚨𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒.

"Do you have a sixth sense that can tell when I'm about to do something stupid?"

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐄 💭  𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝚨 𝐓𝚮𝐎𝐔𝐆𝚮𝐓 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝚮𝚨𝐒 𝚮𝚨𝐃 𝚨𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒.

"You're a good person at heart. I kind of wish you'd see that more."

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-

Daisy couldn’t help herself from laughing as she watched Tilden tumble down on to the ice beside her. Neither one of them had ever been particularly graceful - how could either one of them think that ice skating was a good idea. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to laugh.” She said, sending him an apologetic look. She did feel bad for laughing at him, but she knew that Tilden wouldn’t take it the wrong way. “Yes, yes, I’m okay. I’m no stranger to bruises.” Daisy giggled softly, putting her hands down on the ice behind her and leaning back slightly, happy to just stay on her butt a little longer.

“I know we just got here,” Daisy sighed, looking up at the people skating by them, “But I think this was a terrible idea. Would you be upset if I suggest we take off our skates and go get hot chocolate instead?” She asked, trying not to get her hopes up too much. Maybe Tilden would drag her along on the ice a little longer, and that wouldn’t be a bad thing, but she didn’t want either one of them to end up any more hurt than they already were. “I do have your Christmas gift with me - I know it’s early but I just got too excited and I wanted to give it to you today. If we go to the Leaky I can give it to you there.” Daisy grinned at him, “And I don’t mean to brag, but I think I really knocked your gift out of the park this year.”

~

Tilden snorted a bit, finding it ironic that the two most accident-prone people decided upon a hazardous sport to partake in. “I mean, we could’ve tried archery, and then I’d have an arrow in me right now.” He couldn’t help but let out a laugh over it; finding the mental image of an arrow in his body kind of amusing. He had to find it funny only because it was Daisy--if anyone else had done it, he would have been mortified. “This is sort of like the time I was told there was a cat in the Whomping Willow and Remus had to catch me.”

“Why would I be mad? The only thing I might suggest is that we try something different after the hot chocolate.” He offered a grin, “I learned some safe ways to have fun! Turns out, the Scamanders found how often I’d get injured to be a hazard on it’s own so they kind of made sure I was entertained without risking my life.” That meant one solid year of a literal bubble being around him, but he was fine with it. The bubble didn’t stop the extra thumb from growing. 

-

Remus blinked at the pile of books that was now at his feet. He hadn’t considered the consequences he’d face if he pulled the book out from the middle of the pile. But it had caught his eye and he wanted to read it, it would have been easier to simply relocate the books on top of it, but sometimes his brain stopped working when he wanted something. Glancing up at the sound of somebody ranting on about the commotion he’d caused, Remus laughed softly as his gaze fell upon Tilden.

“Tilden, Tilden.” Remus said his name in an attempt to ground the other man who seemed overly concerned about the situation. “I’m fine, it’s fine, everything is fine. Don’t worry.” Pulling out his wand, he waved it effortlessly, causing the pile of books at his feet to instantly re-stack in front of him. “All fixed.” He assured him with a grin, “Nice to see you, by the way.”

~

“Oh! Remus!” Tilden was almost about to go into another spree of ramblings before seeing the mess clear up. His eyes watched and, for a second, it looked like a light bulb went off in his head. Sometimes he did forget easily that there were spells for almost everything. Odd, given he was going to use magic for first-aid. He couldn’t help but just offer a genuine smile at the other, both happy to see him and glad that he wasn’t hurt. 

-

Daisy looked up at him as he stood. He’d always been much taller than her, but in his skates, he towered over her. She had always liked his height and seeing him even taller made her giggle. As they stepped on to the ice, Daisy made sure she was gripping Tilden’s hand as tightly as she could to make sure she stayed upright. She wasn’t afraid of falling, she had tumbled over in front of him more times than she could count, she was more afraid of the fact that she had blades strapped to her feet. “I don’t wanna fall on you,” Daisy giggled, poking him lightly in the belly, “You’re not very squishy. If I do go down, I think I’m gonna try to aim for the snow. But I appreicate the thought.”

Feeling rather brave, Daisy let go of his hand and pushed her feet to give herself some momentum. She slowly skated ahead of Tilden with her arms stretched out to her sides to help keep her balanced. Coming to a stop, Daisy giggled again, “This is so scary, why did I ever suggest this?” She asked, turning her head back to him as she pushed off again. But, she wasn’t paying attention and one of her feet slipped out from under her, causing her to fall down on to her butt with a squeal. Laughing, she looked up to Tilden with a slight pout. “Ouch. I guess my plan to land in the snow didn’t work.”

~

“Squishy?” He looked down at himself, “Did I gain weight? I can’t be squishy, right? And isn’t that a good thing? I mean, that makes me pretty bouncy if I’m squishy.” Now he was looking at his body, trying to see which bits were more like a trampoline. Though, he could pretty much hear the argument from Ivy that he needed to eat a sandwich or two in order to look anything like what Daisy described. He also could hear her mocking him--which he now had to shake out of his head. That, or be the first one to fall. 

Tilden couldn’t stop the large grin coming over his features when she was being more bold. “Hey! See? You’ve got it!” He laughed, his own feet almost slipping out from under him before he got himself to balance again. “Ah-- I mean, we’re both accident prone--might as well tempt fate since it can’t do worse than the spare thumb.” No, it could do worse. He just wasn’t one to actually mock fate in fear that it would spite him.

-

Ivy nodded her head, “Officially two jobs, yeah. Since I failed miserably in just about every class, I didn’t have many options. So, I’m a Welcome Witch at St. Mungo’s and I also bartend at the Hog’s Head. Plus I pick up odd jobs here and there wherever I’m needed.” She shrugged slightly. Her best money came from the supplies she stole from the hospital to sell to the customers at the Hog’s Head. People pay good money for rare potions and sterile supplies. “What sort of work did you do for the Scamanders? He’s the guy that wrote that book on creatures, right?” A book she knew she had from school, but likely never even opened it.

Watching the way his face flushed at the mention of Daisy, Ivy smirked and tilted her head at him slightly. It felt like an odd reaction for somebody simply talking about their best friend. As he went on, her eyebrows raised in surprise. “Wait - she just asked you to come home and you did? She asked you to drop what you were doing to come see her?” Ivy shot him a questioning glance before a smirk spread over her features. “You’re totally in love with her.” She said matter-of-factly, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. Hell, it kind of was the most obvious thing in the world. Thinking back to how the two of them were in school, she wasn’t sure if Tilden ever wasn’t completely in love with the little red head.

~

“They have a lot of wild plants and such for the creatures, so I’d help them care for the lot along with the creatures. Some of the plants are good for some but poisonous to others, and America has it’s own plants that don’t grow over here, which helped with my studies. Also helped with my wanting to eventually do a book or--I dunno, something that I can teach with it all.” He shrugged, half wondering if he could ask the Scamanders to hire Ivy. She was a great witch regardless of grades, and Tilden was able to give anyone glowing recommendations. That wasn’t hard given he saw the best in everyone. 

He seemed to lose his train of thought at the mention of love. No--he didn’t--well, she was his best friend. Of course he loved Daisy. That was normal, wasn’t it? You loved a best friend and did what you could for them. “I-- Ivy, come on, if you had asked me to come over I’d of done it for you too! You’re not in trouble, are you? Cause, I ...Well, I don’t know how I’d help but I’d...”

Tilden shook his head, laughing it off like it was silly. This wasn’t the first time anyone ever said he and Daisy looked like an item. But he couldn’t fathom asking that of her with how much she had going on in her life. “Daisy needed me-- I...wasn’t going to say no. She hardly ever asks for anything--even asking for someone to just lend her a pencil is a lot to her, you know?”

Peter, taken aback by the abrupt and informal greeting, stared wide-eyed for a moment at Tilden, he remembered the man from school (they were in the same year and Tilden was… friendly) but he didn’t realise he was close with Dora too. Eventually, he got his mouth in gear and stuttered out a reply, “I d-don’t live here. I have my ow-own home.” His apartment was quite nice, even if he’d hardly decorated the place. The thumb had him staring in wide-eyed silence again, the cogs of his brain stuck on the gum of ‘what to say when a school friend has an extra thumb!?’ So, in the end he just swallowed and nodded a little jerkily. “S-she asked me to visit…” And he would be going back to his home when the visit was done… He hoped.    

~

“It’s good to see you, Peter! Well, I mean--” He looked down at his hand, shrugging a bit. “Don’t mind the thumb, it’s honestly nothing. It took a while to get used to it? I think that’s normal though, given I wasn’t born with it. Kind of like having some extra help when I’m working with plants. Oh! Right--I saw a bunch of cool creatures over in America! You’d be amazed by some of them, really!” 

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Daisy giggled softly as he hugged her, and she squeezed him back tightly. She wished it lasted longer, she loved having his arms around her, but she let him go so he could get his skates on. “Oh, please. I’m sure you’re gonna be great out there.” She assured him with a smile, “Me, on the other hand? I’m clumsy enough as it is without adding ice and blades into the equation.” She had always loved ice skating, but she’d never been particularly good at it. That certainly didn’t stop her from doing her best, though.

As soon as Tilden finished lacing his own skates, Daisy stood from the bench, nearly bouncing out of excitement. “Come on!” She giggled, reaching for his hands and helping pull him up. Carefully trudging through the snow, she held her breath as she nervously stepped out on to the frozen lake. She felt a little wobbly, almost like a baby deer taking its first steps, and she was thankful to have Tilden’s hand in her own to help keep her steady. “As long as we both go slowly, I’m positive we won’t fall.”

~

“You know we’re both clumsy, right? Maybe we could start on our butts and just slide around like that. There’s no rule against that, right?” He grinned, finishing up his laces as he stood up and had to try to balance himself on the skates. He was already tall but now he felt like he was a bit higher up and playfully waved his hand over Daisy’s head before he moved to naturally keep himself up on the ice, his hands taking ahold of Daisy’s so he could hold her in place.

It felt like there really was nothing to worry about today. Tilden was sticking to that mind set and he looked down at their feet to make sure they were okay to start moving a little. “I’ll keep you up, Dee. Plus, you can always fall on me, I’m a great way to break a fall.”

“Something crashed--did something crash? I heard a crash.” Tilden had rushed the second he heard it, though, he was also mildly confused. “I mean, yeah, I ...could have just run into danger but honestly, I already have three thumbs, I think this year is done with me, right? Like, let the kid with three thumbs dodge a few bullets before the new year?” He offered a rather charming smile, which was easy for Tilden, since he was often someone that could smile out of trouble if he had to.

She wasn’t sure why she felt so nervous. It wasn’t as if they were going on a date - were they? No. They were simply hanging out, just as they always did. Two friends going ice skating, it certainly wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. Daisy made sure she bundled up, wearing the last scarf her mother had knitted for her, along with the matching mittens and hat that were bought to go along with them. She sat down on the bench and laced up her skates, waiting patiently for Tilden to show up.

Her smile brightened as she watched him approach, her hand coming up to wave at him. “Hey!” Daisy greeted, “I got your skates for you already - you’re still the same size, right?” She asked, gesturing towards the pair of skates on the ground beside her.

@tildentxxts​

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Tilden managed to use Dirk as a distraction so he could get out of helping wrapping presents. It wasn’t that he was against helping; especially since he was a guest in the Lovegood’s home, but he had already made plans. He looked a bit silly, having himself bundled up with bright colored gloves and a hat. Clearly they weren’t his, but he had no problem so long as he was warm. 

“My size??” Tilden was somewhat distracted when he saw her, nearly tripping and looking down at his own feet. He lifted one, staring at it and offering a shrug. “I mean, I think they’re the same, I didn’t grow any extra toes.” He was certain of that much, moving to give her a big hug and grasping the skates so he could get them on.

“I haven’t done this in years--if I fall, you know you’re falling with me, right?”

~

No wonder there seemed to be a influx of half bloods and mudbloods lately, Tilden’s explanation was making a lot of sense now. “Can’t have been a law change that went over well with everyone there,” Bella commented, “Personally it sounds like we could learn a few things from the American Ministry.” Her words trailed off as her mind began to race with new ideas, if people were upset over the idea of wizards and muggles not being able to marry and had decided to move here, than that was more people willing to join whatever organization it was that Dumbledore was building. More of a reason the Death Eaters needed to up their game and start recruiting more and more wizards, they couldn’t be outnumbered.

~

“They had their mess and a half from what I can tell. The Scamanders don’t really like to talk about the past a lot, especially bad stuff, but they said there was a Dark Lord over there for some time causing trouble. I guess now they might be on edge if things from here travel.” He shrugged, partially wondering if they were okay. He wasn’t even sure how to write letters to them given what he knew existed on his arm. They’d understand if he told them he did it for Daisy, right? He wouldn’t shut up about her after all. “...Did more people from America come here and join? Or am I the odd one out?”

Not that he was even American. Daisy said his accent was changing, but he didn’t really notice it at all. “I mean, I’m from here, but...yeah... I don’t recognize anyone from when I was overseas.”