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Anders ([personal profile] not_every_mage) wrote2015-04-11 09:34 am
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The Preserve, Saturday Morning

Anders and Nathan hadn't gone back to the dorms after the dance; they'd camped in one of Nathan's usual spots in the Preserve instead. Nathan was more comfortable staying outside, while Anders mostly wanted to be wherever Nathan was -- especially now that the weather was decent enough that he didn't have to sacrifice too much comfort to do it.

He heard some small noise and woke up just enough to squint toward the sun, judging its angle, then shut his eyes again and burrowed further under the heap of blankets. The birds and the deer and the alots might be cavorting about, but it was still early. He was staying right where he was for now.

[OOC: You know where this one is headed. For the boy and one other, please!]

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes, Nathan had issues with sleeping through the night. Between nightmares and other noises, he tended to wake up early more often than not.

But, he'd managed to sleep right through the sunrise and was still asleep right now.

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Nathan shifted a bit, scooting closer to the source of the kiss and the warmth before his eyes opened and he blinked blearily.

"Oh." The smile he managed was both slow and sleepy. "Hello."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe? I don't remember anything bad at least," he said, rubbing his eyes slowly. "You?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"You want to dream of those things?" Nathan asked, amused. "That's pretty hardcore."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"All mages look like you?" Nathan asked, smiling sleepily. "How does anything get down in your world?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Those people don't know what they're missing," Nathan told him. "Poor them. Missing out on so much."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Nathan wasn't going to do any resisting when it came to that. He was still a little tired so his movements were slightly uncoordinated but he could still kiss Anders good morning.

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Nathan wasn't in any real rush either. It wasn't like there were classes to go to or anything to deal with when it came to his eccentricities. He was outside and feeling fine.

Very fine right now as he leaned in closer and responded.

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
And hopefully the deer wouldn't react in any strange way to something like this. Didn't need to be trampled by any deer while he was kissing Anders in a small clearing.

Nathan slipped a little closer, arm going around Anders as he did.

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Unfortunately," Nathan said, ears attuned to the smallest of noises since he stayed in the preserve so often. He craned his neck around, trying to find the source of the noise.

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Soon enough, a small boy dropped out of his perch in a tree and took a few steps into the clearing. "Dads," he said, in a tone of reproach. "Can you get up now? I'm hungry."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Nathan's eyes widened comically and he turned to look at Anders.

"Dads? What? What?" So eloquent.

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Anders might have tried to answer if he hadn't been occupied cursing a blue streak and making sure his clothes were covering the important bits. Not that he had a clue what was up, really.

As it was, the boy filled the gap.

"I said, can you get up so we can get breakfast?" he asked, frowning. "Are you sick?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I -- Maybe?" Nathan said, frowning. "Who are you? How'd you get out here?"

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-11 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The boy looked hurt at that. "I'm Leo," he said, because duh, they should have known that. "Your son. I tripped in the garden and there was a portal thing and now I'm here," he said. "Were you trying to hide?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
"My son?" Sadly, Nathan's first thought was that this was somehow the Council, trying to get at it him. The second thought was the island. He took a breath. "Not hiding. I like being outside. So, we're here."

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I know you're men, that's why you're my dads," Leo insisted, shaking his head firmly. "Both of you. You're acting really weird."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
"We're surprised!" Nathan pointed out. "I don't think either one of us expected a child to arrive. Did you expect to be here?"

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Not ... exactly," Leo admitted, and sat cross-legged on the ground. "I thought I'd still be in Wales. But we're on that island where you went to school, aren't we?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Wales?" Nathan was...actually kind of glad to hear that. If he was in Wales, things had to be pretty okay, right? "Yeah, this is where we went to school. Or are going to school, to be more exact."

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Having been around magic from different universes all his life, Leo didn't take quite as long to wrap his head around that notion as another boy his age might have. "So ... you don't know who I am yet?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Not yet," he said, shaking his head. "Don't be too sad about that though. That just means you can tell us about yourself. Like a story."

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
That was perhaps an unwise thing to point out to a child of Anders'

"So I could make up whatever I want?"

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Exactly," Nathan said in agreement. "Tell us the boring stuff and then once that's out of the way, the good stuff, the exciting stuff."

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, but the boring stuff is boring," Leo claimed, then tapped a finger to his jaw as he thought of where to start. "Um ... my whole entire name is Leo Hawke Byrn. I'm six. I like knights and chocolate biscuits and climbing way up high. My kitty is called Serah Whiskerface. I can't use much magic yet" -- because he believed his dads would ask -- "but when I get big I'm gonna be really good."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, you're a mage?" Nathan asked, glancing at Anders. "Like your dad? I mean, this dad?"

Since they were both dads, he pointed at Anders when he said that.

[identity profile] bornahalfmage.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm a me."

So that cleared that right up. But as Leo met Nathan's eyes to answer his question, the gold shapes swimming in his dark eyes caught the light.

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's got eyes like mine," Nathan noted, holding back a wince. He wanted to ask Leo if the Council was still around, if they were hiding in Wales or anything else like that. But he held back. "You'll be good when magic when you grow into it. I promise."

[identity profile] halfbad.livejournal.com 2015-04-12 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hopefully he'll get a smaller staff than yours," Nathan joked. "One that's Anders sized would be bigger then him."