never enough

NATE ALEKSI WOOD 24 • hufflepuff ..................................................... paediatric healer at st. mungos hospital & lover of dinosaurs ❝ there's BRAVERY in being soft . ❞

[lucilleweasleys]

"That sounds like it has the potential to be more disturbing than some horror movies I've avoided like the plague," Lucy replied with a laugh. "Yeah the imagery is... in a league of its own," she agreed, crinkling up her face with a shake of her head.

[natewood]

"It really does," he nodded in agreement. "You're also a horror avoider too, huh? I hate the stuff. Gives me nightmares for weeks," Nate confessed with a short laugh. "You came to me with some great ideas for a drink and now you're traumatised by something I've said– let's talk about something else, shall we?" he chuckled. "Have you got plans to go anywhere during summer?"

[liamxalvarcz]

Liam looked at his friend for a moment, trying to assess if Nate was telling the truth or simply trying to make him feel better, but given how well he knew the other and his need to recharge his social battery after something like this, he chose to believe him. Once sat down on the chairs in the cooler air and quiet he couldn't help but let out a deep sigh, holding his head in his hands. "I keep having dreams- very vivid ones about being in a relationship with someone who's not Rory." He confessed to the other. "And I feel-.... so guilty about them but I can't get them to stop."

[natewood]

Whatever Nate was expecting to come out of the other's mouth... well it wasn't that. "Oh," he said as he tried to semble what to say. "So, your subconscious is wanting to cheat on him but you don't, is that right?" Nate questioned. While he didn't like Rory at first, the American had grown on him and he'd honestly be kind of sad if he was out of his life, just like that. Of course he'd deny it if anyone asked, though. "I thought you guys were happy? Or is there some underlying issue I don't know about?"

[lucasharpcr]

"You cannot tell me you aren't dying to try these things out. They've come all the way from disneyworld! I don't even know which kyber crystals are in them yet. Figured we could check them out together. They make the sounds and everything. Come on Nate!"

@natewood

[natewood]

"Are you sure you want me be there when you open them?" he asked, "This seems like a pretty special moment. I don't wanna impose," Nate added, remembering the first time he unboxed the collectors editions of his own lightsabers that now lived on his wall. "Wait, you don't know which crystals are in them? So it's gonna be a total surprise?" he questioned, "I feel like I've gotta see this now. Imagining your facial expressions won't be anything compared to the actual real ones."

[lucilleweasleys]

"I've heard about that before. Is it really true?" Lucy couldn't help a laugh. "They do taste really nice though so I don't know if it'll put me off completely," she added. "Killer pineapples? Now I'd love to see where you'd take that story."

[natewood]

"It's very true, the biologists have a different word for it but it's essentially the same," Nate informed the other. "The bromelain enzyme digests the muscle in your tongue if you'd like specifics," he chuckled, though the more he thought about the issue, the more he found it weird. "A pineapple wishes to be sentient and the first thing it realises it can cause mass destruction by... licking things?" he proposes before laughing. "Still slightly horrifying but in a different way. The imagery."

[lucilleweasleys]

"You should try the mango or pineapple one," Lucy suggested when she saw someone standing by the sign. "They've always been my personal favorites. Although the strawberry flavor hasn't disappointed me yet."

[natewood]

"Pineapple macarons..." Nate hummed as he looked at the delicacies on display. "Not to put you off or anything but do you know that pineapples eat us as we eat them?" he said so casually to the other. "Would make a pretty cool novel idea. Killer pineapples."

[ncahgreenwccd]

"No no! Not the glass, the blood! Is the blood gone?!" Not that Nate needed to be told of his aversion to the liquid. He was fairly certain the other had seen it on a couple of occasions now. "Aren't you supposed to comfort your patients, not tease them?" The brunette pouted when he was compared to a child, suddenly finding himself hissing and jumping slightly when the other cleaned out the cut. "I'm sure you have things you dislike too."

[natewood]

"Oh, obviously that's what you were referring to," Nate shook his head as he remembered the hemophobia his friend suffered. "Aye, all the blood is gone except there's a tiny speck of it on your shirt. I have a tide pen somewhere that'll help with that, though," the man told him. "If the patient is a kid, yeah I'll comfort them. You, however," he teased as his lips curled upwards. "There's a reason I went into pediatric healing over adult." That and he found it so much easier to relate to the kids, what with their similar hobbies and them not finding it weird as he went off on a tangent about the new movies out in the cinema. "I also don't like blood, after I'm done here I'll be scrubbing for a while to get you off me," he commented, "There are other bodily fluids that are worse than this though."

[liamxalvarcz]

"I was being pretty serious, yeah." He trailed off, realising that he didn't want to ruin the others night with his problems. "That doesn't mean that you still can't have fun and enjoy being out and around people." Liam continued, before letting out a sigh as the other still put his needs first. "Can we go sit somewhere, I don't really want anyone overhearing this and I think private and quiet is probably the best for it."

[natewood]

"I've already been out for a while, was planning on heading back shortly anyways so you're not disturbing anything," he reassured the other with a clap on the shoulder. "Course we can," Nate said, following the other outside the bar to the terraced seats.

[ncahgreenwccd]

"Is it gone yet? Please tell me it's gone." Noah spoke, his free hand clasped over his eyes though he'd turned a quite unique green colour at the thought. His non-dominant hand was held out as far as he could stretch it as he let Nate deal with the damage. "Next time maybe I should let you deal with anything that involves a sharp pointy bit."

@natewood

[natewood]

"Is the glass gone? Yes, Noah. It's the first thing I got rid of," Nate couldn't help but laugh at his friend's situation being so dramatic. "You're being more dramatic than the kids I look after," he shook his head at the other, though in some ways that made it even easier to treat him. He wiped the cut with an antiseptic and forgot to warn before he did, "Sorry– that might have stung a little." Nate nodded at his comment, "I think that might be the best so I don't have you nearly passing out in my hands."

[liamxalvarcz]

"Hey- so I'm very aware that this is not the time nor the place, but I'm going out of my mind and I just-... I need to talk to someone." Liam told the other, realising that the urgency and stress seemed to be pouring out of him just from the comfort that Nate always brought him. His best friend and brother, always providing a safe environment no matter where he was. "Actually... wait, no." He contradicted himself, realising that burdening the other with his problems was not fair when he was here to enjoy himself. Especially when Nate tended not to frequent these parties often. "You know what, it's fine. This-.. this doesn't need to happen right now and I'm sorry. Just... we're here to have fun, right? You're here to have fun."

@natewood

[natewood]

"You're not being serious, right?" Nate asked with a concerned expression on his face. "You and I both know I'm not going to meet someone here on Valentine's day and have our storybook romance," he added, though it was still unclear if Liam knew his deal. "You come first. What's the matter?"

[aliscnxwood]

“Can I… invite Cynthia too?” Alison asked. “If you’d rather it be a siblings night though, that’s uh, that’s okay too.”

[natewood]

"Can it be a siblings only night?" he asked, reaffirming his earlier comment. "Cynthia's great, of course she is. But I'm not yet that comfortable unmasking around her. One night where I don't have to do that would be really nice," Nate smiled, hoping they'd get it.

[natewood]

"Can it be a siblings only night?" he asked, reaffirming his earlier comment. "Cynthia's great, of course she is. But I'm not yet that comfortable unmasking around her. One night where I don't have to do that would be really nice," Nate smiled, hoping they'd get it.

[lucilleweasleys]

"It's good to see you here," Lucy addressed her friend happily. "Want to come browse the activities with me? I haven't decided what I want to get up to today yet."

@natewood

[natewood]

"I wasn't going to come at all to be honest," Nate admitted to the other. "But I figured some of my friends may need a wingman, even though most of them are paired off at this point," he shrugged. It was a fact of life he was coming to accept, that his sexuality meant he'd be more alone than the average person. But Nate was okay with it, or getting to be. "As long as I don't have to flirt with anyone, I would love to do pretty much anything else here with you Lucy," he chuckled. "Shame there's not a cookie decorating station. Maybe I'll suggest that for next year."

[aliscnxwood]

Alison smiled lightly at Nate’s response. “I’d like that, let’s do that. I think we have the ingredients already.”

[natewood]

"We should do. And then we can do one of dad's old recipes for Burns night too if you want," he suggested. "I don't want like, another big thing like we did last year. Just me, you and Finn would be nice."

[natewood]

"We should do. And then we can do one of dad's old recipes for Burns night too if you want," he suggested. "I don't want like, another big thing like we did last year. Just me, you and Finn would be nice."

[natewood]

"What are you looking at?" Nate asked, trying to follow his brother's eyes. "Oh, Malcolm. Aye, I got a cat," he said, getting up from his seat on the sofa to pick up the white furred cat. "Malcolm, meet your uncle Finn. Finn, this is your nephew. Sort of. Well, the most nephew you're gonna get from me, anyway."

@finnleywood

[evelynmoon]

"Well if that has you impressed, your mind would be blown if I told you where I keep all the things from my bag including my pepper spray 'I'm Mary Poppins Bitch' has never been more appropriate." Evelyn finished as she waved off the person with a little laugh and a shake of her head. "Do you ever feel like some people just can't handle the truth when it's given to them?"

[natewood]

"You have pepper spray in there too?" Nate questioned, a puzzled look on his face. "I feel like I should to remind you how dangerous that stuff is but something tells me you already know and that's the reason you have it," he commented with a chuckle. "But to answer your question, absolutely. I'd love to know the context in which you're asking, though."

[aliscnxwood]

text / alison & nate

ALISON: I swear I'm fine. I just didn't want to go tonight. ALISON: Cynthia and I are doing things on our own this year.

[natewood]

NATE: you know i don't believe you right? NATE: are you at the apartment or her place? or somewhere else? need to know if i should avoid anywhere.

[finnleywood]

"You know I had to do a double take when I saw you earlier, had to get Maeve to confirm that you were actually here. At a Halloween party. And dressed up like a.... Grandpa? The guy from that Disney Atlantis movie?" He questioned, looking at his brothers costume and trying to decipher what it was he was wearing.

@natewood

[natewood]

"Yes, I wore a non-dinosaur themed costume to Halloween this year. I was as shocked as you are," Nate commented with a snort. "But no, I did not dress as a grandpa. Remember that game I was obsessed with when I got my first games console? Animal Crossing. I was dressed as the owl from that," the male pointed out, getting a picture up on his phone. "But that's not what I want to talk about right now. What I would like to speak about it how you did a dare for the Gossip Witches to cover up some big secret... do I know about this one?" he asked, a look of concern on his face.

[aliscnxwood]

“Uh, yeah, I’d really like that,” Alison replied with a nod, but nervously. “But uh, only if you’re sure, I don’t want to like… impose or anything if you were going to take up some overtime again.”

[natewood]

"You would?" He asked, trying not to sound too excited to scare her off. "No, no. I'm trying to ease off on the overtime for now," Nate told them, though this was a blatant lie. He'd work around their time together, especially with Liam injured. Nate needed all the distractions he could get. "How about some tablet? I feel like that would fill a sweet spot."

[natewood]

"You would?" He asked, trying not to sound too excited to scare her off. "No, no. I'm trying to ease off on the overtime for now," Nate told them, though this was a blatant lie. He'd work around their time together, especially with Liam injured. Nate needed all the distractions he could get. "How about some tablet? I feel like that would fill a sweet spot."