watch your step

Natasha Wilks | 26 | Order | Ravenclaw

[ofwilks]

ackermanbrody:

“It suits you.” Brody said with a light chuckle, watching the witch’s half-dance. 

She hadn’t expected him to be here as she looked up at him, though it didn’t stop the automatic smile that pulled at her lips.“You’re sweet Brody.” She tucked her hair behind her ear, and carefully pulled the jacket off to pay for it. “The muggles seem to be ahead of us in regards to practicality.” She was mainly talking to herself unsure how to be around him. “What’s brought you around here?”

[ofwilks]

“Y’know, this muggle clothing isn’t actually that bad. I think it’s growing on me.”

[ofwilks]

ackermanbrody:

Brody’s brows drew together as she spoke, but he shook his head. This wasn’t any fault of hers. He was still catching up with the things that had happened in town in his absence. There was a lot to take in, and Brody found himself wondering if The Order had bitten off more than it could chew. “You’re not putting anything on me.” He sighed and met her gaze, eyes soft and caring. “Being their prisoner still isn’t a light sentence.” Brody noted. “I’m glad you’re okay.” Despite their time apart, Brody was certain that if anything bad had happened to Natasha, he would not be able to deal with it. He still held a great deal of love for the woman he’d hoped to spend his life with. “If you need anything, or just some company, I’ll be here.” He offered, a small smile pulling on the corners of his lips. He wasn’t sure how long he would be in the town for, but he hoped it was long enough to spend some time with her, if that was even possible. It had been too long. The wizard nodded in response to her questions. “She’s fine, for the most part.” Of course she was still healing from the attack, but it was better than an alternative that Brody didn’t even want to consider. “But I should have been there for her.” He sighed, frowning. “And you.” The words were quieter but still loud enough to hear.

“Aren’t I? I mean by ending the relationship and walking away from you, I kind of lost the right to be able to lean on you for support or put all my drama and crap on you.” She knew that what she had done back then was the right thing but that didn’t make things any easier. It didn’t help take away the feelings that she had for him or how much it had killed her to end it all. She had no idea how he could even look at her right now, let alone be so caring and supportive towards her. “Hey, at least it meant that they had a healer among them so it was probably a good job me being there.” Natasha let out small laugh in an attempt to make light of the situation. She avoided looking into his eyes afraid that if she did she would either cry or give into what she had really wanted to do. “You’re sweet but don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. You’ve got enough to worry about with your sister and things with the Order. After all, this is what you’ve trained for. They need you more.” She reasoned with a small smile. “Hey, stop that. You didn’t know and you can’t help with what you don’t know is happening. You had your own things to take care off.” Natasha swallowed thickly and closed her eyes briefly to compose herself. “You’re here now and that’s what matters most.”

[ofwilks]

ackermanbrody:

“Escape them?” Brody questioned, brows drawing together. He’d heard that the Death Eater’s had taken members but had never imagined Natasha would be one of them. “Merlin, Tasha.” His eyes were wide now, meeting her gaze as they parted. “I’m sorry.” It was a general sorry, rather than his own apology, but genuine nonetheless. “I haven’t long got here. I heard something had happened to Sienna and you know me – had to come running.” He shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal that he had pretty much abandoned his post to be there.

“You didn’t know? Brody, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to put that on you.” Her eyes widened slightly. She thought that everyone knew who had been taken and been made a prisoner, Brody included. Knowing that he didn’t have any idea of her capture, she couldn’t help but feel slightly bad for dropping that bombshell on him when he clearly had enough going on. She’d wondered what he’d been up to since they had last seen each other. “It’s fine, it is what is. I guess I was one of the luckier ones, I managed to get off lighter than some of the others.” She tried to ease his worries and take the current look from his eyes. “Is she okay? Was it the attack?” Needing to busy herself and to not think about her time as a captive, she stood up from her bed and started putting some of her belongings away. Though of course it meant that she was also putting some distance between the two of them which also wasn’t a bad thing. 

[ofwilks]

ackermanbrody:

Brody closed his eyes as she moved closer into him, taking in a deep breath. “It does seem that way.” He let the breath out in a sigh. “But, we’ve got to hope things will get better – we moved a hell of a distance with all those Death Eaters now out of commission.” He reminded her. “We’ve still got a fighting chance.” He pulled back slightly to meet her gaze, his blue eyes filled with hope and conviction.

“You’re right, I should be so pessimistic. I mean we managed to escape them after all.”  Trying to gain composure and control over her feelings, she pulled out of his hug and away from him gently allowing some distance between the two of them. She cleared her throat as she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “When-- when did you get here Brody? I hadn’t realised you had moved to town.” 

[ofwilks]

ackermanbrody:

Brody clenched his jaw as he listened to her words. He hated seeing her like this, and even though they weren’t involved anymore – and she’d moved on, he couldn’t help the impulse that overcome him and he pulled her into a hug. After a moment, he spoke. “The war will be over soon, and we won’t have to see any of it again.” It was blind hope, but he hoped it would be comforting all the same.

She hadn’t seen who had entered the room, if Natasha was honest she had been mainly talking to herself when she made her confession. It was only as she felt the familiar feel of his arms pulling her into a hug, that she realised who it was. She hadn’t felt his comfort in what felt like years and she hadn’t realised just how much she needed one of his hugs until now. Burying her face into his shoulder she breathed in his smell and tried to remember how things used to be. “You can’t know that. Every time we seem like we’re getting somewhere and that we move two steps forward, we seem to move five steps back.”

[ofwilks]

“I’ll never get their faces out of my head. I close my eyes and I see them. So lifeless.” The nightmares hadn’t stopped, only fueled more by having to hear the additional screams of her fellow prisoners during their capture.

[ofwilks]

troubledhayden:

He nodded with a small chuckle. “Yeah, surprisingly it’s not the first time I’ve been told to keep my temper in check.” The male gave the woman a smile. “Yeah, I guess so. I must admit though I’m normally more of a lone wolf type of guy.” 

“Not one for taking advice?” A smirk began to pull at her lips as she watched him. “That doesn’t sound particularly safe or sensible during these times.”

[ofwilks]

troubledhayden:

Hayden shook his head at the female. “No, you were right. It would have only made things worse. Unfortunately, I’m not great at controlling my temper around idiots.” He admitted with a shrug. “Thanks by the way.” 

“If you want any chance of making it out of here or helping the others escape, you might want to try working on that. I’m not always going to be here to get you out of trouble.” She teased with a small smile. “No thanks needed, we’ve all got to look out for each other at the moment.” 

[ofwilks]

troubledhayden:

Hayden continued to glare at the male over the woman’s shoulder, before letting out a sigh and placing his hands up in surrender. “No problem here.” He watched, not once taking his eyes off of the male until he’d left the room. “How the fuck was I placed in the same house as these jack asses” 

Natasha didn’t move or lower her guard until the other male had left the room, she didn’t know the blonde therefore she had no idea if he would stay true to his word and calm down. It was only as their guard finally left, that she removed her hand from his chest and stepped back putting some space between the two of them. “Sorry.” She looked sheepish as she met his gaze. “I shouldn’t have intervened.”

[ofwilks]

troubledhayden:

“I’ve asked you once, I won’t ask you again….remove your fucking hands.” 

Natasha heard the commotion from across the room, she could see how serious his words were and knew that they couldn’t afford another fight to break out. Hastily making her way over, she placed a hand on the Death Eaters arm and stepped in between them. “We haven’t got a problem here, have we?” She threw a glare at their captor before dropping her hand and turned to face the blonde with a hushed voice. “Hey, hey, calm down.” She placed a more gentle hand to his chest to nudge him back slightly. “Think about what you’re doing, now is not the time.”

[ofwilks]

nessiewiddowson:

“You’re no prisoner of mine, so please – direct your anger at someone else.” 

“Well considering you’re on the other side of these bars, while we’re all stuck here then I would disagree.”

[ofwilks]

“You know you can’t keep us here forever, right? The others will be looking for us and we will make it out of here.”