gid-prewett:
He had sat out the festival’s grand finale, in no mood to be among the cheerful crowd. Instead he had sought out his most trusted companion, his twin. With a special appearance from alcohol. Chuckling as Fabian downed his shot, he made to follow before a distant sound caught his attention. Despite being drunker than sense demanded, it would take much more whiskey to drown out years of instinct. “D’ya hear that?” He jerked to his feet, arm landing heavily on his brother to stabilize himself. It was quick, if unsteady, work to reach the door- the crowd thin as most of the festival goers were outside at the closing celebrations. Cold air blasted him as he thrust his head out. The cries of terror reaching him before the crowd started fleeing past. “fuck, fucking, fucker.” The words came in a string. What was happening exactly was still unclear, but the screams. He thought he saw flames- He cursed again. Nothing good. “FABIAN.” Marching back to his brother, he doused him with water from his wand before doing the same to himself. “Sorry, Fab. S’trouble.” Flinging droplets from his hair, he did his best to shake himself into alertness. “Fire, screaming. We’re going innit, right?” He looked to his brother for confirmation. They were both well past inebriated but. Dangerous drunk shit was familiar to both of them. And he trusted his brother implicitly, in any state. Their sister was out there, their nephews, Doe, thousands of innocent people. Then immediately, where the fuck was Marlene?
Fabian watched as his brother hesitated with his shot glass in hand. He nodded in response to his brother’s question. Of course he’d heard it. How could he not’ve? He could hear Gideon cursing to himself but made no immediate move to follow him. He was drunk. It wasn’t as if the two had never done anything like this before — that is, gotten well drunk before being called out onto some last minute mission. He saw Gid advancing once more in his direction and before he could protest he was rubbing his eyes with the ends of his sleeves attempting to dry them up a bit. Fab stood at that, looking to his brother. Well, more like squinting. “What are you, mad?” He grinned. “’Course we’re goin’ in.”
They ran out the door (as well as they could), wands at the ready. Fabian lived for this sort of adrenaline. He loved the impulsivity of it. There was no time for standing around, decision-making, or even thinking in his mind. There was only trudging on and doing. Fab noticed people running away and figured that’s the direction they ought to be heading, so he headed that way with his brother in step beside him. “So, what d’you reckon we’re headed towards?” he asked, alert and ready for what was to come but not exactly sober.











