♡ make me choose ♡ @alaseux asked: noah czerny or richard gansey
“it was not just glendower he was mourning. it was all the versions of gansey he had been in the last seven years. it was the gansey who had pursued him with youthful optimism and purpose. and it was the gansey who had pursued him with increasing worry. and it was this Gansey, who was going to have to die.”
the gangsey and a halloween party for the halloween prompts !!
I have a prompt for a Halloween party already but I will save that one for TFC and do this one as TRC.
Henry Cheng absolutely throws a halloween party.
To assume he would not to be hosting the ultimate halloween soiree is a sick misunderstanding of who Henry is as a person.
And to assume it wouldn’t be themed....well that would just be downright sinful.
This year’s theme for Henry’s annual halloween bash is “magic.” He finds this quite funny considering the main attendees will consist of one magician, a boy who can magically dream magical things into reality, a magical power source, some sort of young magic prince boy, and a fucking ghost. It’s hilarious. It’s an absolute riot. If the rest of the people who would be attending knew this information the gang could have just showed up as themselves if they wanted to. But alas, it’s costume mandatory and Ronan has already threatened to not come twice over it.
Gansey shows up dressed as a historically accurate man from the era of the Salem Witch Trials. This is not surprising. He is also prepared, journal in hand, with a list of possible causes of the trials and a speech on why the trials, at their core, were an attack on women. This is actually less surprising than the costume.
Noah dresses up as Mickey Mouse circa Fantasia which is both cute and frightening. Cute because he looks adorable. Frightening because when he ghosty glitches out for a hot second he looks like the most demonic terrifying Mickey Mouse anyone has ever seen. When Henry complains about having nightmares from it for the next month it’s absolutely justified.
Blue brings a crystal ball “for irony” and claims she’s dressed as a “psychic” even though the only difference between her outfit for the party and any of her other outfits is maybe a more fierce cat eye? But the crystal ball is a nice touch and Henry is completely enamored with the humor of it so he lets it slide.
If it weren’t for Adam, Ronan probably would not have shown up to the party at all. But Adam had off from work for once and he really did want to try to make more of an effort to be friends with Henry considering his closeness with Gansey, Blue, and now Noah. The thing about Henry was that he was a bit blunt and a bit overly friendly. But Adam sort of liked it in an odd way. So Adam decides they’re going. Which means Ronan shows up in Adam’s red Coca Cola tee shirt with a wand in hand. "Ha. Ha.” is Adam’s response, but sue him if he thinks Ronan looks nice in a shirt he only really ever wore once anyway.
Adam dresses up as an exaggerated Merlin with a fake beard that Ronan dreamed sparkles into for the laugh of it all. He has the big floppy hat and the staff. It’s ridiculous but he sort of likes pretending he’s actually some all powerful being. It’s truly a shame he doesn’t realize how much power he actually holds.
Henry, the host himself, dresses up as an actual magician. He wears a top hat, a very very expensive suit with the lovely flaps at the back and red lining, and a wand. He prepared for this party for months by learning magic tricks over time including all the classic card tricks as well as quite a few gimmicky ones like pulling a stuffed rabbit out of his hat. He entertains party guests with these but mostly messes them up. He makes up for it by insisting he’s not great with these tricks but he’s “magical in bed” with a wink.
The rest of the guests at the party are mostly an assortment of Hogwarts looking kids dressed in their Aglionby uniforms with an added scarf. The drink of the night is called “magic potion” which Adam is pretty sure is lethal after he feels heavily tipsy after about two and a half cups.
Gansey of course decides to play mom and does not drink. Blue on the other hand gets blasted off like two drinks max because of her small stature. She ends up drunkenly telling everybody her mom is a psychic. She ends the night by getting up on the table, yelling some nonsense that nobody can understand, and smashing the ball on the floor. Everybody is shocked for thirty quiet seconds before they all erupt in hoots, hollers, and applause. Gansey literally throws Blue over his shoulder, apologizes to Henry for the mess, and takes her home to sleep it off.
Ronan, who actually can hold too much liquor for his age, is three drinks in before he even starts to feel anything. Meanwhile, his lightweight boyfriend has gained some major magical suave points as he starts whispering in Ronan’s ear how hot he thinks he looks in his tee shirt. Ronan is unsure what the call is on popping a boner while Adam is wearing a long white beard and is actually concerned he might develop some weird kink over this. He downs two more cups of the drink in succession to try to take the edge of that nightmare before spending the rest of the party making out with Adam in the corner until Adam texts Gansey to pick them up. Gansey, who is just thrilled Adam is asking him for something, is there in minutes to take them home. Best uber service ever.
Noah comes and goes from the party. Literally. Sometimes he is there, sometimes he is not. When he does appear, it’s usually right beside Henry and spooks the ever living shit out of him. Which is very embarrassing when he’s in front of party guests whispering under his breath to the air beside him, “Noah, you gotta start magic poofing across the hall and then coming up to me, okay?” But then he feels bad because Noah feels bad and ends up in a quiet room with him showing him all his stupid tricks which Noah finds absolutely delightful even when Henry does fuck up. And listen, if Noah uses what actual ghost energy he has to make Henry’s tricks go right for the rest of the night, nobody but Noah will ever know.
