#para:019

[residentgoober]

Be My Valentine? | DARRANI

“Well, I hope you enjoyed dinner, babe,” Darren kissed Stef on the cheek and started to clear up the plates. The day had been long but it went pretty well. He had cooked up breakfast and then set up lunch for the family, which was a family date at the local pizza place. Pizza for him and Stefani, and the kids had their own treats. He even let Amore have a bit of ice cream. He gave them their stuffed animals and the gifts from him and kids for Stef, and it had just been a fun day.

Now that it was night, the kids were asleep and he had prepared a nice dinner for two. Then he’d give Stef the other gifts he had put together for their night. 

“I love you,” he said when he returned to the table kissed her lips. “Want more wine?” he asked, pouring himself a bit in his glass. Still standing, he offered his hand. “Want to know something cheesy?”

@stefigerm

[lucyclaw]

first of many → scorlucy

Tagging: @serpenscorpius and @lucyclaw

When: July 23th, 2024

Where: Malfoy Manor.

What: Scorpius and Lucy go on their first post-Hogwarts date.

Notes: N/A

LUCY:

The past few weeks had been a whirlwind of a new life. With work and moving into her new flat with Fran, time to see anyone not at work or at home had become a rarity. And with Scorpius entering his new group life the way she was doing, seeing him had been a fleeting kiss in greeting before a fleeting kiss in goodbye. 

Their schedules had finally agreed with each other and she found herself glancing in the mirror to grant it’s approval. Her recently cut hair smoothly fell to her collarbones, wild curls tamed into soft waves after using one of the charms Lydia had taught her, and a pretty green dress framing her small frame. Deciding she looked as good as she possibly could after the week she had has she stepped into her pair of comfortable yet fashionable brown booties. 

They’d debated on where their date would be, before finally deciding to leave Albus the flat to himself and have their date at the Manor. Lucy was more than a little excited to see the place and finally have a go at the Library she had only seen second hand via the Room of Requirement. And of course she was ecstatic to see Scorpius without any interruptions. 

Grabbing a pinch of floo powder she stepped into the fireplace, letting the flames engulf her as she spoke clearly “Malfoy Manor.”

[residentgoober]

Snow Ninjas

@theharryshum

With the town being snowy and blustery, it only meant one thing. A snow battle. Darren had agreed to have some fun in the snow. It had been a while since they had last hung out, and with the weather outside being frightful, it meant that there would hopefully be hot chocolate once they were done chucking snowballs at each other. He pulled on his jacket and tugged down his beanie, making sure he was all ready and set for the cold. So maybe in the pier, it was a bit more chilly because being by the water did that to the air. Oh well. Darren loved the snow and being outside in the snow. He grabbed his phone and stuck it in his jacket pocket before shuffling out of his house to meet his friend.

[fiercepez]

FOREVER 21 → DANTANA

21. Twenty-one years. It felt so odd to have waited for a day like this for years, and now it had finally arrived. Sure, she had been in possession of a fake ID for quite some time by now, but this number seemed special. Sixteen had marked something as well, and had given her a car, but this meant adulthood in a way Santana couldn’t explain. The Wonder Twins had woken her up with song, and for once she hadn’t been able to not smile widely at them as she threw a pillow after Rachel. She knew the massive amount of food in the kitchen was their way of apologizing for not being able to celebrate tonight with her.

Kurt had a big important fashion related meeting, or something, at Vogue and Rachel had been booked for an appearance at a smaller theater downtown. They had promised to go out with her come the weekend and she had agreed easily. Kurt had bought her a pair of boots he had seen her admire in one of the Vogue catalogues, promising her that he had used his employee discount and some kissing ass to get the price down. Yes, Santana adored fancy and expensive presents, but she didn’t want her friends to starve because of her birthday present. Rachel gave her a gift certificate for two to a spa day, and for once Santana hadn’t made a joke about how she couldn’t wait to bring someone else.

It had been a wonderful morning, and calls and text messages had kept rolling in. Her mother had cried on the phone, constantly repeating how it didn’t make any sense that she was now such a grown-up, and it had only made her chuckle. Of course she hadn’t hung up before promising that she would come home and visit soon enough. Quinn had called from New Haven, wishing her best regards and promising to make an appearance soon, as well as bringing Puck. He had called earlier in the day, making her laugh as he’d forced her to promise that her ass would still be looking as fit when she was forty-one.

One call hadn’t been made, however, and Santana sighed as she looked at the blank display once more. It wasn’t ideal to work on your birthday, but it was needed to make time go by, especially when her palm was burning from the want to check her phone every other second. She and Dani had plans tonight, because she wasn’t spending her birthday alone, and as the hours passed and nothing popped in from the blonde, Santana wondered if she even remembered. It would make sense for Dani to forget, considering how they had never actually been together to celebrate either of their birthdays. However, it unfortunately didn’t make her stop staring at her phone any less.

When her shift came to an end, she checked her phone once more and left out a small sigh. Mercedes had sent her a long text, and she saw that she had a missed call from a certain blonde as well, a call she had no intentions of returning. Pulling her things out of her locker, Santana eagerly put on her coat, wanting nothing more than to get back home, shower, and text Dani about what time they should meet up. Pushing the locker closed, she grabbed her purse and went straight for the member of staff exit. Her eyes were glued to her phone as she shoved open the door, only glancing up to scan the alley for a second, before drifting back to her phone. That however, didn’t last long, because within a second her eyes were moving back up as a wide smile spread across her face.

Dani was leaning against the brick wall, looking gorgeous as ever, and Santana instantly forgot everything about her phone as she dropped it into her pocket. Her legs couldn’t have moved her faster towards Dani without making it embarrassing, and she gently rested her hands on the smaller woman’s hips as she was within reach. “Hi,” She mumbled, leaning in to press a much too needed kiss to Dani’s lips, her smile breaking through as she pulled back. “What are you doing here? I thought we weren’t meeting up until later.” It was obvious that she wasn’t upset about seeing Dani, her thumbs stroking over her former girlfriend’s hips slowly. This day was becoming much better by the second.