He disagreed with her remark, but didn’t think he would get anywhere by correcting it, not now – so he let it go with a smile and a small shake of his head.
And he would have to wait until he was alone and had had some time to figure out where his head was, following all this – if his excitement had been dampened to concern, if he should be worried. But for now, there wasn’t space to: for now, he was focused on bringing Daffy back up as best he could.
So he prised open the box without bothering with any more of the usual, Daff, you shouldn’t have, I didn’t need anything. And he had to give it to her: Daffy was good at gifts. The smile came easily this time, smaller but entirely sincere, and more emotional than he had expected – her emotions must have been rubbing off on him – given the news of her pregnancy.
“It’s not cliché. It’s perfect, Daff,” he mumbled, taking it out and fitting it into the palm of his hand to admire it. He knew it was tradition, to get one a wizard came of age – but his father hadn’t known that; and in any case, at the time Elias had turned seventeen his father had been out of work again, so wouldn’t have been able to afford anything much to hand down. A couple of years later, Elias had bought himself a cheap pocketwatch later when he’d had cash to spend thoughtlessly, and of course it hadn’t been the same. This was already more meaningful, weighted with all the prospects of what was to come. “Really. I love it. I love you.”
And he would have to wait until he was alone and had had some time to figure out where his head was, following all this – if his excitement had been dampened to concern, if he should be worried. But for now, there wasn’t space to: for now, he was focused on bringing Daffy back up as best he could.
So he prised open the box without bothering with any more of the usual, Daff, you shouldn’t have, I didn’t need anything. And he had to give it to her: Daffy was good at gifts. The smile came easily this time, smaller but entirely sincere, and more emotional than he had expected – her emotions must have been rubbing off on him – given the news of her pregnancy.
“It’s not cliché. It’s perfect, Daff,” he mumbled, taking it out and fitting it into the palm of his hand to admire it. He knew it was tradition, to get one a wizard came of age – but his father hadn’t known that; and in any case, at the time Elias had turned seventeen his father had been out of work again, so wouldn’t have been able to afford anything much to hand down. A couple of years later, Elias had bought himself a cheap pocketwatch later when he’d had cash to spend thoughtlessly, and of course it hadn’t been the same. This was already more meaningful, weighted with all the prospects of what was to come. “Really. I love it. I love you.”
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3