A swing. Tyb didn’t know how they’d gotten here - all the champagne fizzing in his gut, all the fervour of the evening had become a comfortable haze at the corners, and he was floating somewhere between hyper-awake and exhausted at this odd hour - but that swing was more vivid a picture than almost anything he’d seen.
The children he’d mentioned - whether or not they were Gryffindors! - were a little less distinct in his head (but only because there was something inherently terrifying about the thought, even in wanting it so badly). “Please, who knows,” he protested, grinning nonetheless, “they might take after you.” Her mother had done a pretty good job on Elsie, after all; even half of Elsie’s nature rubbing off on a child would probably count for a success, comparatively.
“As long as we’re not both grey before we get there, I don’t care,” Tybalt murmured, twisting his hand into the loose strands of her hair in turn. When, he said still, and not if. He had to, or they’d be right back where they’d begun. Honestly, he felt a little delirious all of a sudden, some strange heady feeling washing over him from all this overreaching. “But damn it, we’ll get you that swing.”
The children he’d mentioned - whether or not they were Gryffindors! - were a little less distinct in his head (but only because there was something inherently terrifying about the thought, even in wanting it so badly). “Please, who knows,” he protested, grinning nonetheless, “they might take after you.” Her mother had done a pretty good job on Elsie, after all; even half of Elsie’s nature rubbing off on a child would probably count for a success, comparatively.
“As long as we’re not both grey before we get there, I don’t care,” Tybalt murmured, twisting his hand into the loose strands of her hair in turn. When, he said still, and not if. He had to, or they’d be right back where they’d begun. Honestly, he felt a little delirious all of a sudden, some strange heady feeling washing over him from all this overreaching. “But damn it, we’ll get you that swing.”
