asgardeventide | Thirteen ★ Video

[He had heavily debated on if he wanted to turn on the video feed, all things considered. His head was still pretty foggy and he was struggling to grasp the fact that he had disappeared for ten full days.

No, correction. He'd blown himself up on camera and then disappeared for ten full days. Urgh. How embarrassing.

He first took the time to sift through the messages left on his bracelet, baffled by the sheer amount of information (and slightly amused/unsettled. Davesprite what is wrong with you.) Then he realized there were several responses to his original message before the disaster struck.

…he was fucked, wasn't he? Alas, he knew he couldn't keep hiding so the best method was to be as nonchalant as possible. That meant showing his face whether he wanted to or not.

When the feed flickers on anyone watching will see a boy who looks sort of like he was hit by the Knight Bus. His hair's messy, there are bags under his eyes and there's the slightest hint of a five o'clock shadow on his chin.]

…hey. [Yes, Draco. After all this time, the most you can do is say hey.] Three things.

First of all, how many of you from that large influx of people are still here?

Two, what's the state of my apothecary?

And three, I'm in desperate need of an aspirin.

…oh, and four. If the gods would just allow for a little more freedom in alchemy…[He'll just grumble to himself.] I'm not done tweaking that formula, so I don't want to hear it. We're pretending nothing happened, understand? Just so we're clear.

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Yes, but this is entirely different.

You can't really make her not be friends with someone, though, even if you don't like them. I can't see her appreciating that very much, and neither would you if your positions were reversed.

[since, y'know. rapunzel. and sophie herself]

...why do I have to bother being fair in the situation? [He knows how Jade feels about Rapunzel and Sophie and even Hermione...but this is still different. Can't Sophie understand that?]

[she can, sort of. sophie's not prone to jealousy, but she understands draco pretty well]

Because she's worth that.

...I still really hate him. Even after everything and knowing what he's done to save the world, I still hate him. Petty, isn't it?

[she lets out a humorless little laugh]

Maybe. But I only stayed myself out of pettiness, so I can't entirely knock it.

...did he hurt you somehow? That kind of hate doesn't come from nowhere.

...it's kind of complicated, as is everything. We sort of have a very long history of frustration and violence.

Now you really sound like Christine and me.

I think...you don't have to like him. But he's here, and for as long as he's here you're going to have to deal with him. You can choose how you do that, whether it's worth your energy to fight or try and work together or just ignore him.

That's a bit different I think, but I see your point.

And if I said I might use everything you ever taught me to beat the hell out of him should I need to?

Different, but still somewhat analogous.

[she turns her head and lets out a breath into his hair that's half amused and half a sigh]

Then I would tell you to choose your moment carefully and make sure you really need to, because that's probably only going to work once and will likely make people unhappy.

[He'll just lean into her a little more. Hi Sophie. Just put up with his stupidity for the time being, please and thank you.]

It'll be fine. He can't really fight that well without his magic and I don't plan on letting what happened with you and I happen again.

[honestly, draco's brand of stupid is kind of a relief because he listens and at least believes a little and she can do things that are useful. and she doesn't mind the cuddles either]

I would hope not. Just don't waste that card up your sleeve unless you have a very good reason.