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「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
It's a Friday and she should really be wrapping up work and getting ready to leave, but she's pushing her time here because she doesn't want to have to go home because going home means getting ready to go out later... which she'd very much rather not do. Riv has called their little group together for an announcement - she already knows it's because he and Nimue (who is an absolute angel) are expecting a kid, but he insisted she go anyway and see everyone else considering she's made herself scarce the past few months. He doesn't know, of course, that she's been intentionally avoiding them, or at least one of them in particular. She's busy talking to someone in Spell Creation about their latest innovation; she has a couple hours anyway before their little hangout starts and besides, she can always be late.
Message Me • 18:27, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
As calamitous as this merger seems to be going - every other day there's a retirement or a spell backfiring or something falling apart - it's at least given Donnie ample opportunity to just get his head down and work non-stop for weeks on end. The office never used to be his preferred hideaway but given the state of his home life at the minute, the piles of paperwork sitting on the end of his desk every day are a welcome distraction; it allows him to maintain the routine of waking up, work, lunch with Whitney, more work, then home. Only today seems to be the exact opposite. Not only is there some sort of big announcement today, as told excitedly by Riv in the group chat, but he's been asked to sit in on a meeting with the WizCo CEOs (who apparently were having an affair? how apt) seeing as their department head is off sick. Hence why he's in here, wandering aimlessly around the building in wait for the clock hands to reach the next hour. And he's being nosy. Can you blame him? If this merger goes to pot then WizCo becomes competition again - might as well discover their secrets while he can.
Message Me • 18:36, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
Holly is finishing up her conversation with Heloise when she spots a familiar face out of the corner of her eye and she instantly feels butterflies in her stomach, or actually no - maybe that's just dread. Why is Donnie here? Normally the Ministry sends the department head or Martin (who is kind enough to glare at her every time the two interact; she should've known "nice guys" stop being very nice after you break up with them). She's too caught up in her thoughts to realize that she's staring, and the moment the two make eye contact she immediately snaps back to reality and turns towards her coworker again, making up some excuse for why she has to leave and go get something. She smiles politely and excuses herself before heading to... wherever Donnie isn't, really, and that happens to be a small office in the IT department. It's the only one where the door's been left open, which is kind of odd, considering the rest are locked and nobody in this area should be working today. She checks the time on her phone and wonders how long she has to wait it out before the coast is clear. Holly feels a bit silly - she knows it's a bit immature to be hiding in an empty office from her... friend? What even is he at this point?
Message Me • 19:42, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
Funnily enough, his thoughts wander to Holly in the few seconds before he sees her; after all, it's inevitable that they're going to encounter each other tonight, likely to exchange awkward glances over the table as Riv spouts enthusiastically about whatever he has to announce, but at least he thought he would have some time to prepare. Get the excuses together to leave early, fake a text message from Lida. It's pathetic, sure, but it's not like either of them have much dignity left. But then Donnie sees her across the room and- fuck. He can't even remember the last time they properly spoke. It's his own fault, really - it's not like Holly has ever been the one to initiate things, and there's no real excuse for his own silence. Sure, there's the stuff with his father, and he can't deny that Holly being around would have made him feel so much better, but- no, it's pointless. It's over. But then why is he following her? The fact that she hid as soon as she saw him makes him laugh (if it didn't, he'd probably just cry) but Donnie finds her pretty quickly, in a tiny office, looking very small. What does he even say? "Hey." Incredible start.
Message Me • 18:33, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
She looks up immediately when the door opens and almost winces because something definitely does feel very painful in her chest. "Hey." she manages to get out. She vaguely processes the door shutting behind him but doesn't think anything much of it. "I was just getting something for um - " She glances at the family picture on the table, trying to remember whose office this could possibly be. "A friend. She forgot something at work when she left earlier." The lie is so obvious, but it's better than outright admitting she was planning on hiding here until he left. If Holly had three wishes, the first would be for the ground to open up and swallow her whole. "Normally the Ministry sends someone different. I didn't think I'd see you until later." Her mind is racing, trying to figure out how one even goes about someone she hasn't interacted with in months - not to mention, someone she's in love with that she hasn't talked to since finding out the feeling was mutual. "Were you going to go later?" she asks. What she really wants to do is make the offer to not show up at whatever pub it is the group picked out. She already knows the news anyway, but she holds her tongue and waits for his response.
Message Me • 09:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
Watching her fumble so pathetically over the lie she attempts to conjure up hurts; as much as he understands the awkwardness and the avoidance, seeing the person you (still) love try their hardest to avoid talking to you is about as fun as it sounds. His gaze drops to the floor when she finishes, shaking his head lightly as the door clicks shut behind them. "You don't have to avoid me all the time. It makes us look so obvious." Sure, that's the reason - it's logical, after all, and that means he doesn't have to get in touch with some real feelings for once. If Holly can survive by firmly ignoring his existence, good for her. He doesn't quite have that luxury. His reasoning for being here doesn't deserve explanation, really; it's not like this is the first time Donnie's been in the building, it's just the first time that he's been unlucky enough to encounter her like this. At least it's here, in private, rather than across a meeting table with too much tension. Silver linings, eh? "Yes, I'm going later. Riv sounded really excited, it would be cruel not to indulge him. And no, before you ask." Merlin, it's spooky how he can practically hear what she was about to say. "You don't have to pretend you got held back at work or you have an upcoming deadline or something just so you don't have to go. Riv deserves better than that."
Message Me • 19:48, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
It sort of stings hearing the words come out of his mouth. Despite the voice in her head begging her to be rational about this, there is another insisting that he is being nonchalant because he simply does not care as much as she does or hurt as much as she does. She knows better than to believe that, though. The last time she assumed Donnie's feelings was a disaster — one she'd rather not repeat. That doesn't mean she can't be bitter about what happened. "I'm sorry I'm making it so obvious." she bites out, "It must have been so inconvenient for you that it was difficult for me to pretend we were still best friends after — " Her voice falters. After what? After he told her it's apparently always, only ever been her? She lets out a sigh and looks down. "I already know what Riv's gonna be announcing later anyway. But fine, I'll go. You're right." She rolls her eyes and heads towards the door behind him, not wanting to prolong this conversation. "See you later, then. I promise I'll try my best to act like everything's normal." Holly pushes down the handle but nothing happens; she lets out a huff of frustration and tries again to no avail. She realizes she left her wand at her desk, but Alohamora is a first year spell so she tries nonverbal magic, but nothing happens save for a couple of yellow sparks appearing and she steps back in confusion. Someone tampered with this, she thinks, and she suddenly realizes why it was the only office left open. "Fuck."
Message Me • 14:59, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
It'd be almost humourous, the way the tables have turned - Holly being the frustrated one this time, bitter about whatever game this is that they've been playing for months - though she retains that old characteristic of always being the first to run away. At least nothing's changed there. The tone of her voice makes Donnie blink, a remark on the tip of his tongue about how you're the one who always wanted to stay just friends but the way she faulters catches his off-guard too, because- well, what even happened? The night in question where everything seemed to click into place is somewhat hazy to him, considering how drunk he was at the time, but he'll never forget the look on her face when they both realised that shit, this was never just fun and it might be something different. Well. Might have been. Whatever they had now feels like it's been kicked aside and abandoned, considering how little he's seen of her in the last few weeks; but it looks like they're going to make up for it now because the way the sparks leap from that door does not look healthy. His brow furrows as he looks over, seeing her obvious difficulty. "What did you do to it?"
Message Me • 15:50, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
"I didn't do anything!" she says, turning around to face him properly only to realize that she's a lot closer to him than she was a minute ago, so she takes a step back and lets him look at the handle. "I tried unlocking it and it didn't work." she says, "Considering that firstly, it's supposed to lock from the inside, and secondly, that magic didn't work, I'm assuming that it was tampered with somehow." She'll have to bring this up with Cedrica or Clarence; perhaps someone broke in? Or maybe the girl who owns the office did something to the place. Both her phone and her wand are at her desk, unfortunately, so she looks at Donnie expectantly. "Do you have your phone?" she asks. She hopes he doesn't use this as an opportunity to talk, Merlin.
Message Me • 12:38, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
The only person who wants to use this opportunity to talk less than her is him. The last month or so has many consisted of burying himself in WASA work and coming to the conclusion that what he had with Holly is well and truly over, so this whole encounter feels extremely dizzying, and of course they locked in a room together. The universe is fucking cruel. “Let me try,” Donnie says, unsheathing his wand and casting a quick Alohamora - to no avail. “Wha- my boss is going to kill me if I’m late back.” The door handle rattles uselessly as he tries it, and a part of him is almost relieved - at least he can put all his effort into getting them out of here, rather than dealing with the knot in his stomach that tightens every time he looks at Holly. “Here, try calling someone.” He pulls his phone from his pocket and quickly taps in the passcode before handing it over to her, barely giving her a glance. The sooner he gets out of here, the better. Surely.
Message Me • 12:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
Holly takes his phone from him and leans on the wall a good distance away from him. When it unlocks, she sees a notification of a text from Lida. She doesn't read it, of course, but its existence makes her feel a constricting feeling in her chest. She pushes those feelings away to dial the number of her division at Wizco but it rings for a minute without response. She sighs and tries another number of an office within the building; she only knows Donnie's by heart, which is kind of pathetic, but she knows he memorizes hers too, so at least they're even. "No one's picking up." she says before handing the phone back. She could always call one of their friends, she guesses, but then they'd have to explain why they've gotten locked in an empty office together and while it's nothing of that sort (anymore), it's incredibly suspicious, especially when she knows some of the others were already suspecting something was up. "What time do you need to get back?"
Message Me • 15:02, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
Another attempt at the door handle gives no results, and Donnie lets out an annoyed sigh as he turns back around to watch Holly, who has migrated to the other side of the room and he has to bite his lip to not scoff at that. It's a weird paradox with her: I'll stay away from you but please don't stay away from me. If this is what they're resigned to stay like then what's the point of even trying anymore? "I'm supposed to be meeting with Cedrica, and then back to see a consultant at three," he huffs, taking the phone back and flicking through his contacts for any last resorts. The text messahge from Lida - some banal thing about dinner tomorrow night - hurts doubly as much in the same room as Holly, but he swipes it aside as always, making a mental note to reply to it later. He probably won't. "Who even works in this office? Why would it be broken into?" It looks unassuming from its interior - a desk, a bookshelf, the usual. If you were going to somehow break into WizCo, surely the bosses' offices would be the first place you hit.
Message Me • 15:25, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
"I don't know." Holly looks at the family picture again on the desk and can't place a name to the face, though she does look familiar. She's never been one for actively seeking out friendships with the other departments at work, though, so she doesn't feel bad about not knowing. She looks up at him again and the expression on his face cuts deep; if she didn't know any better, she'd be sure he hated her and there was no love lost in the painful end of whatever it is they had. "Look, I don't want to be here either — You followed me — I just — " She cuts herself off. No use getting mad. "If no one comes in fifteen minutes, I'll bombarda the handle off." she tells him, seriously. It sounds extreme but it's the only way out she can think of, and she has a good enough grasp on her magic that she trusts she will be able to cause a tiny enough explosion that nothing but the handle will get blown off. She'd like to avoid having to do that though, because then she'd have to explain to someone what happened so it can be fixed, and she doesn't want to get acquainted with the owner of this office anytime soon either. Seems unnecessary. "Just... wait. Because I'd rather not." Holly sighs, then checks the clock. "You have more than enough time for that anyway. Cedrica doesn't bother with long, boring meetings."
Message Me • 15:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
There was once a time where fifteen minutes locked in a room with Holly, away from prying eyes and suspicious friendship groups, would have been heaven. Now it just feels awkward. And the worst part is that she’s right - he followed her, and for what? To scold her for dodging his calls or physically avoiding his presence? Talk about hypocrisy. But it’s just further proof of something Donnie’s known about since he was sixteen: she’ll always have this effect on him, no matter how long they spend apart. Part of him wants to just Bombarda the handle off right now and get out of here as soon as possible, before he says or does something stupid, but the rest of him can’t bring himself to; the next fifteen minutes might be painful in their awkwardness but at least she’s- well, she’s here. With him. “How do you propose we kill the time, then?” he asks, unable to resist. It’s barbed, more sarcastic than anything else, but he doesn’t mean anything by it - he just knows it’ll infuriate her, and after the emotional rollercoaster her silence has taken him on in the past few months, Donnie reckons that she deserves that.
Message Me • 16:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
He's right. The response does wind her up and she immediately snarks back. "I don't know. Like I said, you followed me here — or did you not have a plan beyond 'hey'?" she challenges him. There's venom in her words, but the same thoughts in his head are going through hers. If this were back then, they both know what they'd be doing by now, so the distance and awkward air between them is suffocating. She does feel a bit bad though; she knows she could have made more of an effort to find closure after that night but the idea of reaching out had always been too scary. It didn't seem like there was a good ending for anyone involved. Sure, the feelings were there and very much real, but he's married and has always felt obligated to his family to follow the life that they wanted for him. She's known that since they were teenagers. "I'm sorry." she ends up saying quietly, looking at her shoes. "I didn't mean for it to come out like that." A couple months ago, she would have been more careless with her words without this much regard for how they could be painful but now she knows that she apparently has as much of an effect on him as he does on her, however difficult a concept that is for her to comprehend. "I don't know what to say to you anymore."
Message Me • 16:21, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
The minute her temper shows, he’s more than ready to rise to the occasion, a million barbed remarks on the tip of his tongue because holy shit, there’s so much he’s wanted to say to her that has gone around in circles and circles in his head- and then it all disappears. Whether it’s the apology or the look on her face that causes it, Donnie’s not sure, but every flicker of anger or annoyance melts away to just feeling sad. It’s- he doesn’t even know what it is anymore. What they are. “To be fair,” he begins, shoulders loosening in what can only be defeat. The air feels heavy as he makes his way over from the door to the desk, shuffling his weight onto it as his eyes flick from Holly to their surroundings. It’s so empty. “I didn’t have anything planned beyond ‘hey’, so- you’re not on your own.”
Message Me • 16:34, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
Holly scoffs, but it sounds more defeated than anything. It takes everything in her to not move away again when he gets a bit closer. She keeps her feet planted where they are; no use running now. "Surely there must be something you have to say to me." she says. It definitely looked like he was about to give her w piece of his mind earlier. "You know, I've imagined this day far too many times. The day we had to talk to each other again." She laughs a little humorlessly. "I've run every possible scenario in my head. I'm sure at this point, nothing can surprise me. Hit me with your best shot." She looks up at him, bracing herself for the worst. Holly knows she deserves it, anyway, and him hating her would be so much easier than whatever this is.
Message Me • 16:51, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
He's never been one to shy away from a challenge - at least in most avenues of his life. In all of the ones that matter the least to his own happiness, he's willing to disrupt the status quo if it makes things a bit more interesting; hence why he's married at twenty-five and working an office job, but also joined a criminal organisation as a teenager. He goes out of his way when he's bored, when he knows it won't cause damage that's too irreparable - until Holly. Because whatever that's left behind (it feels wrong to call it damage, even when seeing her makes him feel a little like his heart's been torn out ), it certainly feels permanent. There exists two stages in Donnie's life: before that day in the treehouse and afterwards. Her request makes him frown; trust me, there are a million things he could say that would hurt her but he has no desire to say them. There are a million other things he could say that would have a very different reaction - I'm divorcing Lida, I'm quitting my job, let's run away together - but none of them would be true. He's never lied to her and he's not about to start to now. Maybe that's why what Donnie ends up going with is possibly the worst option of them all, but at least it's honest. "My best shot?" he echoes, arching an eyebrow before very clearly hearing the words fuck it ring in his head. They're probably never going to talk again after this, right? "I love you. And I miss you. And I barely know what happened between us, but whatever it was - I'm grateful for it, even if it ends right now." He doesn't notice his hands are shaking until he's said it and the silence rings out, almost instantly regretting the admission. Oh well. She asked for his best shot.
Message Me • 21:25, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
Holly isn't sure if this is what she wanted to hear. There's panic that's beginning to settle in because she knows she feels the same way and she isn't entirely sure what they're supposed to do about that, but there's also relief that that night meant as much to him as it does to her until now, that she isn't just pathetically pining after Donnie like she has been since Hogwarts even if there was no hope of him ever reciprocating. "You know I feel the same way." she says after a couple beats of silence. He has to know at this point, right? That she's been in love with him since she was sixteen. She wants to say more than just that but the words I love you, too can't seem to be getting stuck in her throat. It's never been easy to say it in any of her relationships, really, and it seems even more difficult now despite her meaning it more than ever. Still, she tries, but can't get the words out, instead opting for a question she needs to know the answer to. "Do you want it to end right now?" What he said sounds awfully like an ending, and she knows that ultimately, it's his choice how this proceeds.
Message Me • 06:10, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
That isn’t quite the response he was expecting, either. Not the reciprocation - a tiny part of him has always known, of course it has, regardless of how many times he’s managed to talk himself out of believing it. It always seemed the reasonable explanation at the time, whenever she would disappear or go days without talking to him - that she didn’t feel the same, that she was nervous he was falling far deeper than she ever was. But the past- Merlin, how many weeks has it been? It’s easier to class them as months now. But the stretch of silence between them has allowed him to think about it, about everything that happened and shit, it was glaringly obvious the whole time, wasn’t it? She was running away because she was scared. Of- whatever it was. Calling it an affair feels like cutting it short, but that’s essentially what it was, right? Donnie sighs, dropping his gaze to the floor as he tries to formulate an answer that isn’t just a blurted-out no. Of course he doesn’t want it to end, for fuck’s sake. But they’re a ticking time bomb, and- “You haven’t spoken to me for months, Holl. Not a word.” He’s aware of his own hypocrisy, but he’s also not the one asking. “I thought you wanted to end it.”
Message Me • 06:21, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
She doesn’t want to look at him mostly because just listening to him talk is already so painful, she doesn’t know if she can handle seeing whatever expression there might be on his face. “I’m sorry I tried making the decision for you.” she tells him. Holly doesn’t feel like reminding him that he’s the one who’s married, and he’s the one with other commitments that make this whole thing so fragile. She knows more than anyone just how unhappy he is with the current state of things, so to throw that in his face would be cruel, she thinks. She knows it’s also on her for running away every time it looks like they’re about to figure things out and confront things; she isn’t even sure she’d still be here if the door weren’t locked. “I thought it would be easier for you that way. We were at an impasse; even if we did – do – feel the same way, there isn’t much to be done about it considering… everything. I – ” love you, she almost says again, but the words won’t come out. “– just want you to be happy. You know that. I don’t want you to make any decisions you’ll regret.” She knows she wouldn’t be the sole reason, of course she isn’t big-headed enough to assume such a thing; Holly knows Donnie well enough to know that he’s been looking for an out from his life but she still isn’t sure If she can handle being the catalyst either for such big choices.
Message Me • 07:06, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
Believe me, he's been thinking a lot about which decisions he'll regret and which ones will play out well in the long run. Overthinking about it. Every time he works up the courage to consider maybe, just maybe he can leave it all behind and finally do what he wants for once, the universe throws a curveball at him that just fucks everything up. Last time it was all their friends getting suspicious. Now it's his dad. And fuck, this would just about finish him up. "Look-" Donnie starts, but it gets caught in his throat because how does he say this without sounding as pathetic as he always has? He's not stupid, he knows he's been the dominant force in this- thing, the one who's always pushing for something to happen despite carrying the most baggage and commitments. And now, when everything could finally be going right for once- "My father's ill. Really ill." Maybe one day he'll care about his own happiness enough to put that first. "This would- if I- this would hurt him." Merlin, it sounds weak, and it is; and it's a morbid thought but he can't stop it from swirling around his head. His dad's always thought of him as the perfect son, destined for greatness. What right does Donnie have to compromise that? Especially now. "If I ruined it all for him now. I don't-" He trails off, the words dissolving before he can dig himself any further.
Message Me • 10:15, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
For someone who prides herself on supposedly knowing everything, Holly is at a loss for words in this situation. She knows Donnie and his parents have an extremely complicated relationship, so she takes a deep breath as she tries to process everything that's going on. "I'm sorry to hear that." she finally says. She's sorry she couldn't be there for him when he needed her, too, but she isn't sure how that would have made things better so she keeps her mouth shut. "I'm not looking for an answer now," she adds, trying to reassure him before he spirals. More than that, she would hate to be another thing that's causing him grief nowadays. Holly survived the past month without talking to him at all, she's sure she can manage until he's in a better place. "I wouldn't have said all that if I knew. What's between us should be the least of your concerns right now. I'll be fine." she tells him. She's unsure and scared again, so she starts dealing with it the same way she deals with most of her issues. "Forget I said anything earlier." she starts to backtrack. "We don't have to figure this out. I can — We can — " Holly starts fumbling over her words as she moves towards the door a bit. "You don't have to decide on anything. We can just... go back to normal for now, if you like." What is normal? She wonders to herself: is it them not talking? Is it the affair? Is it being friends? "Whatever you want normal to be."
Message Me • 15:27, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
Talk about mixed signals. Not that he can say much - he feels the same way he always does, like he's being pulled in half by what he wants and what he actually has to do. "Whatever I want normal to be?" he echoes; how does he say, after that whole previous spiel, that he wants normal to be them? Coming home to that apartment on Cornelia Avenue and not having to worry about photos of it ending up in magazines the next day, not hiding his phone screen on nights about because Whit or Riv might see the messages. Not having to hide all the time. "Since when have we ever done normal? Because if this is normal now -" He gestures to the space between them, the way she's been inching closer to the door like she can't wait to remove herself from the situation. "- then we might as well just never speak to each other again. Because admit it, we can never go back to how we were before everything happened." The days where they truly were just friends, able to go out for drinks and share laughs and pointedly ignore whatever tension lingered beneath the surface, feel almost like they never happened.
Message Me • 12:39, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
Holly just feels defeated when he says that, turning towards him and leaning against the door. "So, we can't be friends because it's impossible to go back to the way things were," she begins, "And we can't be together because of well, everything." His wife, their friends, his dad... "And not talking to each other makes us miserable." She knows no matter how long they spend apart, the idea of Donnie no longer being a part of her life is just unthinkable to her, like they'll always be in each other's orbits – always find their way back to each other. "Basically... there's no winning." Holly sighs then smiles a bit humorlessly. "Amazing." she adds sarcastically, as if to drive home her point.
Message Me • 15:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
It certainly is a rock and a hard place. And he knows he's at fault for pushing things this far - always criticising her detached nature, her desire to keep it just friends - wanting as much as possible in the limited time they have but now? Fuck. Talk about crashing back down to Earth. "I think we knew that from the start, though, didn't we?" Donnie says, a sad smile flicking across his face as he watches her move. "We always knew it had a shelf life. That doesn't change how I feel about you, but- my hands are tied. If I get caught sneaking around to yours while my father's-" He chokes off, not wanting to say it out loud. It's so close, it doesn't even feel real. "I've already caused enough damage."
Message Me • 10:14, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Holly Costa 」WizCo • Space Travel
23
Human
WizCo Employee
Single
"You shouldn't fault yourself for wanting to be happy." she ends up saying. Holly isn't entirely sure that she's capable of being someone who makes him happy but she sure as hell knows that he's not happy where he is right now, and the idea that he's beating himself up over it is heartbreaking. She loves him – of course she doesn't want him to be stuck in a life he hates forever. "But I understand." she says quietly. She stares at her shoes for a while before adding, "I don't – I don't know if I can go back to being strangers." She's missed him so much and she almost says so out loud, almost begs, but she thinks it's pretty obvious from the way her voice catches in her throat.
Message Me • 16:55, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
「 Donnie Finch-Hatton 」graduated slytherin student • posh boy
25
wizard
wasa worker
It truly is such an unfortunate set of circumstances, complete with dreadful timing; if this encounter had happened a month ago, back when every day was the same and he didn't feel like he was balancing on a knife edge the entire time, it would be- easier. There's still a part of Donnie that wants to just disappear with her, move away and to hell with the consequences. It would be like a bomb going off, sure, but at least he'd be able to put his own happiness first for once. But right now, in this dimly-lit office with a failed lock and Holly looking so fucking sad it makes him feel even worse, it just kind of hits Donnie how messed up this whole situation is. It had been fun for the first few months - risky, sure, but that was the thrill of it. But then he had to mess it all up and fall in love with her. It'd be romantic if it wasn't so tragic. "You can," is his answer, folding his arms tightly across his chest as if he could stop his heart spilling out of it. "Just- pretend I don't exist. You've been doing it for months." He doesn't mean it to be cruel, and thankfully it doesn't come out like that - his voice sounds thick but steeled, emotions pulled back enough to stop himself from slipping and saying something he'll regret.
Message Me • 19:19, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Felton and Cedrica[]
「 Felton Bishop 」graduated hufflepuff • hextech biotech division
18 y/o
wizard
biotech specialist
single
Coming to WizCo was something he didn't want to do at all, but his mother was adamant that even though Clarence should be the bigger person as the adult, he needed to take the higher road the other man was too coward to take. This meant, in part, formally put an end to his internship with the company. Clarence already knows he's quit, but apparently there's paperwork involved, and obviously, he's going to pettily keep every piece of research he conducted, and if that creates any kind of legal problem with his father and aunt, then he intends to delete every file, burn every piece of paper, short-circuit every piece of technology he's ever worked on. He's a Bishop, after all, and all that family does is destroy what's good. Or is that the Ackermans? Both, if you ask Felton. Point is — he's living up to the family name, in a way. He's currently collecting all his belongings from where he worked most frequently with the Science and Biology department, and is planning to leg it as soon as he's done. His dad's probably off screwing Cedrica in his office, so he's guessing the chances of running into them right now are minimal. Thank Merlin for that.
Message Me • 20:11, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Cedrica Ackerman 」graduated ravenclaw student • co-ceo of wizco
It's been... an eventful few days, to say the least. The affair with Clarence had been going on for so long that it didn't even feel like a secret anymore, and they'd gotten sloppy in their attempts to keep it as such - leaving doors unlocked, forgetting excuses for lateness, not so much creeping around as being unforgivably blatant. It's always been a rumour amongst the staff, Cedrica's more than aware of that, but it had always stayed that way. A rumour. Now the whole world knows. And yet, she can't bring herself to feel bad about it. Maybe that's more indicative of her own personality than it is the mess of the situation she's found herself in, but even then, the sense of joy and relief which creeps in every time Clarence grumbles about the divorce papers is- well, she isn't going to feel bad for it. She's loved Clarence since she was sixteen. Now she has him. It's an absolute win in her book. What isn't an absolute win, however, is the effect it's had on his kids, and when Cedrica wanders absent-mindedly into the biology department to pick up some stray paperwork she forgot, the reminder of it stares her right in the face. Felton. Oh, Merlin.
Message Me • 20:25, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Felton Bishop 」graduated hufflepuff • hextech biotech division
18 y/o
wizard
biotech specialist
single
Felton is distracted by the files he's downloading from the computer in front of him to the point he doesn't realize the scientists around him have quieted down, or that Cedrica has come into the room. He has one earphone plugged in, and it's blaring Foster The People's Pumped Up Kicks at all volume. When he glances up at one point to ask his old mentor something, he notices the other man's furrowed brow, which makes Felton frown, eyebrows knitting together in blatant confusion. He glances over his shoulders, and - ah. "Oh, would you look at that. The company whore decided to grace us with her lovely presence. Gotten tired of riding my dad's dick, have you?" Felton welcomes her tartly, rolling his eyes before he promptly whirls back around to finish downloading all his reports. The mere sight of her makes his blood boil. The fucking audacity of this woman. She's like a disgusting piece of gum he can't scape off his shoes, so he's just constantly uncomfortable and mildly repulsed.
Message Me • 20:35, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Cedrica Ackerman 」graduated ravenclaw student • co-ceo of wizco
The lack of recognition for the first few seconds makes Cedrica think she can dart in and out without any hassle, but then she sees Felton bristle out of the corner of her eye and- oh, this is how it's going to be from now on, isn't it? Fun. She should have expected it, really; Agatha has stayed silent and aired every attempt at communication but Felton... she understands. He always was a mummy's boy, after all. "Lovely to see you too, Felton," she says, eyebrows flying up to her hairline at those words. It's certainly not the first time she's been called that - one more slur in such a short space of time and she'd probably have had a flashback to the Newt-Greg-Zach days - so it doesn't hurt as much as it should, but it's still a lot to hear from the mouth of a fifteen-year-old boy. "Make sure to erase your account details and any saved passwords before you log out. It keeps things from getting cluttered."
Message Me • 20:40, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Felton Bishop 」graduated hufflepuff • hextech biotech division
18 y/o
wizard
biotech specialist
single
"No it isn't," he chortles, shaking his head. "You don't have to lie, my sweet Aunt Cedrica. I reckon you've already done enough of that. Wouldn't you guys agree? You know, lying about work trips, having to stay in late with Clarence to fill out paperwork, early meetings and week-long business trips overseas. Lie after lie, ploy after ploy, just to — what? Fuck him? That's some sick shit, by the way. You knew he had a family, and you still decided your mummified, musty vagina needed some love from a married man," Felton tsks, shaking his head. The silence in the room is almost comical, and in part, that's why Felton feels the need to attack Cedrica and her character now. He feels hurt and humiliated, and he's had to go to sleep to the distant sound of his mum crying. It's time Cedrica felt a little humiliated too. Although, then again, she's always been a very shameless woman. He once admired that about her. Come on, how could he not? That was his powerful, amazing, stubborn aunt. But now it makes him sick to his stomach. "I'm well aware of what I need to do, thank you. As I'm sure you remember, I basically grew up in this building. The nights I spent reading up on company protocols, the interns' guidebooks... It'd be hard to forget. You should know that too. You were here to watch me grow up, after all," he pauses, lifting his head and cocking his head slightly. He fakes a smile as he glances back at her. "When you weren't being a gross homewrecker, at least."
Message Me • 21:04, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Cedrica Ackerman 」graduated ravenclaw student • co-ceo of wizco
The absolute torrent of abuse that leaves Felton's mouth is- well, it's not exactly pleasant to listen to. Considering that she has always known him as the meek, somewhat nerdy child with an anxiety issue, hearing such boldness would be refreshing if it wasn't dedicated to tearing her down. The punches don't land perhaps as hard as he wishes; as mentioned previous, she'd heard it all before, and to be honest, the response was always expected. Clarence's major concern in all the years they've been together is how the kids would take it, and their secret went undiscovered for so long that it almost felt like a fantasy, but now? It feels like ice water crashing over her head. Still, she's a lot more mature now than she was when she was Felton's age, so she understands that this is just his way of unloading. All that anger and humiliation needs to go somewhere, and it makes sense that it's towards the woman who wrecked his parents' marriage. But this is Cedrica we're talking about - she's always been defensive. "It takes two to tango, Felton," she says, sounding almost bored as she leafs through the papers in her hand. "In fact, if you're looking for somebody to blame, look at your dad. He made the first move." She's well aware of how childish a retort that is, but she doesn't care. Not right now.
Message Me • 21:15, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Felton Bishop 」graduated hufflepuff • hextech biotech division
18 y/o
wizard
biotech specialist
single
"Oh, no, I totally agree. I look forward to getting my name changed at some point. Whoever the fuck he is now isn't the man who raised me. He's a sleaze, but you're even worse of a person for not telling him no. You didn't have mum's back. You didn't have Agatha's back, or Diana's, or mine. Fifteen fucking years, Cedrica! Fifteen! That's how long you've been in my fucking life, and you didn't stop to think how your actions would hurt my sisters and I because you're so fucking selfish! You looked me in the eye and let me treat you like my fucking Aunt while you were screwing my dad! He's a coward and he's a horrible husband, but you? You're so much worse than anything I could ever call you." Felton is well aware he was screaming now, yelling in defense of everything he just lost, but he can't bring himself to stop. He was finally giving into the anger and hurt he hadn't expressed before, and it felt liberating. He clears his throat and turns. He grabs his notebooks and folders and starts to shove them into his bag. Now speaking more quietly, he adds: "You're a match made in fucking heaven, lady. I hope you get what you deserve."
Message Me • 21:27, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Cedrica Ackerman 」graduated ravenclaw student • co-ceo of wizco
The screaming gives her a headache more than it does land any real emotional blows; she's always known that the fallout would be catastrophic, but she also always imagined that she'd be having this particular shouting match with Kaia, rather than a child. And yes, maybe it does hurt a little to watch a kid who she's known for half her life wash his hands of her like this. The tears that glass over her eyes come out of nowhere, sudden and threatening, and Cedrica looks at the floor to prevent them from falling as she steels herself. Merlin, this is just the start of it all, isn't it? "Felton," she eventually says once he's stopped ranting, voice calm and even, glancing back up to look him directly in the eye. "All this - ranting and raving - does nothing. I know you're angry at me and you have every right to be. Merlin knows, I wouldn't exactly be sparkling if I was in your position." How to phrase this next bit without making him even more furious? "But it isn't going to change anything. And while I apologise for the effect it's had on you and your family, I- well. I don't apologise for what me and your father did. Maybe I'm just selfish like that. I am sorry for how it all turned out, though. I know you don't care about that, but I want to say it anyway."
Message Me • 21:37, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Felton Bishop 」graduated hufflepuff • hextech biotech division
18 y/o
wizard
biotech specialist
single
Felton feels a deep, sadistic satisfaction when she looks down at the floor, knowing he struck at least one chord with her. It's what she deserves "Angry doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm pissed. Disgusted. How about betrayed, because it turns one of the few people I trusted even with all the shit I was going through, turned back around and sliced my family in half? You're a disgusting, pathetic excuse of a woman," he interrupts scathingly. There's more he cares to say, but the thought of this all getting back to his mum has him controlling himself to some extent. She'd be disappointed if she knew how he was expressing himself. (Although his Aunt Eleni would be incredibly proud and probably defend him, but that's besides the point.) "That apology's shit and you know it. You're sorry for the effect it had? I call bullshit. If you were really sorry, you would've been the bigger person and at least told my dad to ask for a divorce before pulling that disgusting move. Why couldn't you have done that, huh? What, did you get off on knowing you were breaking up a family? Because I - I don't get it, Cedrica. Why the fuck couldn't you tell him to be a bigger man, or why couldn't you be the bigger person and save us all the humiliation and pain? You know, maybe I would've taken more kindly to you getting together. Who the fuck knows? But no, you chose, again and again, to hurt all of us. You're not sorry for how it turned out, you're just sorry that now you have to deal with the consequences of being a homewrecker."
Message Me • 21:52, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Cedrica Ackerman 」graduated ravenclaw student • co-ceo of wizco
Again, she waits for his rant to conclude. There would be no point attempting to talk over him, it would just trigger another screaming match, and to be honest, his words lose their barbs the longer he goes on for. Everything he says is exactly what she'd expected to hear in the days of it all being secret, warnings to Clarence that this is all going to go to shit when we get caught, but then they just- didn't. Months passed without a sign of recognition from anybody, let alone his family, so- what can she say? They got lazy. "I did tell your dad. Multiple times. At the beginning, I warned him the truth would come out eventually because it always does." Nobody knows that better than me. Even when she was a kid, this was happening; it came out about what she did with Greg, and now it's coming out about what she did with Clarence. Talk about a walking hurricane. "He was always adamant about keeping it secret. Like I said, I'm sorry for how it ended. That wasn't my intention." She's not going to say to Felton that she enjoyed the secret aspect of it all, but she's sure as hell thinking it.
Message Me • 22:00, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
「 Felton Bishop 」graduated hufflepuff • hextech biotech division
18 y/o
wizard
biotech specialist
single
Felton shakes his head, eyes downcast and disappointed in her and even more in his father. He thought his dad was better than that, but knowing he was just as okay with hurting them makes his heart hurt. He licks his bottom lip and shakes his head. "Fuck you, Cedrica. Leave me and my family alone," he mutters in the end. His files are all loaded onto the USB now, so he secures it all before detaching it and sliding it into his backpack. He clicks away at the computer, making sure to permanently delete everything. Passwords, profiles, reports. Anything he wrote. (And if he permanently deleted more than that, then, y'know, oops.) "Hope you stocked up on erectile dysfunction pills. Couldn't help but overhear he struggles to keep his tiny bird up sometimes, and I wouldn't want your affair to go to waste, you know?" True, not true, what the hell does he know? But there's nothing a man like his father values more than his reputation, and rumors about his bed performance and physical appearance? Yikes. He slings his bag over his shoulder and turns, plugging his other earphone in before walking past her.
Message Me • 22:13, 22 December 2020 (UTC)