Did You Hear That? (ANDILY #8)

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@emily

A long week. That was what it had been. Andrew was ready to just go home and talk with Emily. He wanted to check on Ranger and Lynn, Zander's pet fox who had stayed the weekend with them. The little fox seemed to like Ranger, and when it was around Ranger acted more like himself. Anything that could do that was welcome in his house.

He came in the door, setting his bag down. It clinked slightly as the small round disks inside it hit one another, just a piece of the job he was going to have to get back to tomorrow. Walking farther into the house he glance around, hopefully, Emily should be here. Then again, so should Ranger at the fox.

"I'm home!" he called out, expectantly waiting for the love of his life to come into view.

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Emily had a long week as well and hadn't seen her boyfriend nearly as much as she wanted to. Ranger was in town this weekend and so was Lynn, Zanders fox, but Emily hadn't been able to be home that much. Sadly, Ranger would be heading home that night and Zander would be coming for the fox later that day.

Emily had arrived home only seconds before Andrew, having had a long day at work, At the sound of his arrival, she ran toward him and jumped into his arms, wrapping her own around his neck. "Hello," he greeted, kissing him and placing both hands on the sides of his face. "Ranger went to get some air," she explained.

andrew ethan astor-shaw
(Zander coming in later, right?)

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@emily

Emily came into view, but Andrew didn't get a good look at her as she bolted into his arms, kissing him as she held his face. He had been about to comment on something, but he couldn't remember what it was. His arms wrapped tightly around her waist and he melted into the kiss. She pulled away first, explaining that Ranger had gone out. That was good, right? He was sure that was good, but at this moment he couldn't think about it. "Good." he said, as that seemed to be the appropriate response. He leaned down and kissed her again, bringing one hand up to the base of her neck.
"You know." he said against her lips. "Ranger's gone... Zander won't be here for a while..." he angled his head so he could kiss her jaw, her neck, her shoulder. He turned so he pressed her against the wall, and came up so he could look into her beautiful eyes.

This week had been so crazy, his life had been so strange, and Emily's had as well. He needed a release, some time with Emily, just her and him. A chance to show that even though they hadn't seen each other much, he still loved her. Like a crazy person. So he kissed her again, and again, and again.

(Yes, Zander was the plan.)

||MAZE DIRECTION:LEFT TURN||

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Em giggled as they kissed, not speaking for a few moments until she pulled away to explain that Ranger wasn't home. He replied with just one word and she was already accepting his kiss before the word was completely finished.

Emily grinned as he spoke against her lips about Ranger being gone and Zander not coming back for a while. She knew what that meant. She leaned her neck back, giggling again as he started to kiss her, pressing her up against the wall. She looked into his eyes as he did and simply nodded.

He went back in for more kissing, or maybe she started this round. It didn't matter either way, though. Soon they were completely lost in who was kissing who and Emily was removing his sweater while she was against the wall. After some time she managed to escape the wall, though, and led him to the couch instead. Then from the couch to their room.

Once there, she assured that she was the one in charge for a moment and looked into his eyes intensely. "Hey. I love you," she assured him.

andrew ethan astor-shaw
(I faded grey now you get to fade to black :PPP)

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@emily

Their progression to their bedroom didn't take too long, or maybe it did. It didn't matter too much to Andrew. Once they were in there, tangled on the bed, Emily paused long enough to say his favorite words. "Hey, I love you."

Her eyes, no matter what color they were at the moment, were beautiful as they stayed locked on his. "You do? Really?" he joked, his eyebrows going up. "I had no idea." Then he pulled her face back to him, kissing her over and over, more inensley each time. "I love you, too." he whispered against her neck, next to her ear. "I love you." he whsipered again, moving back to her lips, his fingers finding the buttons on her shirt.

It didn't take them long to become inseperable.

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The worst part about living together is how careless you get with simple precautions like, well, locking the front door. They had gotten too distracted and therefore had no warning when the voice called from the front room. Emily and Andrew gasped and rolled off the bed in shock, smacking against the floor with Andrew firmly on top of her. She pushed against his chest, "get off! Shut the bedroom door!" she tried to get out, but it was too late, whoever their visitor was was already calling to them from their bedroom doorway. Emily raised an eyebrow at Andrew, "you first," she said, challenging him to come out of hiding behind the bed. Oh, the voice... yup, that was Zander.

@zander
andrew ethan astor-shaw
(you go first!)

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@zander
@emily

He heard the voice, Zander. But of course Zander was here. They were brothers. It took Emily gasping to startle him enough that they both rolled off of the bed. He landed ontop of her and she pushed on his chest, hissing at him to shut the door. But it was too late, Zander was standing in the doorway, or he should be based on the sound of his voice. Andrew rested his head on Emily's for just a moment, sighing. Then he put an arm on the bed pulling himself to his knees so his bare torso showed over the edge of the bed.

"Hey, Zander. How ya doin?" He asked casually, hand searching for Emily's behind the bed. He was not going to be up here alone.

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Zander was coming to pick up Lynn as planned, and he opened the front door and began calling for the little fox. He didn't see her and frowned. Where was she? He called her name one more time, but nothing. She was probably hiding somewhere asleep like the adorable little fox she was. Once he was finished learning the ability himself, he'd be able to do that with her! Adorable.

He called out for Andrew, Em and Ranger, wondering why the door was unlocked if nobody was here but Lynn. That stressed him out just a tiny bit, but then he heard a sound from Em and Andrews bedroom, like a loud THUMP!. He called again, pulling out his wand and moving down the hall swiftly. He should have known to knock, being a married man and all. He opened the door only to see a shirtless Andrew popping up from behind the couch then Emily popped up beside him, clearly not dressed either but, thankfully, hidden behind the bed.

Still, Zander covered his eyes. With one hand and used the other to hold out to them as if warding them away, "good heavens, do you leave all your doors unlocked!?"

@emily
andrew ethan astor-shaw
(hahahhahahahah this is so funny)

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Awe, Zander. What a sweet, nice, innocent- well, she didn't really believe that he was innocent. Either way, she felt terrible that he had to walk into this. Emily popped up to give her own little awkward wave after Andrews initial greeting and then frowned at Zans words. "No we... but we may have got distracted this time," she reached up to grab a sheet off the bed, pulling it down to wrap it around herself juuuust in case Zander could see anything. "Anyway, Lynn is under the couch sleeping," Emily told him, turning toward Andrew and giving him a little smile, "want to escort Zander out so I can get dressed? Well, you should get dressed too," she frowned at the idea, ignoring the sound of Zander gagging at the doorway.

andrew ethan astor-shaw
@zander

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@zander
@emily

Andrew scoffed at his brother, Zander has seen worse, he was sure... then again, he would have a similar reaction if he walked in on one of his brothers. He glanced at Emily and his eyes widened, realizing how potentially uncomfortable this could be, so he helped Emily grab the sheet off the bed and wrap it around herself. At her suggestion, he grabbed his pants and pulled them on as he stood and walked over to his red faced brother. Grabbing a shirt as he walked he put his arm around Zander's shoulders, turning him away from Emily and out of the room.

"We normally do lock the doors... But like Emily said we got distracted." he scratched the back of his head. "Weren't you supposed to come by later?" he asked a little sheepishly, he could have sworn that Zander wasn't supposed to come until 5. He checked the clock on the wall. 5:30? When did that happen?

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At the mention of Lynn, Zander felt himself relax. Still, this situation was pretty hilarious. Zander turned away and waited for Andrew to join him in the door, "bye Em!" Zander called back with a laugh as Andrew steered him away from the room. "Hey, no prob bro," Zander said, lifting his hands and shaking his head, "I get- would get distracted too," close one, smooth cover. He had indeed got distracted plenty of times by his beautiful wife, but he still locked the door. He had too much too lose. Not that Andrew didn't but, it was different.

Zander raised an eyebrow, pointing at the clock on the wall as they entered the living room, "uh... I'm only like twenty minutes early." He clapped a hand on Andrews shoulder, "I understand. I'm sure you lost track of time."

@emily
andrew ethan astor-shaw

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Emily waited for the boys to leave and laughed as Zander called back to her. Once they were gone she got dressed and put her hair up in a ponytail, since it was kind of messed up, and came back out to find the boys. "Did you want to stay for dinner, Zan? I'm not sure what Rangers plans are, though," she said, moving into the kitchen to put tea on, of course. Tea was the best. She was sure that Zander wouldn't stick around, though. For some reason that Emily was still deducting, he liked to just take the fox home pretty quickly. He hung out sometimes, but he must have had something very important to do at home because he wasn't around here as often as she thought he'd be, especially with him living alone and all. Sort of...

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