HARD TIMES INDEED [VICTOIRE]

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Vic nodded as he suggested occupying the glasses. She tried to keep her eyes away from him and pulled her hands back into her lap while she waited. She decided to rest her eyes on the glasses, watching him fill them. Soon, she noticed that her glass was getting absurdly full. She lifted a hand as if to say something and caught the look in his eye. She felt her heart skip a beat, or seven, and froze until he spoke. "Oh, that's okay, um..." she looked down at the glass again, then back at him. "I'm not sure if I can pick that up without spilling all over myself," she chuckled, nervously.

What was going on? She saw the way he was looking at her. Those intense, confused and flirtatious eyes. Was she looking at him the same way? No doubt she was, considering she was feeling all of those same things. Her body and heart seemed to be teaming up against her mind as she tried to decide what to do next. She finally decided to reach forward and wrap her fingers around the glass, pulling it toward her slowly. She lifted it, even more slowly and raised it to Sebastian, "I'm looking forward to that walk home," she commented, here goes nothing, and she drained the glass in one tip. She shuddered and slammed the glass down on the desk. She blinked several times before focusing on his face.

"So, now what do we do?" she asked. There, she was leaving the night in his hands. This was rare for Victoire. She was always the one who stepped up and took charge in any situation. She didn't like being at the whim of other peoples ideas. She had told Teddy when they were together that she was not a fan of surprises, and she still wasn't. He still managed to surprise her on occasion, but only in good ways. She smiled a little at the thought, but quickly whisked it away. She was sitting in a room with Sebastian Rockefeller now. A beautiful, calm, gentle and attractive man whom she worked with. They were drinking, staring into each others eyes, and both thinking things that were... insane. But she didn't care, especially not after that full glass of the stuff.


@sebastian
"don't dull the sparkle in your eyes"

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Sebastian had truly lost sight at what he was doing while pouring their drinks until Victoire spoke. He blinked, looking down at her glass and then began stammering out apologies. "I'm so sorry," he said slowly. He was embarrassed. This alcohol was just making Sebastian act a fool. Once again, distracted by his own thoughts and the effects of the alcohol, Seb found himself watching the blonde witch, awaiting her next move... Finally she moved to grab the glass off of the desk. A small smile appeared on Sebastian's face.

He watched her. She downed the entire glass in just one tip and suddenly... Sebastian felt challenged. Like he, too, had to down his glass. He picked it up, holding it up to Victorie as if to toast. "As am I," he smiled, then swiftly tipped the glass back and gulped it down. He set the glass down and took a deep breath. Already he could feel the alcohol burning the back of his throat. But it was the good kind of burn. Sebastian closed his eyes for a moment and upon opening them, saw two Victoires in front of him. He grinned, a grin he had probably never let the witch, or anyone see before. Seb was far too inebriated to even think about walking home now, so that left only one thing for them to do...

Stay the night.

After Victoire came back into focus, Seb tilted his head to the side to look at her for a moment. Suddenly, he was feeling this... impulse inside of him to do something spontaneous, something he had never done before. As he stood up, the room was spinning but it wasn't stopping him. He kept a hand planted firmly on his desk for balance as he slowly walked around it, his eyes on Miss Weasley all the while. He stopped in front of her, leaning against his desk. Then Seb slowly reached for her left hand with his right, pulling her up to stand with him. Slowly, he pulled her closer... his left hand making its way to rest on her waist. Something had come over Sebastian Rockefellar, for the next thing he knew, his lips were planted firmly on those of Victoire Weasley.

@victoire

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"As am I." The man who was bumbling apologizes for over filling her drink only moment before had suddenly transformed into someone completely different. Confidence seemed to burst out of him as she held up the glass in a toast-like gesture. As he lifted it, downing the drink just like she had only moments before. There seemed to be a sort of... spark in his eyes, encouraging her to lean in a little further. As he set the glass down, she was leaning even closer to him than she had been before, so when he opened his eyes he was staring straight into hers. This caused Victoire to catch her breath, and audibly so. His grin made her stomach start to tingle, or maybe that was the alcohol, either way something was building up inside of her.

She didn't know what to say next, she had momentarily forgotten how to speak, which was incredibly rare for Victoire. She always had something to say. She slowly started to lean back as he stood up, circling the desk. He seemed to move in slow motion as the held each others gaze until he was beside her, leaning against the desk. As he reached his right hand down, she slowly lifted her left, allowing him to clasped her hand and gently pull her up to stand with him. The feeling that was growing inside of her pulsed at her throat, causing her to remember to breathe. She slowly released a long breath before she realized his hand was on her waist, and her right hand had somehow ended up flattened on his chest.

"I-" she almost spoke but before she knew it she was leaning toward him and he was pulling her even closer, into a deep kiss. She didn't even hesitate and her grip on his shirt tightened a little as she kissed him. She pulled away with just enough space to catch her breath before going back for more. Victoire had never kissed anyone other than Teddy Lupin until this moment. The thought of Teddy made a fleeting appearance in her mind but she pushed it away, willing herself to not think about him.

How incredibly out of character this was, for both of them! Sebastian clearly wasn't the type to kiss someone on a whim, let alone allow her to flatten her body against his, causing him to really have to lean on the desk for support. And Victoire wasn't the type to stay the night, in an office no less, with a man whom she had never before had any relationship with other than a professional one. But, the longer she kissed him, the more her brain stopped working and the more her body started leading.

@sebastian

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Sebastian's urge to kiss the blond witch had never been higher. As he stared into her blue eyes, he wondered for a moment what she could possibly be thinking. Did she want to kiss him too? She was still here, after all... that had to mean something worth while. The fact that she was a coworker and much younger than him seemed to not matter anymore. All that seemed to be crossing his mind was the lips that stood in front of him... and how badly he thought they needed to be kissed.

It was like a dream. It didn't feel real. Sebastian had always found Victoire attractive but as his lips were on hers, his body against hers, he found himself all the more attracted to her. Seb had surely been with women before, but nothing serious. None of them had ever felt... electric like Victoire did. Perhaps it was that fact coupled with the alcohol but it was a feeling unlike Sebastian had ever experienced and he didn't want it to end. He had never felt so lost in his own mind before. He began to wonder if he was thinking consciously at this point. Everything just felt so... natural as their bodies seemed to fit perfectly together.

Seb had completely not realized that he had been leaning up against his desk for support. He was definitely lost in this kiss. In Victoire. His hands found their way to her face and they gently found a spot one on her cheek and one holding the back of her head. He was holding her closer than he thought he ever would and... he didn't want to let go. Maybe it was the alcohol but then again... Seb thought this feeling to be very, very real as he finally pulled his lips away from hers. With his hands still gently on her face, he looked into her eyes and attempted to catch his breath. He just stared at her, unable to believe what they had just done... happened.

He wanted more.

@victoire

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The rest of the night went by in a bit of a blur, one might say. From the moment Seb pulled back and looked deeply into her eyes, Victoire knew where this was going. She had a lot of chances to bail, but it was too late and she really didn't want to. Maybe it was what they were drinking, maybe it was his eyes, maybe it was the stress, she didn't care. Through moments of stillness and moments of frenzy, the night in general was sort of a hazy mess in Victoires mind. Flashes of Teddy interrupted her thoughts at times, and she drank more when that happened.

The next morning, Victoire tried to leave before Seb woke up. She rushed out of the ministry, catching the eyes of a few people who were coming in early. The worst was when she made eye contact with River Morris, a good friend of Teddys. Her eyes widened, and she quickly darted to the fireplace, not knowing what she could possibly say to her. She wasn't ashamed though. She was almost dreamy, elusive as she reached her apartment, shut the door behind her and leaned against the frame. She smiled at the thought of Seb, and frowned at her pounding headache...

@sebastian
(wrapping this up!)

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Sebastian felt as if a good weight had lifted off of his shoulders. For so long, he had admired the young assistant to the Minister. Wishing but knowing he could never have... and he just did. It was feeling any attachments what so ever, but the fact that he had finally acted on something that he had felt... it felt good. Seb hadn't followed his heart in a very, very long time. He felt alive again as the two continued on throughout the night, drinking and kissing until they inevitably rolled into a lovely stupor and finally fell asleep.

Sebastian awoke the next morning to see that the blonde witch had disappeared. He wasn't surprised, of course. He knew this was the way it had to be. They couldn't be seen together, at least not like that. Sebastian got up and reached onto his desk for his wand - which he must have put down somewhere in between all of the fun. He flicked his wand at a luggage in the far corner of the room and a light blue button up shirt floated out and over to him. He buttoned it up over his bare chest, smiling slightly to himself. He kept this spare luggage of clothes at work for when he had a lot of work and couldn't get home some nights. Never did he think that he would be using his luggage of spare clothes to get dressed after a night of staying over at work for fun.

The adviser walked around and over to his chair at his desk and sat down. He folded his arms over his chest as flashes of the previous night went through his mind. He wondered briefly if Miss Weasley would be happy to see him the next time they saw one another. He certainly would be but he also felt that no one should know what had happened between them last night. Sebastian always put work before personal life and Victoire Weasley was no exception.

@victoire
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