10 years later, SH flavored

[toocoolforthis]

[It's 10 years later- Everyone is ten years older, and hopefully ten years wiser, too. Or at least five years wiser! Even one year's worth of wisdom is good, really. Things have changed, okay.

Things have changed a lot, and it only becomes more obvious with everyone back at Hogwarts for a visit. It's a time to reminisce, to remember, and to reconnect.

Or, you know, to go about life as usual. ]

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[wwistful]

[What else are they meant to use the restricted section for? Murdoc has a fondness for combining his adoration for books and bro into one intense library visit. Somehow, nobody has caught them yet.

Murdoc is quietly wondering whether he should explain this to Bro or not. It would be ugly if he were to find out withough being told..Ugh.]

Well that's because he's generally here to.. [Fuck. He feels himself going pink again. This is so awkward why is he even trying.] Keep. Me company. And he's been known to dabble in his own research from time to time.

[toocoolforthis]

[Dirk is very much fine with pretending this never happened, so that Bro doesn't have to find out about it. He also may or may not be planning on steering clear of Murdoc during any events that involve a lot of alcohol.

Dirk shrugs and hefts the book he was reading- it's got "Magic of Israel" written on the cover.]

Still doubt he was looking up this.

[wwistful]

You never know. [He shrugs quickly, as if he's being just a little defensive about it.] He is a language professor, after all.

[He rubs his neck, shuffling awkwardly.] I'm sorry.

[toocoolforthis]

For the language, but not for the magic. There are Hebrew legends of golems, you know. Magical constructs you could give orders to on a slip of paper stuck into their mouths. I'm trying to find the spells for those, and modify them- they could get plenty more complicated before the magic gets too impossible to do without a month and approximately five tons of ingredients. I just need to figure out the variety in the casting before I start making modifications of my own, in order to minimize fuckups.

[Oops. Someone is maybe enthusiastic about their research.

He doesn't manage to avoid flushing when Murdoc apologizes.]

I've been mistaken for him before.

[wwistful]

Fascinating.

[Murdoc is just going to nod along as Dirk speaks. It sounds utterly fascinating, and he'd certainly like to pick Dirk's brain over it later, maybe even share ideas over it. Right now? The words 'I groped my son in law' are just repeating in his brain over and over again.

He's giving him a wide eyed stare, obviously crumbling under the awkward pressure that is social faux pas.]

You take after him. [Nod nod.] Practically identical.

[toocoolforthis]

[The awkwardness will never disappear because they are both awkward as a state of being, even when they try not to be. Hopefully they can eventually forget about it.

Hopefully.]

I'll send a letter ahead next time I visit, to spare the school the confusion.

[And he'll dress differently. At least the 'part veela' bit isn't getting to Murdoc.]

[wwistful]

[Murdoc is starting to think this is going to be so very hard to work past. Also to explain to Bro. God, he's so mad at himself, he'll never live this down. No amount of sad whale emotes will win back either of their affections, he's forever ruined. Which is clear in his gradually forming expression of devastation.]

I'm sure we'd both appreciate it. [He gives him a pained smile. It's possible Dirk's veela side guided his hand to the booty, but he isn't inclined to try blaming it on anything. He doesn't want to look like he's making excuses, after all!]

[shippingmath]

[Yeah, that expression... isn't exactly something he should keep ignoring. So he tucks the book in his hand under one arm, to keep himself from fiddling with it.]

Uh. Professor?

[The things he will do to make Murdoc stop looking like a kicked puppy.]