All is full of love!

[moveslikejaeger]

WHO: ALL THE HUFFLEPUFFS AND GRYFFINDORS
TONE: Fluff and silliness!
RATING: Probably not more than PG-13??
WHEN: Sunday Night, After dinner!
WHERE: Hufflepuff Common room!
WHAT: Maxim attempts to draw everyone into a Jaegerpile. Cuddles follow. (Don't be shy! Tag anyone you want! Everyone in the pile is free game! This log is all about free platonic love, brother.)
STATUS: ONGOING

[See Maxim.]

[See Maxim ransack the boys' dormitories for pillows and blankets.]

[See Maxim turn them into a pile in the middle of the Hufflepuff common room.]

[See Maxim throw a few cushions in for good measure.]

[See Maxim flop down in the nest he made.]

IZ CUDDLE TIME NOW, YAH?

Comments

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[Rapunzel has been kneeling by the edge of the 'nest' for a while, considering.

What Maxim said on the train is true. He doesn't love her like she wants, even if he wishes he could. But... Pretending for one evening can't hurt, right?

So she crawls over and cuddles up to Maxim.]

[moveslikejaeger]

[....Oh.]

[Maxim freezes up for moment as she curls against him, then forces himself to relax. It's Rapunzel and he doesn't want to hurt her, but she came to him, so that made it okay, right?]

[Right?]

[Pushing away all his doubt, he wraps his arms around her tightly, pressing his face into her hair.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[A girl could get the wrong idea; being held like that. Good thing Rapunzel knows better.

Sort of.]

This was a nice idea.

[moveslikejaeger]

[Maxim's not even sure what the wrong idea is. All he knows is that no matter what she thinks, he's loving her with everything that he is, and his heart aches for it.]

Iz how ve do at home. Get de whole family togedder vit blankets und pillows and chust pile op. Iz best on campink trips on de full moon, vit de fire und de stars und de pack howlink at de moon az dey race t'rough de voods... [He sighs wistfully] Iz soch goot times.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

It sounds like such good times. The best times. You're lucky to have such a big, close family.

[moveslikejaeger]

Heh. Ve iz... Ve iz verra full ov luff, yah? [Maybe to counter-balance all the war they make] Ve iz alvays taught to liff life to de fullest, und treasure effery moment, cauze hyu neffer know when it vill end.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She gently nuzzles his neck.] I think that's good. Bittersweet, maybe, but good...

[moveslikejaeger]

[He rumbles contentedly, bumping his face up against hers. It's hard not to just... take advantage of the moment and kiss her, but he knows he shouldn't.]

Iz like Hy said, yah? How ken hyu know de goot, if hyu neffer teste de bad?

Iz goot... dot hyu tell me no. Mebbe zum day, Hy hear 'no' enuff, Hy may be vorthy ov zumvun like hyu.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

...Oh, Maxim.

You're worthy in my opinion, you know. But I... I'm glad it... Was a good thing.

[She breathes in against his skin and closes her eyes.]

Can we just stay like this tonight, though?

[moveslikejaeger]

Hyu... [He bites his lip, closing his eyes. She doesn't know him as well as she thinks he does, but it would be bad to even hint at what's beneath the surface. Better to play the hero she thinks he is.]

[When he opens his eyes, he runs his fingertips lightly through her hair, then brushes them over her lips, eyes soft and sad]

Vheneffer hyu say de vurd, my lady, Hy iz hyourz for az long az hyu'll haff me. Hy promize hyu, alvays.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[She doesn't open her eyes, not even as his fingers brush her lips.]

Thank you, Maxim. [She shouldn't be letting herself do this. It's just going to make things harder. But all she wants right now is to fall asleep in his arms, just this once.]

[moveslikejaeger]

[He hums in replying, shifting a bit so their bodies are face to face, one arm propping him up, the other draped over her hip. His fingers continue to stroke her lips, his own hovering close enough, it would only take a little nudge for them to be touching.]

[Does she even know what she does to him? Can she feel his heart pounding in his chest, hear the way his breath hitches ever so slightly with every inhale? He feels as though he's on the edge of a precipice, and oh how he wants to leap, to feel the rush of falling, but a voice keeps screaming that the person he'll hurt by doing so won't be himself.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[No, not really -- She has adapted her own understanding of Maxim's feelings, and she doesn't dare think too much about where she might be wrong. But as he continues to touch her lips, she opens one eye in confusion.]

...Are you going to kiss me?

[It would go along with this pretending she's willing herself to do; that this is how things can just be between him and her and no one else. Deep down, she knows that goes against what she told Amelia earlier... She knows she'll be unhappy that her first kiss didn't count, or that it will only make her want more.

And yet, she doesn't protest. She's not even acknowledging those thoughts.]

[moveslikejaeger]

[The question startles him enough to make his breath hitch noticeably, but he doesn't jump. Just pause his movements, swallowing and licking his lips]

Do hyu vant me too?

[hairflyingheartpounding]

Yes.

[She opens her eyes fully and just... Watches him. Waiting to see.]

[moveslikejaeger]

[As her eyes open, his eyelids lower, and for a moment, he just gazes at her from beneath his eyelashes.]

[She gave him permission. It's okay if he does it. That's how it goes, right?]

[Breathing out, he slides his hand up her hip, over her ribcage, the back of his palm just barely brushing the side of her breast. Over her shoulder it goes, then his fingers wrap around the base of her neck, curling in her hair as he leans forward, closing the distance between their lips.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[If she had any tension in her at all, it's gone as their lips meet. She just relaxes completely, despite feeling a bit awkward -- She's never had a proper kiss before, and she's worried she's doing something wrong just in how she presses her lips to his.]

[di_intraining]

[Greg's just finished unpacking all his stuff when he came back to the common room to stumble upon a very, very awkward situation. It's not like he hasn't seen people snogging before, but it does look very passionate and maybe he should go somewhere else and not dist-

Wait.

Was that Maxim and Rapunzel!?

He froze for a few seconds before a big scowl forced its way on his face as he stalked down and snapped at the two of them.]

What the hell are you doing!?

[moveslikejaeger]

[Sorry, what, did someone say something? Normally, he's a bit more aware of his surroundings, even if he doesn't act like it, but right now, his entire attention is on Rapunzel, and the soft, unsure press of her lips]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[Rapunzel, for her part, is a bit more trained to notice being scolded. That does not, of course, mean she is happy about it. She slowly and gently breaks away from Maxim, then leans in to quickly peck his lips again, before turning her attention to Greg.]

What?

[In all truth, she doesn't even remember she's kissing someone else's boyfriend.]

[di_intraining]

Are you two out of your damn minds? Or have you forgotten the part where Maxim has a boyfriend!? Van's a Hufflepuff too, what if he saw you two both getting comfy and eating each other's faces!!

[moveslikejaeger]

[Maxim whines at Rapunzel pulls away, but without her distracting him, it starts to kick in that someone is yelling at him.]

[Normally he'd be much more aggressive about confrontation, but the mention of Van is like a kick in the teeth for him. He hadn't even thought about him.]

[Worst. Boyfriend. Ever.]

Iz not like ve hidink it from him. If he saw, he vould step in und say zumting hisself. [he shrugs, trying to act natural] Iz alzo not hyu bisness, Greg.

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[Van... Oh God. Rapunzel grabs her head in her hands.]

No, no, no...

[di_intraining]

[Seeing Rapunzel so upset served only to fuel the anger that had been invoked with Maxim's careless disregard for his fellow Hufflepuff's feelings. Coupled with the slight jealousy that Rapunzel always managed to bring out of him, and his protectiveness over his fellow housemates, Greg chose to round up on Maxim further, his eyes ablaze.]

It damn well is, when Van's my friend! "Not like you're hiding it from him." I like that! So you don't care that he could've found his boyfriend snogging his fellow housemate and Prefect!? I know you can't keep it in your pants, but have some thought for how he's going to feel when he sees you and her together like this!

[syned_a_brik]

Iz true, dot. Hyu gots to be careful ven timink dese tinks.

[Somebody's brother is sitting to the side, watching with interest.]