( blue is very very drunk, in a way that she might not ever have been, by the time she decides to call it a night โ and maybe a couple of months ago she wouldn't have blinked about walking home, but now, she pauses.
there are plenty of people inside that she could probably ask. most of them would probably say yes. blue doesn't do that. instead she sits down outside, not far from where her and henry had been last time, and she pulls out her device, dials and presses it to her ear. it's late, he shouldn't be awake still. but she calls anyway. )
[ it's weird for henry to miss a party, but he's just not in the mood for big crowds tonight. since the last time he was at the casino everything had turned upside down. while everyone is out, henry takes the opportunity to catch up on all the paperwork he had neglected or half-assed last month. so he's up late at the apothecary when he gets her call.
he answers immediately, because of course he does, smiling at her name popping up on screen before he even picks up. ]
Hey, what's up? I was just thinking about you.
[ he's always thinking about her so that's technically true. ]
( there isn't a telling slur to her voice, but there is a distinct lightness that hasn't been there since before--everything. she leans back against a tree and thinks about being here and hearing him say i love you for the first time, and she wantsโ
to fix this, but blue doesn't remotely know where to begin with that, so instead she strives for something more achievable. )
Are you guys all right? Something happened with Adam and it fucked him up a little bit. I think he's okay now, but I saw the video on the network and then couldn't reach you so I wasn't sure.
[ he's talking kind of fast, it's probably a lot, but he's been very worried the past couple days. ]
[ On Christmas morning, Henry will wake up to find a stocking has hung itself at the end of his bed. Inside is a variety of festive treats - pralines, chocolates, small pastries and truffles. On the top is a jewellery box, inside of which is a pair of cufflinks. They're set with white diamonds, and marked with L and R.
The right one, when depressed, will make Henry invisible. The left will make him look however he wants, similar to those Halloween costume charms, but permanent.
There's a tag dangling from the top of the stocking that just says: ]
[At some point on Christmas, Henry receives this messily wrapped package. Inside is a unicorn-shaped teainfuser and a very small, roughly square painting of the night sky mounted on a piece of wood. The painting is actually a piece cut out from a larger painting, along with four others given to Adam, Ronan, Blue, and Gansey.]
hey, i think this is in the realm of things you'd be mad about if i didn't tell you so here goes: ray (american cop, chicago accent) went home. i'm good, ben's not but we're working on it.
idk if there's anything to do about it beyond giving it time.
[ he's not actually doing good at all but henry doesn't need to know that ]
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