Hogwarts AU: New York City

[serinusniger]

It's been days.

She doesn't know how many. But if must have been days. There's been food, there's been the occasional sleep.

Not enough of either.

Dinah has told them... she can't remember right now quite what she has told them, but it feels like she's told them everything. Like there's nothing in her lefty to tell them. She'd tell them more, if they asked her.

She gave up trying to escape a long time ago. She gave up hoping for a rescue not long after.

Now she's just waiting, and hoping it ends soon.

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[mnt_mike]

"Well it'd hardly be magic if it made any rational sense, now would it?" he says with a shrug.

"Poor guy."

[interrogoiterum]

Renee shrugs one shoulder. "It'll be fine. When he wakes up, it'll be like he had a full eight."

[mnt_mike]

"No no, I mean..." he follows up his drifting sentence with a gesture that he hopes encompasses the entire situation.

"I suspected that he and Dinah were up to something, but..." He sighs.

[interrogoiterum]

Oh. That.

"Yeah."

Renee offers a tired, half hearted smirk. "Didn't know she had it in her, a thing for bad boys."

[mnt_mike]

He raises a single eyebrow.

"Leo? A bad boy? I mean, suuuuure, I guess he is if you're going to call a kid kicked out of a boarding school for using an Unforgivable against a classmate a Bad Boy. But...he was being a hero when he did it, so I hardly think that counts," he rolls his eyes.

"Back before our Mom died? Leo wasn't anywhere near this reckless. He left that sort of stuff to the experts." Namely Mike and Raph.

[interrogoiterum]

"I would have thought it would count for her," Renee muses. "Guess I never really knew her very well."

[mnt_mike]

"I kind of get the feeling that the only person who really truly did, is Leo."

His eyes fly wide when he realizes what he's said.

"Does," he corrects.

[interrogoiterum]

Renee freezes.

"Does," she agrees glumly. "Definitely 'does.'"

[mnt_mike]

He winces.

"Yeah...sorry. Bad choice of words."

[interrogoiterum]

"Yeah."

Yeah it was.

"Guess I'm gonna try and keep in touch afterwards. Send her regular letters, or chat over floo or something."

[mnt_mike]

"That makes two of us. I mean, she's pretty much family by this point."

[interrogoiterum]

Renee smirks out into the Manhattan night. "Just hope she doesn't get sick of us too quickly."

[mnt_mike]

"Oh like that's even a things that's possible."

Can't you hear his dramatic eye-roll, Renee? Can't you?

[interrogoiterum]

Renee can hear it. She grins, not at Mike but because of him, and leans against him, staring out over the skyline of Manhattan.

"Can't wait to see Benny's face when I tell him I've been to New York without him."

[mnt_mike]

He wraps his an arm around her and gives her a squeeze.

"When we're done saving the day we should totally do an entire afternoon of ridiculous touristy things."

[interrogoiterum]

"Can we wander around SoHo and eat in Chinatown?"

[mnt_mike]

"Do you want to wander around SoHo and eat in Chinatown?"

[interrogoiterum]

Renee leans her head against him.

"Yeah, I kinda do."

[mnt_mike]

"Then that, my dearest Renee, is exactly what we'll do." Mike turns his head and places a kiss upon her brow.

"Awwwwww! Lookit the schmoopies!"
"Leave'em be, Case."

[interrogoiterum]

"Finally."

And just like that, Renee is off the schmooping and jumping down to join Raph and his friend.

"Everything sorted?"

[mnt_raph]

Raph shrugs.

"Much as can be expected given the situation, yeah. We good here?"

Mike doesn't so much jump down as he does roll, landing in a three-point position for added effect.

If Renee listens she might hear Casey proclaim her to be "cold as ice, huh?" But Mike seems un-phased. "not where it counts."

[interrogoiterum]

"Willing to sacrifice."

If Renee's getting an earworm, everyone's getting an earworm.

She otherwise ignores Casey and Mike, and nods to Raph.

"All good. So what now?"

[mnt_raph]

The only one of the boys who is not impressed with Renee's turn of phrase is Raph. He just groans.

"Great. Just encourage'em both, why don'cha," he grumbles.

"Well...I got an idea," Casey offers with renewed interest.

"No."

"They ain't even heard it yet!"

"They don't gotta hear it. You know damn well Leo ain't gonna go for it, so just no, Case."

"It's like this..." but before Casey can finish Raph is interrupting again.

"No. Just no. Shut up. No. NO."

"Okay, now I have to know what it is," Mike pipes up.

Casey tries to talk, but Raph covers the taller boy's mouth with his hand...and the two begin to tussle.

[interrogoiterum]

Renee looks at Mike, tilting her head in a question. Does this look as gay to you as it does to me?

Then she steps forward, and presses the tip of her thumb into the soft spot of Raph's neck, just behind his ear.

[mnt_mike]

Mike gives her a scowl.
Don't ruin this for me.

But then she goes and does just that.
Ugh. Women.

Unsurprisingly, Raph has the upper-hand in the skirmish, which allows him to call, "Time," when he feels Renee's hand on his throat. This doesn't stop Casey from struggling to get out of the hold, it just means Raph doesn't let him.

"What?"