Housewarming / Easter Party

[callmeemily]

So, it started with a mass text to Raleigh's friends last week.

Somebody's all fancy with nowhere to go, so the party's coming to him!! Housewarming/Easter thing, some booze/food provided bring more if you want, 4/4/15. Be here!

That's the start of it, and Raleigh's apartment's actually mostly-sort-of furnished. Everything's open, the table that Joel made her is against one wall with booze and food, there's seating and music (not country, because she knows that's just her), and it's pretty much a party. Delicious food, good friends, and a good time, and her elderly neighbor's out of town so noise isn't really a problem. She's not that picky about who's here and who's not - not tonight, anyway, since it's just about celebrating her first Real Place.

OOC: If you can explain how you knew it was happening, you can totally show up! Gathering, tag each other, tag Raleigh, whatever! I'll try and hit up all top levels, too! This post is open pretty much from now until people stop tagging, but the actual party is Saturday, in game-time!

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[jamesthorn]

"Fun?" James raises an eyebrow at him as he spoons some dip onto his plate and then he chuckles. "You mean you hope I'm going to be wearing my uniform. Which I'm not." He nods anyway as he grabs some chips and vegetables. "But I'd like that. You'll be much better lunch company than Grant."

[davin]

"No, 'cause like, you'll be in your element. Doin' what ya love t'do. Haven't ya ever had the urge t'come watch me work?" Davin asks, brow furrowed slightly. Then again, maybe he's just weird. Who would want to watch a boring mechanic tinker around with tools and auto parts? "Never mind."

He laughs and looks down to tear a piece of his pastry away, feeling a little self-conscious all of a sudden as he pops it into his mouth. "An' I know ya don't wear your uniform on the day t'day. I'm just hopin' I can convince ya t'let me see ya in it sometime."

[jamesthorn]

"No," James admits biting into the carrot he removes from his plate. "But now I do. If you bring me lunch, count on me to return the favor one day."

When Davin puts the idea that way James is much more interested in taking time to be there and to see what Davin does since he obviously enjoys it. Other times he's been there, it's been a quick trip or only to get his police car maintained.

He shrugs a little with a smile. "Maybe," he jokes. "It's gonna take more convincing though."

[davin]

"Sounds good," Davin says with a small smile, popping the last bit of pastry into his mouth. He wipes his fingers on a napkin and picks up his wine again, standing next to James as he picks at the food. "Oh, I bet I could convince ya. But we're in polite company so I can't tell ya how."

[jamesthorn]

"Ah. That's probably best. I'd hate to make a bad impression on all your friends," James says, as he turns back to Davin, satisfied with the food he's collected, and he eats a few of the appetizers from his plate glancing around the room. He's not too sure if Davin knows everyone at the party, but he thinks Davin probably knows a far amount of them so James is hoping not to be wholly terrible.

He smiles at Davin because he's glad to be here, to try to get to know the other people in Davin's life a little better.

[davin]

"Well, they're pretty used t'my antics. I don't think we're gonna scandalize 'em." He laughs and slides his hand up under the back of James' suit jacket, dragging his nails back and forth lightly against his back through his shirt. James is smiling at him in a way that makes him blush slightly, and he leans up for another quick kiss. "Don't worry, okay? They'll like ya."

[jamesthorn]

"Well, you're saying that because you like me. I can name several people off the top of my head who find me rather unpleasant," he says, kissing Davin back as he leans against him for another kiss. "Do you not remember me making a horrible impression on you when we met?" For the several weeks upon knowing Davin, all James did was manage to offend and insult. It's a miracle that hadn't completely turned Davin against him, which James thinks speaks more to Davin's character than it does it his.

[davin]

Davin laughs and wrinkles his nose as he gives James a fond look. "I guess ya were kinda uppity."

He winks and leans in to kiss his cheek. "But ya made it up t'me, babe. Believe me."

The beginning of their relationship as friends was kind of a rocky one, but Davin can admit that he came on a little strong. Everything changed the night of Mira's birthday, and Davin was glad they got the chance to become friends before anything else. "Just don't be grumpy, an' I'll reward ya for it later."

[jamesthorn]

"I'm not grumpy," James protests even as Davin moves in to kiss him on the cheek. Lately he's been much more relaxed, or so people keep observing. "But if there are rewards involved I'm okay with that..." Considering he doesn't know many people at this party anyway, no one may even care to talk to him.

He wipes his hands free of crumbs from his food as he glances around the room then quickly back to Davin. "So, who are all these people exactly? Raleigh's friends? Your friends?" he asks with a curious smile.

[davin]

"I thought you might be," Davin says with a laugh. He cozies up to James' side and looks around the room. "They're one in the same, for the most part. Ya know Mira, o' course. An' that's Coop, over there. He's a vet. Helluva guy."

He decides not to mention the part where he and Coop have hooked up, because that's not really relevant. In Davin's opinion, it doesn't matter. He turns and skims over a few people he doesn't know, and then grins and points over to a couple turned in towards each other in the corner. "That's Spencer an' Joel. They run Crossroads, the bookstore, an' they kinda keep t'themselves, but they're some o' the greatest people you'll meet."

Davin sighs happily and rests his head on James' shoulder, happy to have him here with is friends. "Lot o' good people in this room."