Closed Never A Bad Time

[Connor Holland]

Connor had really enjoyed going to the Yule Ball with a partner last year, even if he and Lysander had quickly turned out to be a poor match romantically. It was still a lot of fun to dance with a friend, to have someone to goof around with as you got snacks, to get cute photos taken together and have company for the evening. So asking Freya had almost been a no-brainer - she was fun to spend time with, all of their other friends had date-dates, and Connor didn't think there was any chance of any sort of romance-related stress. Their kiss during spin the bottle had never felt anything but platonic, and while he didn't know who Freya was interested in, if she was interested in anyone at all, Connor was fairly certain there was no chance of him making the list. So, there was no stress about anything but enjoying the dance together, and maybe secretly making fun of their friends off on mushy, sappy dates. Not that Connor would ever make fun of his friends, of course, but he certainly wouldn't stop Freya if she wanted to...

Arm in arm with his friend, Connor smiled as he looked around the Great Hall, pleased to see it was well decorated as ever. "Ohhhh, everything's so pretty!" Connor said warmly, looking up at the ceiling. Snow at Christmas felt wrong, but he supposed it must be nice for students who had come from the other side of the world and missed their homes. "What do you wanna do first?" He asked, tearing his eyes away from the ceiling to look at his date. "We could dance, or maybe get some snacks first?"

 

[Freya Song]

Freya had been a little surprised when Connor asked her to the ball. She'd somehow convinced herself that he, like Kas and Lucas, would have a date and she'd end up flying solo and spend the night harvesting other peoples' relationship drama. Not that she had any issue with that, but it was nice to actually spend some time with Connor at a fancy event. She was a little curious as to why Connor didn't have someone already lined up to attend with, but that was the kind of information one had to extract carefully and tonight Freya just wanted to have fun with one of the people she loved best in the world.

She never quite got used to the magical snow that was a feature of every ball, but she couldn't deny that it was pretty and made the event feel magical in a nostalgic way that reminded her of muggle fairy tales. She looked over at Connor, and it was a straight up Olympic effort to banish the embarrassingly sappy smile threatening her face. She loved seeing him happy. "Hm, so many choices," Freya pretended to consider her options, before tugging Connor towards the dance floor. "C'mon, show me all your moves, Holland!" Freya laughed and grinned up at him.

 

[Connor Holland]

Connor giggled slightly as Freya pulled him onto the dancefloor, following his friend easily. "I've got the moves!" He joked, striking a silly exaggerated pose. Truth be told, Connor didn't think he was a bad dancer, but he wasn't exactly trained either. He just liked to have fun, and it was nice to be able to do that without the pressure of a date who would be judging him. Sure, Freya was definitely judging him, but she was Freya, she was more than welcome to judge him as far as Connor was concerned. He started busting out moves, as silly and exaggerated as he could make them in the hopes of making Freya laugh. "Reckon I should go pro?" Connor grinned cheekily as he showed off his moves.