Open Two Roses and a Kiss

[Lars van Houten]

((Two yellow roses for Elliot Briar, open after Kris))

Nervous as Lars was about delivering to strangers, it had been a relief to see Elliot's name on his list. Not once, but twice. Lars wasn't sure if that was supposed to happen, but he wasn't going to complain. He was looking around the castle for his boyfriend, and his heart leaped when he finally spotted him. "Elliot!" He called, waving at him from the other side of the corridor. He started to push past a few older students. "I have something for you!"

 

[Elliot Briar]

Elliot had worked out a plan for his roses this year, starting from the towers and working his way down and up until he'd found everyone on his list. He was scanning the corridor for any of his potential Gryffindor roses when he heard someone calling his name, turning and smiling when he spotted Lars making his way over. "Hey," He said, adjusting his flower crown, meeting Lars halfway. "I think I have a guess what it might be." He added, nodding to Lars' collection of roses.

 

[Lars van Houten]

Lars smiled at the sight of Elliot in his flower crown. He looked absolutely adorable, and Lars doubted he knew it. He laughed a little at his words, smiling. "Do you?" He asked, his smile turning even brighter. "Maybe it's not a rose." He said, trying to think of something, really anything, to say to keep the conversation going a bit longer. He was doubting his decision to deliver roses, as he felt like it would have been nice to just spend the day with Elliot too.

 

[Elliot Briar]

"It's an educated guess," Elliot said, taking in Lars' smile. He wondered for a second that Lars might actually be serious and got him something else and Elliot was a bad boyfriend for not thinking of doing the same, but Elliot had to shove the paranoia aside. He could always make it up to Lars later if that were the case. Hopefully. He did wonder if Lars had already gotten his rose, thought, still fretting if he'd gotten the right colour or not, but for now it was nice to just see Lars excited. "But okay, surprise me?"

 

[Lars van Houten]

Lars felt oddly giddy just talking to Elliot on this day of romance. It was nice to have a boyfriend, especially one as wonderful as Elliot. He hesitated only for a moment, and then leaned in to give him a quick kisss. He pulled back and smiled shyly. "It's a kiss, and two roses." He said, showing him the two yellow roses. "Which one do you want first?"

 

[Elliot Briar]

Elliot felt his face heat up with Lars kissed him, ducking his head and smiling when Lars pulled away. It was still weird kissing Lars. Not bad weird, just new. It was nice though, and Elliot laughed softly when Lars held up the roses. "Wow okay, consider me surprised then," He said before making a show of covering his eyes and pointing to one of the roses at random before peaking out between his fingers. "So.. have you gotten any yet?" Elliot was still pretty nervous about the rose he sent Lars. Which was silly, he was sure Lars would love it. But still..

 

[Lars van Houten]

Lars thought the blush Elliot got when they kissed was very cute, and decided not to point it out to him in case it would embarrass him. He laughed softly as Elliot made a show of picking one of the roses at random, handing it over to him. Lars shook his head at the question. "Not yet... have you gotten any others yet?" He asked, wondering if Elliot had received his own pink one already.

You’re a good & fun friend and I love to hang out with you!

Love,
Maddy

 

[Elliot Briar]

Elliot smiled at the note from Maddy, pocketing it and twirling the rose in his fingers. "Oh yeah, I got yours this morning, thank you," He said, wondering if he should do something like give Lars a return kiss or maybe a hug to say thank you, but he stuck with twirling the rose. "Penne tried to eat the picture when I showed her, so I think she's a fan too," He added smiling at the memory. "Which reminds me actually, I have a rose for you too!" He said, producing the yellow rose and its note with a flourish after he retrieved it from his own basket. It required a little juggling of his own rose from Lars, but he eventually settled with just resting it across his head on the flower crown so he could have his hands free.

Spoiler: Note

Love, Nell

 

[Lars van Houten]

Lars smiled brightly when Elliot said he had gotten his rose. "Oh... I'm glad." He said softly. He laughed at the account of Penne trying to eat the picture, it was a sweet thing to imagine. Lars gasped when Elliot suddenly took out a rose for him. "But I still have a second one for you, too." He protested weakly. "But I can go first." He said with a small smile. He took the rose from Elliot, watching as he balanced one of the roses on his head so he had a hand free. "You look nice like this." He teased gently, before opening the note and reading it.The picture inside surprised a laugh out of him, and he showed it to Elliot. "Nell sent me this!"

 

[Elliot Briar]

"Yeah uh, did you get any yet?" He asked lightly. Elliot was sure he had nothing to be worried about with giving Lars a rose, but he still couldn't shake the feeling like he'd done it wrong or hadn't done enough. Lars had sent him a picture, and he'd just written a pretty lame note. But it was fine. Lars had kissed him and seemed happy, so it was fine. "We can put the other one on my head too if it makes it easier for you," He said with a quick grin, tilting his head a little and feeling the rose and flower crown shift. "If you want a flower crown too, we could get you one from the Wild Patch Club.. You'd probably look really uh, really cute." Elliot said, fidgeting with the binding on his basket.

 

[Lars van Houten]

Lars shook his head at Elliot's question. "Not yet..." He said, wondering if that meant Elliot had sent him a rose and was hoping he'd gotten it already. "I'm sure I'm a little difficult to find, as I'm delivering all over the school..." He said, trying to reassure him. He laughed softly at Elliot's words. "I think that would make it hard for you to read the note." He said with a soft smile. "Here." He held out the rose. "I... think that would be nice, a flower crown. Maybe we can go get one after this?" He wanted to spend a little more time with his boyfriend while he had the chance.

Love you Elliot! Let’s hang out soon!
Love, Nell

 

[Elliot Briar]

"Yeah, true, I'm glad you found me," Elliot said with a small smile. It was true hunting down other deliverers was the hardest, even if you knew them. He took the rose from Lars, collecting it with the other one from his head into one hand so he could read the note, smiling at the note from Nell. "Hey, mine's from Nell too," He said, flipping it quickly to show Lars. Beaming at Lars, Elliot shuffled his notes and roses, setting them aside from his deliveries in his basket and doing some mental math on his delivery plan. "Yeah, there should be some downstairs, let's get you one." He said, tentatively offering Lars his hand so they could walk down together.

 

[Lars van Houten]

Lars read the note Elliot had gotten from Nell and smiled. She was a good friend, to both of them. He wondered how she felt about them being together. Did she mind? He didn't think so... but maybe he should try to talk to her soon. Nell always seemed to be busy, as she was in a lot of different clubs. Lars nodded at Elliot's suggestion. "Good idea." He said, smiling as he took Elliot's hand so they could go together.