<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/3XPXIM1.jpg)</div><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/A5xScp0.png)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><br/><strong>NAME:</strong> Addison Snow (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=299655.msg14660328#msg14660328)<br/><strong>HOUSE | YEAR:</strong> Hufflepuff, Seventh<br/><strong>BLOOD STATUS:</strong> Pureblood<br/><strong>WAND:</strong> 11 ¼ inches / Dogwood / White River Monster Spine / Surprisingly Swishy and Flexible (https://i.imgur.com/UhEDEhn.jpg)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong> Just like her photo.<br/><strong>DATE | TIME:</strong> September 1st, late morning<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong> On the train to Hogwarts<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong> Conversations<br/><strong>MOOD MUSIC:</strong> The Few Things (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5FDgIIAs8)<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong> Cai Hildebrondus</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/>Had she not known Cai as well as she did, Addison could have easily mistaken his meaning. What they ‘had’ was a casual and safe intimacy with respect, boundaries and rules. They didn’t mess around together when one or the other might try for a relationship with someone else, they didn’t get jealous or petty and they didn’t use each other. His comment could have come off as a bit too suggestive (or was that entitled?) yet rather than assuming the worst she had practice in understanding his way of thinking. It was the closest to ‘I’m happy and comfortable’ Addison has ever heard coming from his mouth. She was grateful for what they shared and in a lot of ways, it was that security that had her rushing to his side those few weeks ago. Not just because he was good with Fez, not just because he had watched the ferret in the past.<br/><br/>Comfortable. Safe. It was a luxury she was all too happy to bask in.<br/><br/>He kissed her, a casual and fleeting thing that didn’t allow her much time to respond. She could always count on Cai to be grounding. Her smile stretched wide across her lips as he leaned back and lifted one of those dark eyebrows. He was tall, dark-haired and charmingly handsome, a stark contrast to her fair hair and pixie features, but that just seemed fitting for them. “It’s sweet how utterly charming you Brits can be when you don’t even try.”<br/><br/>Perhaps that was what she liked most about him. Cai was who he was without any effort, flaws and all, he never tried to be anyone else. For a man who was emotionally distant from his family, he could be quite affectionate in his own way.<br/><br/>She leaned more comfortably against his chest, wiggling in against him as if to suggest she didn’t plan on moving anytime soon. His arm was around her, Fez was snoozing on her lap and his kiss had chased away all of her bad memories and worried thoughts as if it had been the antidote this whole time. For the first time in weeks, she felt content.<br/><br/>“Whatever happens, Cai, we won’t lose touch.” She meant it, and Addison didn’t break her promises. “Maybe we both can become professors at the school. I’d love to take Collin’s job as well. If not at Hogwarts… then maybe at another school.” It was a pleasant thought, anyway.<br/><br/>The thrum was lulling her back to sleep, a lullaby that was impossible to ignore with the warm and familiar chest pressed against her back. Addison settled in closer, tucking her head beneath Cai's chin and allowed her eyes to close. They were still a few hours away yet, but she was happy to have the time pass by slowly. She was in no rush to go anywhere.<br/>