Post by Andy Moreau on Apr 11, 2020 12:00:10 GMT -5
He was calling it Thanos's Snap.
He didn't know what had really happened, but he'd seen Avengers: Infinity War and it was as good an explanation as any. Half of the magical population had just disappeared one day. No dust, no flakes of people floating into the air. Just gone.
They'd been in Paris for the Blackwood-Hardts' anniversary. It had been all the Blackwood-Hardts' friends, everyone who had been at that summer party, all on a rented-out floor of some posh hotel in France. It had been a set-up for a wild time, and with Andy finally an adult, he'd held out hope that he wouldn't be sent off to watch all the kids. They had about a billion nannies or governesses or whatever and house-elves and everything for that.
Then Michael had been missing, and Skylar, and that had pretty well stopped things. But others were gone too. Matthew and Rhys were gone. Magnus was gone.
As time had passed, things had gone from odd to worrying to surreal to finding a way to cope. Andy had been thinking about going to that wizarding college. His magical skills still weren't up to par, so some extra schooling had seemed like a good idea. He'd have more time to figure out what to do with his life, more time where his home would still be Diagon Alley, with Matthew and Rhys and Tam.
Then someone had needed to play shopowner. The employees knew what to do, but they needed someone to make decisions, and though Andy didn't know much of anything, he faked it well enough that, instead of going off to university, he ended up staying, ended up playing shopowner until he learned.
It was him and Tam against the world, and though Tam didn't complain, he was quiet in a way Andy hadn't seen for a long time. Sh~ happened, and complaining didn't make it better.
One day, while Tam was at school, Andy left the shop and took a walk to an animal shelter. They had all that dog stuff, an entire bedroom that no one went into, and it was too quiet. He surprised Tam with a puppy to fill the space and it finally felt like a home again.
He didn't know what had really happened, but he'd seen Avengers: Infinity War and it was as good an explanation as any. Half of the magical population had just disappeared one day. No dust, no flakes of people floating into the air. Just gone.
They'd been in Paris for the Blackwood-Hardts' anniversary. It had been all the Blackwood-Hardts' friends, everyone who had been at that summer party, all on a rented-out floor of some posh hotel in France. It had been a set-up for a wild time, and with Andy finally an adult, he'd held out hope that he wouldn't be sent off to watch all the kids. They had about a billion nannies or governesses or whatever and house-elves and everything for that.
Then Michael had been missing, and Skylar, and that had pretty well stopped things. But others were gone too. Matthew and Rhys were gone. Magnus was gone.
As time had passed, things had gone from odd to worrying to surreal to finding a way to cope. Andy had been thinking about going to that wizarding college. His magical skills still weren't up to par, so some extra schooling had seemed like a good idea. He'd have more time to figure out what to do with his life, more time where his home would still be Diagon Alley, with Matthew and Rhys and Tam.
Then someone had needed to play shopowner. The employees knew what to do, but they needed someone to make decisions, and though Andy didn't know much of anything, he faked it well enough that, instead of going off to university, he ended up staying, ended up playing shopowner until he learned.
It was him and Tam against the world, and though Tam didn't complain, he was quiet in a way Andy hadn't seen for a long time. Sh~ happened, and complaining didn't make it better.
One day, while Tam was at school, Andy left the shop and took a walk to an animal shelter. They had all that dog stuff, an entire bedroom that no one went into, and it was too quiet. He surprised Tam with a puppy to fill the space and it finally felt like a home again.
