in which harry potter gets a surprise drop-in visit from his mum ( closed )

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CHARACTERS: Harry Potter & Lily Evans
LOCATION: Kitchen on the 16th passenger floor.
WARNINGS: awkward family bonding!!
SUMMARY: Lily wants to spend some koala-t time with her future son, so obviously making him bake cookies with her is the best way to do it


[ despite the fact that Lily's fairly sure this might be awkward of her to even try and orchestrate, she's decided that it's time for her and Harry to spend some time together, yes, absolutely the right time for it. and it has nothing to do with the fact that James has been maybe possibly missing for a certain amount of days now, and there isn't anything she can do to fix it. it has nothing to do with wanting to check in with the small group of people who matter to her here. none.

and it's pretty optimistic of Lily to assume that Harry will be just sitting in his room with no future plans for the day, but she heads up to his floor without text messaging him first, just heads right on up and checks her communicator twice to make sure she has his passenger number right before knocking lightly on his door. ]

Harry? [ because she does't want him to think someone random is stopping by for a visit, it's just her, nothing to worry about. oh, but Godric, she's nervous now. is she 'someone random'? she could be. she doesn't think of herself that way but really, to Harry, she might be still, which is a little daunting. what is she doing here? ] --No rush or anything, just wanted to let you know that it's only me. [ ... ] Lily. [ ... ] I was hoping I could steal you for an hour or so, if you're not busy. [ ... ] I really do hope you're in, because otherwise I've been standing out here talking to noone-

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"I'm not sure, I haven't looked. Although so far I've just assumed that, considering the lack of wizards from our world here on the ship, there would be a severe lack of the food stuffs we've grown accustomed to having. I don't think it would be too difficult to make, though, if we could get our hands on a few pumpkins."

The corners of her mouth turn downward a bit, in thought, trying to remember if she's managed to pick up on a recipe for pumpkin juice, or anything remotely like it, since she started reading into wizarding culture all those years ago. Maybe. She can't remember it off the top of her head, though. Anyway, she's more preoccupied by what he shares with her next-

"Flight crew? You mean you're going to learn how to fly the ship? Rather, the shuttles, I suppose?" ... Yeah, Lily still has very little knowledge about space, or space travel, or even space living, so. She sounds impressed, and a little nervous. "... Is it safe?"

[thebreakingwave]

"The shuttles and it's about as safe as anything else. I'd thought about security, but that's what's waiting for me when I go back." He pauses, looking away from Lily for a moment while he decides whether or not to continue. "I'm an Auror back home. A bit young for it, never really finished school, but there you go."

"I miss my broom and I thought that the shuttles are as close as I'm likely to get."

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"You're an Auror?" There's a short pause, because 'wait, really?', but she's quick to smile, a little hop finding its way into her step. "That's brilliant! Harry." LIke she can't believe he didn't tell her sooner. That's the sort of thing that belongs in introductions! ..Well, normally. The whole 'son' title kind of beats out everything else, doesn't it. Still. She's got that weird sense of pride bursting through her again, the kind she always feels for her family and close friends, even if she's only known him for a few months now. "Wow. Now you'll really have to show me more spells, I'd wager the spells you learned in training are well worth learning."

[thebreakingwave]

"I don't actually know all that much. I, ah, didn't really get the formal training." Harry covers his wince, but this is why he didn't mention it earlier. He was worried that people will think he's some sort of magical prodigy when he's really, truly not. "I'd been doing a bit of fieldwork mixed with practice, but with the state of things, there really hadn't been any time or anyone to teach."

He's all very matter of fact about it, because as far as he knows, that's just the way it is, but it's not normal. It's certainly ill-advised to fling teenagers out into the field without support.