I'll Be Seeing You {RadioDust}

Special Valentine's Day Chapter

Happy Valentine's Day!
A few small notes to go with this special chapter:
This chapter takes place in the future- so far into the future that we kept things vague to avoid spoilers and just because things might be subject to change.
Hope you all enjoy and have an awesome day!

Mardi Gras wasn't until the first of March this year, but despite the late start of carnival season, that didn't mean that Crescent City wasn't already starting to elaborately prepare for it all.

February 14th, Valentine's Day, the special day of the year that was reserved for a loved one; somebody you held dear and could call your partner. Unfortunately, growing up, nobody had celebrated Valentine's Day in his home. Of course, Alastor knew of it, but his mother had been one to just press on with working. It was just another day.

As for Alastor himself? Well, he hadn't had much of a need to even think about celebrating the day. Not with Anthony living so far away and his own opinions on celebrations like those. Usually, a brief mention of the date had been addressed in their letters to each other, or a small acknowledgment of it through a phone call; but this year was different on all counts.

Just as expected around this time of year, New Orleans was never short of high spirit. With the boom of... well, everything having happened that decade, it was safe to say that any sort of celebration that passed was an absolute catch for businesses of all sorts. Tourism was rife, the streets of the city certainly busier than any other time of year. Alastor didn't mind it too much; it gave him many more people to observe so long as none of them bothered him.

The paper bag of beignets was warm in his hand; a small treat after a horribly boring Monday at work. The weekend before it had been interesting, to say the least, but that was in the past. In fact, much of the previous week, in general, had been interesting in a sense- but again, that was in the past. Alastor liked to live in the present and plan for the future.

The place he called home was just up ahead, Alastor's smile more than wide upon his face as it always was, a bouncing spring in his step. Soon enough, the metal ring of a key was being swung around his finger, the tall man stopping in his tracks and unlocking the front door.

Within the house, something was a little different from when Alastor had left that morning. When he unlocked and opened the door, everything was dark except for some dim light coming from the dining room.
Truth be told, Anthony had worked tirelessly to make this Valentine's day a special one. With everything that had happened, this was something he couldn't wait to do and the pick-me-up was definitely something he needed; having lit ample candles and made dinner for the two of them. This was their first Valentine's day together after all. It needed to be special.

At the sound of footsteps just outside and the sound of the door opening, the blonde placed the plates of food down on either side of the table and sat down in his usual spot with excitedly gleaming green eyes. He watched for his partner to come through.

Alastor's suspicions were more than raised as he neatly set his shoes by the door and hung up his hat. If his nose was anything to go by, then some sort of food was undoubtedly cooking- or had been cooked recently.
He was quite sure that Anthony had told him that he would be out all day, but he supposed the time was quite late, so Anthony may well have been back already.

Still not saying a word or announcing himself, Alastor quietly stepped through the dark narrow home towards the back dining room, entity close behind him right at his heels.

His eyes had already adjusted to the dark, however, it was at the sight of dim candlelight highlighting the dining room in a soft golden glow, that Alastor's grinning smile widened all the more.