tampered | It's Rapunzels birthday.

When; Thursday night
Rating; PG-ish
Characters; Charlie, Rapunzel, Party invitees.
Summary; Charlie's trying to throw her best friend a surprise birthday party and may have botten in over her head.
Log;

Rapunzel was one of several people in the City that Charlie thought was important. In fact, Charlie'd quite easily say Rapunzel was her best friend. When she heard Rapunzels' birthday was coming, Charlie wanted to do something about it so, after telling several of their friends about it, Charlie spent the last several days gathering what she needed for the party.

There was a cake which Charlie helped make. There was a table covered in other kinds of foods, too. Smaller cakes, candies, sandwiches, fruit and vegetable trays and several kinds of drinks. Some with alcohol and some without.

And this all took place in the rooftop garden of Charlie's apartment. Most of the vegetables and fruits are gone. (protip; they're on the table covered in food). This leaves several kinds of flowers decorating the place. And there were floating lanterns, unlit, set on a table. All of them had been made by various party-goers and Charlie and she'd left a few unfinished in case people wanted to work on those.

Tied to the corners of the table were a few lit lanterns that burned harmlessly. There were also strings of dragonfly lights strung around the area, some of which shift color very very slowly.

Enjoy!

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Charlie had one of the leftover beers in her hand. She totally earned it after the hard work she put in but was just sort of holding it. She looked at Merlin and grinned, reaching for his hand.

"I hope so," she said with a slightly tired sigh. "I think Rapunzel liked it."

The lanterns had been pretty, at least.

Seeing the movement of Charlie's hand, Merlin moved his to meet it halfway, sending a grin her way. He thought it was quite obvious Rapunzel liked it. And, well.

"That's what matters, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it is," Charlie replies, turning to look at Merlin. Her fingers lace through his easily, thumb running over his skin. She's grinning, feeling a bit proud of herself.

"And she loved the lanterns." That had been important, that Rapunzel had the lanterns and enjoyed them.

"Yeah." He squeezed Charlie's hand a little, briefly, and closed his eyes as he dropped his head back. "It was very thoughtful of you. All this."

"She's important. I wanted to let her know and this seemed like the best way to do it," Charlie said, squeezing his hand in return. Another shy smile for Charlie, free hand running through her hair and toying with the end of it for a moment before she turned to look at Merlin. "Are you okay?"

First, Merlin didn't say anything and just nodded, the smile not quite leaving his face. It was subdued, content.

"Fine. Just a little tired."

Cleaning was fairly exhausting after all. Good thing he was used to it.

"Understandable. You helped me out a lot which I thank you for," Charlie said, shifting in the chair to lie on her side. It was easier to look at Merlin this way. "Sorry for quitting on you so soon, though."

She's pretty sure she's been on her feet since before dawn, getting things ready. It was all worth it, though.

Merlin smiled a little wider, amused, and shook his head. Charlie had been doing pretty much everything, after all; the least he could do was help a little.

"You deserve the rest," he said.

"Can I come over there and rest with you? It looks much more comfortable than here." And there's a cheeky smirk on her face as she asks., one eyebrow raising slightly. It did look nicer where he was and there was a better view of the few lanterns still floating above the sky from there.

A snorted laughter escaped Merlin at that and he cracked an eye open to peer at her, trying to raise an eyebrow although hell if he knew if he succeeded. Hopefully something like it, at least.

That was one way to ask, he supposed.

"I guess I can put up with that."

Charlie was there in an instant, sandals kicked off and stuffed under the chair as she settled in. It took some maneuvering but she fit and than God she was small, otherwise this would be uncomfortable for them both. She was on her side, facing him with both arms curled between them.

"Good to know."

She wasn't tired, even with the whole day she'd been through. Just a tiny bit tense from it and was considering never doing this again. Of course, the likely hood of this happening was pretty much slim to none. She enjoyed seeing her friends and all happy.

Merlin made sure to help and make room best he could. Charlie's presence always made it very difficult to feel any sort of negative emotions, and it tended to leave him feeling amused most of the time as well. She had a wit to her that meshed well with his own humour, and that certainly helped matters.

What use was it to be together if you couldn't make each other laugh, right?

He made a humming sound as a response and stroked his hand absently over her back, resting his forehead lightly against hers as he kept his eyes closed.

Charlie would definitely agree with all of that. How things didn't worry her as much with him around, how their snark and jokes worked well together. And how perfect it felt to be curled up against him, having him so close.

Her fingers ran gently through his hair, thumb running over his cheek. She tilted her head slightly, nose brushing against his as her eyes closed.

"If we fall asleep up here, maybe we'll wake up in time to see the sun rise?" Her voice is soft, kept low like she doesn't want anyone to overhear even if she knew it was just them.

Her voice was nice like that, though. Very soothing, sort of like the wind whistling through the walls in his old home back in Ealdor. He took a deep breath at it, relaxing considerably, and gave a quiet chuckle.

"Maybe. Pretty sure we might wake up with a bit of pain, though."

Because this probably wasn't an ideal place to sleep. Even if he grew up sleeping on the floor... A chair is a little worse, even there, probably.

"Probably," Charlie replies, still keeping her voice soft. The party had been loud. Fun, but very very loud and Charlie wasn't the biggest fan of all of that noise. "And I have a full shift tomorrow so it's probably not the best idea at the moment."

She shrugs a bit, tucking her head under his chin and wrapping her arm around him.

"This is nice, though. We'll have to do this a lot more often." It was a pleasant way to end a long day.

Merlin was definitely more used to fairly quiet festivities, at least before he came here. Feasts that he attended in Camelot were always pretty private and anything else was outside so all the sounds were a little less obvious and melted together a lot.

So he was pretty exhausted, and this silence was nice.

"We have a lot of things we have to do often," he said idly.

"Yeah?" Charlie tilted her head, looking up at Merlin with a soft smile on her face. It was actually a bit shocking how happy he made her. She was sure some kind of smile would be on her face quite permanently and it was entirely his fault.

"Like what?"

Oh, he was more than glad to take the blame for that. Seeing her happy was the best thing and, really, all he needed.

"Everything?" he suggested, because they basically just had to do everything ever together and it certainly wouldn't hurt to do things more than once.

"Everything covers quite a lot, Merlin," Charlie states with a faint laugh. "But I like the sound of that."

Charlie tilted her head slightly, pressing a soft kiss against his lips. "We should probably head downstairs soon. Phantom needs a walk soon." Which isn't exactly ideal because Charlie really enjoys what's going on now.

"Care to join us? I'm sure that's part of everything, right?"

"Mm, definitely a part of everything."

It actually sounded very nice. This was very nice too, of course, but he liked taking walks, and he was fairly fond of Phantom. So that worked perfectly.

It's Rapunzels birthday.

Hello, handsome boyfriend!

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