We Hate Bring Your Kid To Work Day
Damien Dragonclaw was walking into the Ministry Of Magic with his father Grant Dragonclaw. Damien hated all of it, he hated whenever the Ministry had bring your kid to work day due to one issue his father wanting to show him off like he was some sort of trophy or prize to be shown off to all of his ministry buddies. His father would put his arm around him and brag about how great of a son he was and how he was so proud of him and everything he accomplished. But whenever they were at home he’d only acknowledge Damien a bit and mainly be busy with work or just distant all together.
Damien just sighed as he put on a friendly smile and pretended like he was so happy to be there when he was infront of his dad or his friends, he just wished he had someone else his age here to help get over this horrible day. He hates wearing this stupid suit, it was black with a red tie to represent his father Gryffindor house which he hated because he wasn’t even in Gryffindor yet, Damien wanted the right to choose his own house and not be pressured to be in his father house and be far away from his father and his friends.
He Leaned against the wall as he looked bored and done with this evening as he wished to go home.
@Harlan Montgomery
Last edited by Damien Dragonclaw on 12 Jun 2025, 22:16, edited 1 time in total.
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 𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃𝄂𝄂 i'm on my knees at the alter baby wishing to wash you from my soul ——summary, this thread is happening on JULY 14TH, 2024, in the EARLY AFTERNOON with @DAMIEN DRAGONCLAW / wc: 470. The Montgomery siblings had decided that a single round of Wizarding Chess would be the gauntlet to see which one of them had to join their father to work. Arnold Montgomery had taken to faux sensitivity (to mask the actual slight hurt) of them both not wanting to attend. With Harlow being a fifth year now and Harlan studying during the Summer to return back to his grandmother for another year of home school, neither of them wanted to bond or deal with the young first or second years who would be there like the very pawns they were moving on the chess board. In a brutal defeat, Harlow had checkmated her brother with a well-placed knight and bishop pair while Harlan was attempting his own queen and rock finisher. With a sinister laugh at securing the victory, his sister tousled the young man's hair and returned to her room while their father talked Harlan's ear off about the fun and excitement they would have tomorrow. Well, it was now 1:30 p.m. and Harlan spent most of his day sitting in his father's office after they got all the kids together for an obligatory photo and he met some of the others during lunch. All fairly unimpressive to Harlan, most he hadn't even ever seen at Hogwarts. " I'm going to go for a quick walk around, stretch my legs. " Harlan gave his dad a grin as his father was elbows deep in paper work and reading through something that seemed so boring. It was in this moment that Harlan knew deep in his bones that a life of bureaucracy and ministry work would not be for him. Not that he was necessarily thinking of adulthood, he was still trying to get his school life together. As he waved his father off with a couple of sickles in his pocket, Harlan was moreso interested in the Ministry itself. The building was so ornate and bewitched, he hadn't been too keen on feeling magic before but it was as though he could quite literally feel the thrum of magic pulsing from a source within. He was surely just imaginging it but it all felt so unsettling. As he turned a corner, there was a boy standing there in a red and gold tie looking already over the bring your child to work day shenanigans. " You know, you'd probably be enjoying yourself more if you actually tried to have fun. " Harlan's gaze narrowed as he panned his gaze down to then raise to meet his gaze, still quite different in height as Harlan stood a few inches different from the boy. In a display of brazen confidence, the Gryffindor walked over and grabbed at the tie and bringing it slightly closer to his face to check the quality before letting it go. " Hmmm, Gryffindor? " |
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We Hate Bring Your Kid To Work Day
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Damien sighed as he was just ready to go home and relax he absolutely hated being here with his father not only was he paraded around like he was his pride and joy but for once acknowledged that he was his son. He just wish he was home hidden in his study and away from his father. Suddenly he heard footsteps approaching him, he turned his head and looked over at a blonde guy looking down at him.what could be possibly want..?Damien thought as he turnt his fully body to face this man and looked at him. He scoffed a bit as the boy told him if he actually tried to have more fun he’d probably hate it less. Hearing him say that irritated Damien a bit as he didn’t even wanna be here at all.“kinda hard to have fun here when it’s the one day of the year your father pretends to acknowledge how great you are and everything…and no I’m not in Gryffindor yet…kinda hope I’m not in Gryffindor, my father made me wear this stupid tie in the hopes that I’ll be in Gryffindor like he was.” He spoke in a angrily tone as he was quite over his father and wished to get far away from him as soon as possible or else he would quite literally lose his mind. Damien just looked at the boy who seemed to be only a year older than Damien and he assumed due to him asking if he was in Gryffindor he went to Hogwarts and was probably in Gryffindor himself. Suddenly guilt began to eat at Damien as he felt awful for being rude and snappy to this guy.I shouldn’t have been so rude to that guy…he was just giving me a suggestion maybe I should apologize. He sighed as he held his hand out are look at him with a sorrow expression. “ I’m sorry I shouldn’t have been so rude to you like that I’m just…I’m just irritated is all but Damien Dragonclaw and you are ?” he asked as he looked at him softly. Maybe today would be Damien’s lucky day and wouldn’t have to suffer alone in this place while being around his father. |
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| IC date: July 14th 2024 | Interactions: @Harlan Montgomery |
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𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃𝄂𝄂 i'm on my knees at the alter baby wishing to wash you from my soul ——summary, this thread is happening on JULY 14TH, 2024, in the EARLY AFTERNOON with @DAMIEN DRAGONCLAW / wc: 284. As the social pleasantries quickly diminished and it was evident that this kid was having, perhaps, one of the worst days of his Summer break, Harlan took pity for the boy and the song and dance he was forced to do. He was used to that, Arnold Montgomery was a loving father but focused far too much on what his children could provide him than on their actual happiness. " Alright, speak your truth. " The ex-Gryffindor gestured for the boy to continue his rant on why his father sucked and Harlan hadn't agreed necessarily, but who really cared about the semantics of all that. " Harlan Montgomery. " He'd offer the other a proper handshake for a more formal greeting to the boy cosplaying as a Gryffindor. " I'm not in Gryffindor either, anymore though. Just to clarify. " He hadn't really felt like going into all the details of the why, especially to a stranger. " But, the houses are kinda bullshit anyway. Doesn't matter, you're gonna find mean Ravenclaws, kind Slytherins. The whole gamut is at Hogwarts, at least, it was. " The other boy was smaller then him, at least a two year difference while the youngest Montgomery paused for a moment to consider some of the options that he had. " You said you're here with your Dad? What does he do? " Arnold could never say that Harlan hadn't ever thrown his old man a bone. That's the whole reason he had been pulled into the Ministry forced to have playdates with all sorts of young wizards on the off chance that maybe, just maybe, one of them would be connected to someone worthwhile for his father to befriend and use to keep climbing the social ladder. |
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We Hate Bring Your Kid To Work Day
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Damien looked up at the older boy and gave a small smile as this was truly the. First time someone hadn’t looked down on him for disliking these events and his father so he was glad finally someone other than his mother was willing to listen. “Its just…he’s always busy with work and doesn’t care about our family at all unless it’s about benefiting the Dragonclaw name and putting on good appearances when we’re in public…and like I mean he loves me…I think and maybe it’s just possibly that he has a weird way to show it… As Damien said that he could hear the unsure tone in his voice as he struggled with this a lot, he wasn’t sure if his father actually loved him for who he was as a person or did he love the idea of him. Damien always felt conflicted about it because no matter what he would say about him that’s still his dad and deep down he did love him but it mostly seemed his father loved the idea of a son he could show off like a trophy of sorts, just the thought of that made Damien feel sick. He noticed the boy holding his hand out for a proper handshake and he took his hand shaking it gently but firm and elegant as he heard that his name was Harlan Montgomery. “Damien Dragonclaw of pleasure to meet you Harlan.” He said before letting go of his hand as he heard Harlan mention how he’s not in Gryffindor at least not anymore, this has Damien a little confused but he figured he’d hold off from asking any questions for now. He listened to Harlan talk about how the houses are kinda bullshit as there are mean Ravenclaws and sweet Slytherins which Damien understood very well as his mother was a Slytherin and she was the kindest person he has ever meet and his father well he knew how he felt about his father and he was a Gryffindor so. “Yeah..I agree it does all sound like Bullshit” He said as he chuckled a bit before relaxing a bit as he felt a little more comfortable with Harlan. He noticed how Harlan seemed to be in thought before asking Damien what kind of work his father did. “Oh! He a Auror he works in investigating different things I know he was investigating something important right now” He said before deciding to ask Harlan what his dad does. “What does your dad do ?.” |
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| IC date: 14th of July 2024 | Interactions:@Harlan Montgomery |
| English: #0056d6 | Thoughts: Italics |
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