A Brother's Keeper (tag)

[PROINSIAS MCLOUGHLIN]

Franny sat on the stoop of the Leaky Cauldron, he was clearly drunk by the glazed look in his eyes but he seemed a little disheveled as puffed away on his rolled cigarette. Hair a mess like the Mcloughlin clans hair usually was, the corner of his left eye was puffy slowly turning a light purple, and blood had crusted on the corner of his mouth. Franny had of course got into a fight with another drunk wizard over a comment about losing money on his teams last game, which was a loss but the bitterness hadn't worn off for Franny so he was quick to get defensive.

The bad mouthing wizard was a typical one because as he went for his wand Franny caught him with two solid left jambs, witches and wizards were still never ready to throw fists but Franny always was. His wounds came during the scuffle to pull him off the knocked out wizard because they all fell back into a table. The owner knowing Franny all of his life had him wait outside until they could get the other guy out and clean up a bit, so with a cold beer and shot of fire whiskey Franny went outside to wait while reaching out to his brother to come drink with him.

ALEXANDER MCLOUGHLIN

[ALEXANDER MCLOUGHLIN]

For Alex McLoughlin, family was everything. Well beside Quidditch that was, but even then he had miss a couple matches over the years for various family emergencies. It had had always been that way, and he always found himself trying to protect and be there for his three younger siblings when they needed him. And in this instance, coming to bail his brother out of some trouble and make sure he stayed out of further trouble, he was all too eager to jump to go and join Franny out at the Leaky Cauldron.

Alex was more or less sober when he appeared in an alley close to where the Leaky Cauldron was. He had spent the evening at a dinner with his agent, and had decided that wasn't necessarily the best place to drink too much, even though most of the world knew he liked to party at this point. He had been about to head home when he got the message from his brother. Nothing wrong with a nightcap right? When he rounded the corner and saw his brother sitting on the stoop he shook his head. "Can't help yourself can you Franny? Always getting into trouble aren't you?". He said when seeing the state of his brother, who was certainly drunk and was going to have to field questions on that black eye in the morning.

[PROINSIAS MCLOUGHLIN]

Just as he tossed his finished cigarette to the ground a familiar voice filled the night air, his brother Alex. Throwing his hands up he smiled, "This fella had it comin' and a comin' he got, 'ere I was mindin' me own business and Larzo couldn't keep his ungodly comments out of ear shot," he made to gesture of making a 'x' like gesture above his chest, "Cross my heart and hope to die I was being a good lad tonight!"

Franny chugged the rest of his beer and then grabbed his big brother into a bear hug lifting him off his feet dancing in a small circle, "I'm glad you came though you twit! Plus," he sat Alex down putting an arm around his brothers shoulder (he had to stand a little on his tip toes) pulling him a little close whispering, "Mackie sorta.. but not really...kicked me...out...until you got 'ere...think you can get me back inside? I'll be good and second round is on me."

ALEXANDER MCLOUGHLIN

[ALEXANDER MCLOUGHLIN]

A lex was the oldest McLoughlin child, and he could still remember his dad taking him aside and telling him he was supposed to protect his three siblings and be there for all of them. He may not have the best track record with commitment in relationships, but he was 100% committed to making sure the other three McLoughlins were taken care of. Whether that was sticking up against bullies at Hogwarts, or just even taking them out for ice cream, he tried his best. Of course, sometimes, he just had to shake his head at their antics. "Unless he was saying words about mam, did he really have it comin? If you take everything as a insult, you're gonna keep getting thrown out Franny." he said with a small smile. Of course Alex was much much closer to sober then he was drunk at the moment, but he couldn't say he had actually fought over a quidditch result. He just let those comments roll off him. Then Franny took him into a big bear hug, even lifting his feet of the ground. Which was nothing out of the ordinary. "Well you managed to stay out of trouble until after my dinner with my agent, so least I could do to come here." He said with a shrug as he was pulled to sitting beside his brother. When his brother then told him he had more or less been kicked out he shook his head. "You had to get sloshed then make a mess of things, didn't you? You're lucky Mackie still lets you in." 267 WORDS PROINSIAS MCLOUGHLIN

credit to nat of adoxography.