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[henrydaniel]

Who: Henry Mills + you
Where: the mansion, the garden, his room
When: Apr. 1-4
Rating: G, maybe PG if you squint.
Summary: Henry is a hormonal teenager so clearly this event is going to go well.
The Story:

April 1-2, the dining room and wherever the smack dab middle of the mansion is.

[Emotions are an interesting thing to try and deal with when you're fourteen. It's tempting to turn them off, but it reminds Henry too much of home and what happens when your heart is ripped out - something he only knows about because he did it to himself, but in that short span of time before he technically died, everything was so muted and gray, he could see his parents right in front of him but he couldn't connect with how they were feeling. He doesn't want to feel like that again, so he decides to keep his emotions on for now and maybe if he needs to, he can flip them off.

It turns out, the heart of the truest believer is pretty emotional about things. Like when he decides to go to dinner with his mom [insert your choice here] and the answer to his choice of dessert pizza as an actual meal is a resounding 'that can't be your entire dinner.' There's sulking to the max and pushing at the real dinner that appears in front of him with the angriest fork movements of any teenager ever.

But the next day he wakes up and sees something that reminds him of Mabel and he needs to tell everyone exactly how great she is. The best way to do this, he decides, is by going to the middle of the mansion, wherever the highest foot traffic happens to be, and climbing on top of a table. As people walk by, he yells, completely unashamed.]

Mabel Pines is amazing! She's perfect, and has cute sweaters, and is nice to everyone!

[These are all the best qualities.]

Also, she's my girlfriend and that makes me feel really, really lucky.

[This is going to go on for a while, with different declarations of intense emotions about Mabel coming forth.]

April 3rd, the library

[And, as one might imagine, that gets old after a while. So now those emotions are firmly off. Everything is at encouragement from others, so now he's simply going about life for the rest of the event not feeling anything. It's really weird, but maybe it's for the best, and he spends the rest of his time surrounded by books. Maybe it'll be easier to be invested in fictional character's emotions for a while and not his own.]

April 4th, his room

[Annnnnnd that was embarrassing. He sits on his couch, phone in hand and turns it over a little as he tries to think about what he wants to say, here. He decides on just a simple text because he figures there might be a lot of this going around. The only comforting thing is that it's not just him and it was a Wonderland wide thing.]

This is Henry Mills. And uh...sorry if I shouted at you about love the other day.

Comments

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[saved]

[Peter didn't leave his room very much after the second day. The strength and intensity of his own guilt is enough to drown him on a regular day. It became nearly unbearable by the end, but he had been out in the dining room on the first day and heard the declaration of love made even if he didn't know the person. He'd figured as sweet as it was that he was likely as affected as the rest of them so didn't approach the day it was happening]

Hey, nothing to be sorry about. All things considered, I was kinda glad you were feeling THAT emotion strongest instead of something else. I figured you probably didn't want to meet a stranger that way so I didn't introduce myself then. Your girlfriend does sound really amazing though.

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[henrydaniel]

[That definitely puts things in perspective, and Henry texts back, a little glad to hear that side of things.]

That’s true. I guess some people had it a lot worse. But thanks for still wanting to meet me even while I was being...yeah. And thanks, she’s really amazing, but even I know that was over-kill.

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[saved]

Course. I've been in love before so I can only imagine those feelings amped up to like a thousand. [he's still got feelings for gwen, but he got her father killed so yeah. that's not. yeah.] I'd want to shout it from all the rooftops. It's not like you could control it at that point.

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[henrydaniel]

[Love is so...just...embarrassing sometimes. From his grandparents getting kiss faced to accidentally mortifying Mabel.]

I guess I could have turned off my emotions sooner. Eventually I did, but not before probably making Mabel think twice about dating me.

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[saved]

You turned off your emotions? I didn't do that as rough as it got. Guess I got too scared of what that would be like. How was it? Hey, look, she's awesome like you said so I'm sure she'll understand you weren't really in control of yourself.

April 2

[krmvgivv]

[Normally this would be the sort of thing to drive Dipper to hide forever. As it is, he barely looks up from his book.]

She's my sister, remember? I know all this.

[henrydaniel]

Yeah, but this is a completely different perspective. All those other guys never really appreciated her just for who she is. [Or he’s assuming. Who wouldn’t want to date her?]

I mean, you do know she has a really good heart, right?

[krmvgivv]

Never noticed. [Dipper rolls his eyes. No event is strong enough to get rid of his sarcasm.] Do you get like this every time you date someone?

[henrydaniel]

I dunno, I've never dated someone. But I think it's probably pretty normal to be this happy and say so as much as you can.

[His grandparents are Charming and Snow, the names alone are cavity inducing.]

[krmvgivv]

I think it's normal to be a little reserved this early on in the relationship so that you don't scare the other person off by getting too serious too fast.

Late April 2nd

[powerofmabel]

[at first Mabel is delighted with all the attention and the constant expressing of Henry's love. it's soooo much less awkward when it's someone she likes doing it as opposed to Gideon. She even joins in sometimes, wandering around from person to person going THIS IS HENRY HE IS MY BOYFRIEND. I LOVE HIM. it's probably been a bane of the entire mansion for the past couple of days.

until Mabel's enthusiasm reaches its peak and what was once endearing has started to annoy her, and because this annoyance isn't some little thing she can just smile through, it's hard to... ignore it.

but she's trying, which really only serves to annoy her more, especially since they're in the process of watching a movie that keeps being interrupted by Henry's random declarations of affection or otherwise.]

Hey, Henry... Can we just chill for a little while? Quietly, maybe.

[henrydaniel]

[Henry really, truly just wants to be sure everyone knows Mabel has a good, kind heart, and she’s fun and goofy in the best ways, and she makes him happy.]

Sure. But first, you do know you’re really important and more people should appreciate you, right?

[powerofmabel]

[she laughs, the sound awkward and strained.] I am. It's true. But silent appreciation is great too. I can bask in it! Let it all come in waves. Yeeeeah. [she mimes fanning herself.]

[henrydaniel]

You don't want me to say anything else?

[Asks a crestfallen Henry.]

It's too much, isn't it? I knew it was, I knew it'd get weird. I made it weird.

[powerofmabel]

[oh crap. she panics, a surge of social anxiety she wasn't sure she had welling up inside of her, all because someone dared to be upset by something she said. Hurting anyone's feelings is Uncool in her book, even when she's feeling overwhelmed.]

Nonono! You didn't make it weird! It's just been intense! Good-intense, though. But you know what they say- you can have too much of a good thing. Like when you eat too much candy and you barf.

[Text]

[mypartnerintime]

[All things said, it was a shitty event.]

That would've been a sight to see.

[Text]

[henrydaniel]

[Oh man he’s really, really glad Max didn’t see.]

You mean you didn’t? See...that, I mean?

[Text]

[mypartnerintime]

Nah. I was holed up in my room. [Trying not to bleed on everything. That knife wound will hurt for weeks.]

That said there are worse things to shout about. Or do. :p

[Text]

[henrydaniel]

That's true. But still, wouldn't that be really embarrassing for the other person? I'm pretty sure I'll get a really nice text saying thanks, but no thanks now.

[Ahhhh the angst of teen boys.]

[Text]

[mypartnerintime]

probably depends on who the other person is

I mean that couldve been way too cute too.

April 2nd

[madehervows]

[Mother senses.... tingling.....

Regina just comes up behind him, whatever emotion she was feeling replaced with.... something. Let's call it that.]

Henry.

lmaooooo

[henrydaniel]

[The sound of her voice actually startles him, and with his emotions going completely bonkers, everything he feels about his mom is suddenly right there and he completely misses the way she says his name.]

Mom! Just in case I haven't told you lately, just in case I don't say it enough now that things are good and there's no more curse, I love you. And I'm proud of you. And you deserve to be happy and married to Robin and everything else.

[And now maybe she won't ask questions about Mabel.]

let's pretend this isn't as late as it is

[madehervows]

Thank you Henry.

[She isn't going to pretend she's not touched by what he's saying but at the same time...]

Now, what were you saying about Mabel Pines?

<3

[henrydaniel]

I love her!

[He says with all the exuberance of a 14 year old with his first real, actual girlfriend. But then his emotions sift a little.]

You’re not gonna talk to her, are you?

[madehervows]

[Lord, give her strength.]

We've met.

[Her emotions are all weird and right now she's stuck in parental protectiveness mode.]

How long has this been going on?