mindabbles (mindabbles) wrote in hp_unfaithful, @ 2010-05-02 21:51:00 |
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Entry tags: | * fic, author: mindabbles, character: charlie, character: viktor, established: viktor/oc, infidelity: charlie/viktor |
FIC: Pepper and Plum in the Dead of Winter (Charlie/Viktor, R)
Title: Pepper and Plum In the Dead of Winter
Author: mindabbles
Established pairing(s): Viktor/OFC
Infidelity pairing(s): Charlie/Viktor
Rating: R
Genre: Angst, romance (of a sort)
Word Count: 7,900
Warnings: None other than infidelity, but that's not a warning here. Right?
Summary: It's a physical pull, an ache, looking at him and knowing what it is like to be held against that chest, to have those arms about you, and yet to watch him stand a room and a world away.
A/N: Tremendous thanks to elizassecret for nudging me to this pairing of all the fabulous ones in the request and for helping to give the story shape, and also to magnetic_pole and gryffindor_j for the super quick, thorough beta work. Originally written for westwardlee at the 2009 charlieficathon
Snow falls thick and fast, obscuring the small buildings of the dragon keepers' camp. Viktor pulls his travelling cloak more tightly around himself.
A shadow of a person appears. The indistinct shape takes form as it approaches—a man, who could as easily have been a bear from this distance—in a huge overcoat.
Romania has become a second home to the team since training for the World Cup began. The training centre here is second to none, and it helps that one their former Chasers lives nearby, working with dragons. Training would be a dreary, miserable task if not for the hospitality of those generous dragon keepers who are always ready with a warm fire and warmer drink.
"Hello, you lot," shouts the bear, who turns out to be Charlie Weasley. "We thought you'd be ‘round yesterday. Well, come on up. The food is hot and it's a bugger of a night out here."
Charlie's voice heats him through. It holds the promise of hearty food and pleasant company on an exhausting and bone-chilling day.
That's all it is, the only reason his blood suddenly flows warmer through his veins.