Celandine's Chronicle (celandineb) wrote in cels_fic_haven, @ 2009-02-24 12:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | hp ficlets neville/percy |
HP ficlet: Much Dearer [Neville/Percy, general]
Title: Much Dearer
Author: celandineb
Fandom: HP
Pairing: Neville/Percy
Rating: general
Length: 240 words
Warnings: EWE, schmoop
Summary: The friendship was unexpected; moving beyond it more so.
Note: For swtalmnd who wanted Percy/Neville, petting.
Neville's friendship with Percy was as close as it had been unexpected, and Neville enjoyed the way that they sat, shoulders and thighs brushing, on Percy's sofa to look at the crossword in the Daily Prophet or listen to a program on the Wizarding Wireless together. The first time they had touched had been accidental, and they both had jumped back and apologized and then grinned sheepishly at the overreaction, but now it was simply what they did, a sign of their friendship. Neville shifted a little, letting himself relax against Percy. He felt rather than heard Percy's intake of breath, and then Percy's lips were on his cheek.
The surprise of it kept Neville still for a moment, until Percy asked in a worried tone if that was all right, to which Neville nodded fiercely. Of course it was all right, it was more than all right, even if Neville had never really expected it to happen. He twisted awkwardly to put both his arms around Percy, rubbing one hand in circles over Percy's bony shoulder, the thin blue woollen jumper Percy wore no barrier.
They didn't do much more that evening than kiss and give each other a few caresses through their clothes -- Neville's mind later dredged up the term "petting" from somewhere to describe what they had done -- but the knowledge lay unspoken between them that their friendship had now become the foundation for something much dearer.