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Tweak says, "We will never surrender!"

Ron Weasley (pawnography) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-06-06 13:07:00

Entry tags:

character: hermione granger, character: ron weasley, status: complete

RP: Lunch
Who: Ron and Hermione
What: Books and lunch
Where: London
When: Friday (backdated)
Rating: SFW (unless Ron decides to get accidentally sweary)

Ron had checked himself thoroughly before leaving the shop, just to make sure there were no mystery stains on his clothes. It was a work hazard that had greatly improved his laundering skills over the past couple of months, though he still had a feeling that his mother didn't entirely trust him in that area; she tended to hover, waiting for an accident.

He felt a bit anxious about discussing his plans to buy a house, or maybe even build one, but those butterflies quietened down when he saw Hermione. Ron smiled, kissing her quickly in greeting. "Hey. Had a good morning?"

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pawnography
2015-06-29 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Ron's footsteps fell heavier on the pavement now, strides a little longer. "Perfectly content?" he repeated crossly. "Have we got completely different memories of the last five or six years? Because I'm pretty sure I've been living at home so that I can save the galleons to buy a house instead of throwing it away on renting."

He exhaled. "I'll admit Ginny moving out kind of made the idea fresher in my mind, sure. That's why I wanted to talk to you about it, see if it was something you're interested in, because I don't remember you ever talking about moving in together one day." Ron looked at her sidelong, really not sure how to judge how this conversation would proceed. "You're capable of raising those discussions too, you know."

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weasley_now
2015-07-05 06:30 pm UTC (link)

"What are you getting mad at me for?" She stopped and moved a step away. She always found that when they began to argue she needed the physical distance. "You can't make a decision and then be upset with me when I'm not one hundred percent on board." He had the luxury of living at home. Something Hermione hadn't had the option to do. Well, not if she had wanted to be a part of the wizarding world. Living at home with her parents would have severely limited her work or driven her into another realm altogether.

"Fine," she crossed her arms in a defensive stance, "you want me to raise a discussion. How about the fact that there are some things my parents wouldn't approve of and I'd like to respect their wishes. Why in the world would I push a conversation about living together? My father had a fit when he learned Harry and I were going to live together and that was just as friends. Could you imagine the heart attack it would have given him for me to have even opened the door for us to live together considering..." She didn't say the rest of the sentence. They hadn't slept together yet so that wasn't an issue, but it likely would have become one had they moved in together.

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pawnography
2015-07-05 10:01 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not mad. I'm... frustrated. I haven't made a choice; this is just an idea that I'm trying to figure out but you seem to have already decided that this is something I want to do all by myself."

Ron drew into himself reflexively, his chess-playing stare settling onto his features. About seven years ago, Hermione had forcibly changed her parents' identities and memories, then packed them off to Australia. Around the same time, he was pretty sure she had declared that she had no interest in going into magical law, too. He knew that people changed - he had too - but it was gradual when you saw that person all the time. In that moment, any anger he might have been feeling really did drain away to a dull frustration.

"Do you think," he asked quietly, "that other couples who've been together as long as us have this much trouble talking about the future?"

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weasley_now
2015-07-07 02:13 am UTC (link)

Hermione's mind had been occupied lately with finishing her research and the hope of gaining an audience at the Ministry. It made a nice distraction from the other things in her life that didn't seem to have any sort of forward motion. Now that there was some sort of movement she wasn't sure how to handle it. What was she supposed to, propose to him herself? No, that wouldn't do. Not because she couldn't but because there were only so many parts of her life that her parents could be a part of and she didn't want to rob them of this.

"I don't know," she decided to focus on what she found to be the more pressing topic. She wanted to voice that most couples that had been together this long had already taken definitive steps to secure their status for the future. "I guess I'd always figured we'd have a time frame before we began searching for something together. Most couples have a plan mapped out. Do we have a plan beyond a vague someday?"

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	pawnography 2015-07-08 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	"That's just the thing, though. You always have plans for everything. Everything... except us. It makes me wonder if you want that sort of thing." He gave a resigned but good-natured smile. "I'm not a mind reader, Hermione." He sighed. "Want to skip the bookshop and just go get lunch so that we can talk more?" he suggested. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasley_now 2015-07-13 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Hermione was extremely hurt by Ron's assertion that she hadn't given thought to anything beyond the day. She didn't want to get into it in public and she felt certain that she was about to break into tears if he pushed the conversation any further. "Let's go get your book," she nodded and bit the bottom inside of her lip to try to keep her composure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pawnography 2015-07-13 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Ron nodded slowly. He wasn't sure how much of an appetite he had; his stomach felt like lead. "Sure. Come on." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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