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harry potter is gnomeface, king of gnomes (bravestheart) wrote in flippedrpg,
@ 2012-08-01 18:37:00

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ch: can: ginny weasley, ch: can: harry potter, p: annalisa, p: kit

Who: Harry & Ginny (canon)
What: it's Harry's birthday evening, but he has a present for Ginny.
When: Tuesday, 31 July (backdated)
Where: their unit.
Warnings: a lot of cute/sap. Otherwise TBD.

It was Harry's birthday, and it was also (sort of) Christmas, and he'd been rather selfish lately in letting himself enjoy it. Taking part in celebrating the holiday, accepting that other people wanted to celebrate him. It had actually been really nice, all the people wishing him a happy birthday. That was the best thing about this place for him personally, getting to see how many people cared about him, in his past, present, and future. Having come from a time when he'd felt awfully alone and grief-stricken, it had gone a long way towards healing his heart. This place had also broken his heart a number of times-- more than he could count on one hand-- but he was coping, by holding onto everyone who was here.

And then his mum had said something about telling the people who were here how they felt, to be sure that they'd never doubt it. So that if someone he really cared about disappeared, Harry would at least know that they knew he cared. Since he knew the feeling of having them disappear with things unsolved between them-- as had happened with Ginny the last time she was here-- he had taken that very much to heart. And with the way he felt now about Ginny, and his family, he had decided to do something about it.

Maybe his birthday wasn't the best day to do it, but it felt right. He had loved hearing that he bought drinks for Teddy on his birthday in one world, because spending time with his godson was worth far more to him than the cost of a drink; really, the same logic worked here. If forced to be selfish rather than selfless about it, he would argue that this was, in a way, a gift to himself.

He didn't get an opportunity to catch Ginny entirely alone, because between Christmas and his birthday, the day was too full. But that was alright, because they were staying together; he knew that at the end of the day, they'd be back in their unit alone, just the two of them. And, after a very long and amazing birthday, that was precisely what happened.

After they'd put Alby to bed, Harry held on to Ginny's hand as they went back to their own room, and closed the door behind them. He hadn't really planned how to do this, but he began with, "So. I got you something."

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weaslette
2012-08-02 02:48 am UTC (link)

Ginny loved birthdays. She loved her own but she especially loved the birthdays of people she loved because it was the one day of the year they could get annoyed with her smothering them in appreciation for their existence. Harry's birthday was no different whatsoever. She loved him, loved the way he was with their family—something she could only have imagined back home—and wanted all the time to just reach out to him and tell him how special she thought he was. Coming from a family as large as hers, she couldn't be shy about affection and she definitely wasn't.

It possibly meant even more to her that they had so much of their family here. Putting Alby to bed, every time the did that, it just made her love Harry more and appreciate him more because without him there would be no Alby, no beautiful, smart little boy who knew so many things for such a young age. Whatever they were doing in their natural timeline, they were doing it right.

So it was with a contented smile on her face that she let her hand stay in Harry's as they made their way back to their room to tuck in for the night. She turned toward him at his words and adjusted her fingers entwined around his. "Oh yeah? You sneak an extra slice of cake away from the party?"

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bravestheart
2012-08-02 03:16 am UTC (link)

"No," Harry said, laughing. "I should've, though."

Cake would've been nice, actually, now that he was thinking about it; he'd eaten his fair share of cake, of course, but it had been a long day. Well, maybe they could sneak over to the kitchens in a bit. If this didn't go badly, of course. Harry didn't really think it would, but he was nervous nevertheless.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out the small box that held the necklace he'd picked out for her. He held it out in his free hand, without letting go of the hand he was already holding. "Here."

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weaslette
2012-08-02 03:43 am UTC (link)

"Never discount the old adage, 'the way to a woman's heart is through her stomach,'" Ginny grinned, obviously teasing. The real saying was the way through a man's heart but it was somewhat apt when talking about her.

In all seriousness, though, Ginny had expected something like a slice of cake or something he'd picked up from the festivities of the day. When he pulled out the box, she had to admit she was surprised—not in a bad way. She let out a small sound of surprise and used her free hand to open the box without letting her other hand fall from his.

Almost immediately, her expression warmed and a grin split across her features as she beamed at Harry. "How on earth did you find a necklace like this? It's perfection!" Moving her hand to his cheek, she gave him a quick kiss before looking back at the necklace. "My heart and my gnome right here in the same place. Appropriate," she smiled.

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bravestheart
2012-08-02 04:08 am UTC (link)

"It was in one of the jewelry shops," Harry said, smiling wider now that he'd seen that she liked it. But now came the harder part. He swallowed down the rest of his nerves, and added, "I just thought... I was going to give it to you for Christmas, but then I... I don't know, today feels more right than Christmas. Maybe because it's not really Christmas if it's only a few days after my birthday."

Not the point, Harry. "Gin, I... I love what we have here, in the compound. The way we've only been together for a few years in our own timelines, but we're already parents, and already have a family. That seems like it should be too big to handle, but somehow, it isn't. We get to jump ahead and go slow all at once, and I don't know exactly what that logically makes us, but I want to put a name on it. Saying you're my girlfriend isn't quite right anymore, but future wife and mother of my kids doesn't work either, because those kids and that life is here in our present." He paused, wondering if he was even making any sense at all. "So I'm asking you to be... my compound-wife. Or, you know, something that sounds way better than that. Gnome Queen, maybe?"

He grinned, and started laughing, from the combination of nerves and just how ridiculous he felt, saying all of that. "I'm sure we can come up with something."

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weaslette
2012-08-02 04:50 am UTC (link)

As Ginny listened to Harry's words, her heart swelled and her smile widened to the point where her face hurt but it was okay because this was worth smiling over. It was his birthday but here he was giving her something that she didn't even think she could consciously put words to. She loved the necklace and the sentiment behind it, had already loved it because he was her gnomeface.

Somewhere in the back of her mind, she wondered how she'd react to something like this in their natural timeline, if her heart would be pounding in her ears like this or if she'd be throwing her arms around his neck to hold him close as she responded in the best way she knew how, by kissing him. It had worked worked in the common room of Gryffindor Tower when she was fifteen and it worked now in this ridiculously impossible place where everything was out of sync and wonky yet somehow wonderful in that she had so many people who mattered here.

After several moments, but without losing her enthusiasm, Ginny pulled back, cheeks flushed in her excitement. "I will absolutely be your Gnome Queen," she said without hesitation though albeit a bit out of breath and then added, "and your compound-wife."

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