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dragonhideboots ([info]dragonhideboots) wrote in [info]quaffle_rpg,
@ 2009-10-04 19:13:00

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WHO: Bill and Fleur
WHEN: 10/4, evening
WHERE: Shell Cottage
WHAT: Attempts at conversation
RATING: Probably pg-13?
COMPLETION: In-progress


It'd been over a week since he'd been home. After the moon at Lavender's, he'd taken a room in a inn near Diagon Alley and took his meals at the pub downstairs. Avoiding the subject of Fleur would have proved futile if he'd shown up at his parent's house and the same went for Charlie's flat. The inn was a little hideaway from everything that had happened.

And now, it was time to go home. He was tired and miserable, fighting a cold carried over from the moon and the related stress, and sick of bland pub food. He'd come to the conclusion that avoiding Fleur was just making him more upset with her and that it was time to hear the whole story out. Plus, he desperately wanted his own bed back and some good French cooking. Selfish, maybe, but true.

And so, he arrived at their cottage, pausing down the road to nervously smoke a last cigarette (and trying not to cough from it...stupid thing to do with a cold, but he was craving a fag). He unlocked the front door and dropped his satchel on the floor. He could Fleur somewhere across the house and cleared his throat in an attempt to announce his presence. A moment later, he sneezed. Perhaps not the best 'I'm home!' declaration ever, but it would do.







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[info]mediwitch_fleur
2009-10-08 11:01 pm UTC (link)
Fleur remained quiet. His week had been horrible, just as hers had. She'd been in her own private hell, and now, knowing that he'd been in hell, it was almost comforting.

She nodded to his shrug. "What do I want? I...I want what we were. I want to be daring and wild. I want to feel that adrenaline, both of new love and of living life to its fullest."

She couldn't look at him. Being without him this week was painful, worse than anything she'd experienced, and she wasn't ready to give up on that pain yet.

"What...do you want?" she asked tentatively, her French accent heavy due to her emotion.

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[info]dragonhideboots
2009-10-12 12:04 am UTC (link)
"I want the same," he admitted. "But I've been thinking...the war is over. It's been over for a long time now. And back then, everything was at risk. We were living every day not knowing what would be next. For Merlin's sake, our own wedding was attacked! And now, we've gotten too safe. The risk isn't there so we don't care as much."

He looked up, offering her a small smile.

"We need some danger in our lives. Maybe Charlie can bring us a dragon to live in the backyard or something."

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[info]mediwitch_fleur
2009-10-17 02:55 am UTC (link)
Fleur turned toward him, biting her lip. Did they need to feel the world could end in order to have a functional relationship? She knew she needed danger, excitement to feel alive, but had she needed it in her marriage?

She smiled weakly back. "A dragon?" She shook her head. "Bill," she sighed, "Bill, the war is over, but I begin to wonder if the war created our marriage more than we did. It led us to expect certain things out of life, out of each other."

She reached to touch him then pulled back, "What if I still want those things?"

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[info]dragonhideboots
2009-10-18 12:26 am UTC (link)
He stretched, feeling his limbs pop and crack.

"Look, we won't fix this over night. If we want to fix it, we'll need to work, and we'll need to make changes. I don't think the War created our marriage, but perhaps it intensified it. I'm still in love with you, Fleur, but I feel like we're stuck. Maybe it's me and maybe I need to just give in and quit Gringotts and stop being selfish about wanting you around more."

He looked down at his hands.

"What do we need to change to make this real again?"

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[info]mediwitch_fleur
2009-10-18 01:00 am UTC (link)
Fleur nodded, reaching out for him again. "I love you, Bill. It's been you since I saw you. I've wanted no one else." It was true. She hadn't wanted anyone other than Bill, even in her drunken anger, Roger had been revenge? reactionary? animal magnetism?

She mentally shook herself and took his hand. "Maybe I am being a bit selfish too. Having a baby won't fix things, but maybe I've been fighting too long?

"How...do we start?"

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[info]dragonhideboots
2009-10-18 01:07 am UTC (link)
"Maybe this is naive," he said. "But I think we should try to put this behind us. Just forget it and try to start fresh."

He played with the wedding band on her finger, spinning it around.

"Having a baby will not fix things," he agreed. "It's a bad reason to want one. I want one because I love you and I want to be a father with you. I thought that's what we wanted when we got married. If that's no longer the case for you, I'd understand, but it's always been something we've discussed. I want you to truly want this baby, though. This can't be a quick fix...it's not fair."

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[info]mediwitch_fleur
2009-10-18 01:18 am UTC (link)
She smiled weakly, nodding, "Fresh." It was what she wanted too, to put it all behind her. To pretend it never happened.

As he talked about the baby, she winced, nodding, then shaking her head.

"Bill, no, I dont' want a baby to fix things. I...I want a baby, I just....meant maybe I'm fighting the timing too much? That's all. Maybe I am being too selfish wanting the career I have?"

She looked down, her fingers touching his wedding band. "I want a real fix, Bill. I want this. I want you."

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[info]dragonhideboots
2009-10-18 01:22 am UTC (link)
"Why can't you have a career?" he asked. "If I need to be the one who stays home from work for a bit, then we'll make it work. You forget I've been practically changing nappies since I was five, what with six siblings and all."

He held both her hands in his and kissed the tops of her fingers.

"A baby is not a real fix," he said. "But it'll give us something to live for and something to work for. But if we do this, you have to promise me we won't rely on it to be the reason we stay together. We need to be honest with each other. If you think we can do that and tell each other when we feel like we're slipping, then I think we can make it. I really do."

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