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Hermione Granger (cerebralwitch) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-08-02 20:19:00

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!2003: 07, !incomplete, hermione granger, ron weasley

Who: Hermione and Ron
What: Celebrating Harry's Birthday
When: The 31st, after work
Where: Ron's flat
Rating/Warning: TBA

Hermione hadn't been able to focus at work - generally she was able to take the 31st of July off, but that hadn't happened this year and so she'd spent the the day avoiding nearly everyone (people kept talking about him as if they'd known him!) and left, remarkably, even a bit early after she'd cleared it with her supervisor. It was one of the perks of being higher up in the department, at least.

But then there was the question of what to do with the night. She thought of going by the grave, but she was sure other Order members would be hovering around it and she'd never liked the place, anyway, hated to think of him there. She thought of going by the statue in Memorial Park, but then thought that considering the day it was probably the biggest tourist attraction in Wizarding Britain at the moment, and there were so many tourists in the area for the Quidditch World Cup that she didn't want to see it swamped.

Finally, she settled on going her flat to pick a few things up, and then to the one place she knew she'd end up tonight. Apparating in, and a few moments later knocking on Ron's door with a bottle of firewhiskey in her free hand and a bag for the morning slung over her shoulder.

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geroffme
2010-08-03 02:22 am UTC (link)

Ron almost always came home from work feeling half exhausted, but today was about ten times worse - worse than he could remember, though it must have been the same a year ago. Almost everyone knew enough to leave him the hell alone, but even that was stressful, in its way. The strain of saying nothing and knowing that everyone else was steering clear of him (and probably expecting him to explode) was too much to take for more than a few hours at a time. When he had shut himself into his room he'd felt a little relief, but it hadn't lasted long. He didn't really want to see anyone, but he had never much liked being alone with his thoughts, either. Tonight, especially, they weren't worth being alone with.

That was all right, though, because it would have been impossible to be without Hermione, tonight; he knew he would see her, and knew he couldn't leave her alone, either. When the knock came he only felt glad she'd come to him. It was the first time he'd really wanted to see someone in well over a day. He stopped to turn on a couple of lamps on the way to the door, so it wouldn't look so much like he'd been brooding in the dark, and let her in. He hardly had the door shut before he had her in his arms, saying nothing but smiling just slightly at the bottle in her hand. She really was much smarter than he was.

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I fail.

cerebralwitch
2010-08-12 02:33 am UTC (link)

Maybe they were like this every year - thinking back over the last five, Hermione couldn't think of this night in that many years that she'd spent without Ron, really. Not entirely. She barely heard the door close behind them, because Ron had her in his arms and she melted against him, all pain and stressed frustration from the day still there, but quieter, and perhaps sharper - which might have been why her mouth found his so very, very fast. Without even saying hello to him, really. She thought the actions could speak for themselves.

	cerebralwitch 2010-08-12 03:28 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose so," She answered, turning toward his touch like a cat and then almost laughing. She preferred the other hello, really. "How was your day," she said, pretending for some normalcy while her hands sliding down over his shoulders, landing on the buttons at the collar of his shirt. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cerebralwitch 2010-08-17 11:49 am UTC (link)
	"The same," she answered, which was vague and not an answer at all, but she knew, too, that neither of them really wanted to talk about anything that had happened today. Instead she leaned a little closer in to him as his fingers slid into her hair, sighing against his chest and then stretching up - he was so tall - to kiss him again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cerebralwitch 2010-08-23 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"I added in a few you really aren't saying that you're too stupid to do this on your own, are you for good measure, but I think I can match your day...." Hermione laughed a little as he walked with her in his arms. It was...strange, letting him carry her. She sometimes forgot just how strong he was. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)