thots of a fan

Viktor’s fingers trail the dip between Ron’s shoulder blades, the pads on his fingers are rough from years of Quidditch. The gentle touch causes Ron to shiver beneath Victor’s touch and he turns his head to give Victor a small smile. 

“Is it for your mother?” Viktor asks quietly, looking down at the new tattoo against Ron’s spine. The pink petals of the rose are delicate and Viktor is amazed at how beautiful the tattoo is against the other more stark designs against Ron’s back.

“Hmmm, you know that’s not true,” Ron answers, a hint of humor to his voice. There’s a poppy flower on his left bicep for his mother. One that intertwines at the edge of his apparation scar. “You’ve been at it all day love.”

“I’m usually better at guessing,” Viktor grumbles but the effect is null because of the bright blush on his cheeks after Ron had called him “love”. Pet names were still something he was getting used to, even simple ones made him blush. “I give up.” 

“The rose is for you,” Ron says quietly, sitting up so he was level with Viktor, he grabs one of Viktor’s hands and kisses his knuckles gently. “I thought that was obvious.” 

Viktor blinks, not quite sure what to say. He feels like his throat is closing up from all of the emotions he is suddenly feeling. Keeping calm is something he’s always been known for, but Viktor sometimes had trouble when it came to great displays of affection. 

“The national flower of Bulgaria,’ Is what Viktor says instead of all the other things running through his head. Thank you. I love you. 

okay but imagine:

ron joins harry for one of ginny’s games and they’re super into it of course

hermione couldn’t make it but it’s cool, ron is already happy enough that their friendship survived their break-up

something was just missing you know?

it’s a big game because ginny is fucking amazing and the crowd is going wild

and there’s lots of important people watching and scouts and this might be her chance at becoming famous

so ron is looking around and he spots a man who is basically a brick wall with brown hair and he just knows that it’s viktor krum

viktor effing krum

so he keeps an eye on him as he watches, hoping that he’s impressed by ginny’s game 

but as soon as the game is over he loses sight of him

ginny’s team won of course

and ron bumps into viktor at the afterparty

it’s brutal

it’s so busy and he’s trying to get to the food and then suddenly there’s a brick wall in front of him

viktor looks him in the eye and for some reason he turns bright red

play it cool, ron

‘whoa buddy sorry pal I didn’t see you there my bad’

and viktor smiles

and it looks so weirdr on him because ron has only ever seen him smile at hermione all those years ago and now he’s on the receiving side and he just goes oh

because now he understands why hermione was so shaken by meeting viktor

and ron has known he likes boys for a while now

it just made sense

but this is not supposed to knock him off his feet like this

and it does

‘your sister really nailed it out there, ron. give her my compliments’

he called him by his name

viktor effing krum knows his name

‘how’s hermione?’ viktor asks

oh. right. into girls.

‘she’s fine, she had some work to do.’

he’s trying not to sound bitter but it’s hard

‘you two still together?’

‘no. not for a while. go for it, mate’

keep it in keep it in keep it in

and viktor just smiles again and ron is so red it’s just not funny anymore

‘your english is better’ ron tries

‘I practiced’

‘she’ll love that’

woops failed again

but that bloody smile

‘she’s not the one I’m interested in’

oh

oh

he’s about to trip over his feet while standing still

‘oh’

‘what do you say?’ viktor asks ‘a drink?’

‘sure buddy. sounds grand. I love booze. grand idea, pal. mate’

so they go off drinking and viktor can drink oh my god

and when harry takes ron home he has viktor’s home address on a napkin and he’s clutching it so hard and he keeps murmuring he has to check with hermione

two months later they go to antoher game of ginny’s together

this is for the @hprarepairnet hogwarts challenge!

everyone assumed that ron was jealous that hermione was going with viktor to the yule ball.

when really, he was jealous that viktor wanted to go with hermione.

“i don’t get why he thinks so special,” ron complained, “just because he is amazing on a broom and older, it doesn’t mean he can just go around and do whatever he wants.”

harry raised an eyebrow.

“weren’t you just worshipping him two months ago?”

“that’s not the point, harry.”

“tell hermione how you feel, maybe that would solve everything.”

silence.

ron didn’t know how to respond, he opened and closed his mouth and stared at harry with a dumbfounded expression. 

“unless-” harry started, but ron interrupted him.

“no, that’s out of the question. i wouldn’t-i couldn’t.”

harry got up from the couch and patted ron on the back.

“it’s okay, ron. either way, you’re still my brother.”

before ron could respond, harry had walked back up to their dormitory tog get some sleep.

ron sighed and started pacing in front of the fire.

did he really like viktor that way? 

he wasn’t sure what any of that meant, he hadn’t given it much thought before.

knowing perfectly well that it was past curfew, ron took harry’s invisibility cloak to take a walk and clear his mind. 

he made his way outside of the castle so durmstrang’s ship was in sight.

he plopped down on the grass by the lake and played with it in-between his fingers.

he was startled when he heard talking, and he realized it was viktor talking to one of his classmates.

he was thankful he was under the invisibility cloak once again.

“why are you going with that granger girl? don’t you like her friend?”

ron felt his cheeks flush, but he didn’t dare breathe. he was hanging onto every word.

viktor rubbed the back of his neck and looked uncomfortable.

“i like both of them, it’s hard to explain.”

as usual, ron knew viktor had to like harry and not him. it was obvious. harry was the chosen one, he was the quidditch player. if viktor was into guys, that would be the kind of guy he wouold want. not him.

“you better tell hermione that she isn’t the only one you have eyes on,” his friend told him, “and besides, i’m pretty sure the weasley boy likes you more than she does.”

warmth spread through ron’s body and his fingers tingled. did they mean him? it was the only explanation, unless they meant fred or george.

“ron isn’t into guys,” viktor guessed, “if he was, i would notice.”

viktor’s friend rolled his eyes, “whatever you say, krum.”

ron blinked a few times and smiled to himself under the cloak.

Harry: But you're the token straight.

Ron: What?

Hermione: It's quite simple, Ronald. The fandom needs to make at least one character straight so the rest of the pairings seem statistically more realistic.

Ron: But why am I the token straight?

Harry: I dunno...you just seem...kinda hetero?

Ron: ...

Ron: ...

Somebody on the medical team put him on his bunk in a wrong way...

I refuse to draw him in pants btw

"Of course you believe that."

Toph

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pH balance in your mouth, and how it affects your teeth! Inspired by my dentist scolding me for my daily energi drink consumption, cause it’s apparently detrimental to the health of my enamel… whatever that means