Ask No Questions

At her smile, Orion chuckled internally. They had always called each other pet names. Yet he supposed now with how everything stood and their enviornmant, it was odd since it was no longer in school. Even so, Orion smiled, “Where are you living then? I came back home after what happened. Planning on getting a place of my own soon.’

“Levi and I found a place outside of Diagon.” She didn’t specify where--it was nice to have a place that not everyone knew about. “The manor just started feeling suffocating, so I figured it was time to leave...Where are thinking about going?”

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“Who said that? I’ll kick their ass.” Finishing up with her pinkie he brought the ring up to his lips. Shooting her an innocent smile he leaned down for another kiss. “Never. Red truly does suit you. It matches your temper. Green is far too cool for you.” He nipped at her lip. “I better be the only Gryffindor you have a soft spot for. You know I don’t share very well.”

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Levi reached up to press his hand against hers, his fingers rubbing along the ring. “What can I say? I know my fiancee.” Intertwining his fingers with hers he brought her hand up to his lips and pressed a tender kiss to each finger. “Diamonds don’t suit you anyways. You may have been a Slytherin but red is definitely your color.”

Rolling his eyes Levi reached out to drape one arm across her hips, just above her ass. “Very creative interpretation of my words, Atalia.” Twisting his lips into a smirk he slid his hand down to her ass and gave it a squeeze. “How about the wall?” He brought his other hand to her thigh and lifted her up. He carried her to the wall he pushed her against it with a booming thud. Voices piped up from the next apartment but Levi ignored them. “We could annoy the neighbors right now.”

“Some might say a little too well, but who am I to complain?” Her eyes dropped down to watch him kiss her hand, enamored by the action. Barely hearing what he said, it took her a moment before she responded. “You take that back, Levi! I’ll always be a Slytherin, just with a soft spot for a Gryffindor.” The smirk fell from her lips as he squeezed her ass, causing her to bit her lip fro a completely different reason than her happiness.

The wall. She pushed off the ground, wrapping her legs around his waist and locking her arms behind his neck until she felt the wall behind her. There was a few voices, but she paid them no attention. “Annoy now,” she said with a quick nod. “Who cares if our neighbors like us.” Atalia chuckled and curled her hand into his hair, her lips pressing against his.

“Of course I have a point. I’m usually right after all.” A wide smile spread across Levi’s face as she took the ring off its chain and slipped it onto her finger. With the ring on a chain things didn’t feel quite real. But seeing it there, that was proof of their future together. “I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing that ring on your finger.”

He jumped once again, scowling down at Atalia. “That’s enough of that. Don’t make me tickle you back.” A groan left his lips as she pulled away. He could have stood there with her in his arms all day and Levi was at the point where if he saw another box he would probably crack. “I don’t know about you, but I could definitely use a break. And so could our bed.” He smirked and stepped to follow her. 

As soon as he stepped back toward her, she placed her hand on his torso, glancing down at the ring. “And I’ll never get tired of wearing it. It’s far better than any of those traditional rings.” Her gaze moved up to look him in the eye, pulling her bottom lip in between her teeth. It still didn’t seem real, even standing in the main room of their little apartment, that she might actually have a chance to stay this happy.

“Our bed could use a break?” Atalia chuckled and let her hands travel down his torso and around his ribs, tucking them into his back pockets. “So we break the kitchen in first?” She pressed closer to him. “Or the shower? Maybe we rest and break it in later just to annoy the neighbors--that sounds the most fun.” Leaning up to kiss him, she let her mouth move along to the corner of his mouth, his jaw and then his neck. Eventually pulling away, she smirked up at him. “Or if you want to rest, I can model one of those shirts of yours that I like so much...really, it’s up to you, love.”

Levi smiled and looked out past the balcony. Their apartment overlooked a street and from the balcony he could hear the hustle and bustle from down below. It was going to be a pain in the ass while he was trying to sleep after a night shift, but in the moment it was oddly calming. “A few rooms is enough for me. How many rooms did we actually use back in the Manors anyways?”  He loosed his grip on her just enough for her to turn. “If this is a dream then we must be having the same one.”

He returned the kiss as he let his hands fall down to rest lightly on her hips. A stupid grin was probably spread across his face but Levi didn’t give a damn. “I don’t think I could ever get sick of you, Miss Nott. Even while furniture shopping.” Her finger jabbed into his ribs, right into a ticklish spot. He jumped back, a mock glare etched across his face. “That was uncalled for.” Softening his gaze, he leaned down to kiss her once more. “As sure as I’ve ever been in my life.”

“You’ve got a point,” she said, lifting one shoulder in a shrug. Atalia had to bite her lip to suppress the smile on her face. It wasn’t that she hadn’t ever been as happy as this--it was easy to be happy around Levi--but this feeling was different. She didn’t feel like she had to look over her shoulder, like she could finally relax in her own home. “I almost forgot...” Removing her hands from his torso, she reached back and unclasped her necklace, dropping the ring from the chain and into her hand. Atalia pocketed the chain and slipped the ring on her hand--on the correct finger.

The name caught her attention again. Miss Nott--Merlin, she couldn’t wait to be rid of that name. Atalia laughed as he jumped, but leaned into the kiss, only to poke his ribs again. “Come on, love, I think this is the only time I’ll be excited to unpack boxes.” She pulled away from him, slipping her hand into his to pull him with her, but she only made it as far as the doorway before stopping. “Or maybe we can break that bed in...Or both?”

At hearing Atalia’s quick response, Orion gave a genuine, hearty chuckle, “Tend to do that when surprises pop up.” His grin matched her smirk, “It really has been a long time, dear-heart.” He always found it necessary to say a pet name or two whenever he saw Atalia. “What have you been up to as of late? Back home?”

Atalia wanted to roll her eyes at the name, but found herself smiling softly instead. As much as she wanted to hate the pet-names and the nick names, she’d come to realize they were only terms of endearment that she’d learned to accept. “No, I...I’ve actually moved out. The manor was a bit too suffocating. What about you?”

As far as Levi was concerned, moving day hadn’t come soon enough. It wasn’t that things were getting worse in Yaxley Manor. Truth be told topping the fear, anger, and depression that hid in every corner of the manor was damn near impossible. But with the carrot of a new life with Atalia dangling over his head, Levi quickly grew restless in the weeks leading up to the move. The moment they signed the lease sheer relief passed through his body, relieving tension he didn’t even know he’d been holding.

The mostly muggle neighborhood had been a safety measure; Theodore and Leviticus would never think to look for their miscreant children among such “inferior” crowd. It did make moving in slightly inconvenient. Levi’s arms were burning from the weight of the box in his arms as he walked through the open door into their new home. A smile crossed his face at Atalia’s voice as he set the box down in the middle of the floor and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “Yes. I can. We deserve this. We deserve to be happy.”

She never thought she’d feel safe outside the boundries of the wizarding community, yet here she was, standing on the balcony with no fear. Biting her lip, she leaned back into him. “We have a house--or, well, a few rooms, but still.” Atalia let herself stare at the surrounding buildings for a few more moments before she rotated in his arm, looking up at him. “I’d say pinch me, but if this is a dream, I want a few more minutes.”

Pushing up on to her toes, Atalia kissed him, lingering just shortly before she was smiling again--beaming. She dropped back down to her feet, peering over his shoulder at the bags and boxes in the living room. “It’s too late for you to be getting sick of me now, Yaxley. We still need to go furniture shopping.” The teasing was light-hearted, her finger poking into his side as she said the words. “And you’ll soon find out how horrible of a cook I am without a house elf. Are you sure you still want to do this?”