#flufffy

You and Neville had always been friends, it started in first year you would partner up with him since you were super shy. You were still shy now but it was a whole other level back then, even the teachers didn’t ask you to answer knowing how shy you were. During your 7th year, you admired how Neville protected the younger kids, you came out of your shell too standing up for those in Hufflepuff.

As you read you got to a part of the book which featured the beginnings of a battle, you had found forcing yourself to read these things actually helped you deal with some of the stuff you saw. As you read the scene you remembered the battle

——— start of flashback ———

You entered the great hall looking around frantically trying to spot Jess, you both got split up during the chaos.

Jess on her way to try and find you happened across Remus Lupin duelling Antonin Dolohov. She could tell Remus was getting tired so she stepped in to save him, both then sticking together as they went to find Tonks.

You on the other had had found yourself running down a hallway where you saw Augustus Rookwood aiming his wand down another corridor. You couldn’t see who he was pointing at but you flung a hex in his direction, causing him to stumble the blasting spell he had cast being redirected towards the wall closet to him, resulting in him to be buried in rubble.

As you looked around you spotted her, talking with your old professor and a pink haired woman

“Jess” the girl turned to her name, your shoulders relaxing as she breaks out in a relieved smile

“Y/n” she breaths out

You both walk up towards one another engulfing each other in a tight hug, both clinging on to each other for dear life. You both were the only family the other had left after death eaters came after Jess’ father resulting in the deaths of both of your parents.

Remus and Tonks hugged each other as they watched. Jess had joined the Order while you went back to Hogwarts, deciding to follow her father’s footsteps, allowing the couple to get to know Jess over that time. Both knew what happened to yours and her parents, Remus even knew Jess’ father from the first war, so as they watched you hug they could help but feel relieved themselves. Remus recognised the bond you shared in that moment, the kind he had with Sirius and James, the one which made you sisters even if you weren’t related.

“You okay any injuries?” Jess asks as you both reluctantly pull away, checking you over like a concerned mother

“Just a few scraps but I’m fine” you reassure her “I’m so glad you’re okay I was worried when I couldn’t find you”

“Yeah I’m alright, I was trying to find you too but I had to help some people on the way” she motions to Remus and Tonks behind her

“Hi” you greet shyly “Nice to see you again professor”

Remus chuckles “I’ve not been your professor for a while now you can call me Remus, we’re glad to see you are okay y/n”

You nod “This is Tonks, Remus’ wife”  as Jess introduces her you notice Remus’ wearing a small smile of pride as she says ‘wife’

“Glad to see another brave puff fighting in the battle” Tonks smiles brightly at you, giving you a hug

Jess and Tonks engage in conversation about her son as you all wait, leaving you with Remus

“You know after this is all over we’re going to need a DADA teacher again, you were by far the best we ever had” you smile at the man

“Well if we survive this I’ll definitely consider it”

——— end of flashback ———

You look up from your book towards the professors table, catching the eye of your DADA teacher. Remus gives you a nod and a smile which you return before he turns back to his conversation and you to your book.

As you turn the page, the hall erupts in laugher causing you to look around to see what all the fuss is about. Your eyes widen as you see a couple of Ravenclaws with bright pink hair. Now that the Slytherins where nicer other people such as this group of Ravenclaws, another group of Hufflepuff girls and some younger Gryffindors in the year below you had stepped up to be the newest bullies. 

Although some of the Slytherins only acted nicer because they were being watched, most were actually a lot kinder now they didn’t have to be afraid of Voldemort or their parents. Even Draco seemed nicer, you noticed he seemed genuinely happy, especially when you saw him talking to Astoria Greengrass the previous week in the library.

You started to giggle as they ran out, catching the attention of a certain redhead.

Fred had been patiently waiting for their prank to kick in ever since he and George sat down. He had missed this, the thrill of pranking someone, especially someone that deserved it. After the war, Fred and George had decided while their shop was being repainted and done up for the grand reopening next summer they would return and actually finish their final year. Of course, their main reason was to entice Ron into coming back and hence Harry for their mother, as well as to try and bring a bit of fun back to Hogwarts again.

As he laughed with his brother and friends at the Ravenclaws running out, basking in the satisfaction of everyone’s reactions, one particular giggle caught his attention. Looking around he saw you, trying to hold your giggles as you held your book. He thought it was the sweetest sound he had ever heard.

He knew who you were, you were in his brothers year, he didn’t know much about you as you were in a different house. He did see you hang around with Neville, Luna, Cho and Jess a lot, even his sister on a couple of occasions due to your friendships with Neville and Luna.

He remembered you at the yule ball with Jess, you hanging off of some Drumgstang boys’ arm and Jess on some Beubaxtions girls, he also recalled thinking you looked really pretty in your y/f/c dress. He saw you at the DA meetings, he never spoke to you but he did remember your Patronus being a robin and it joining his and Georges flying around. He also remembered your blush when you noticed it and him and his brother smiling at you. 

The thing that stuck out most in his mind about you was the one conversation you both had ever shared which took place during the final battle

——— start of flashback ———

Fred laughed at his brothers joke before being knocked back by the shock wave of a blast from just down the corridor. He saw who he assumed was the attacker’s feet poking out under the rubble as he stood back up, looking down to see if Percy was okay he saw his other brother, Charlie, helping him up as he had been knocked down the stairs nearby.

He whipped his head around as he heard you run around the corner, turning to walk backwards as you seemed to be checking the guy was out. You were too caught up as you turned around running directly into him, you held your wand out at him before lowering it the moment you realised it wasn’t another deatheater

“You okay” He cringes as he asks, middle of a battle you idiot of course she’s not okay

You nod, looking around to check no deatheaters were around

Fred looks around as well realising you are alone “You all by yourself?”

“Yeah I got separated from the others I was with” Fred nods

“You can stick with me if you want” he offers

“Thanks, but I need to find my sister” as he meets in your eyes he understands the frantic look in them as well as the panicked tone of your voice, he was feeling the same way as he hoped George was alright

“Okay, be safe”

You nod “Thanks you too” you start walking away “Oh” he turns back to look at you “Try not to die” you let out a breathy laugh and small smile

Fred himself chuckles a bit “Ditto”

Fred was sitting in the great hall with his family, all waiting and worried for Harry who had disappeared. As he looked up he was happy to see Remus and Tonks were okay along with Jess who he and George had gotten to know when they had joined the order around the same time she did.

He looked around to see if you had shown up yet, he felt sick seeing you weren’t here, wishing he had gone with you to find your sister.

“Who you looking for?” George nudges him

“There was a girl in the corridor with Percy, she saved us I think some deatheater was going to attack us. She told me she was going to find her sister but she isn’t here yet” George can see the worry in his eyes, understanding the pain

“Do you know her name?”

“Y/n, you remember her, the little Hufflepuff that’s friends with Neville”

“Oh yeah the girl with the Patronus”

George remembered you now, he didn’t know much about you but he knew you were sweet. He had even heard from some others as he waited for Fred to show up that you and Neville were standing up against the Carrow siblings all year. As he watched his brother hang his head between his legs he looked up to see you walking in.

“Freddie look” Fred looks at him before following his gaze “She’s alright”

He watches as you walk up to Jess both holding each other in a tight embrace, his shoulders relax at the knowledge you are okay. He also realises that Jess was the sister you were talking about. As he watched you both hug it was the same way he hugged George when he first saw him.

——— end of flashback ———

As he looked at you biting your lip as you held your giggles trying to return to your book, he smiled. He never forgot you made him laugh in the middle of a battle, he only ever seen your shy exterior over the years but that day he saw the small bit of cheekiness within you, a bit that he found he was now longing to see more of.

You look up catching his eye, giving him a shy smile as you see him looking at you. He smiles back giving you a wink as he turns back around.

“Ron” he gets his brothers attention

“What” he answers mouth half full, earning a playful nudge from Hermione

“What’s y/n doing behind me” he asks quickly interested to know your reaction to his light flirting

“Huh” he asks confused

“Just tell me” he pushes

“Ugh” he looks over to see you blushing seemingly at the book “She looks a bit flustered and she’s smiling a bit”

Fred smirks, pleased he didn’t make you uncomfortable “Perfect”

“Y/l/n huh” George teases

This wasn’t the first time his brother had brought you up but it was the first time he had done something about it and actually interacted with you instead of stealing glances at you in class.

“Shut it” he snaps back

“Just remember she’s really shy Fred and I’m pretty sure Luna and Nev will kill you if you hurt her” Hermione reminds him

Hermione had never really talked to you much however she did come to you when it came to healing as you helped her make ointment to help ease the pain of Umbridge’s quill

“Not to mention Jess” George adds

“Trust me that’s the last thing I’m planning to do” he looks back around his voice fading at the end getting caught up in the way your hair has fallen over your face as you are completely immersed in the book your reading again

“Freddie’s fell in love” Ginny sings causing Harry, Ron, Hermione and George to chuckle

“Fuck off” he bites back however all of them see the small smile on his face he can’t shake as he turns back to eat

Fred spots Neville in the crowd as they are headed to DADA

“Neville” he calls out jogging up to him

“Hi” he replies looking around noticing George isn’t with him, the realisation makes him ask his next question hesitantly “What do you want?”

“Switch partners with me” he blurts out, cringing a little at how desperate he sounded but keeps his cool

“What why?” Neville seems confused at first but as Fred answers it clicks together

“Today we choose our partners for the project and I want to be with y/n, I’ve already spoken to George you just tell her that you’re with him and I’ll be hers” Fred explains, rather satisfied with his own plan

“Why do you want to be with y/n” Neville tilts his head, smiling a little

Ginny had already blabbed to him and Luna about Fred’s crush on you but he didn’t expect Fred to try and switch partners instead of just walking up to you. Although the more he thought about it he realised that this was better, not only because of your shy nature but also it meant that Ginny was right and Fred’s intentions were good. That Fred knew this would be less scary for you and maybe even for him as well.

Fred notices his slight smirk, sighing “Gin already told you, didn’t she?”

“Little bit but yes I’ll switch with you”

Fred eyes widen as he beams down at the boy “Thanks, Nev”

“Oh, and Fred” Neville starts

“Don’t hurt her or you’ll kick my arse harder than you sliced up that snake”

Neville chuckles “That wasn’t what I was going to say but that is true. I was going to say I think you both would make a nice couple”

Fred smiles, he was a bit nervous that you and he wouldn’t really work considering you were polar opposites, but hearing Neville who would never lie to him say he thinks you both would work made his day more than the younger boy could ever know

“Thanks man”

You were sat with Neville as you waited on Lupin starting the class, as Neville seemed to by doodling something in his book you looked around the rest of the room. You caught the eye of Ron and Harry who smiled knowingly at you, to which you smiled back confused before turning to Lupin as he spoke

“Can I get everyone’s attention” Lupin claps his hands checking everyone is looking before continuing “Today we will be starting your projects, you are to pick a topic you and your partner find interesting and write a paper on it. Since there are two of you and you are all in your final year I expect your report to be thorough. Do not pick a broad subject, instead choose a niche or an aspect about your chosen topic to focus in on. I shall give this lesson to pick your partners and begin discussing what you will chose, I will only give you this lesson to in class to work on it the rest must be done in your own time. It is due three weeks today and you are getting an extra week since well if you have a lunar calendar you will understand” he chuckles at the end

You smiled, along with the golden trio and rest of the class, it was nice to see him so open about his werewolf status, you could tell Tonks had helped him a lot with becoming more self-confident and it was such a nice growth to see.

“So, what do you want to work on?” you turn to Neville who gives you an awkward smile

“What” you pout

“I actually already told George I’d be his partner” he felt bad seeing the panic wash over your eyes that you might have to talk to some random stranger so he tries to reassure you “But since I’m with George it means you and Fred will be together”

Although by your eyes widening and the slight blush on your face he’s unsure if that knowledge helped or made it worse. Either way he knew you well enough to know you definitely had some kind of feelings for the elder twin, which made him happy that Fred had a chance.

You watched Neville get up and walk over to where the twins were seated, you saw both of them look over at you as Fred gave you a warm smile gathering his stuff, moving to sit next to you.

“Hello” he greets

“Hi” barley getting the word out, thankful it came out in a semi normal tone than the squeak you were dreading

“How come Nev is working with George?” you ask, still confused as to why Neville would change his partner and a little scared he might have finally grown bored of you

Fred could see you were nervous “Oh well me and Georgie don’t exactly work on the projects when we partner up, usually rushing it at the last minute. Our goal is at least pass one class and we choose this one, so, I asked Neville to switch”

The part about him and George was true but the second half was a white lie they had absolutely no intention of passing their classes on purpose, if they did they were going to take it as a happy accident.

“Oh okay, that makes sense” you nod, feeling a little better

“We can switch back if you’re uncomfortable” the boy hoped you’d say it was alright, but he could understand that maybe he hadn’t thought this completely through

“No, it’s okay” you pick up your book “Do you have a preference on a topic to choose?”

Fred’s shoulders relaxed as you picked up the book, smiling as he answered your question “Well me and Georgie always found the Patronus charm rather cool, especially since it can change overtime”

You look up at Fred nodding, then remembered yours and his patronus’ interacting and started blushing slightly, moving to open your book to the right page to try and hide it but the red-haired boy had already noticed smirking to himself

“So, you think we should focus out essay on corporeal patronus forms?” he nods “We could also talk about rare ones, umm” you flick through the chapter scanning for it pointing to the page “here, an…Andros the invincible” you giggle a little at the name as does Fred “he had a giant as his patronus”

You and Fred read through the chapter, you explaining some things as you do as Fred listens intently, loving the sound of your voice. Up front Remus looks out over the students to check everyone is paired up and working, scanning over the pairs he sees people in small discussions, Harry and Ron, Hermione and Ginny, Pansy and Blaise, Draco and Astoria, Daphne and Luna. As he looks over towards the rest of the pairs his eyes fall upon the back two desks, surprised when he didn’t see you and Neville and the twins paired together but Neville with George and Fred with you.

As he watches you and Fred he sees you pointing to something on the page, explaining something as Fred appears to listen, smiling down at you. The older man smiles to himself, he wasn’t obvious to the longing looks Fred had been giving you over the past month in class, nor did he miss the small glances you gave him either.

As class finishes you and Fred are packing up your stuff “So when are you free to meet up?” smiling hopefully at him

“I can’t do tomorrow I have quidditch practice, but I’m free this weekend”

“Oh, it’s the first Hufflepuff match this weekend with Ravenclaw” you remind him

“Oh, shit so it is” he chuckles, scratching the back of his head

“What time does practice finish tomorrow?”

“Depends on Gin anywhere between 7 and midnight, maybe we could meet up after class next week I’d hate to make you wait around or miss the match” you nod, you had heard that Harry had made Ginny team captain and her training schedule resembled Oliver’s from 3rd year

“We have Herbology together last thing on Monday so we could meet up in the library before dinner?”

“Sounds good”

You stood outside Herbology patiently waiting for Fred to come out, soon you spotted why he was a bit delayed as some of the Ravenclaw girls had swarmed him. As he walked out smiling at the girls giving him attention he spotted you, you smiled awkwardly shuffling a bit, unsure if you should go over or wait for him to stop talking to the girls.

He smiles at you as you wave, in that moment he forgot you weren’t like George, you couldn’t just waltz up and whisk him away, and you weren’t like Angelina or Alicia who would just tell them to get lost. He mutters a quick goodbye, jogging up to you in hope they get the hint, they do but it also meant the girls began to stare you down instead, causing you to look uneasy.

Fred noticed your distress, wrapping his arm around you and leading you away, at first you tense up under his arm before relaxing. As you walk away from the group of girls Fred leans down “You alright?”

“Yeah, sorry I’m just not used to a lot of attention” you reply, not looking up at him as it was clear you were blushing from the close contact

As you reach the door Fred retracts his arm, much to your dismay, instantly feeling colder and missing the feeling. You both head towards the library, Fred goes for one of the seats he usually sat at when Hermione would drag him, Harry and his brothers there, but you stop him.

“You mind if we sit somewhere else?” you ask quietly “This bit will get crowded just before dinner and Prince hangs around here”

Fred furrows his eyebrows together, in truth he really never came to the library at all, only when he was forced, so he didn’t even know there were other places to sit. He nods picking up his bag and following you deeper into the library. As you come to the end of the seemingly never-ending bookshelves, he watches you walk along the windows stopping and starting to hop up on one, he smiles a little as you take two attempts to jump up. Walking up he sees a small booth on one side of the window sill with a table on the other.

Looking down at him you pat the spot next to you, signalling for him to join you. He places his bag up on the table easily climbing up, you were used to being here with Jess or yourself, not a 6ft giant so the booth was a bit snug but not enough that you wouldn’t have room to work.

“I had no idea this existed, although I’ve never been one to actually study” he chuckles “How did you find this place?” he looks down at you, gulping a bit realising how close you were, not only that but the light from the sun hit you just right through the window, Merlin she’s beautiful

You smile at him pointing to some initials carved in the table, A.M, “Alex McConnell, Jess’ dad found it back in his days here, telling Jess about it when she got here and she showed me”

You swear you thought you were going to faint as you felt Fred lean over you and point to the initials below it, J.M and [your initials] “Didn’t take you as a vandal love” smiling a little as he runs his fingers over the initials

“I’m full of surprises…” your small bit of confidence fades instantly as you turn to look up at him, bushing at how close your faces are, even more so as he turns to look at you noses almost touching.

Fred smirks to himself as your eyes widen, quickly turning away flustered starting to take out your books and quill, that was adorable

“What’s the plan” he asks after he gets his own parchment and quill out

“I was thinking we could do the research together this week and start writing it next week? That way we can make any edits we need and have it done before Hogsmeade since it’s the weekend before the deadline” you bite your lip looking up at him

Fred smiles at you “Sure love, I have quidditch practice on Thursdays besides that I’m at your disposal”

Over the next two weeks you and Fred met up each day, except Thursdays to research and write the report, the boy also found ways of slipping some extra conversation in their to get to know you

“Happy Hufflepuff won against Ravenclaw?”

“Yeah it was a good game, the common room was jumping on Saturday”

“You ever thought about playing Quidditch?”

“I’m not very competitive, I prefer to watch”

“Ravenclaw-Gryffindor match is next, you going to that?”

“Yeah, I’ll be routing for you”

“You have plans for what you want to do after Hogwarts?”

“Jess is setting up her own Herbology shop and she’s going to have a clinic in it so I was thinking of training under the healer she’s hired”

“That sounds nice, where is her shop?”

“Just off diagon alley, you can actually see your shop from our apartment window”

“Looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of each other than”

“Did you like me and Georgie’s latest prank?”

“It was funny, next time you should put a sticking charm so it lasts longer”

“Now, that’s an idea. So glad I’m starting to corrupt you little Hufflepuff, next I’ll have you joining me”

The following Friday you both leave the library happy the report was done but agreed to still meet on Monday to write the final draft together. You smile shyly at George who is waiting outside 

“Hi” you wave awkwardly at him before cringing at how silly that must have looked

“Hey y/n, hope my brother hasn’t been giving you too much grief the last couple weeks” you giggle, unable to see Fred giving his brother a glare

“So” George continues despite his brothers shaking his head “You going to Hogsmeade tomorrow?”

“Yeah I think so, need to replenish my stash from Honeydukes” you answer

“Are you going with anyone” Fred asks, you were too nervous to notice the hope on his voice

“No, I used to always go with Jess” you bite your lip, you didn’t mind going alone, you enjoyed your own company but you afraid they might laugh at you

“Come with us” George suggests

“Really?” you look looks between them, a small smile gracing your face

“Yeah it’ll be great” Fred replies

As you are about speak a couple girls walk up to Fred, the girl at the front speaking up “Hiya Freddie, I was wondering if you had a date to Hogsmeade yet” flipping her hair as she spoke causing her perfume to fill the air

You look between the two of them, feeling a pang in your heart at the thought of Fred saying yes, why wouldn’t he say yes, she’s so confident. George notices your pained expression, but he knew Fred was about to turn the girl down and he now knew that you shared the same feelings as his brother.

“I’m flattered love but I already have plans” the girls expression drops, looking quickly at you as she sees you smiling up at him

Regaining her confidence, she walks up to him “That’s alright, maybe next time” she strokes his arm, winking before walking off

Fred watches her leave before turning back to his brother and you “Sorry about that, anyway we’ll meet you outside around 10?”

You nod “Yeah I’ll look forward to it. I’m going to head back to my common room for a bit before dinner, I’ll see you both tomorrow?” you wave as you walk away hearing Fred and George saying ‘bye’ ‘ see you’

Fred watches you walk away a smile on his face

“Your welcome by the way” George smiles at his brother smugly

“I would have asked her” He rebuts as they start walking

“Sure, you know I don’t know if you’re making her more outgoing or if she’s making you shy”

“Fuck off” he laughs before stopping, turning to his brother with a rare serious expression “Just between us, do you think I have a chance, be brutally honest”

“She likes you Freddie, you have a chance trust me you should have seen her little pout for the half a second she had to wait for your answer just now”

The elder twin nods smiling “You think you could…” he starts

“…come up with an emergency so you two can be alone, sure thing I was planning on ditching you anyway”

You must have looked in the mirror about 10 times before you left your dorm, heading out and down to the court yard you spot the twins.

As you walked up your stomach fills with butterflies as Fred smiles brightly at you “Morning love” he greets

“Morning y/n” George nods

“Morning” you smile up at the two of them

The three of you all set off towards Hogsmeade, first headed towards Honeydukes, then you went with Fred and George as they went to check on their sister store they were planning on opening where zonkos used to sit. On the way to the three broomsticks you all spot a familiar face

“Fred, George!” Angelina greets, walking up to give them a hug

“Hi” she extends the syllables as she looks at you for a name

“y/n” you smile at her

“Nice to meet you, y/n”

“Fancy running into you here” George smirks at the girl

“Well I was in town visiting you see” Angelina replies

You look between the three, having a feeling they all know something you don’t

“Say you two wouldn’t mind if me and Ange leave you two to catch up?” George raises his eyebrow

“No that’s fine by me, y/n you alright with that?” Fred looks down at you

Your heart flutters with the idea of being alone with him “I’m okay with that”

As you both walk away Fred turns back mouthing ‘thank you’ to his brother and Angelina. Walking into the three broomsticks it was mobbed and very loud, you saw Harry and Ginny in a booth with Ron and Hermione looking like they were on a double date. Fred looked down at you seeing you looked uneasy, he also saw some of his fan girls in the corner noticing his presence.

“Hey you want to grab some bottles of butterbeer to go” he asks

“Would you mind?” you look up at him, biting your lip

“Not at all, come on soon we get them the sooner we’re out of here” you follow him through the tables, as you are walking Fred looks down at you slipping his hand into yours leaning down as he continues towards the bar “You’re alright I’m here love”

You smile looking up at him, squeezing his hand as you both get to the bar

“What can I get you both” Madam Rosmerta greets at you both, eyes flickering down to your hands as she gave the boy a smile

The women had seen the older twin in here on plenty dates but you weren’t the type he usually brought in, nevertheless she had to admit you both suited each other rather well.

“Two bottles of butterbeer, but can we get them to go” Fred smiles back, trying to ignore the women’s knowing look between the two of you

“Coming right up” The lady leaves going into the back to grab the bottles

As she leaves you have a look around, it was then you noticed the group of girls glaring at you or more specifically your hand intertwined with Fred’s. You let go of his hand, before Fred can react and look down to see why you let go Rosmerta returns

“Here you go” she hands over the bottles

“Thanks for making an exception for us” Fred thanks the women

“Anything for my second favourite Weasley” she winks

“Second you wound me” he plays a hand on his heart, relishing in the way you giggle at his antics

“Well one of your older brothers used to come in a lot during the triward tournament, handsome fella” she looks over to see a couple people waiting at the other end of the bar “Looks like i have more customers, enjoy your drinks”

You smile nodding as you turn away and Fred thanks her once again, putting the bottles in his bag. 

The two of you walk out, as you exit Fred turns to you “So where do you want to go?”

You are about to answer when a group of girls come out after you, the same girl that asked him out yesterday walking up to the two of you

“Hiya Freddie” Fred tries his best not to roll his eyes, annoyed he can’t just have two minutes with you

“Hey” he nods

“I’m sorry I don’t think I know you, I’m sure you know me though” you nod, she was one of the most popular girls in Ravenclaw, hell the whole school, of course you knew her

“Y/n” you answer shyly

“Y/n, pretty name” she gives you a smile looking you up and down, a smile that in girl language meant she hated you without ever having to utter a word

“Where are you off to, you came in and left we were worried” she pretends to be concerned

“We were just going somewhere a bit quieter” Fred wraps his arm around you, making you gasp a bit in surprise

“Oh, it’s such a shame usually you’re the life of the place, hate to see you dimming your light” she looks at you as she shes the last bit

You swallow hard, you could feel her words plunge straight into your heart. You felt bad for pulling Fred away, you didn’t want to hold him back from things because you were scared. You couldn’t even sit in a crowded pub, let alone stand up for yourself in front of one of his fan girls, how could you ever be more than that.

Fred looked down at you, seeing how the words where effecting you, no one makes my little puff feel like that “Maybe my priorities are changing. Now, if you’ll excuse me ladies we were having a lovey time before we were interrupted” 

He wraps his arm a bit tighter around you giving your shoulder a light squeeze, leaving the Ravenclaw girl fuming, Fred hearing a distant huff and stomp as you both walk off

Once you’re a good bit away Fred looks down at you his voice pulling you out of your intrusive thoughts “So where did you want to go”

Your head shoots up, mouth opening before closing again as you try to recall what you were going to say earlier, he sees your eyes light up in recognition as you speak “I was going to suggest Black lake, its dry and if we sit by the trees we won’t get too cold”

“Sounds perfect love, I can warm up the butterbeers if you want” you nod

You both arrive at Black Lake, finding a spot where you can both sit comfortably. Fred pull out the butterbeers opening them before taking out his wand to heat them up a bit.

“Good?” he asks as you take a sip

“Yeah…I haven’t had one of these in years, think the last time was in 6th year”

He hums, looking over he sees you pull your jacket closer to you, you only had on a shirt and jacket since you thought you’d be in and out of shops all day.

“Here” he shrugs off his jacket, pulling off his jumper

As he does his shirt underneath rides up a bit revealing his toned stomach making you blush. Fred pulls down his shirt a bit, turning to you as he pulls one of the arms of his jumper inside out. He grins as he sees your eyes trailing from his stomach to your lap in an effort not to make it obvious you had been staring.

You look back up at the jumper held out in front of you “Are you sure?”

“Yes love, take it” you take it from him, shrugging off your own jacket as you pull it over your head

As you slip it on you are engulfed by Fred’s scent, making you smile as you look up at him to find him tracing his eyes over his jumper on you smiling, “Suits you” he says before wrapping his arm around you

You tense a bit, he looks down releasing his grip a bit “This alright” he sighs in relief as you nod returning his grip

Fred’s heart does little jumps as you lean into his chest, your own heart was thumping so fast you were terrified he could feel it

“So, I was thinking about one last thing we could put in our report” he says after a while

You tilt your head up “What?”

“Well” he shifts so he can see you clearly “Maybe we could add a bit at the end about our own patronus’”

“Yours was a magpie, right?” he nods

“And yours is a robin. I was thinking we could cast them again see how they interact, they got cut short a but last time with Umbridge” he suggests

“Sure”

You both stand up, the boy can’t help but smile at his jumper hanging off of you watching as you fold up the sleeves because its too big. Pulling out your wands you both point them out at the water

“Ready” he turns to you

“Ready”  

Both of you mutter Expecto Patronum, light flooding from your wands as your patronus’ form. For yourself, you would always think of Jess, your parents and Jess’ parents, even though yours and her parents were gone you still could remember your fond memories of them. For Fred, it was always his family, more particular his brother.

You both smile as you watch his morph into a magpie and yours a robin, both flying around each other, watching as they swoop down landing in front of you. Fred reaches out his spare hand taking yours, watching as your patronus’ hop closer together.

After watching them interact for a bit, you both finished your butterbeers before returning to the castle. Fred walked you to the corridor near the Hufflepuff entrance

“I had a great day” you say smiling at him

“Me too, I’ll see you Monday” Fred wished he could just take you in his arms and kiss you but he had to take it slow

He begins to walk away but you grab his arm making him look back at you. Using every bit of confidence you have you lean up planting a kiss on his cheek “Bye Freddie”

Fred’s eyes blow wide as you kiss him, a small smile on his face as he sees you blush before you walk off towards your common room. He was surprised you made the first move, not to mention he knew how much that small act would have taken for you to do, safe to say the boy was ecstatic. He lets out a small chuckle as he touches the cheek you kissed.

He heads back to his own common room, walking in with a huge smile plastered on his face as he sees his brothers, sister, Harry and Hermione on the couches.

“How did it go!” Ginny sits up excitedly

“You told everyone didn’t you” he looks at his twin, who opens his mouth to say something but ultimately just gives him a shrug

“In Georges defence we did see you holding hands in the pub” Harry speaks up

“You held hands?” George wiggles his eyes brows at his brother

“We did” Fred smiles proudly “She also kissed my cheek when I walked her back just now”

“Wait” Hermione looks at him “She kiss you not the other way around” they rest look puzzeled that you made the first move

“Yup” popping the p as he takes a seat

“Wow in shy person world that’s the same as shagging” Harry almost chokes on his chocolate frog at George, Ginny rubbing his back and kissing his forehead giggling at his reaction

“That can’t be accurate” Fred replies

George spots Neville walking in “Hey Nev”

“Yeah” he looks around “hey guys”

There is a series of ‘heys’ and ‘hellos’ before George asks “Nev sure in shy person world them kissing your cheek means the same as shagging”

The boy’s eyes widen, almost choking like Harry but on air, before letting out a chuckle “I wouldn’t go that far but if you’re talking about y/n then yeah it’s a big deal” he turns to Fred “At the yule ball she didn’t once kiss her dates cheek and he took her to a ball, so I’m pretty sure she really fancies the pants you” Neville cringes at his choice of words as George laughs about how he was right

Fred smiles leaning back into the couch, wishing for Monday to come sooner so he can be close to you again. As he drifts off into his own little world the rest of the group start making bets on when you and he will officially go out, as well as bets on who will kiss who first.

You were sat at the window booth in the library starting to write up the final draft, fixing any little errors. Fred was late, you sighed looking out of the window, the rain was rather fitting as you were starting to worry he wasn’t going to show up. I shouldn’t have kissed him. Just as you leaned your head on the window you hear footsteps, looking around you saw an out of puff Fred

“Sorry, long story involving a new prototype and a very angry portrait, main thing is I’m here and I’m so sorry for making you wait love”

“oh” you sit up feeling relieved “It’s okay, I was just starting to write the final essay” you reply as Fred jumps up sliding in next to you

“You know me and Georgie have quills that can spell check it for us” he reaches into his bag grabbing on of them out handing it to you

“That’s so cool, thank you” you smile taking the quill off of him, blushing as your hands grazed together

It took you both a couple hours to write it up, adding in the extra paragraph on how your patronus’ interacted as well as what each of them meant. In your research you learned patronus’ tended to reveal things about the person not even themselves knew. Magpies are social and two means joy, which made sense as when George and Fred were together they did bring joy. Robins can represent perseverance as well as new beginnings, things that echoed in your life.

“Looks like that’s us finished” you put down your quill, sighing in relief as you sit back a bit

“Yeah” Fred stretches placing his hand over your shoulder as he finishes

You giggle “That was pretty smooth”

“Thanks, saw it in a muggle movie Mione’ made us watch” he hugs you closer

“Freddie” you look up at him

“Yeah” he smiles tilting his head down, heart swelling at you calling him ‘Freddie’ again

“You think we can still hang out even now the projects over?” 

“Absolutely, you’re stuck with me now” he kisses the side of your head

“Can I…maybe try pranking someone with you and George I’ve always wanted to be a part of one” you smile up at him

Fred smiles “You can join us anytime you want love, but there is one thing I want to do before that”

“And what is that?” you meet his eyes

Fred’s eyes flicker to your lips before he leans down slowly, your heart races realising he’s actually going to kiss you. As he draws closer he smiles as you begin to lean forward too, both capturing each other’s lips gently. As you pull away you bite you lip smiling at him

“Merlin you’re so cute when you do that” Fred moves his thumb across your lips before gently kissing your forehead

You look up at him nervously “Freddie does this mean we’re you know” you bite your lip again, nodding your head to insinuate

“Together?” you nod slowly “I hope so, your mine now and i’m never letting you go” a small squeal escapes your lips as he picks you up and pulls you over his lap, legs straddling either side

“In fact…” he moves some hair behind your ear “…you’ve been my little Hufflepuff for a while now” he leans into to give you a peak on the lips

“Does that make you my brave Gryffindor then?” you tilt you head at him smiling brighter than he’d ever seen

“I’m anything you want me to be darling, I’m all yours” he replies moving into kiss you again