37 : Sound
Title: Sound
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Harry Potter / Ron Weasley
Prompt: Sound
Word Count: 230
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Written for fanfic100 and posted at harryron.

The one hundred stories are inspired by Broke Back Mountain.

Ron looks back on one hundred memories of his life with and without Harry.

Enjoy.


Sound
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“This is for good, Ron,” he murmured. “I can’t stop again. I can’t have you right here and not touch you.” His hands splayed on my chest and he watched them slowly moving down my body.

“We’ll see if the cottage is available,” I said.

He looked up and our eyes met. “No more than that?” he asked.

“Harry,” I said slowly. “What are you suggesting, here?”

“We could be together,” he whispered.

“We can’t,” I said.

“I threw away the most important thing in my life, Ron, I ran away and I lost you,” he said sadly.

“You never lost me,” I said. “You never will, but it has to be like this,” I gestured at the private room.

He frowned and I sighed and reached for the buttons of his shirt. He watched me, his breath hitching as I caressed the skin I uncovered.

“If I’d stayed,” he said, suddenly and I froze, my hands on the button of his jeans. “If I’d stayed, after the war, would we be together?”

There was a ringing silence.

That was the one thing he’d never asked. It echoed between us and he swallowed and looked away.

Would we be together?

No Hermione; no children.

But I would never have known the difference, would I?

He was poised for flight as I gazed at him.

I broke the silence.

“Yes,” I said.


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