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bryonyfics ([info]bryonyfics) wrote,
@ 2008-08-08 01:38:00

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Entry tags:ginny weasley, harry potter, harry/ginny, het

Ficlet: Of Course (Harry/Ginny, PG)
Title: Of Course
Author: [info]coffee_n_cocoa
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Harry/Ginny
Summary: Harry goes looking for Ginny after Fred's funeral.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction set in the Harry Potter universe – all recognisable characters and settings are the property of J. K. Rowling and her associates. No copyright infringement is intended. No profit is made from this work. Please observe your local laws with regards to the age-limit and content of this work
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 548
Author's Notes: Written for [info]snegurochka_lee's Least Favorite Character/Pairing Drabble/Drawble & Ficlet Challenge. Hold me, I need to write some Neville-fic now to ease my pain. Canon compliant, ignores post-canon interviews.

Of Course


The funeral was over, as was the wake. Nearly everyone was gone, and Ginny took the opportunity to slip outside the Burrow, walking through the back garden and past the vegetable patch, taking the stile over the garden wall to the open field beyond.

The day was sunny and warm, a beautiful travesty in light of the fact that she had just watched while Fred was laid to rest in the ground. It should have been cloudy, and raining, and cold and grey.

Such was life and death.

She walked to the weeping willow next to the pond and sat down, not caring if her dress got dirty. She wouldn’t wear it again if she had her say. Toeing off her shoes, she leaned back against the trunk, watching the water at the pond’s surface glint and sparkle in the sunlight through the drooping branches of the willow. It was quiet, peaceful, and mindless, exactly what she sought.

Ginny didn’t know how long she sat there in silence, watching the water and occasionally shredding blades of grass with her fingers, thinking very hard about not thinking of anything. It could have been a few minutes, or a few hours before she heard the sound of approaching footsteps, followed soon after by the appearance of Harry. He saw her and started over, sitting beside her and leaning back on his elbows.

“Ron said I might find you here,” he said, after several moments had passed and she hadn’t spoken.

Of course. Ron would blab something like this. Ginny plucked another blade of grass and began shredding it.

Harry sighed, shoving his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “Look, I know I haven’t been around much the past couple of days. You were busy with everyone else with funeral plans, and I was busy with other things.”

“Of course,” Ginny murmured.

“Right.” Harry nodded, apparently emboldened at finally eliciting a response. “I had to help figure out what to do with Professor Snape’s body and Voldemort’s. I want them to have decent burials. Voldemort used to have another name, and Sn—Professor Snape wasn’t all he seemed. Might be best if Voldemort had an unmarked grave, so it won’t be, you know, desecrated.”

“Of course,” Ginny said, tossing away bits of grass and reaching for more.

“Rita Skeeter and Xeno Lovegood nearly came to blows over who got to interview me and Neville first for their respective publications. Nev managed to work out a compromise,” Harry continued, scratching his neck before settling back against the grass. “It’s probably the first time both The Quibbler and The Daily Prophet collaborated on a story. Neville’s pretty diplomatic.”

“Of course,” Ginny replied, wiggling her toes in the grass.

Harry sighed, stretching. “Then Kingsley Shacklebolt wanted to talk to me. He says once things settle down a bit there’s a place for me with the Aurors, whenever I feel ready.”

“Of course,” Ginny agreed, pushing her hair behind her ear.

Harry looked at her. “Is that all you can say?” he asked. “ ‘Of course?’”

Ginny shrugged. “Of course not.”

“Good.” Harry sat up, turning her to face him, and kissed her.

For the first time since the battle ended, Ginny felt as if Harry had finally come back to her.

Of course.


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[info]midnightblue88
2008-08-08 02:06 am UTC (link)
Is it wrong that I was hoping they wouldn't get together? Okay, that's probably not something you're supposed to say in a review, sorry. But anyway, I love that Harry's being a bit of an ass here, especially given the circumstances, but that he still kind of sees through her. I also love the bit about Neville coming up with a compromise for the Quibbler thing.

I'm definitely in favor of you following up with more Neville. :)

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[info]coffee_n_cocoa
2008-08-08 01:28 pm UTC (link)
LOL! I was tempted, but then I wouldn't be writing Harry/Ginny! I had to include the Neville bit, if only as a brief respite.

I've got two Harry/Neville fics on the to-write list, so there will definitely be more Neville forthcoming!

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[info]torino10154
2008-08-08 07:59 am UTC (link)
That was probably canon. Harry sort of babbling then finally buying a clue. Really well done (even though it is Harry/Ginny-which is the pairing I wrote too :P ).

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[info]coffee_n_cocoa
2008-08-08 01:29 pm UTC (link)
*sigh* This is actually the second H/G ficlet I've written. I did one on a dare a couple of years ago. And good god, but Harry can be dense sometimes, can't he? :P

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[info]snegurochka_lee
2008-08-08 08:30 am UTC (link)
Agreed - this is probably canon! Your Harry shines so much here. Clearly you have no trouble writing him. ;) But I did want to smack him for going on and on about himself, while Ginny is obviously hurting. That came across really well. (And I love that so many of us can only write PG for these pairings! Hee.) Thanks for playing! :)

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[info]coffee_n_cocoa
2008-08-08 01:30 pm UTC (link)
I don't have trouble with writing Harry; it's writing Ginny without Neville that I run into trouble, since I've never shipped her with anyone else.

(Writing above a PG rating would have broken my brain! *snicker*)

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[info]shellydkitty
2008-08-08 12:28 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I do love Harry here, going on and on about what he's being going through--he can be a bit self-involved can't he?

And then she slapped him and they broke up, right?

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[info]coffee_n_cocoa
2008-08-08 01:31 pm UTC (link)
Self-involved, dense...yep, that's our Harry!

*points to icon*

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[info]lore
2008-08-10 02:05 am UTC (link)
Read. Nicely done! <3

love, lore

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[info]coffee_n_cocoa
2008-08-10 10:12 am UTC (link)
Thank you! :))

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[info]madderbrad
2009-10-02 10:33 pm UTC (link)
A nice and neat little piece which highlights the complete absence of energy and romance in the canon H/G relationship as Rowling wrote it!! Yes, H/G is 'official' and will tiredly soldier on, but only because of a few scant words that were clumsily bolted on in the epilogue ... not because of any sincere feelings or love between the principal characters. Ginny's firmly playing out the end game of her childhood fantasy, where she catches and marries her long time crush - which means she'll live happily ever after, right, because that's what's supposed to happen with a fairy tale come true - of course - and Harry thinks that chest monster lust is all that love is.

Most definitely a ficlet that can be enjoyed by all ARGH members!!

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[info]coffee_n_cocoa
2009-10-06 01:34 am UTC (link)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the dysfunction of it all!

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