I haven't posted fanfiction in quite a long time, but after becoming freshly obsessed with the Harry Potter fandom and seeing lots of "20 Things" posts, I decided it was time I got back in the game. I have no idea how many characters I will write about, but for now, lets start with our favorite Ginger father.
Arthur Weasley
1. He was very spontaneous and fell in love quite often.
But nothing could compare to the way he felt about Molly Prewett.
2. Muggle inventions were magic to him.
Since he, and other witches and wizards grew up without them, they held the awe for him that magic held over muggles.
3. He wasn't the one that proposed to Molly. It was the other way around.
They were only 16.
4. He punched Lucius Malfoy in their sixth year.
He didn't remember much of what happened, just that Lucius said some particularly nasty things about Arthur's "mudblood cronies" and that Molly marched over right afterward and asked him to marry her.
5. The first time he really kissed Molly was after they were already married.
It was while she cried over the disappointment that her parents had in her for eloping at 16. They foolishly thought she was pregnant and wound up apologizing profusely when she didn't actually become pregnant until years later.
6. He wanted lots and lots of kids.
He never had any brothers or sisters and he told Molly right away that he wanted a house full of the noise, messes, and laughter that he never experienced growing up.
7. He loved his wife's body even more after she had their kids.
Though she was pleasantly shaped and slept in the nude for the few years before they had Bill, the way her body filled out over the years of having child after child put a spark in his eye.
8. He sang the children to sleep every night.
At least, he did until they told him one by one that they were too old for such nonsense
9. He had many faults, but at the top of the list was his pride.
It was his pride, he knew, that caused most of his family's problems over the years. His pride is what made him refuse to let Molly work. His pride is what made him refuse to take the money his parents left for him in Gringotts. His pride is what made him refuse the offer of the higher paying job the Ministry wanted him to take, especially since he would have to work side by side with Lucius Malfoy.
10. He never sunburned.
But he never realized such until the family's trip to Egypt, when everyone came home with bright red skin while he stayed a nice shade of blindingly white.
11. The lights in his shop full of muggle inventions was run by electricity.
Though it was full of many muggle things, the proudest muggle product inside of his shop was the electricity. Still, the light switch said "lumos" at the top and "nox" at the bottom, for good measure.
12. He could work math problems in his head.
No matter how many years passed by in his life, he could look at difficult muggle equations and solve them in an instant.
13. He secretly thought Molly was psychic.
14. He could barely stand it when Percy left.
He used to sit up with him, before he went off to Hogwarts, and tell him stories about working at the Ministry. It broke his heart more than Molly's when Percy, and Percy's pride, chose the Ministry over the family. They were, almost regrettably, very much alike. Which is why he wasn't surprised when Percy came back.
15. Percy wasn't the only one he told stories to.
Except the stories he told Ginny were about Molly and himself and their love at such a young age. He often thought those stories were what made Ginny fall for Harry Potter before she had even started to attend Hogwarts.
16. He gave the twins their love of pranks.
But immediately stopped with pranks of his own. Molly could only take so much.
17. He honestly lost a piece of himself when his children died.
First, Fred at the battle of Hogwarts. Then Charlie, many, many years later, in Romania.
18. He preferred muggle alcohol.
19. He owned a cell phone.
Though it was large, he didn't know how to use it properly, and it was pretty useless since no one else in the wizarding world owned one, he kept it with him at all times during the last few years of his life.
20. He lived longer than Molly.
But only by a day.