Je T'aime Plus Qu'hier

One
Teddy/Victoire

Teddy Lupin sat at his desk in his bedroom at Number 12 Grimmauld Place and groaned. He tossed his quill down and placed his head in his hands. He heard the soft click of his bedroom door opening and closing again, but didn't look up. He heard the soft patter of feet walking towards him and felt two hands begin to massage his shoulders and he smiled.

"What's the matter, love?" Victoire Weasley asked, as she leaned down to kiss the top of his head.

"All of this N.E.W.T work we have over break is going to kill me."

"I'm sure it's not that bad and you're just exaggerating, mon coeur."

"Just you wait. You'll have to do all of this shit next year and you'll understand." Teddy leaned his head back and Victoire ran her hands through his teal-colored hair before kissing him softly on the lips.

"You'll get it, darling." She crooned in her slight French accent. "You're brilliant; incredibly smart actually."

Teddy spun his chair around and pulled Victoire onto his lap. "And you're too kind."

Victoire giggled as Teddy wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "You know Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny are right down the hall asleep, right?"

"And I'll just assume that your mum and dad know exactly where you're at, then, Miss Weasley?" He asked, nuzzling his face into her neck.

"That's different." Victoire laughed again.

"No, it really isn't." Teddy ran his fingers through his girlfriend's long, platinum hair. "And you better stop that laughing shit before they realize you're here."

Victoire pulled out her wand and flicked it towards the door, casting a non-verbal silencing charm. "And that fixes that problem, now, doesn't it? Besides, it's been two years and they still don't know about us. I doubt they'll be finding out any time soon. Unless we tell them, of course."

"And ruin all of the fun? I don't think so. Can't we just wait to tell them we're together until after we get married?"

"I know that you're done with school in 6 months, but I still have a whole year left after that. You really want to wait a year and a half plus however long it takes us to get married after that?"

"I want to get married the second you graduate."

"What about what I want?"

"You don't want to get married?" Teddy's face fell a bit.

"Of course I do. Just not the day I graduate, for Merlin's sake." Victoire smiled.

"Well, I didn't mean the exact day. I figured we'd wait a couple days... A week at most." Teddy grinned as Victoire's mouth dropped open. "Still too soon?"

"Teddy Lupin, you are ridiculous." Victoire left her boyfriend's lap to go lay on his bed on her stomach. She laid her head on her arms and stared up at him.

" I'm ridiculous because I can't wait to live with you, call you mine forever, and be able to have you any time I want? Because if that makes me ridiculous, then I'm ridiculous as fuck."

Victoire closed her eyes and shook her head, blushing in the process. "You're incorrigable."

Teddy stood up from his chair and walked over to his bed, leaning down in front of Victoire and reaching between his mattresses. He pulled out a ring box from its hiding spot. "I know its a couple days until Christmas, but I can't really give this to you in front of everyone, now can I?"

"Teddy..." Victoire spoke slowly.

"Vic..." Teddy grinned widely.

"Theodore."

"Victory."

"You didn't." Victoire couldn't think if anything to do but stare at Teddy.

"Oh, I did." Teddy opened the small box to reveal a single diamond solitare set in a white gold band. "Marry me. I don't care if it's tomorrow or fifty years from now. Just say yes. I've been in love with you since I was 6, knew I wanted to kiss you since I was 13, and have known since the day you finally said that you'd date me that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. For the love of Merlin's saggy left nut, please say yes and stop staring at me like you're a fish out of water."

"Leave it to you to bring a dead, old wizards genitals into your proposal." Victoire took the delicate ring from where it was nestled and stared at it.

"Would you expect anything less of me?" Teddy laughed when she shook her head. "So, drooping testicles aside, what do you say, love?"

"Of course, mon amour. Je t'aime plus qu'hier et moins que demain." Victoire kissed Teddy before he slipped the ring onto her finger.

"Merlin, I love it when you talk like that." He climbed onto his bed and Victoire rolled onto her back, pulling him on top of her.

"And you know you could have me any time you wanted to now."

"You're the one who wanted to wait for marriage. I'm being a perfect gentleman and honoring that." Teddy kissed her on the tip of her nose and she giggled.

"Well, now we're just that much closer, then."

Teddy rolled onto his side of the bed and Victoire transfigured her clothes into pajamas. "Yes, but you know, that doesn't mean you have to stop doing that one thing with your mouth or letting me sneak peeks at you naked..." He laughed as he received a smack on the shoulder.

"Don't press your luck, Lupin. You're lucky I even do those things." Victoire snuggled up to him and buried her face in his neck.

Teddy wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer. "Yeah... I am pretty lucky, aren't I? Not because of those things, but just because I have you."

Victoire sleepily nodded her head. "I love you, Teddy."

"I love you, too, Vic."

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Translations:

Mon coeur: my heart

Mon amour: my love

Je t'aime plus qu'hier et moins que demain: I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow