Extremely AU. Set a few years after the War ended and Fred's alive and laughing.
Written for the Lovely Syd, for her birthday :) I hope you like it, darling, and I hope you have a wonderful birthday.
The Flowers That Started It All
"I will win you over, Hermione," Fred told her with a smile, as she shook her head at him. He had been asking her for a date since her fourth year at Hogwarts, and every time she refused him. It wasn't that she didn't like him, quite the opposite in fact, it was more that she didn't trust his intentions.
They were both adults now, and yet still he insisted on acting like an overgrown child. Admittedly, she found some of his jokes amusing, and she had chuckled at his jokes more than a few times, but something still held her back. Something in the back of her mind told her that he wasn't serious. He saw her as a challenge because she told him no when many others had given into him so quickly.
Hermione wasn't surprised, then, when the morning of February 14th dawned, and she opened her door on the way to work, she found the biggest bunch of flowers she had ever seen awaiting her.
Casting all the detection spells she could think of and finding nothing, she levitated the flowers to her kitchen table. Taking out the card, she couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face when she read it.
Dear Hermione, I'll keep trying, and one day in the future, we'll be waking up on Valentines day in the same bed, in a beautiful hotel room, in a beautiful resort. Don't believe me? You'll see. All the love in the world, Fred.