Couldn't Wish for a Better Future
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy!
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"All I want to do is see you again
Is that too much to ask for?
I just want to see your sweet smile,
Smiled the way it was before.
Well I'll try not to hold you
And I'll try not to kiss you.
And I won't even touch you."
—Depeche Mode, "See You"
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Why?
Why did she even have to meet him?
He was the only one who knew
The family couldn't have budged,
but he did
It was why he died with that
smile
she loved so much etched on his face
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It was a little p-e-e-k
Percy claimed his family wouldn't care
(why wouldn't they? their son was engaged)
But Audrey wanted to meet
some
other Weasley
even if he turned out to be one of the
"dreaded" twins
Audrey was just too tempted to see
what she was marrying in to
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That expression—
"You're marrying my f.a.m.i.l.y, too"
—it nailed this on the head
She loved her Perce, but…
BUT…
She found herself wishing for
anotherWeasleybrother
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He was the O1N1E
Without even knowing who she really was,
he got her to laugh
as she'd never laughed before
It was a laughter that touched her
h*e*a*r*t
(something which Percy never could have done)
& then her dreams were plagued by
*Fred*
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Percy wouldn't let her fight in the Battle
(&& damn it, screw him, she could make her own choices)
But she went anyway
She was lucky
(maybe Fred's hazardous luck had rubbed off on her?)
But she missed
M_O_S_T
of the fighting
She arrived in time for the aftermath
&& it was scary as hell
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She never went to Hogwarts
& yet she still cried at the site of
the damaged castle
As she made her way to the Great Hall,
the sobs&screams&simpering
grew D—E—A—F—E—N—I—N—G
And then…
She saw the redheads
&& her heart leapt into her
t_h_r_o_a_t
Because only one person
could've elicited that reaction
in Percy—
the most disagreeable
(& proud of it)
Weasley brother:
[her] Fred
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Oh, wow… Fred's pretty cool—though my fav's George—and this really captured his character without him being right up front. It's sad… But it's nice that Fred, of all people, was the one to know about Percy and Audrey before anyone else did. And him keeping the engagement secret for them…it's almost as though the family was starting to reconcile with Percy, one by one. So sweet and heartrending.
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :D
2017 note: Aghhh, I still have feelings about this 2010 FV, tho I think I summed things up well in my old A/N. Still. Meeting your fiancé's brother and falling for him? Man, I need to write this as a full-fledged story someday. D':