Here To Stay

by J.D. Primrose

Written for Louise Foxhall's 'The 100 Songs Playlist Competition' challenge. Ron thinks on his relationship with his wife. Oneshot. R/Hr. A character study on everyone's favourite ginger sidekick.

Here to Stay

Romance comes and goes
but a love like ours is here to stay
Anna Rossinelli – In Love For A While

I'm scared. I'm more scared than I was years ago when we were facing You-kn… Voldemort. For Christ's sake Ronald, man up!

But me and Hermione, we weren't supposed to last this long. I don't think so. But somehow… we stuck, like parchment and spellotape. She fits me so well, so well I'm scared. What if she decides I'm not good enough for her? That's why I'm scared. I'm scared she'll look down on me, like she did all those years ago. The boy with the dirt on his nose.

Where did he go? I used to be him, unbelievable as it seems to me now. Hugo's just turned two, and I can already tell he's not going to be anything like that boy. The prejudiced, foolish boy I used to be. Hermione Jean Granger fell in love that boy? I'm so damn lucky.

But still… I'm scared. So scared. I was told love lasts forever, but it still feels like passion to me. It's not true love, not yet. That comes so easily to Harry, but he is Harry Potter, I guess. The Boy-Who-Lived was bound to discover true love in his first girlfriend, even if it is my annoying kid sister. So, love stays around, huh?

Then maybe Hermione and I are truly in love. After all, that Swiss lady got it right earlier this year. "Romance comes and goes, but a love like ours is here to stay," she said.

I mean, I'm not going anywhere in a hurry.