Written for Morning Lilies' Connect the Weasleys Challenge (TeddyVictoire - first kiss)

Written for Lilybug134's Favourite Era Boot Camp using the prompt 'underwear'

TeddyVictoire

It has always been difficult to talk to her. Even when they were children, running through the house of her grandparents', chasing each other until they collapsed, he'd never managed to speak more than a few words to her.

It was as if his tongue became heavy in his mouth whenever he considered it, and then he would just stutter and make an idiot of himself. At seven, it hadn't bothered him. But now… now it embarrassed him.

"Come on, Teddy! What are you waiting for?" Her golden hair flickers across her face as she grins at him from the water. He is foolishly staring at her, remembering just moments ago when she was in front of him in nothing but her underwear. Maybe he should have commented on her beauty, or maybe he should have looked away. He wasn't sure on the etiquette.

What he did know, though, was he definitely should not have stared like he had, taking in every curve and spot on her almost-naked body. No, that was the wrong thing to do.

"Teddy?" She is smiling at him, waiting. "Are you alright?" She seems to know her beauty, and she flaunts it. She always has been a tease.

"I'm fine," he answers, and he steps a toe into the cool water, in nothing but his boxers. Their clothes lie on the ground behind them, forgotten.

She swims over to him, her head bobbing along in the water, and drags him further into the stream. They are alone, no one in sight. Not her father, or not her sister. It is just them. Alone.

She smiles at him, and her face glows under the sun's rays, and she is so beautiful, so lovely. Her arms slink around his neck, and he freezes, confused by what she is doing.

"Vic –"

But she hushes him with a finger to his lips, and her smile widens.

Why him? he finds himself wondering. Why is she doing that to him? Why must he be so uncomfortable? Beautiful girls – no, women – don't usually do that. But she is the most beautiful of them all. He knows it, she knows it – they all know it.

"It's just us," she says, and her voice is so soft he can barely hear her himself.

"Yes."

She presses herself against him, and there is no escape. His face glows red, and she chuckles. "Oh, Teddy."

And then her lips meet his, and they are soft and gentle against him. She's so beautiful, and so perfect, and maybe he shouldn't be kissing her, but he wants to. There's no one else there. It's just them, and he likes that.

She's so beautiful. So perfect.

"You're a good kisser, Teddy Lupin," she laughs, and her fingers trace his bare chest.

He smiles, taking her hands in his. "And so are you, Victoire Weasley," he says, and together, they both laugh.

So, unfortunately, when you're given the prompt TeddyVictoire with first kiss, there's only so much originality one can add to quite a cliched concept, but I tried. It's also quite difficult when your emotion stature holds little for these two. But I hope you TeddyVictoire lovers out there enjoyed it :)

This is the first of a collection of 78 chapters. Each is a relationship between two Weasleys (with Teddy included), so most will not be romantic, but cousinly love. I'll be going through all the Teddy relationships first, though. So stay tuned for more in this collection!