So, the idea behind this story should be obvious.
Some weddings are going to be 3-4 chapters, some only 1, etc etc
Chapters WILL be labelled.
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Chapter notes:
As is usual when I write a Teddy+Harry fic, Andromeda is not present. Invent a reason at your own leisure.
The day after Victoire's post-Hogwarts party, Harry noticed a change in Teddy. He seemed secretive, gone for hours at a time. Generally, Harry didn't care- after all, Teddy was 20. Teddy was an adult(a strange thought for the man who felt like it was just yesterday when a three month old Teddy threw up all over Harry's shirt), so Harry didn't pry too much.
He suspected Ginny knew, from the way she looked Teddy every now and then. Bill had noticed something was up as well, and they had decided there was only one thing it could be: Victoire was pregnant.
When Harry voiced his concerns to Ginny and Hermione, he was met with the two witches laughing in his face.
"Honestly, Harry! Do you think Teddy the type?" Hermione asked, laughing loudly.
"Harry, she's not pregnant. Trust me, Vic is definitely not pregnant!" Ginny said between fits of giggles.
If that wasn't it, nothing explained his godson's strange behavior.
Except for the one thing he hadn't even thought about, and he felt incredibly foolish when he was approached by Teddy about it.
"Harry?" Teddy asked, leaning against the door of Harry's office. "Do you, uh, know what Mum's ring looked like?"
Harry turned in his chair, surveying Teddy. "Not by memory, no. Why do you ask?"
"I- uh- I'mgoingtoproposetoVic." Teddy muttered quickly, his cheeks and hair turning a bright pink. Harry had learned years ago to get used to the pink, even the first years, it had caused a certain pain for Harry to see.
"I've told you, I can't hear a thing when you mumble like that." Harry said, mildly amused.
"I'm going to ask Vic to marry me." Teddy said clearly.
Harry raised his eyebrows. "Oh."
"So, do you know what Mum's ring looked like? I want to find one similar-"
"Or..." Harry began, turning back to his desk and opening one of the drawers. He dug for a few seconds, finally pulling out a small box. "You can just give her your mother's ring." Harry said, turning back to Teddy and holding the box out to him.
"That's- you have Mum's ring?" Teddy asked, startled, but taking the box and opening it. He smiled at the rings inside, yet more proof that his parents had actually lived as Harry had told him.
"Your Dad's is in there, too. Your Mum didn't have an engagement ring, or if she did, she never wore it with her wedding band and it was never found, but-"
Harry was cut off as Teddy stepped forward, throwing his arms around Harry tightly. "Thank you, Harry." Teddy said. "Can I ask something?" He asked, as he stepped back.
"You've asked many things over the years, Ted. I won't stop you now. Tell me, are you asking about dragons this time? Or possibly, are you asking about tying your shoes? I could teach you again if you need another lesson."
Teddy grinned at Harry, rolling his eyes before he spoke again. "I, uh, want to ask for Bill's blessing- obviously- and I just wanted to know how you approached Molly and Arthur?"
Harry had to repress a laugh. He hadn't had to approach Molly and Arthur about a blessing, the second he and Ginny had started dating again, it was just assumed. And Arthur was not Bill Weasley in the slightest.
"That's- uh- I'm not sure I'm the one to ask that of." Harry said. "Bill and Arthur are very different."
"That's a good point. I'm quite terrified of Bill, honestly."
This time Harry didn't repress his laugh, and he immediately felt terrible for it. His godson was an Auror, and an Auror was never scared(almost never scared, anyway), yet he was standing here scared to talk to a man. A man, Harry knew, who actually liked Teddy- and only put on the protective father act when Fleur or Victoire were around.
"Listen, why don't I go over there first, and just get Bill sloshed?" Harry asked, grinning.
"I- could you, actually?" Teddy asked. "That might help."
Harry shook his head. "I will, however, go over there and ask Bill to temporarily abandon his stance as an overbearing father. Would that help?"
Teddy nodded. "It might. At least, it might keep him from cursing me to Berlin and back."
Harry laughed. Bill had once actually threatened to curse Teddy to Berlin and back, resulting in a very short two weeks where Teddy and Vic weren't seen together, but were actually never seen at all- and it had turned out they had been simply sneaking around behind Bill's back the entire time. They had been caught snogging, and when Bill threatened to curse Teddy "to Berlin and back", Harry stepped in to calm the situation down.
Harry almost regretted agreeing to talk to Bill when, two days later, he was sitting across from Bill. Even as Head of Law Enforcement, Harry was intimidated by Bill- Bill, who wore his scars as a badge of honour and his barely greying hair long. He even still had the earring.
"So I wanted to talk to you about Teddy." Harry said and Bill raised an eyebrow.
"What's he done this time?"
"Oh, nothing- he just wants to come talk to you and Fleur about something." Harry said.
Bill narrowed his eyes. "About what?"
"Just, don't curse him." Harry said.
"Is Vic pregnant? Did he admit it?" Bill asked immediately.
"No! No, it's nothing like that." Harry said. "Just maybe don't be so hard on him?"
Bill rolled his eyes. "I was hard on his Mum too, I'm going to give Teddy a tough time for her."
"Oh by all means, sure. But I mean right now, maybe don't be so harsh."
Bill shrugged. "I make no promises."
Harry laughed and stood. "Well, I'll say I did my best. He'll be by at seven."
Teddy was incredibly nervous, and unfortunately, his hair showed it. It was a terrible shade of grey. Of all colours to be stuck with, his hair was grey the day he was asking his younger girlfriend's parents for her hand in marriage.
The door opened and Bill stood there, and immediately his eyes traveled to Teddy's hair. "You alright there, Ted?"
"Oh yeah, fine." Teddy said, but his tone clearly wasn't convincing because Bill raised an eyebrow.
Bill stepped back, letting Teddy into the house. "You know, I can't remember the last time anyone knocked before entering any of our houses." Bill said as they walked to the living room.
Teddy let out a short, nervous laugh. "I won't take too much time." He said quickly as he sat across from Bill and Fleur. "I- uh- I wanted to talk to you."
"We got that much." Bill commented.
"About Vic." Teddy continued.
"What about 'er?" Fleur asked, studying the boy's face intently.
"I- well." Teddy cleared his throat, and took a deep breath. "Je veux épouser Victoire."
"I'm not entirely sure what you just said." Bill said, after a shocked silence.
"Where did you learn to speak French?" Fleur inquired.
"I only learned that one sentence." Teddy admitted. "Took me a few weeks, read a lot of books-"
Bill snorted. "Anyway, can you tell me what you said? I only know a few words-"
"'e wants to marry Victoire." Fleur said, with a smile spreading across her face.
Bill's face twitched, as he replayed what his wife had said.
"Obviously, it won't be for a while. A few years, at least." Teddy said quickly. He found his nervousness(and probably his grey hair) had faded as soon as he had said what he had to. "I just want to propose soon, not necessarily marry soon. I have Mum's ring, I plan to find a ring to match it so I can use one for an engagement ring and the other as a wedding band."
"I theenk it would be wonderful." Fleur said, and looked towards Bill. "Bill? Don't you?"
"Don't you think you're a little... old for her?"
Fleur let out a loud laugh. "Bill, you are seven years older zan me! And Remus was thirteen older zan Tonks! Two years is not much of a difference, after all."
"I-" Bill began, still trying to think it over. "She's not pregnant, is she? Because, Teddy, if she is-"
"You'll curse me to Berlin and back, I assume?" Teddy asked, raising an eyebrow. "No, she's not. We've been waiting until we're married."
"You haven't-?" Bill began to ask.
"No, sir, we haven't." Teddy said.
"You haven't pressured her?" Bill asked.
"No, sir. I'm the one who asked that we wait."
Bill stared at Teddy for a long time, and Fleur stared at Bill, waiting for him to speak.
"I will permanently maim you if you hurt my daughter." Bill said.
"That is encouraged, sir." Teddy replied.
Bill stood, and held out his hand. "If you're going to marry my daughter, the 'sir' thing needs to stop, I've told you since you began dating Vic- don't call me 'sir'." He said as Teddy stood and shook his hand. "You call me Bill or nothing. I was Bill before you dated my daughter, I'm still Bill."
"Understood."
So like I said, some of these weddings will be multi-chapter. BUT labelled.
