This is my first story ever, so please review and let me know what you all think!

Harry & Ginny are my OTP

Obviously I do not own anything HP related, though I wish I did.

Enjoy!

1. Ginny

Harry was standing in front of a foggy mirror. He had finally been able to take a shower, but his reflection in the mirror had stopped him from changing into the pair of pajamas Hermione had given him. He noticed the bruise on his chest and, for some reason, he couldn't stop staring it at it. The skin was almost black and it hurt terribly when touched.

"Great" he groaned. The bruise was right on top where his heart is, right where Voldemort had hit him with the killing curse. Knowing that nothing but time was going to make his bruise disappear, he only applied the little essence of Dittany left on the bottle Hermione had taken with her all these months, to the many cuts he had all over his body. He was glad to see most of them looked like they weren't going to leave a scar, he already had enough with the one on his forehead, and the one Slytherin's locket had left on his chest. The burn he got in Gringotts while trying to escape had almost completely disappeared too. Once he was done applying the medicine, he looked at himself in the mirror again. He had lost a lot of weight, but he knew Mrs. Weasley was going to take care of that no matter what Harry told her, so he didn't worry too much about that. Hermione had given him and Ron a haircut not too long ago, but he was definitely going to need one soon. He didn't bother shaving, he still just had a scruff, not an actual beard, and he kind of liked it. Something that was very obvious was that he didn't look that a child anymore, he was completely different from how he left the Burrow many months ago. With a sigh, he changed into his pajamas and dried his hair with a towel, combed his hair a little but then shook his head to make his hair go back to his usual messy look.

Even though he was extremely tired and sore, he did not go to bed. His mind wouldn't stop replaying over and over again, everything that had happened just hours ago. He knew he wasn't going to be able to sleep so instead he walked to the common room. The curtains had been shut, and a small fire was burning in the chimney. He walked up to his favorite chair, ready for another sleepless night, but he was surprised to find someone already sleeping on it. Her knees were up to her chest, her hair still wet from the shower she had taken covering her face. He smiled at her but it quickly disappeared how much weight she had lost since he last saw her, and the dark circles that had appear under her eyes. She seemed to be having a nightmare, she was breathing hard and furrowed her eyebrows a little. Harry kneeled next to her and grabbed her hand. She jumped at his touch and opened her eyes, obviously scared,.

"Ginny, I'm sorry" he told her "I didn't mean to scare you"

"Harry" she whispered and then began to cry.

"Ginny, no" he begged standing up and pulling her into his arms "Please don't cry"

"I thought you were dead" she sobbed "I thought I had lost you forever…"

She couldn't continue talking; a knot had formed in her throat, her hands gripping Harry by his t-shirt. Harry hugged her tightly and kissed his head, tears falling from his eyes too.

"I had to" he tried to explain "I had to act dead, it was the only way I could go back to you and save you all… Please, Ginny, forgive me"

They stayed quiet for a few moments; Ginny started taking deep breaths, trying to control herself. Harry sat down on the chair and pulled her with him. She sat on his legs, her head leaning on his shoulder, her legs hanging over the armrest.

"No, I'm sorry" she said still tearing up "It's just that it happened right after Fred, and I was barely hanging on anymore. And there you were, in Hagrid's arms, looking so lifeless" she started crying harder again and Harry hugged her tighter, kissing her head.

"Everything is over, Ginny" he whispered to her "And I'm here, willing to be by your side and try to make you happy?

"How can I know you won't leave again and leave me behind?" Harry knew Ginny had said this with no intentions of hurting him, that it was an actual fear of her, but he could not stop the pain in his chest. He now realized how much he had hurt her by leaving, by not communicating with her. She understood though, she knew he only wanted to protect her, but it didn't change the fact that it had hurt her.

"I promise you I won't" he said to her "I know I've hurt you, I know it's been terrible, but trust me, I've missed you so much. There wasn't anything I wanted more than being with you, protect you. I missed you so much it hurt, and I don't ever want to be away from you again"

"Really?" she asked in a whisper

"Yes, I swear" he looked at her in the eyes "I sometimes would spend my nights just staring at your name in the Marauder's map, just wishing I could be there with you, but I couldn't and it was so frustrating and painful… I knew that if I tried to contact you, I would put you in a lot of danger, and if anything would have happened to you because of me, I would have never forgiven myself."

"Harry" she said and buried her face on his neck. He kissed her head again and breathed in her flowery scent "I missed you just as much, I wanted to be with you, and there were so many rumors of you being dead, or other things… It was so hard"

"That's in the past now" he told her "Now we have each other. I want to be with you, Ginny. For as long as you want me, I want to be your boyfriend again, and just make you happy"

Ginny didn't answer but instead kissed him fully on the mouth. Harry answered to the kiss hungrily, barely breathing, trying to put in the kiss what words couldn't explain, trying to let her know how important she was to him. When they finally separated, they looked at each other and smiled. Ginny placed a hand on his chest and he groaned, she had put pressure on his bruise by accident.

"What's wrong?" she asked worried.

"A bruise" he said. Ginny lifted and eyebrow, and before he could stop her, she lifted his shirt. She gasped when she saw the huge bruise on his chest. "It's nothing, don't worry"

"Nothing? Harry, this looks horrible" she said "Have you put something on it?"

"Nothing will cure it but time" he said "It happened when Voldemort hit me with the killing curse"

"How did you survive?" she asked quietly

"It's a long story, Ginny. It'd take hours for me to explain everything" he said

"Then you owe me" she smiled, then leaned and kissed his bruise gently "Maybe that will help"

"It did" he said with a smile "Than you. No one has ever done that for me"

"Then I will, from now on, kiss you where it hurts" she smiled at him and kissed him on his cheek.

"Why are you so perfect?" he whispered making her laugh

"I'm not" she said with a smile

"You are to me"

"And you to me"

Ginny snuggled carefully, trying not to touch his bruise, and closed his eyes. Harry played with her hair for a long time. While looking at her, he noticed she was wearing a pair of boy pajamas he recognized as an old pair he left back in the Burrow before escaping with Ron and Hermione.

"I like your new pajamas" he whispered

"They smelled like you" she answered without opening her eyes and with a small smile "When I saw you had left them in the Burrow I kept them, and wore them when I was too scared"

"You are definitely perfect" he said to her and kissed her forehead. She slowly fell asleep in his arms. When Harry felt like he couldn't stay up any longer, he picked her up and walked upstairs to the girls dormitories with the intentions of tucking her in her bed, but stopped before going in, remembering the spells that had been put there to keep boys away. "How am I going to get you in bed?"

"Don't let Ron hear you" said a voice behind him. He turned around and found Hermione smiling.

"I didn't mean it like that" he whispered embarrassed "I meant leaving her in her bed to sleep and I go to mine"

"I know" Hermione answered in a low voice "I was looking for her, so I went to your room thinking she might be there, but when I didn't find you two there I was going to go look in the common room, until I heard you"

"We were just talking" he said "She accepted me back"

"Of course she did" Hermione smiled "You two love each other, even if you don't know how much yet" Harry smiled broadly because he knew Hermione was right "Follow me"

"What about the spells?" Harry asked

"They are not working anymore" Hermione explained "I guess the battle made many spells stop working"

"How do you know they don't work?"

"Ron came looking for his clothes" Hermione said, and started walking. Harry followed her "By the time he remembered the spells he was already in my room"

"Lucky him" Harry laughed but Hermione ignored him

"Ginny can sleep in my room" she said "It's empty and I don't want to sleep alone"

"Just lead the way"

Hermione went up the stairs for a little more and then opened a door to their right. The room was indeed empty. She pointed at a bed next to hers and Harry tucked Ginny in, kissing her forehead before closing the bed's curtains.

"Get some rest, Harry" Hermione told him "You look terrible"

"You too" he laughed "Thank you for helping me get her here"

"Any time" she hugged Harry and then got in bed. Harry walked out of the room and left the girl's dormitories behind. When he got to his own room, he found Ron sleeping already. The other beds were empty, so he guessed Neville, Seamus, and Dean had left with their families already. He took out his glasses and put them on his nightstand, next to his wand. He got in bed and was glad by how familiar it felt. For the first time in months, Harry fell asleep with a smile on his face, and did not have any nightmares.