Title: Holding On
Characters: Percy/Penelope, Bill


Bill knew how hard it was to lose someone you love. Hell, the whole family still felt the empty Fred shaped space and it'd been almost five years.

But at least they hadn't had to watch it happen. Penelope's sickness was eating away at her slowly and Bill had no idea how Percy could stand watch her become smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker while maintaining any sort of composure. It was a Muggle illness and the healers couldn't do anything, so Percy had to go to those other doctors who cut open his wife and took pieces out of her and stuck other pieces back in. His little brother was a lot stronger than anyone gave him credit for.

"I have to be strong, Bill. This is all I have with her. Afterwards, I'm just going to be left with the Crest toothpaste she likes and old journal entries and a couple photographs. After she's gone, I have the rest of my life to be broken."

And Percy's his baby brother and he looks so scared and Bill can't do anything about it. Instead, he just sits next to him. All he can offer is his company.