Chapter 10: Roy

The man walked down the shady street, making sure that the hood of his cloak covered his features. It wouldn't due to be seen, not now that Aurors knew what he looked like.

Especially that one.

Roy sneered in disgust. If only he'd thought about taking his Louis to somewhere secure. But he'd been too bloody excited. He'd had Louis within his grasp, and he'd lost control.

Not that he really had any control where his blond was concerned.

At that, his thoughts drifted down to the past. Back to the first time he'd ever actually seen Louis. Not those quick glances that were forgotten because of being distracted. It was the one where he'd had a good long look at the perfect sight.

It had happened in Hogwarts, oddly enough, Louis didn't remember him from back then. Sure, they hadn't been in the same House, or even the same year, but it had been slightly off putting at first. Then, Roy couldn't have asked for a better. It must have been meant to be, Louis was made for him.

But he still remembered that day well. Roy was in his seventh year, and Louis had been in his fifth. Of course, Roy had heard of Louis, who hadn't? He'd probably even been watching Louis' Sorting five years before that. That day though... that day had been that magical moment, a bolt of energy.

It had been warm, more so than normal. Roy had just finished with exams in fact. He had been incredibly busy that year. He'd studied until he'd dropped at night for most of that whole year. Not even during Holiday breaks was he not with a book in his hand.

For some reason, he had wanted to get out of the castle. Roy had been relaxing with his friends at the Lake, watching passively as a few younger years dared each other to go into the Lake.

It was while Roy had been glancing at one of the groups when something blond had caught his eye.

"You won't touch him, you'd get your hair wet!" A loud laugh sounded from another blond.

"Yeah, everyone knows how vain you are, Louis!" Another voice sounded, this time from a dark haired boy that Roy recognized as being James' little brother, and both being the son's of Harry Potter.

The blond that had caught Roy's attention -Louis- walked to the front of the trio, and swiftly flung his black school robes off. He stepped closer to the water, while the other two shared a glance. They looked smug, like they knew that he wasn't serious.

Louis look over his shoulder, and Roy's breath caught at the smirk that played at his lips, eyes sparkling in satisfaction.

Unknowingly, Roy shifted forward, committing that look to his memory. It was just so... captivating.

At that moment, Louis reached for the hem of his shirt, and tugged it up and over his head. Once again, Roy's breath caught at the sight of Louis' pale skin. The teenager was obviously into fitness, for there was no way he could have such a body at fifteen otherwise. Toned muscles, but not overly so. He was more than likely a runner.

One would never know just by looking at the body covering robes that Hogwarts students wore, that that was hidden underneath.

"I'll make you eat your words!" Louis called, making the looks on the other two's faces go from cocky, to unsure. The blond gave another grin, making Roy's heart skip a beat, and a two finger salute, before flinging himself into the sparkling water below.

He arched into the water, hardly making a ripple as he disappeared quickly into the depths of the lake.

Minutes later, the blond beauty had resurfaced with a laugh. Hair wet, running down his face as he swam easily back to where the other two stood, slack jawed as they too watched Louis. A tentacle splashed out of the water then, sending waves towards the two on the shore, and making the blond laugh again as they sputtered, now soaking wet.

Louis got out of the water, still laughing, and waved to the tentacle as it slipped back into the water.

From that moment one, Louis was all Roy thought about. Thankfully, it was after he had finished with his NEWTs, and yet, it was too late. Roy would no longer be at Hogwarts, that being his last year, his last few days.

And so, Roy spent those day watching that beautiful creature. Watching, waiting.

But Roy had waited a tad bit too long, for Louis Weasley was pulled out of school early.

Since that was his last year, Roy didn't get to see Louis for a long time. Not that it stopped Roy from digging up everything he could about the blond.

For the next two years, that's exactly what Roy did. Or tried to. There was surprisingly little information out there about the blond Weasley. Only information about the family, but not much more than that. Yet, it was also incredibly hard to even get close to the blond. A few times, Roy had spotted him in Diagon Alley. Yet, those few times, Roy could do absolutely nothing except stare at Louis, and drink in his features. He'd gotten a bit taller and his face had filled out a bit more, becoming even more perfect.

Then, after Louis had graduated, days after he had, there was a rumor that he'd gone off to the muggle world. Nobody knew if or when he would ever be back.

Roy had wilted, though never quite gave up on finding his little beauty.

Then, that day.. he'd gone off in frustration. Being from the muggle world himself, Roy had decided to get piss poor drunk. Maybe find a pretty little thing to imagine as Louis and have fun. Of course, it would never be quite satisfying. The only one who would do that would be the real deal, but they would do until he found Louis.

Just as luck would have it, Roy had seen him. Like that first time, a glint of blond behind the bar.

A bartender of all things. Roy hadn't been able to believe his eyes, but there he was. Mixing drinks, blue eyes sparkling, perfect lips forming a smirk...

After watching him for a long while, Roy had found the perfect opening.

And he'd taken it, with a charming smile, and a flirty wink.

Roy had seen the spark of interest in Louis' eyes. That was it, Louis was his.

And he always would be.

Always his.

Always.

OoOoOoOoOoOo

Fingers ran through blond hair gently, soothing what seemed to be a nightmare.

At first, Teddy hadn't known what to do. Instead of sleeping peacefully, Louis had begun to breath a bit more erratically, before moans of terror and pain escaped his lips. But as soon as Teddy had reached over, Louis had immediately calmed down, his erratic breathing going more steady.

Until Teddy had moved away, then the dreams, nightmares, had returned. So Teddy had stayed close by. He studied the sleeping blond. Louis was looking better than a few days before. The dark circles under his eyes and the bruises had faded, leaving his face almost back to when Teddy had seen him at the bar days before.

The rush of anger at those thoughts caught Teddy by surprise. Why would anyone cause so much pain to Louis? He shouldn't ever feel pain, he should be cherished and loved. What sort of monster would...

Again, Teddy had to calm down his anger. He would have his answers soon. There was no way that Teddy would let the bastard get away.

Teddy glanced down at Louis, and his eyes softening. He couldn't help but brush his thumb lightly on Louis cheek.

A/N: Aww, Teddy is getting feelings! Not that he didn't before, they just bursting out in protectiveness now and a but more of something else. Next chapter, uh oh, The Talk! And Reunion! And possibly his call to his boss, lol ;)

HP1990: Yes! I try to keep it up, glad that I haven't done the filler things yet. I try to keep things interesting because I have taken a long time to update in the past, so I want to make it worthwhile to read.

You really like my writing that much? That's pretty flattering, thank you! I have started a few of my own books, but nothing is finished really. Maybe one day :)