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Prompt: Tomorrow
Pairing: Percy and Audrey
Tomorrow
"Let's do it tomorrow," Audrey said as she snuggled into the crook of Percy's arm.
"Tomorrow? We only just got engaged an hour ago," Percy replied sleepily. "We haven't even told our parents yet."
Audrey rolled onto her stomach, her arm resting on Percy's bare chest. "Why wait? I don't want a big wedding like my sisters had."
"No, I don't care for that much either," Percy admitted. "But I want to do it properly, with family and close friends."
"The Weasleys and the Sprayberrys?" she scoffed. "You have…five siblings and I have four, count in significant others or dates, plus parents and grandparents—that's 150 people!"
"You're exaggerating. It's more like 75."
"Plus you'll want Oliver and Katie there with the baby and the whole Wood clan."
"I've told you that Oliver doesn't belong to a clan just because he is Scots."
"He's more interesting if I think about him in a kilt."
Percy glared at her. "First, you've read too many Muggle romances. Second, I find it disturbing that you are imagining my best friend in a kilt. In fact, I find it disturbing that you are thinking of him at all."
She climbed on top of him, straddling his chest, her brown eyes flashing with devilment. "Jealous?"
He smacked her arse, making her giggle. "Wench."
Quick as a flash, he had her flipped onto her back, squealing and breathless, pressing into her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down to kiss him.
"Marry me tomorrow, Percy," she said after some time.
He gave her one of his serious looks. "I need to do this properly, Audrey, do you think you can get trussed up in a white dress in front of our families for me?"
She stroked his ginger curls. "You have nothing left to prove to them, Percy. They have forgiven you, they have accepted you back."
"I know, I know," he assured her. "But I need to do this for me, for my family. I wasn't at Bill's-"
She made to interrupt, to protest, but he hushed her with a finger to her lips.
"No," he said, "I wasn't properly at Bill's wedding. And it's just past a year since Fred. We need this, something to look forward to.
"I can't get married without my family there, not after what I did."
"Are you ever going to forgive yourself, love?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah, I'm working on it."
"Alright then," she said, "for you, I can have a big family wedding…next weekend?"
He chuckled, though he knew her to be perfectly serious. He dipped his head to press a kiss to her chest. "I love you, but can we set a date for a month's time? Mum's not a miracle worker."
"Fine, then. A month it is."
She cupped his face and kissed him again. "Because I love you and you deserve good things."
He smiled at her. "I love you, that's all I need."
"You're wrong."
He heaved a sigh and kissed her again. It was always best to distract Audrey when she was in one of these moods. And since they were already in bed…
Author's Note: When I saw my prompts written out, Endings was the first on the list and Tomorrow was the last. I immediately saw them as bookends. I think I had already settled on the story arc for Endings, so I decided to bring it full circle and give Percy something to look forward to.
I hope you enjoyed reading these as much as I enjoyed writing them. I plan to post another story next week (Tuesday, if editing goes well). It will be a short story about Katie and Oliver. I am working on a multi-chapter fic, but it is a long way from being done. Until then, I hope to post a few other stories for my own enjoyment if nothing else.
Thanks for the reviews, hope you all have a good weekend.
