A/N: TWO Chapters today? YES! You get two chapters today because I finished writing Endeavor yesterday! Two chapters will post on October 24th and the last two chapters will post October 31st - so that you can read some happy ending fluff that isn't the awful realities of cannon and Halloween. Enjoy my friends!

Ted kissed her again, he had to, he'd been restraining himself all evening. She'd been very affectionate since they got to her home and he certainly wasn't going to snog her in front of her parents, no matter how much she was making him want to.

Apparently, Vic telling him she loved him resulted in some very appealing side effects.

"At some point, my mum is going to step out and ask if something's wrong with your car." Vic murmured against him as he kissed her against the railing leading up to her front door.

"We can hope that she'll then invite me in to stay the night." Ted ran his tongue along her bottom lip and grinned at the way she shuddered and sighed into him.

"I could come over tomorrow," her voice was breathless and Ted wasn't surprised when it nearly did him in. He heard her say she loved him for the first time not three hours ago, she could probably put him in his grave if she really put her mind to it.

"You were going to go flat hunting tomorrow," Ted reminded her. "Your mum mentioned something like that when she pulled out the ice cream."

"Maybe I'll just forget," Vic kissed him further.

"I'll wait till Sunday, love." Ted threaded one of his hands in her hair, feeling the soft strands slide along his fingers.

"I love you," she murmured against his lips.

Those three words were stronger and surer every time she said them, and they made Ted feel like he was living in a dream. It had been almost a year since he'd first met Vic, and now she was tangled around him with her lips pressed against his. Somewhere he'd done something right, somehow, he'd made it to this point, in some way he'd managed to make her his.

"You need to get home," her voice was regretful as she slowed their pace.

Ted kept her close against him, breathing her in and loving the way it made him feel complete to have her in his arms.

"You're probably right."

"I love you," Vic smiled up at him, her blue eyes filled with the reflection of the moon above them.

"I love you too," Ted felt like his chest was going to explode. He knew they were staring at each other like fools, but he couldn't stop it. She was everything.

"Alright, go home," Vic gave him a bit of a pout, "And let me know when you're there safe." She eased out of his embrace and Ted felt like his heart was leaving his chest, following her towards her front door.

"I will," he held onto the railing and watched her back up to the door. "Sleep well, love."

"You too, love." Vic's smile was bright as she slipped inside the now open doorway. "Night."

"Night," Ted took one more deep breath as she disappeared behind the door and shut it.

The walk to his car was almost painful. This wasn't exactly how he imagined things would go when Vic told him she loved him. He'd thought about it, especially after he'd reaffirmed to her that he still loved her, even after everything that had happened after he'd kissed her at their office, and his imagining didn't involve simply a ten-minute snog before they parted ways. It involved quite a bit more than that actually.

But as he drove home, Ted decided to simply be grateful for the leaps and bounds they had taken in this single day. She'd met not just his parents, but every member of the Marauders she didn't already know. And she had brought him home to meet her parents and siblings. But the icing on the cake was definitely Vic saying she loved him.

Yes, the day had been amazing, so he could handle it not being every dream he'd dreamt up over the last few months.

Ted looked down at the glove box as he pulled into his building's car park and smiled. He probably shouldn't keep the engagement ring he bought a few days after their first date in there, but it was locked, and it made it so he wasn't worried about having her over at his flat. She could open any drawer and every door and not figure out how certain he'd been then and still was now that she was the woman that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. And now that she told him she'd fallen in love with him too, and they'd met each other's families, well, he didn't really have much need to wait anymore.

He could ask her on Sunday if he wanted to.

No, not Sunday, that wasn't going to give him enough time. He wanted proposing to Vic to be something special and memorable. A story worthy of who she was, and what he felt for her. She wasn't the kind of girl that you just asked over dinner. No, Vic was the kind of girl that you went all out for. She was the girl you pulled out all the stops and thrills to show her what she meant to you. He'd need more than thirty-six hours to put together a proposal that was right for Vic.

Ted opened the glove box and pulled the burgundy box out. He smiled at the ring that had been so obvious when he found it. It felt like Vic when he first saw it, and it still reminded him of her when he indulged himself to pull it out of the glove box. The sparse yellow colored light in his car couldn't completely dampen the way the stones sparkled back at him. He'd wanted to see it in the sunlight, sparkling on her hand, maybe while they were laying together on a warm beach watching the waves crash on the shore.

Ted snapped the lid closed and locked the box back up in his glove box. He'd plan something special. He'd make sure that Vic knew exactly how much he loved her when he popped that particular question.

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"I think I might be picky," Vic sighed and Ted moved to prop his arm against the back of his couch as he continued his video call with her.

"What was wrong with all of them?"

Vic shrugged, "They didn't feel like home."

Ted laughed. "Vicky, love, these flats won't feel like home until you move into them and live in them for a couple of months."

"I get that, they all just felt, I don't know, wrong." She looked at him helplessly and Ted tried to reassure her.

"Hey, it was just the first day, and you only looked at a few flats. Give yourself some room to breathe, and maybe after looking at a few others you'll feel better about it."

"I wish your building had some openings in my price range." Vic smiled. "You're close to my office and I really like the layout."

Ted smirked at her, "Are you asking to move in with me?"

"No," Vic rolled her eyes at him. "I'm just realizing how perfect your flat is, present occupant excluded, of course."

"I'm wounded!" Ted laughed. "You have no idea what you're talking about! Kalil will tell you that I'm a great roommate! I even replace the crisp bags after I've eaten the last of 'em!"

"Right," Vic looked amused, "because that's the most important part of a roommate."

"What else is there?" Ted laughed. "Besides," he retrieved an envelope from the coffee table, "As far as Kalil and Maira are concerned, you do live here." He held up the address so she could read it. "If I'm not mistaken, this says Ted Lupin and Vic Weasley, and it only has my address on it."

Vic's eyes went wide with excitement, "Is that the invitation?"

"Yep," Ted slid the invite out and held it up in front of his phone's camera.

"Hold it still," Vic laughed, "I'm trying to take a screenshot of it."

"So, I should RSVP yes for both of us then?" Ted tried to hold both his phone and the invite steady for his girlfriend.

"Of course, I'm going!" Vic laughed. "I love Maira and Kalil, they're a lot of fun."

Ted set the invite down and looked back at Vic, "You only say that because Kalil takes the mickey out of me every chance he gets."

"And Maira always levels the field for you. It's a fun game to watch."

"True," Ted smiled. "I'll let Kalil know you'll be there."

"You have to go too," Vic rolled her eyes. "You're his best man."

"Ah," Ted sighed, "Guess I'll have to let you drag me around the dance floor a time or two, then won't I?"

"I don't know," Vic teased. "Your mum was telling me that your dad has two left feet. Do you dance better than he does?"

Ted shook his head and smirked, "I'm a right side worse."

Vic laughed. "See when you look at me like that, I think you're teasing and I'm going to be shocked when we get there and you're a better dancer than I am."

"I'll just have to let you wait in anticipation then, won't I?"

Vic's smile went soft, "You like to make me wait in anticipation for a lot of things, don't you?"

Ted's smirk fell a bit; did he do that a lot?

"Does it bother you?"

"No," Vic's smile was still soft, "I don't mind a bit of anticipation."

Ted wasn't sure they were talking about the same thing anymore.

"Well, you can sit in anticipation of my dancing skills for a couple more months then."

"I can do that." Her smile was almost shy now.

Ted smiled back at her, but he was now almost certain she was not thinking about dancing at Kalil and Maira's wedding. Though he couldn't fathom exactly where her mind was.

"You should send me the listing photos of these flats you went and looked at." Ted deliberately changed the subject. The way the conversation had gone off the rails on him made him jumpy.

Vic laughed, "Sure, then you can see what I'm talking about when I say that they're wrong."

Ted's phone lit up with the links and he noticed the time.

"I'll have to look at these with you tomorrow," he frowned, "Mum asked me to come to dinner tonight."

"Oh no, what did you do?" Vic teased.

"I'm never sure, but I've found that any mother can usually find something to encourage her children to improve on if she tries hard enough."

"Do you need to head out now then?" Vic pouted.

Teddy wished she was next to him, instead of at her home on her phone. "I've got another fifteen minutes that are all yours."

"Alright," Vic grinned, "then I choose that we plan out what we're doing tomorrow."

"Whatever you say, love," Ted smiled and leant back into the couch.

Ted finished his call with Vic with just enough time to make it to his mum's invite to dinner that evening. He was sure that his parents wanted a chance to talk about what had happened the night before. His and Vic's stunt from the night before was pretty unlike him and he was sure that his parents wanted to know if there was more going on than he'd told them so far.

Ted certainly hoped for there to be more going on very soon, and he was sort of looking forward to bouncing ideas around with his parents for how to make those hopes a reality.

"I'm home!" Ted called out as he let himself in.

"Teddy!" His mum met him in the corridor and nearly knocked a picture off the wall when she threw her arms out to pull him into a hug.

Ted went for the frame, but his dad's steadying hand beat him to it.

"Welcome home, son," Remus chuckled.

"So," Ted cut to the chase as he followed his parents into the den. "What did you want to talk about without Vic around?"

His mum gave him a pointed stare. "When you say it like that it makes us sound like gossiping hens."

"It is why you invited me over, though" Ted fell onto the couch and gave his mum the cheeky grin he'd learned from his dad.

"We were just hoping to know if things were going to be moving towards a place where we should be setting some money aside to help you with potential upcoming expenses." His dad smirked at him.

Ted couldn't keep the smile off his face. His dad might have been intending to tease him, but Teddy wasn't able to be teased at this point, he was too excited, and just a little nervous.

"You've asked her?!" His mum's voice was a mix between ecstatic and accusatory, and she nearly knocked her drink off the coffee table, catching it in the nick of time.

"No," Ted laughed, "but I'm working on a plan for that."

"Do you want to bounce some ideas off of us?" His dad's face lit up with excitement and Teddy felt that little bit of nervousness he felt ease a fraction more.

"Of course, he does," his mum seemed to have recovered from her outburst, sliding her drink a little closer to the center of the table.

"I actually only have one idea," Ted rubbed the back of his neck. "Kalil and Maira's wedding is in just under two months. I was thinking of asking her at their reception."

"That sounds like something Vic would like," his mum nodded as she smiled. "She struck me as one of those romantic types."

"Do you want it to be a complete surprise? I did a pretty decent job at that with your mum." His dad mused.

Ted laughed as his mum rolled her eyes.

"I was only surprised because I had to work so hard to get you to date me that I was certain that I'd need to fight you tooth and nail to get you to marry me."

Remus pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head.

"That's why it was so much fun to surprise you."

"That could be fun," Ted smiled at the thought of completely taking Vic by surprise. "But I'm not sure how to throw her off. I mean, she's sharp, and I tend to have to tease her to throw her off of anything, but when I made her guess my last name it took her all of ten seconds to figure it out once I gave her a couple of clues."

Remus looked thoughtful, "That could make things difficult. Part of what made it possible with your mum and I was that I was a bit of an arse when things started out."

"Yes," Dora laughed, but then kissed Remus' cheek. "But you came around in the end."

Ted frowned. "There has to be a way to make this work."

"It doesn't have to be a surprise," his mum smiled. "Peter and Bridget had decided that they'd get married before Pete formally asked her with a ring and everything."

"I already have the ring," Teddy replied absently as he kept turning the problem around in his mind.

"You have the ring already?" Dora looked over at Remus with a look Teddy couldn't read, but he was sort of distracted and dismissed it.

"How long have you had the ring, son?" Remus' voice was deceptively casual, but Ted was too caught up to notice.

"I bought it a few days after we started dating." Ted kept working through options in his head, and then the solution struck him.

"Teddy…" His mum started but Ted cut her off.

"I've got it!" He grinned as the idea took hold and he realized how much fun it could be.

"What's your idea?" His dad pulled him from his internal self-congratulations.

Ted smirked, "If every interaction somehow involves me looking like I might be proposing, then the real proposal will be just as surprising as when you proposed to Mum."

Remus laughed, "You're reversing the game to get the same result, very impressive, Teddy."

"Be nice to my future daughter-in-law," Dora warned. "I happen to really like Vic and I don't want you teasing her to the point of insanity."

"That's a good point," Ted leant back into the couch. "I'd need to introduce it to her somehow, in a way that lets her know that I plan on proposing, but leaves the when up in the air; and it would need to be sort of casual and teasing."

"You could watch a movie with a proposal in it with her," his mum suggested. "You could use that as your segue into the conversation."

Ted frowned; he didn't really want it to be something like that. He wanted it to be something more natural.

"Or you could bring it up with her directly," his dad offered, "Tell her you want to know if marrying you is something she sees in her future, and then you could mention that you're planning on asking, at some point."

Teddy shook his head. "No, I need it to come off as teasing her."

And then it hit him and he grinned as the idea started to take shape in his head.

"I think I've got it."