Bill sat relaxed in his chair in the garden soaking up the sun and just relaxing as he finally had time to do so. Everyone was coming and going from the house, there was a near-constant air of celebration and joy, a relaxing as everyone enjoyed the fact that they had won.

There had been some losses, and they were at the back of everyone's minds, and they felt a little guilt for how relieved that they had all come through the battle alive where others hadn't, but on a whole, they had had their time for mourning, and now they were all looking forward to the future, and enjoying the fact that they had won, celebrating it.

And he had a lot to look forward to. He and Fleur had broken off their engagement, and it had been messy, but now the Alpha had time to look for another mate, more than ready to settle down, and more than ready to move on. And he had his attention set on an omega a very different omega to Fleur this time.

A very specific omega.

"I am not sure whether you want to eat him or mate him," Ron grouched, glaring at his brother from next to him.

"Both," Bill answered without taking his eyes from his omega who was following his mum around the kitchen of the Burrow helping her cook.

"Oh gross, Bill!" Ron whined next to him.

"Are you winding him up about Harry again?" Charlie asked flopping onto the grass by their feet.

"Yes," Bill smirked, knowing exactly what face his brother was pulling at him right now.

"You're lucky I know that you actually care for him or…"

"Or you would hurt me," Bill rolled his eyes a little turning to look at Ron, who to his surprise was smirking at him.

"Oh yes, I would, by telling Hermione everything and making sure she had 1.5 minutes alone with you,"

"1.5 is a very specific time," Charlie blinked.

"0.5 is all she needs to utterly ruin your life, 1.5 is just time for her to have fun," Ron said satisfied settling back into his chair.

"You're kidding right?" Bill blinked.

"He's really not, she will fuck you up ten ways to Sunday without even breaking a sweat," George said cheerfully dropping into the spare chair.

"And when it comes to people she cares about, she is incredibly inventive," Fred agreed, joining Charlie on the grass. "We would also help her get 1.5 minutes with you if you weren't serious about this,"

"Does everyone know?" Bill huffed.

"With the way you watch him, the answer to that is yes," Charlie snorted.

"Except for Harry," Ron sighed.

"Except for Harry," the twins nodded.

"Why hasn't he picked up on it, I haven't exactly been subtle," Bill asked what had been bugging him with a frown. He had been heavily flirting with the omega for months now, doing all the right things, all the right courting things, he was displaying for him nearly on the border of being embarrassing and obnoxious, and had it not been for the scent of arousal around Harry when they were together he would have backed away thinking that the Omega wasn't interested in him.

"You mean you showing him 700 pictures of your house wasn't you being subtle?" Charlie snickered.

"It was not 700!" Bill groused, "...it was 30...maybe 40," he added with a mutter as his brothers laughed.

"Harry is different when it comes to seeing himself," Ron said reluctantly, before he pointed at Bill, "I am only helping you because Harry likes you, and out of all the creeping Alphas creeping around him at least I know that you aren't going to hurt him!"

"Thanks," Bill said sarcastically.

"Hmph," Ron scowled.

"Honestly if you weren't in love with Hermione I would be sure that you wanted him yourself," Bill narrowed his eyes at Ron.

"Of course he doesn't want Harry, he's 100% straight, as is Hermione, while Harry is 100% gay, but we're the only family he has, so we're going to be protective of him," Ginny said dropping down onto the grass.

"Seriously, all of you? And I am your brother!"

"Yeah, but Harry is Harry, and he has no one to look out for him but us. So you know, as much as I am sure Ron has threatened you with Hermione, I will melt your nose off your face if you hurt him," Ginny said cheerfully.

"Lovely," Bill grimaced.

"She could do it too, Harry taught her the spell!" Ron grinned.

"Ok, ok, I get it, I am not going to hurt him, you know that," Bill held up his hands, "so are you going to tell me what you meant?"

"Harry doesn't see himself as someone desirable, or someone that is wanted and attractive, he only thinks that the Alphas that are sniffing around him are sniffing around him because of his fame, money and name, he genuinely doesn't believe that they want him because of him. He honestly doesn't realise that you are presenting for him," Ginny explained.

"He probably thinks that you are showing him all these things because you are preparing for another omega," Ron sighed, "he's been getting miserable every time I try and speak to him about you,"

"Miserable?" Bill asked alarmed, all hints of playfulness gone as he sat up.

"Because he likes you and thinks that you want someone else idiot," George rolled his eyes.

"You have to be upfront with him," Ron nodded.

"Upfront, really?" Bill grimaced.

"It has to be better than the strut show that you have been putting on for him," Charlie chuckled.

"Ugh, I can't believe that I am saying this!" Ron whined rubbing his face, before blurting out the rest of his words as fast as he could as though they were going to make him throw up. "Ok, so you need to compliment him on his food that he has helped mum cook today, really tell him how nice it was, he takes a lot of pride in his cooking especially his omega side, then take him for a walk and make it romantic, hold his freaking hand, and tell him honestly how you feel for him and tell him EXACTLY what you want from him,"

"That will work?" Bill asked.

"Yes," The twins and Ginny nodded.

"Ok...right, back in time for lunch!" Bill jumped to his feet yanking his shirt back on, rubbing his fingers through his hair to settle it, and then rubbing his fingers through his beard thoughtfully.

"Where are you going?" Ron blinked as Bill snagged Charlie.

"To make this walk romantic, and you lot can't be involved because this is courting and you are standing in for his family," He said.

"Good luck," Ginny smiled softly as Bill dragged Charlie off.

"He best not hurt Harry," Ron grumbled.

"He's not going to, he's obsessed with Harry, come on," Fred grinned nudging Ron who still didn't look happy.

"It's Harry, he's too sweet and innocent for all this," Ron whined throwing up his hands.

"Is Bill finally doing something about Harry, it is getting a little embarrassing watching him walk around like a strutting bird," Arthur chuckled from behind them making them jump a little.

"I know, you wouldn't think that he was the cool, charming, suave Alpha that had male and female omegas swooning over him would you," Fred laughed.

"He wasn't like this with Fleur, I don't think that they were right for each other at all, seeing how he is with Harry tells me that Fleur breaking things off with him was the best thing that could have happened to him," Arthur smiled fondly at where Harry and Molly were standing at the kitchen window chatting together as they cooked.

"This is absolutely wonderful, thank you, mum, Harry," Bill said from where he was sitting opposite the younger omega.

"Oh, Molly did most of the work," Harry was flushing a lovely red that made the Alpha in Bill perk up.

"Nonsense, you did more than half! Finally, a child that wants to cook with me, I was losing hope that I would have someone to help me in the kitchen! At least when the grandbabies come along and this family gets bigger I will have a child to help me," Molly beamed.

"Bet I know who will be providing grandbabies first," Arthur muttered before grimacing when his wife kicked his shin, her glance at Bill and then to Harry clearly saying she knew exactly what was going on, despite having heard nothing of the conversation.

"None of us has any skill at cooking, you're as good as mum in the kitchen, I haven't eaten this well in years," Bill smiled at Harry ignoring the glaring match going on between his parents. He smiled brighter when Harry preened a little before slumping in his seat blushing darker.

The lunch passed pleasantly with a lot of loud conversation as there always was at a Weasley meal, all of the chatterings and laughing, the relief of the war being over and them all being together again, of knowing where everyone was and that they were all safe, permeating the air. Through a good chunk of it Bill was able to slip in frequent compliments to Harry.

"We have it," Ron shook his head when Harry started gathering the plates together to start them washing.

"Oh no but I…"

"Would you take a walk with me, Harry?" Bill asked interrupting his protests.

"Oh...alone?" Harry glanced at the others, his cheeks burning again, as they made it clear that they would not be joining them by helping Molly with the table.

"If that is ok," Bill nodded, "if you are not comfortable with that I completely understand," he added softly.

"No, I would...that would be nice," Harry glanced to Ron uncertainly, but his friend smiled and nodded encouragingly. Looking back to Bill he found the Alpha holding his hand out to him. Shyly he slipped his fingers into Bill's and trying not to blush when the Alpha's hand swallowed his and held on securely as he led Harry away from the Burrow and down towards the forest close by.

It was peaceful in the summer heat, the leaves overhead protecting them from the hot, direct sunlight, the air filled with the sounds of the crickets in the long grass and the birds in the trees. Their feet crunched along the pathway as they walked until the Burrow was out of eyesight and it felt like it was completely just the two of them.

"Wha…" Harry blinked when they turned and the work that Bill and Charlie had put in came to view. The trees were filled with glittering lights, different colours in different trees, candles were flickering along the way as well, magic clearly making the light of them stand out despite the sunlight as they flickered brightly on their pathway.

"I got a little advice from my brothers and sister," Bill turned to face Harry who blinked those big green eyes up at him. "They informed me that you do not really see what an amazing, gorgeous, perfect omega you are and don't really think that Alphas want you,"

"I…" Harry looked a little mortified, and Bill mentally groaned as he realised that Harry thought that this was Bill being big brotherly with him. He gripped Harry's chin firmly and turned him to look at him.

"I have been presenting for you for months now Harry, pretty much since the Final Battle which was a little inappropriate, but I really could not help myself, definitely since we all returned to the Burrow and I have had even more time around you. I have been obnoxiously trying to prove to you that I would be a good Alpha for you, and hoping that you would choose me, I didn't realise that you didn't realise what I was trying to get across to you, and my siblings told me, after a lot of threats about making sure that I didn't hurt you - most of which seemed to consist of threatening to set Hermione on me - that I had to be honest and upfront with you,"

"Oh Merlin!" Harry's face was nearly as red as a tomato by this point.

"I am interested in you Harry, and not in a quick fumble way. I want to mate you, and I want to mark you, and I want to spend the rest of our lives together, I want to have a family with you, I want you to come live with me in the house that I have been making for the two of us, I have been designing it for us since spending the summer with you last summer while I was worrying about you being on the run without realising it, only when I saw you at the Final Battle and started presenting did I realise what I had been doing. You are the most perfect omega I have ever seen, I can't stop thinking about you, I can't stop watching you, and I would treasure you, love you and look after you for the rest of our lives if you give me a chance," Bill blurted out, watching Harry's eyes widening the more his words spilt out.

"Bill…"

"I think that you like me, and I hope that you would give me a chance, but if you don't feel that way for me I completely understand and we will always be friends," Bill added firmly.

"The house...the house is for me?" Harry licked his lips, stepping a little closer to the Alpha.

"Yes...I was making it for you, the perfect home to bring you home to, for you to look after," Bill nearly groaned at the wave of pheromones that came off of Harry at his words.

"I thought you were doing it for another omega, I was...I really like it, love it and I...you...I feel…" Harry flushed shyly, lowering his eyes.

"Harry, it was all for you. I have been strutting around like an idiot trying to get you to notice me and see me as a mate, they have all been laughing at me back there for how much of an idiot I have been," Bill laughed pulling Harry a little closer.

"But...I am nothing like Fleur," Harry frowned at his feet, and Bill wanted to protect him from everything that had made him doubt himself. He slipped his fingers into Harry's long, shoulder-length black hair, gently gripping it as he leant down to talk into Harry's ear directly.

"No you're not, and that is absolutely a good thing. I loved her, but I will always be thankful to mother magic that we did not go through with mating, because seeing you made me see exactly what I want, she did me every favour in the world by breaking things off with me. You are perfect to me Harry, and I do want a future with you, a whole future. Do you think that you would be interested in giving me a chance?"

He smiled when Harry looked at him shyly, biting his lip in a way that just made Bill want to lick it to soothe it. Whatever he was looking for in Bill's face he obviously found because he smiled beautifully at him and reached up to slide his fingers through Bill's red beard and cupped his face.

Bill was kissing the younger man before he could really think about it, pulling the delightful omega close to his body and humming happily into the kiss when Harry kissed back with equal passion, his arms wrapping around Bill's shoulders and clinging on as though scared Bill would disappear while the Alpha tried to memorise everything about this moment, leading Harry in the kiss who learned quickly.

"Bill?" Harry muttered they didn't know how long later when they parted and Bill was suddenly aware of the heat going through the younger man's body, the delicious smell that was rising through him, more potent and delicious than normal.

"Harry...you're going into heat!" Bill growled.

"But...I am not due for another two weeks," Harry panted as Bill buried his face into the younger man's throat, rubbing his face into the delicious scent.

"It...it happens when a mating is possible, when our magic matches, and when we are attracted to each other and want...Merlin Harry, you smell so good," Bill groaned licking the skin under his mouth.

"You...you smell really good too, you smell….you...smell...like home," Harry whined wrapping himself around Bill, arms and legs, clinging onto the Alpha he had had a crush on for years, since he met him the summer of the Quidditch world cup.

"Harry, I don't want you to feel like I tricked you," Bill huffed, everything in him roaring at him to take Harry right now.

"No, I don't, I want you Bill, and you want me, right?" Harry looked at him with watery green eyes, pleading with Bill, and well, Bill wished that he was a stronger man, but he wasn't.

"Yes, so much, you won't regret it," Bill huffed, summoning enough concentration to apparate them to Shell Cottage, into the bedroom that he had designed with this omega in mind.

He dropped Harry onto the bed who quickly started stripping off his clothes as his heat caught up with him, and Bill groaned louder as the smell of Harry slick filled the room. "Merlin, I have dreamt of your smell in here, I have dreamt of seeing you on this bed so many times," He huffed, ripping his own clothes off as fast as he could.

"Bill…" Harry reached for him as soon as he was naked, and Bill felt a little cruel waiting, but he couldn't help himself, looking down at the beautiful omega spread out on his bed, their bed, looking even better than he had dreamt, and he had dreamt this exact moment many, many times.

Perfect tanned skin, slightly curvy in all the right ways, full hips, full thighs, his peachy arse that Bill had looked at way too many times, his flat stomach called to Bill, and as those big, beautiful green eyes looked up at him the Alpha leant over Harry and kissed over his stomach, breathing in heavily the perfect scent of his omega, and more importantly his desire for him.

"Bill!" Harry squeaked when Bill nipped his stomach before laughing as the Alpha grinned at him, crawling up his body to kiss him sweetly despite the situation as he lifted Harry and placed him more firmly on the bed, situating himself between Harry's spread thighs and rubbed his hard, desperate erection against the damp entrance to Harry's body.

"So beautiful, going to make you so happy," Bill promise against Harry's lips, reaching down to press his fingers deep inside Harry, testing how ready he was for him, drinking in the sight of Harry arching in pleasure as Bill thrust his fingers, scissoring them and readying him for him.

He used Harry's slick to cover his erection, whining when Harry twitching his hips, desperate for him to fill him. He only just had the presence of mind to place the contraception charm on himself, they were definitely not ready for babies yet, soon, but not yet, before he pressed himself into Harry, the noise that he made pornographic as he slid into the perfect hot, slick, tight body of his omega.

He held onto Harry tightly as he arched into him, pausing once he was fully seated into Harry, waiting to let him get used to being so full, the slight panting and almost grasping tightness of Harry's body around him telling him that Harry was feeling a little overwhelmed. He concentrated on kissing Harry's throat, over his scent gland when he would bite down oh so soon - hopefully not too soon going by the overwhelming pleasure of being inside of Harry - he was automatically making soothing sounds deep in his chest, sounds of an alpha to his omega, purring and grumbling low.

"I'm ready," Harry smiled wrapping his arms around Bill rather than clinging to him, his body easing its vice-like grip around Bill's erection. Slowly he pulled back and eased himself equally slowly back in, watching Harry's face closely for any sign of discomfort. Only when he was sure that Harry was definitely only feeling pleasure did he pick up his pace, thrusting more firmly into Harry until he was drawing little punched out noises from the sweet omega that made him thrust even harder under finally he was pounding into Harry's welcoming body, holding himself up on his arms so that he could thrust deeper into his lover he lost himself in the scent of the man he loved, the perfect noises of pleasure that he was making, and the movement of their bodies against each other.

"Please, Bill, please knot me!" Harry whined, arching his back until it was nearly bowed as he came, clenching down hard on Bill, milking him, pressing himself down against the knot that was almost at full form. Unable to deny such a delicious plea Bill thrust himself a few more times into Harry until it was the right time, the rhythmic contractions of Harry's body easily dragging him over the edge, and he slid himself home into Harry's welcoming body, his knot swelling and locking them together just as Bill sank his teeth into his omega's scent gland, bonding them together.

"Merlin Harry, I didn't expect that, I didn't want to rush you," Bill panted, once he was able to find the actual ability to think again.

"Nothing in my life is really traditional," Harry laughed wrapping his arms around Bill sleepily as he wiggled on Bill knot, humming as his alpha spilt into him even more.

"I will make sure that you never regret choosing me, I promise, I love you, Harry," Bill pressed kisses over Harry's face.

"I love you too," Harry smiled beautifully up at him.

"We're going to be so happy, I promise," Bill kissed him deeply.

Harry fell asleep in his arms while they were still joined together, resting comfortably against Bill's chest as the alpha had flipped them over. Bill settled in to watch over him, his instincts telling him to guard over his precious armful, but more than that he couldn't stop looking at Harry in awe, unable to believe that he was here right now, buried inside his perfect body, holding his mate.

When he had thought about asking Harry to mate him, he had not thought that it would go this well, he had not dreamed that it would go this well. Now he had their entire future to prove to Harry that he had made the right choice, to make sure that this man knew every day just how loved he was, how perfect he was, and how awed Bill was that he had chosen him.

And not just because he was terrified of what it was that Hermione would do to him if he hurt Harry.

The two of them were slightly sheepish when they showed up at The Burrow the next day, their family waiting for them with slightly exasperated, amused and incredulous looks on their faces, though Molly was looking delighted more than anything else.

"Oh! I am so happy! I was so worried that someone else would snap you up before Bill got his finger out, but now you are 100% officially a member of our family and no one can argue it now! Oh, I am so happy, please tell me you remembered a contraceptive charm, I can't wait for the bonding ceremony, oh Harry dear I am so happy!" Molly scented her new son in law happily as she hugged him tightly.

"Mother, I would actually like to have a mate that doesn't have broken ribs," Bill snorted, though Harry looked more than happy right where he was.

"Really, Bill, really?!" Ron crossed his arms, looking at Bill completely unimpressed, his younger omega brother eyeing him like he was about to summon Hermione.

"Harry, please tell them you were completely willing!" Bill squeaked catching the expressions on Fred, George and Ginny's faces as well.

"I was 100% willing," Harry assured them, though his face was burning bright red. "I went into heat," He added before burying his face into Bill's arm.

"Aww Harry," Ron cooed to his friend, "how long have you been in love with him?"

"You don't have to tell anyone," Bill shook his head when Harry went even redder.

"Pretty much since I was fourteen and presented," Harry admitted, giggling a little as his alpha preened, actually puffing his chest out, at that knowledge.

"You have always been part of the family Harry, this just makes it official to everyone else, we're so happy," Arthur smiled, hugging his son in law gently.

"If he ever makes you unhappy you tell us and we will make him regret it," Ginny nodded hugging him as well.

"I'm feeling a little used here," Bill huffed.

"You did good," Fred patted his brother tauntingly on the back.

"Pricks." Bill rolled his eyes fondly. "At least I have a loving, perfect omega to make it all better," Bill snagged his love around the waist from where he was being passed around his family for hugs, pressing his front against Harry's back, hooking his chin over his shoulder and pressing kisses to his mating mark on Harry's neck, his omega laughing merrily at the banter.

"Seriously, congratulations," Ron hugged his best friend, clapping Bill on the shoulder. "Hermione will murder you if you hurt him," he added.

"I am not sure I am ready for Hermione to come back from Australia," Bill grimaced.

"She's not that bad," Harry laughed.

"The fact that you used the word 'that' in there isn't making me feel 'that' much better," Bill huffed.

"Come on, let's eat, where are you taking Harry for your honeymoon?" Molly asked as they headed towards the groaning breakfast table.

"Oh no, we don't have to…"

"Of course we do," Bill kissed Harry's cheek as he seated him at the table, sitting down beside him reaching out to take Harry's hand, unable to stop himself from touching Harry. "We haven't really discussed it, but I thought we could go to Egypt for a little while so that I can show you around,"

"I would love that, to get to see where you have worked for years," Harry smiled warmly.

"I love you," Bill sighed, leaning forward to kiss his omega sweetly as his family busied themselves around them to give them a little privacy.

"What?" Harry blinked big green eyes at him confused.

"Most would just be happy for a holiday somewhere hot, you are happy because you think about learning more about me," Bill shook his head, kissing Harry's nose chuckling when his mate scrunched his nose cutely at the action.

"I think we're going to be very happy," Harry beamed at him.

"We definitely are," Bill cupped the back of his neck and kissed him slightly deeper.

"Alright love birds, keep it clean," Arthur chuckled.

"Keep it in your pants for an hour and then you can go back to your house and get it out your system," Charlie snickered.

"Not sure that there is enough time in the world for me to get enough of Harry," Bill winked as his omega went bright red, but smiled happily at him.

Settling down to breakfast with their family they shared in the laughter and chatter that filled the air, a lighter, content tone to the air as they enjoyed their time together. Throughout the meal Harry was nearly glowing as his Alpha kept touching him, reaching out for him, pressing kisses to his cheek and lips, the gentle teasing of those around them only making him feel even more content.

Bill was looking at him as though he couldn't believe his luck, and that he was the luckiest Alpha, while Harry could not help but feel it was the other way around and he was the luckiest Omega to have Bill choose him.

Either way, the rest of their life was going to be a good one, they would all make sure of that.

And not just because Bill was apparently terrified of Hermione.