Doublebagged Redemption

by Kevin3

A marriage counselor gives a couple a rather unusual exercise to help them learn to communicate: writing fanfiction shortstories. Features several ficlets around the HarryGinny ship see inside, though the story itself is not fluff by any means.

20. A Compromise

Chapter 20

A Compromise

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At the last line, which Teresa knew beyond a doubt George put in there on purpose just for her (either to needle her or to amuse her, she wasn't sure which,) she couldn't help but smile as her eyes rolled.

After her amusement at the last line - and obligatory wonderings of the sanity of her husband - Teresa printed off the short story, hijacking it onto the living room where the Hugh Grant movie sat waiting patiently paused. Plopping once more onto the couch, Teresa reread the story.

It took her awhile, but she finally pinpointed what was so odd about it - that it was a romantic comedy. While this might not have seemed extraordinary to some people, she was a bit amazed that her husband wrote it. This, from the man whose first two stories were an über-action piece and a Harlequin excerpt.

"Why did he write this?" Teresa asked herself, staring at the printout almost warily. As odd as it sounded, it was almost like her husband was making a compromise of sorts. While the first two stories he wrote were interesting, they were hardly her cup of tea (though just the memory of reading that second brought a bit of a smile to her face.) On the other hand, there was no way George would ever write anything like her 'Dearth of Night' or probably anything like 'The Second Diary'. They were too heavy, too pondering, and too emotional. This story seemed like it was almost too light, if that were possible.

"George... wrote fluff..." she said to herself, not quite able to believe it. "Henry, you sick man, you turned my husband into a fluff writer."

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Unfortunately, deadlines are approaching, so I'm going to be rapidly posting the rest of the book. This time 6 chapters are getting posted, and the remaining 10 chapters or so will be posted soon. Please give me whatever feedback you can, especially since while I've had time to polish the first half of the book, the last half isn't even completely done in rough draft yet – so I can use all the help I can get in refining these chapters.