Harry woke to a warm weight on his chest and along his side. He was still sleepy, but it was more of a content, happy to laze around in bed for a while sleepy. Nothing hurt, and he felt lighter than he could ever remember feeling. It was as though he had been walking around with fifty-pound weights on each limb, and suddenly they were gone. He could feel a warm, happy buzz along the bond that had snapped into place in his mind the day before. He had thought it would be disturbing, feeling Fionn's feelings in the back of his head. Almost like he was listening in on things he had no right to. But it wasn't like that at all. He couldn't read the Fae's mind, all he felt was his emotions. And only those when he actually thought about, and focused on the bond between them. Or if the emotions were especially strong. It was actually... comforting in a way. He couldn't explain it, even in his own mind.
Harry slowly opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling a moment before glancing down at the Fae draped across his chest. Fionn's white-blonde hair spilled across Harry's shoulder, his head resting over Harry's heart. He gently carded his fingers through the strands, toying with the ends, and Fionn made a pleased sound. Harry continued to play with Fionn's hair for a few moments, before the Fae finally moved. He didn't move much however, just turned his head so his chin was now resting on Harry's chest and he could blink sleepy golden eyes at Harry.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
Fionn nodded. "I dreamt about you."
"Did you now?" Harry smiled, his eyes looking amusedly down at Fionn.
"Mmm-hmmm." Fionn didn't elaborate, instead he pushed himself up a bit and stretched up to kiss Harry. It started off slowly, just a slightly sleepy good morning kiss, and then it grew. One of Harry's hands wound its way into Fionn's hair, his other drifted to the small of the Fae's back. As the kiss deepened, Fionn gave a soft, almost humming sound. And then their tongues touched for the first time. It sent a pleasant tingle down Harry's spine, he felt goosebumps break out on his arms and the back of his neck. He could faintly smell Fionn's shampoo, and beneath that the Fae's own scent. Sunshine and vanilla. His mind shorted out and all he could do was feel. And then Fionn was pulling back, a faint blush dusting along his cheekbones.
"We should get up. Your friends will be waking soon if they haven't already."
Harry was slightly disappointed, but was sure it was mostly due to teenage hormones. He could feel through their bond that Fionn was stopping because he didn't think Harry was ready for more. Or at least, Harry thought that's what he was reading from the Fae. And he was most likely right, it hadn't been that long ago that he had wondered if he even liked guys. He wasn't conflicted about that anymore though. He didn't know if it was because it just didn't matter anymore, or if it was due to the Courtship magics coming online, or being able to embrace his Demonic nature with the brand off. It could be any, all or none of those reasons. It just felt right. And he didn't want to screw things up, so he would start paying more attention to how he acted around Fionn.
"I suppose. Though I'm not looking forward to Fred and George's reactions when they find out what happened. They'll either be totally freaked out and hate it, or they'll love the idea. And I'm not really sure which one would be worse, honestly."
Fionn just laughed, sliding from the bed he walked over to the wardrobe before opening the door and pulling out clothes for the day. Harry stretched, hearing his back pop softly, and then followed him to the wardrobe. Leaning around the Fae, he let one hand lightly brush down Fionn's back as he rummaged in the wardrobe with the other. Once they were both dressed, and had completed their morning bathroom routines, they headed out of the bedroom and into the one next door.
Fred and George were laying on their stomachs in the bed, blankets and sheets drawn up to their waists, and then just the sheet draped over their upper bodies. They hadn't moved from the way they had been laid, but as Harry and Fionn watched, Fred's left wing twitched, and George groaned softly into the pillow.
"Anyone catch the hippogriff that ran me down? I think we need to look into a line using hippogriff parts." George mumbled the words, but they could still be made out mostly clearly.
"Too much noise Gred." Fred whined and squinted his eyes tighter shut.
Fionn stepped forward and laid a hand on top of Fred's head, and the other hand on George's head. It was awkward, reaching both from one side of the bed, without hitting Fred's wing, but he managed it. And after the glow from his hands faded away, he returned to Harry's side.
Fred opened his eyes slowly, and then sighed in relief. Pushing himself up, he suddenly stopped and slowly looked over his shoulder. "Bloody hell..."
George's eyes popped open and he tried to roll over to see what had set Fred off. And that's when he realized there was a problem. "The fuck... Why do we have wings growing out of our backs?"
"Yeah, about that..." Harry looked sheepish, running a hand through his hair. "Would you believe me if I told you we're not exactly sure how that happened?"
Both twins just stared at him. "Uhm..." He shifted his feet nervously. "It's true. All I know is when I woke up, you two had been changed into Demons. Uh... Water Demons. Ash said that the magics built up and kind of exploded after connecting me to Dumbledore. Everyone blamed Rialyn, but he insists he didn't do it. So... it's probably my fault?"
Fred looked at George, then back at Harry and Fionn, then back at George. His shoulders started to shake, and soon he was snickering, George as well. "Harry's Law strikes again then?"
"Harry's Law?" Harry looked at them in confusion.
George waved a hand in the air. "Muggles have some saying, 'Whatever can go wrong, will.' or some such. They call it someone-or-other's Law. Well, it fits you better than that Muggle. So-"
"Harry's Law." Fred finished. And then they started laughing in earnest. When they finally stopped, they had tears running down their faces and were gasping for breath. If the laughter had been slightly on the hysterical side for some of it, Harry wasn't about to comment on it.
"You know Forge... this might actually be useful. We wanted to open another store, why not here?"
"Gred, that is a wonderful idea." Fred rubbed his hands together, ignoring or not noticing how his wings rose up behind him as he thought.
"We'll have to come up with an all-new product line, and tweak the old ones to work on the creatures here..."
"Just think of all the new test subjects!"
"No worries about fading, or how long we stay since the time isn't the same here."
They both looked at each other with identical huge grins on their faces. "This... is going to be wicked!"
AN: Not entirely happy with this chapter, but I'm not sure how to tweak it at the moment. Will leave a note if I change things around.
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