Past Love
Throughout the ministry, Percy Weasley was known for being quiet and reserved. He had the same red hair as his father and a vast dusting of freckles across his skin. He had his mother's blue eyes and father's tall, slender frame. He lacked some of his father's confidence and a few workers though him unapproachable because of it, they just never knew what to say to him.
Bonnie Eads, Percy's best friend, whom also worked at the ministry, had found herself falling for the young man but had been turned down. She'd been embarrassed but he'd explained the next day that it wasn't hair, and it really was him. He was gay. At first they'd met awkwardly but Arthur somehow talked her into joining them for a family dinner. The ice had been broken that night and they'd quickly found themselves as friends.
They worked in the same department, Muggle Incident Control, their offices right next to each other. Thursday soon became "their night" and the two would either go to dinner and a movie or retreat to Bonnie's apartment with takeout, trying to avoid the Weasley brood.
This had gone on for three years, Percy now the grand but not old age of twenty two. The years had helped them learn about each other. Bonnie's mother died when she was four, her father died a year later, she often thought it was of a broken heart. She'd been brought up by her grandparents after that, her grandfather had been a muggle so she had the best of both worlds. She'd had several boyfriends since she was twelve, and she'd only lately broken up with her most recent of three months because he'd tried to hit her.
In return she'd discovered Percy's family, ambitions, and even told her one of his most deepest secrets about his one and only love. Whilst there was a lot of people close to him that knew of the boy, he'd never told them a whole lot about the guy though. They'd been friends for four years at Hogwarts, then dated for the last three. He'd been the quidditch captain for their house team although the only name she got was Oliver, which didn't really help as there were at least five Olivers from Hogwarts who had gone professional as Percy's Oliver had done. There was Oliver Abbott and Oliver Richards who played with Hull Hyenas, Oliver James with Chudley Cannons. Liverpool Links had Oliver Garner and Puddlemere United had Oliver Wood. She'd seen a picture of the two but Oliver had only glanced at the camera for a moment, a bright smile on his lips before his face buried into Percy's neck. She'd narrowed it down to being either Wood or Abbott, but Richards looked like he dyed his hair so he was an option too. She'd been told it was a mutual agreement between the two to end things, mutual but painful.
On days she was feeling down she'd ask him to tell her stories about the two of them. He'd once told her Oliver had had a knack for getting himself into compromising situations and trouble. Her favourite had been how they'd first gotten together. It was all Fred and George's doing of course, but saying that, Percy had always had more affection for his little sister and George then the rest of his siblings. Ginny was the baby of the family and they'd had a scare from her during her first year at Hogwarts. George had always been a trouble maker with his twin but he was surprisingly understanding and supportive when it came to it.
The twins had spent weeks documenting the pair in secret, making sure they had proof of feelings on either side before threatening to out them to the school in a less then dignifying way. They could stop the twins doing so only by admitting how they really felt for each other. Percy had been ready to lie through the back of his teeth and deny all feelings for the man but after pulling the files closer, Oliver confessed. The twins had left after, safe in the knowledge that they'd done a good deed.
It was a Thursday night she finally found out just which Oliver it was. She, along with Percy, left the ministry via the muggle telephone box entrance when she'd seen a brown haired man sat on the steps of a nearby building. Percy's briefcase fell open, contents spilling across the ground and the red head quickly bent to pick them up. The man nearby looked up, mouth falling open as he saw the Weasley. He seemed unsure when he stood up, eyes moving from Percy to Bonnie. She guessed he was wondering if they were a couple. She smiled as he got a little closer, noticing the soft chocolate brown eyes and tousled brown hair that belonged to Keeper Oliver Wood.
She bent down and tapped Percy on the shoulder, quietly saying "I'll catch you at work in morning, sweetie" She hesitated with a grin before adding "I want plenty of details". He looked on at her in puzzlement as she straightened, patting his shoulder. She walked off in the direction of her flat, Percy watching her over his shoulder. He shook his head and turned back to his files only to find a pair of brown eyes watching him and the remaining files held out to him.
"Oliver?" He took the files from the quidditch player and dropped them in his case, quickly snapping it shut and rising. Oliver straightened up and let his gaze fall to his feet.
"Nice to see you again, Perce" Percy found himself softening slightly at the nickname and Percy felt a grin form.
"Can we talk?" Oliver had a hopeful look on his face that reminded Percy of the time Oliver had convinced him to play quidditch with him and the twins one summer.
He hadn't the heart to say no to those eyes.
Author's Notes: For FuzzyCat who I take the mickey out of for smuttyness. Fuzzy, you will be glad to know that this is actually more then one chapter -shock, horror, gasp, faint- LOL. Anywho, hope you all like it
