Author's Note: It's a bit shorter than I'm accustomed to, but it just came to me the same day as the last "chapter" and is intended to be a transitional one. All the same, I hope you enjoy it!

Luna waved goodbye to her customer as they walked out of the shop, the bell tinkling behind them, and turned to Ginny. "Merlin, I hope she doesn't come back again—she was so damn picky."

"Sorry you had a difficult client," Ginny murmured. She walked around the counter and gave her girlfriend a quick hug. "At least the next ones won't be like that."

Luna's brow furrowed. "Who do I have again?"

"Dean and Seamus."

"Oh, good. They won't take too long, and I know they'll be pleasant enough to work with."

The bell over the door rang again, but instead of Dean and Seamus, in walked Neville.

"Here to check on your children again?" Ginny asked with a smile.

He returned her grin as he walked to the back corner to examine the cast iron plant there. "Gotta make sure you haven't hurt my babies!"

Ginny clutched her heart. "You wound me, sir! I promised not to touch them, and I always keep my promises, on pain of death!" she cried, her voice dripping with faux chagrin.

Before Neville could pick at her anymore, the door opened again.

"Sorry we're late, Seamus takes forever to get ready," Dean called, unwinding the scarf from his neck.

"Oh, don't blame this one on me, Mr. I Can't Keep My Hands To Myself," Seamus parried.

Ginny smirked at the bantering pair. "Good to see you two haven't changed a bit."

"Ginny!" Dean cried, pulling her into a hug. "I knew we'd be working with Luna today, but I'm glad to see you again, too!"

As the four were swapping greetings and hugs, Neville called, "What am I? Dragon dung?"

Seamus' eyes lit up. "Hail, the conquering hero! How the hell have you been, Neville?"

The two old resistance leaders met with a strong handshake and slaps on the back. "Don't start with that old shite, Seamus. I killed a snake, not old Moldy Shorts," Neville said.

"Oh yeah, that's all you did." Dean rolled his eyes. "Well, I guess it's good to see you're still immune to Seamus' attempts to boost your ego."

"It's been too long, mate," Neville said, giving the other man the same physical greeting.

"You'd see us more if you'd come back around on pub nights," Seamus said. "You've hardly been out in the past couple of years."

"I'll do my best to be at the next one, but I start really early in the shop, so it's hard to stay out late," Neville explained, regret coloring his tone. "Speaking of which, I need to head back over there. Gin, Lu, are you two still coming over for dinner tonight?"

"We'll be there with the roast," Ginny promised.

"And the wine!" Luna added.

Neville waved goodbye and exited the studio.

Luna turned to her newest customers. "So I understand you two are here for wedding band tattoos?"

"Yeah, when the Netherlands legalized gay marriage a few years ago, we started talking about it and decided that it's something we wanted to do," Dean said. "We're headed there next week to make it official."

"That's wonderful! Come on back into the consultation area, and we'll talk about what exactly you two want done."

Luna led the pair behind the beaded curtain, and Ginny sat back down at her stool. She was supposed to be going over invoices, but she her mind was determined to wander elsewhere.

An hour later, Dean and Seamus walked out of Luna's workspace grinning like fools.

"I take it you're pleased with the results?" Ginny asked.

"They're perfect!" Seamus crowed, holding his hand out for her to examine. "I'm an only child, you know, so I wanted to use Granda's ring for Dean, but it was too small for him and too large for me. We decided we each wanted a copy of it tattooed on our hands instead."

Luna had indeed done a beautiful job with the claddagh ring. Dean's was dark enough that it still stood out quite well on his deep skin tone, and the dimension on both tattoos was impeccable.

"You still blow me away, Lu," Ginny said, turning their hands over to admire the fluidity and unmatched quality of her work.

The clattering of coins on the countertop broke her train of thought.

"We haven't seen you two in so long, and I hate to just run out like this, but we've got to finish packing our suitcases for Amsterdam," Dean apologized.

"We'll have to get together sometime soon!" Seamus tacked on.

Luna just waved them out the door. "We'll figure it out when you get back from your honeymoon in Paris. Now go! Have fun! Celebrate love!"

"And try not to blow anything up!" Ginny called after them.

The men shot grateful, happy glances at their friends before rushing out of the shop.

Ginny just shook her head. "Some things never change."

"They really don't," Luna said. "But I didn't realize they'd stayed so close to Neville right after the war. They used to go pub hopping a few times a month together until Neville opened his shop."

"How odd. I never would have guessed that. Though we didn't exactly do a stellar job of keeping up with a lot of people from Hogwarts after the war," Ginny admitted.

Luna hummed in agreement. "I wonder why that is."

"Probably because we'd just started dating and spent as much time as humanly possible together," Ginny laughed.

"You're likely correct, but it still wasn't that much time. I mean, you were traveling all the time with the Harpies, and I was being commissioned for painting after painting. Though perhaps those are the same reasons we kind of forgot about some of our old friends. Work, work, work," Luna thought aloud.

Ginny shrugged. "At least we managed to mostly keep up with who was together and made it to all the important weddings and baby showers."

"Yes, weddings," Luna murmured, staring off into space.

If Ginny was right, and she usually was when it came to Luna, they were thinking the same thing: marriage?

There might have been a more tactful way to broach the subject, but Ginny Weasley wasn't exactly known for her delicate approaches. "Lu, do you think you'd ever want to get married?"

The blonde looked up at her and smiled. "Very much so, I think. But I don't want to run off to another country and another world just to do it alone. I'd like for our friends and family to be there to celebrate with us."

"You know as well as I do the wizarding world isn't exactly supportive of us as a couple," Ginny pointed out. "I doubt they'd ever let us get married."

Luna shrugged one shoulder. "So we'll fight for it. We'll petition the Wizengamot, talk to some of the old families. I'm sure that if we get Harry, Ron, and Hermione on board, something will eventually give."

"That could take a really long time. Decades even," Ginny murmured, her hand caressing her girlfriend's hair and jawline.

"Ah, but you'll be worth the wait," Luna said, gently kissing the tip of Ginny's chin. "Until then, I'll relish in the knowledge that I get to wake up with you every morning, work with you every day, and make love to you every night."

Ginny grinned. "That sounds pretty damn perfect to me, too, Lu."

MC4A Challenge Block

Stacked with: Shipping War; Summer Bingo; StL; ER; FPC; BAON; Star; SF; SoW

Individual Challenges: Short Jog; The 3rd Rule (Y); Lovely Triangle; Gryffindor MC (x4); Ravenclaw MC; Red Moon Quindrabble; Witches Coven 2; Real Family; Flags and Ribbons (Y); Inks (Y); Trio of Silver (Y); Letter of the Day; Times to Come (Y); Shipmas (Y); Themes and Things A—Love (Y); Themes and Things B—Prejudice (Y); Themes and Things C—Suitcase (Y)

Representations: Luna Lovegood x Ginny Weasley; Dean Thomas x Seamus Finnigan; Neville Longbottom; Tattoo Shop AU; LGBT Rights

Bonus Challenges: Clio's Conclusion; A Long Dog; Unicorn; Second Verse (Bechdel Test; Not a Lamp; Persistence Still; Found Family; Nontraditional; Zucchini Bread); Chorus (Endless Wonder; Odd Feathers; Wabi Sabi; Fizzy Lemonade)

Tertiary Bonus Challenges: Satisfaction (FR); Affirmation (FR); Thimble (T3); Poppy (LiCK)

Summer Bingo — Space Address (Prompt): 2C (Hail)

Shipping War — Ship (Team); List (Prompt) — Luna Lovegood x Ginny Weasley (Dreamy Redhead); Spring Big List (Hugging)