She had lost herself in those caramel eyes. The emotions displayed there were so profound she could not find her voice.

"Fleur?" Hermione's tone was close to adoration.

"Ma belle." Her voice wavered. "Je suis désolée (I'm sorry)." Taking a deep breath, she tried again. "Ma belle, I know we 'ave already mated and are fiancées in a way, but I wanted to make zis one moment special for us. Seeing you every day by my side ees something zat makes my 'eart so incredibly full zat I can't even begin to describe what I feel when I see zee tattoo lines on you. Knowing zat you are willing to share your life with me fills me with love and 'appiness. And as much as I know we are mates, zis moment makes me nervous." She had to pause for a couple of seconds and dry her own eyes. "I 'ave dreamed of 'aving a mate for all my life. At some point I just figured I'd probably never find eet. Zen came zee war and everything got impossibly worse. Zee moment I saw you on zee last battle made everything feel lighter. I don't zink I've ever fought so 'ard or 'ad such a need to protect someone in my entire life. Zee next weeks were probably 'ell for Gaby as I could only speak of you. Being close to you after zat felt like a blessing at each 'our I could be close to you. My courage failed me but your Gryffindor 'eart won and you asked what I 'ad not been able to. From zen on I've 'ad zee blessing of being on zee receiving end of your love. Zat brings us 'ere, only a little over a year from zee question you so bravely asked me. I know 'ow much you value knowledge, but I also 'appen to know you love romance just as much as I do." They laughed a bit, both had tears leaking from their eyes. "So I figured I'd bring both together. Here, in zee presence of zee four towers zat 'old some of France's most important intellectual treasures. I want to be able to shout to zee world 'ow lucky I am to 'ave you as my mate and equal. So, Hermione Jean Granger-Black, will you marry me?"

Fleur looked at her mate earnestly and anxiously. Hermione smiled brightly at her, her eyes filled to the brim with unshed tears.

"Oh, you silly veela, of course I will!"

They both laughed and shared a watery kiss.

Fleur moved to place the ring on Hermione's hand and heard the other woman gasp. "Fleur..."

"Don't. You deserve zis."

Fleur took a moment to admire it on her mate's finger. The Goblins had made it at British Gringotts. She had been there to make sure she would get the right gem for the Black family, and they had offered to forge it as a thank you symbol for both of them. She knew how famous Goblin's jewellery were and had accepted (after a bit insistence from her old boss). A white goblin gold gently curved band embedded with small black diamonds and rubies aligned and secured three medium-sized diamonds

Taking her hand, the blonde carefully kissed the ring then looked up into Hermione's eyes.

"It's really beautiful, love."

"Delacour's Diamond, Black's Black Diamond and Rubys. Your Papa said zee family doesn't 'ave a specific stone, so I decided to go for ruby."

"Gryffindor."

"Oui. White goblin gold." Hermione gasped. "Zey insisted on forging eet."

"Thank you, beautiful."

"Should we go back to zee Flat?"

"Oui. S'il vous plaît." She answered in a sultry tone.

In an instant and turn, they apparated right at the front door.

Hermione wrapped around her, kissing her neck and behind her ear.

"Mon amour..."

"You should really show me how much you love me..." She all but moaned.

Fleur growled and lifted the brunette into her arms. Closing the door with a light kick, she carried her bride to be into their room.


There was little to no battle for dominance. Hermione was feeling pliant. She let herself be carried to the bed after being pressed against the corridor walls twice. She had doubted for a second that Fleur would be able to even reach the bedroom, given the way she had all but devoured her neck while pressing her against the wall. The light tap on her bum let her know she should release her hold on her mate. Fleur carefully laid her on the bed, she pulled the blonde with her and soon the blonde was fully over her. She simply loved the weight of her love on her.

She gasped when she felt her hand against her skin. 'Off.' The simple command made her quiver, the slightly stronger hold the blonde had on her waist made her moan.

A light hand on her face made her open her eyes and lock them with Fleur's.

"Je t'aime, 'ermione." The sheer amount of adoration clear in the blonde's voice made Hermione tear up.

"I love you too, Fleur." her answer wasn't much louder than a whisper.

Fleur began taking her clothes off, slowly, bathing every bit of skin with kisses and light bites. When she was finally naked, Hermione could only moan and quiver every time the blonde touched her. She watched as she quickly got rid of her own clothes and redirected all her attention to Hermione. The heat clear in her eyes only made the brunette wetter. Both of them gasped as their skin made contact. Fleur smiled at her and ducked her head to kiss her deeply. Hermione slowly let her hands travel against the expanse of her blonde's back, her short nails lightly biting her skin. She ground her hips against Hermione's core, eliciting a deep moan from her. She let a moan loudly roll out of her mouth, letting go of Fleur's. Wasting no time, the blonde started kissing down her neck. The small love bites made her quiver and consider begging. The slow path to her breasts almost made Hermione lose control, almost. But feeling her mouth closing around her nipple made her curve her back, searching for friction. Looking down, she caught Fleur's gaze. With a smirk, the blonde bit the peak almost harshly, then soothed the skin with her tongue. Hermione felt helpless on her hands. Her cry of pleasure became a whimper as the blonde moved and captured the other nipple, still playing the abused one with her fingers. Hermione's fingers found their way into the blonde's tresses, half holding her in place, half pushing her down. She felt Fleur gasp and smile against her skin. The slow path Fleur made with her lips down to Hermione's center left the brunette gasping for air while her hands took hold of the sheets, her back arching more as she got closer to it.

She felt her mate's breath hovering over her, and her hands holding her in place. The second her tongue made contact with her clit at last, Hermione released a guttural moan as she tried to maintain contact with it. Fleur hummed as she lapped on her. Hermione felt each stroke of her tongue and nearly lost it when the Blonde began drawing circles over her clit, only to eventually dip lower and gather a bit more wetness from her entrance.

"Please." She managed to gasp after the third time she felt the blonde's tongue barely enter her. As she felt a hand leave her hips and Fleur readjust herself, she held her breath. Her hips bucked as she felt slender fingers slip into her. "Fuck!" She took hold of Fleur's hair lightly just as she was lowering herself again, knowing any other stimulation would make her reach the peak. Guiding the blonde's head back up and her mouth into hers, she nodded, signalling she could resume moving. Fleur's lips took hers as she started fucking her deep and slowly. She moaned as she tasted herself in the blonde's lips. It didn't take her long. Feeling her whole body spasm, Hermione came with a low guttural moan.

Still catching her breath, she felt Fleur place a kiss on her temple and whisper "I love you."

A few seconds later, Hermione was hovering over the blonde, fully aware that she definitely wouldn't last long.


Their time in Paris hadn't lasted long enough. After sending owls to their families and letting them know about the engagement, there had been a surprise (to Hermione) impromptu (not so much as everyone knew Fleur would ask and that Hermione would say yes, because why wouldn't she?) engagement party at the Delacour's state. And they had spent the rest of their time in the capital sightseeing and visiting muggle and wixen tourist attractions.

And then they were on their way to Beauxbatons. Fleur had snickered when Hermione first asked her how they would get there, seeing how she was hoping she wouldn't have to fly. She knew they could simply apparate there, being of age, but she didn't want Hermione to miss out on the opportunity to experience what she had for so many years. So there they were, in a semi-deserted train as the school year had already begun and most masters students got there by other means.

Hermione gushed as she saw the trolley lady, remembering her first time seeing the wixen sweets. Fleur beamed at her and bought every sweet she was sure her mate hadn't tasted yet. They shared some of them and read and talked. The trip was basically as long as Hogwarts' but neither really saw time pass. Soon Fleur was taking the lead and presenting Hermione to the landscape she had grown up seeing. They could see the Chateau in the distance, in the middle of the Forest. Old looking roofs too, if you had trained eyes. The art nouveau styled castle stood out representing how proud French wixen were of their school.

"it's beautiful," Hermione said in awe.

"Oui. Zée inside is even more incroyable." Fleur said proudly.

"How do students get there?"

"Well, zee entire region ees protected from muggles. So students transportation ees made by carriages led by Abraxans. First years chariots take zee land route and zee others fly zere."

"Well now I'm thanking all gods that I didn't go here."

"You don't actually feel like you are flying, ma belle..."

"Either way..."

They began walking towards the bridge, hand in hand.

"Gabby ees still in class, I zink. But she 'as been excused from dinner in school so she can come to see us." Fleur informed her mate, having read the brief note the younger girl had sent her just before they got off the train. "We are not expected to meet Juliette and Jacques until tomorrow..."

"Should we go get settled?"

"Oui. Zen I could cook us dinner..." Hermione smiled at her and pecked her left cheek. "We can walk, eet will take us about 'alf an 'our to get to zee city, or we can apparate zere. Eef we take zee first option, we go zrough 'ere."

"A trek through the Forest with my favourite person... Oui, I'd like that."

So they began following the trek. A comfortable silence embraced them and Fleur happily watched the brunette take in the view, feeling the happiness coming from her. They both felt contempt and calm. The noises coming from the wilderness making them feel complete.

"I don't think I ever felt this way, love. Thank you. It's beautiful here, Fleur."

"I believe eets our bond. Veela are connected to nature so we usually feel like zis when we are nearby forests. Zats why Madam Maxime instructed 'agrid to locate zee chariot near zee Forbidden Forest. Our delegation 'ad many Veela." Hermione simply hummed in response.

Fleur guided her mate through the village once they got there. Showing her the places she used to go and spend time with her friends when they were allowed to go there. The castle could be spotted from most streets and it was an imponent view. The buildings they were walking past were mostly timber-framed, though the closer they got to the castle the more the architecture turned to a more medieval kind.

"'ere." Fleur motioned to another turn on their way. "Most Veela families 'ave 'ouses 'ere. Eets almost a village within a village." They left the street and entered a small path. The house was actually a cottage, surrounded by forest and wilderness. She heard Hermione gasp and smiled. "Eet's beautiful, right?"

Hermione nodded. "Reminds me of ours."

"Oui. Et bien, Bienvenue à la maison ma belle (well, welcome home, Ma Belle)." She said as she opened the front door.

"Mademoiselle Delacour, Mademoisselle Granger-Black! (Miss Delacour, Miss Granger-Black!)"

"Zeeny!" They both exclaimed. "Qu'est-ce que tu fais ici?! (What are you doing here?!)"

"Madame m'a dit que vous alliez rester ici pour vos doctorats et j'ai demandé si je pouvais venir prendre soit de vous. On sait tous comment vous êtes quand vous étudiez. Donc me voilà. (Madam said you were staying here for your masters and I asked if I could come take care of you. We all know how you are when studying. So here I am.)"


A/N: Hey, my dear readers! It's I, your friendly neighbour Celtic! I hope the wait was worth it and that you liked it! Some fluff and hot scenes... What did you think of the proposal?

Also, do you want any specific one-shot? I accept suggestions!

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WK: So I added some spice here... The sweetness won't ever leave tho...

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