Title: Nothing Left to Do
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Remus/Ginny
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 793
Summary: Everything is finally resolved, just not in the best way.

Notes:

Pairing the Character Drabble Competition: Ginny/Remus

100 Word Prompt Collection Challenge: Prompt - 3. Farm

Greek Mythology Category Competition: Atalanta - Write about Ginny Weasley

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Muggle Studies - Task - Write about a strong desire to have child, and an event that occurs because of this. Prompt – (Emotion) Longing

Pokemon Trading Card Collection Challenge: Kricketot – Bronze - (action) Feeling awkward whilst holding hands.

Ginny should be working today, but she had something more important to do, so she farmed off some assignments to some underlings at the Witch Weekly office.

Remus had been avoiding her lately, and she was sick of it. She knew when she decided she wanted to be with Remus, things wouldn't be all sunshine and roses. Remus was complicated, and he was even harder to love because he felt like since he was a werewolf, he didn't deserve love. Ginny was forced to deal with insecurities that ran rampant, but she put up with it because she did love him.

She would sacrifice almost anything for Remus, but there was one thing she couldn't deny herself, no matter how much she loved the man.

She found him in the den, and he looked up with a smile from his manuscript. "Leaving for work, Gin?"

She raised her eyebrows. "No. I took a personal day." She didn't tell him why, but she knew she didn't need to.

He stiffened in his seat and averted his eyes, seeming to suddenly find the manuscript to be the most interesting thing in the world. "Any particular reason why? You aren't sick, are you?"

Ginny sighed sadly. "No, I'm not sick, and you know that. I also think you know why I'm home. We need to talk and work things out."

"There's nothing to talk about," Remus refuted sternly, still refusing to look up and meet her eyes.

"Nothing to talk about!?" Ginny exploded, forgetting her earlier resolution to remain calm. "How about you deciding for the both of us that we weren't going to have kids. I didn't get a say in that, and as your equal partner, I think I should have a say. Don't you?" she asked dangerously.

Remus finally looked at her. He stood up, his amber eyes flashing.

And Ginny knew the fight was on.

"Yes, you may get a say, but I also get a say, and if I don't want kids, you can't force me to change my mind."

Ginny held the tears back. It was way too soon to cry. "And what about me? I come from a big family. I always thought I would have at least two kids. And most likely more than that. And now you're telling me no kids? We have to at least talk about it."

Remus walked to her. "I understand why you want kids, but can't you understand why I don't want them? Any child I have would be hated simply because I'm a werewolf. And we don't know how a biological child would be affected by the full moon. And the only time I've ever been around a baby was when Harry was less than a year old. Even if I wasn't a werewolf, I never thought of myself as the fathering type."

"You can learn to be the fathering type. There are a lot of people out there that are parents that shouldn't be parents. At least you would love your child unconditionally, and you have no way of knowing how your lycanthropy would affect a baby. You shouldn't let the what-ifs scare you. Please, think about it. A baby made from the two of us. A child that would have my athleticism and your intelligence. A child with my red hair and your amber eyes. He or she would be beautiful and absolutely perfect, no matter what. Just think about it," Ginny pleaded.

Remus took her hand, and held it between his two much larger ones.

Ginny suddenly felt very awkward, holding hands with her husband, as if it was a goodbye.

"I did think about it, and I obviously can't give you what you want. Maybe... Maybe you should go be with someone who can."

"I love you," Ginny whispered.

Remus brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it softly. "I love you, too. That's why I have to let you go. I want what's best for you, and that's to be able to have a child with someone who loves you just as much as I do, someone who wants to be a father as much as you want to be a mother, and that's never going to be me."

Ginny had been right. This really was a goodbye. "So, that's it? We give up? After all of the fighting we did with my family to get them to accept us, we just give up."

"What else is there to do? Neither of us is ever going to step down on this."

Remus was right. Ginny would never stop wanting a child, and she knew Remus was firm in his decision to never be a father.

There was nothing left to do but walk away.