AN: I think I'm on a roll, for once these months. Now for some uber-fluff for Harry and Ginny! This is a few years after the last book, but way before the epilogue. This is going to be quick because I'm exhausted.
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Disclaimer: Last time I checked I am an American brunette. Nice try, but I know that I'm not JK Rowling
Title: The Unfolding Light: Help
Word Count: 585
Summary: Seven years, that's all it took for them to save the world and move on. A series of vignettes and drabbles during their times in between. Gender-bending. Part of the AU Diversity Boot Camp.
Halley was wrapt up in a thick robe when she collapsed on the couch. She fell on Gabriel's legs, making him jump in surprise. Her mug of hot chocolate sloshed over the rim, scalding the bare skin of his legs. "Are you mad?" he asked. "It's the middle of the summer!" He gestured to the Cooling Charms that he placed over the room.
His girlfriend shrugged. Her pale lips became a thin line. "I think it fits the mood of today at work. Besides, I'm freezing."
Gabriel tilted his head to the side, noting the paleness of her skin, the shaking hands, and the large amount of chocolate. Any sarcastic comments fell in a mighty swoop, guilt taking its place. He had more than a good feeling that she to Azkaban. But Halley couldn't say that out loud, there were rules and protocols that were involved with Auror work. He briefly wondered what it was for, thinking wildly about old Death Eaters and Dark Magic. "Is everything okay now?" He hoped that was a better question to ask.
Halley raised her mug. "I never want to go anywhere cold and wet for a while."
Shame, going somewhere below freezing actually sounded delightful about now. But Gabriel understood where the feeling came from. He propped himself up on his elbows. "So, no skiing in Sweden?" he tried to joke.
She fixed him with a withering look.
"I'm trying to make you happy," he said. He flexed his legs that where still trapped under her. "Can I have these back? Because you may feel freezing, all I feel are my legs melting." She set his legs free and he laid them over her lap. "Thanks. Do you want me to help?"
Halley set her mug down on the small table that was in front of them. She then crawled on top of him, strands of her dark hair fell over her face. She rested her head on his chest. "Is it wrong that I sometimes think that everything was going to be rainbows and sunshine after the war?"
"No," Gabriel answered truthfully. It left a bitter taste in his mouth. In the beginning he had craved any small amounts of optimism during those first few months the war. Now life was becoming more gradual and he will taking it all in strides. To help convey these feelings, he pulled her into a hug. "I still do."
"Cheers for us hopeful sods," she mumbled.
He pushed some of her fringe back and kissed the scar on her forehead. "Yeah, but we got my family, friends, and each other to help. That's enough rainbows and sunshine for me."