This is just a little drabble that popped into my head one night. It is a Rose/Seamus moment before they were a couple.
*Note* This chapter contains mentions of abuse and violence. If this bothers you in anyway, please skip this chapter!
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Was it just him, or had Rosie become pretty over the holidays? No. It must just be his imagination. She was Rose...just Rose.
Why on earth was she dating that idiot Chester McGee? He was the biggest dolt ever to pass through the doors of Hogwarts.
No, he wouldn't meddle. Rose seemed to be happy, and she had never interfered in any of his relationships, disastrous as some of them had been.
That was the plan. At least until he was walking back from practice one evening and heard arguing. He rounded the corner just in time to see McGee's hand fly into Rose's face.
Then he snapped.
Before he could even register what he was doing, he had his wand at base of McGee's throat, threatening him within an inch of his life.
When he finally let go of the monster, Rose was gone.
He didn't see her again until lunch the next day. She was unusually quiet and tried not to meet his eyes.
Aside from that she seemed to be alright, though; passing off the bruise on her face as a collision with a badly thrown Quaffle during practice, but he knew the truth, and every time he saw it, he wanted to throttle McGee.
He needed to talk to Rose. Alone. Find out what had really happened...
He managed to catch up to her in a hallway after dinner that night. They walked together in silence towards the common room.
"Thank you," Rose whispered. They both slowed their pace, listening to the silence.
A few minutes later, he had the courage to ask what had happened. She just slowly shook her head. He could tell that she wasn't ready to talk yet. He didn't know what to say. Suddenly, Rose hugged him. It was a different sort of hug than he was used to, but it said everything that needed to be said between them.
"Thank you," Rose said again, turning to walk towards her dormitory.
Originally posted October 2010.