A/N: This is sort of an early Christmas chapter because I'm not going to be coming on as much anymore, especially during this family season. It's the most wonderful time of the year, and all that. I know this chapter is rather short but I felt like stretching the idea too much would only ruin it.
Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans
ten: peppermint
He loves her because she is horrible at wrapping presents.
When their first Christmas together arrives, she hands him a curious-shaped package with sparkly peppermint-adorned wrapping paper and crinkly edges; meanwhile, his present to her is perfectly wrapped with neat corners and an elegant ribbon, courtesy of magic.
Truthfully, he does not really care that her present is wrapped awful; the mere idea that she, of all people, is buying him a present for Christmas and wrapping it manually still astonishes him. What astonishes him more is the realization that she is not perfect – something he never bothered to acknowledge before. That she should be the flawed one now seems completely foreign, especially when he has always glued her to a pedestal.
He embraces her flaws because she's Lily Evans, and she is only human and perfect imperfection and crinkly edges and knowing that makes her seem even more precious and he loves her for it.
