Chocolate Frog Card: (Bronze) Selwyn: Challenge: Write a story with the Lovegood House as the location.

Gringotts: Hermione/Xenophilius [Hermione - Pairings]

Ultimate Hermione Pairing Challenge: Hermione/Xenophilius Lovegood

February Event: 17. (object) Heart-Shaped Glasses, 9. (lyric) "I'll drown my beliefs to have your babies." - Radiohead

Word Count: 456

"Xeno," Hermione started, picking at the food on her plate. "There was something that I've been meaning to talk to you about."

The older man gulped, his stomach feeling funny at the look on her face. Was she breaking up with him? He knew that there was an age difference and he was the father to one of her friends and yes, he wasn't exactly popular in the wizarding world and he wasn't rich and-. He frowned. He really didn't have a lot going for him.

"Xeno?"

"Yes, love? Carry on." She stared at him for a moment longer before nodding, more to herself than him.

"Well, we all know what I think about your magazine and what you write about." He nodded with her. He was pretty sure that the whole wizarding world knew what she thought about it; luckily they didn't rely on that when dating. "Bu, I was thinking..." She paused, inhaling slightly as if to gain control. "I'll drown my beliefs to have your babies," she rushed out.

He blinked at her, trying to make sense of the words that came bubbling out of her mouth. When he was able to, his heart started pumping and his eyes widened, with hope and shock.

"Pardon?"

"You heard me," Hermione scowled, a blush present on her cheeks. "I'm not repeating myself."

"Please?" he asked. "For me." She looked at him and chewed her lips thoughtfully before sighing.

"I said, I'd drown my beliefs to have your babies."

"You want me to impregnate you?" he asked afterwards, a slight smile on his face. She scowled and leant back in her chair.

"When you say it like that, it sounds disgusting. How'd you manage to take the romance and intimacy out of a simple statement and turn it into a science project?"

"A skill, my love," he responded, winking at her. They both turned back to their meal, the silence thick and heavy with Hermione's statement before Xenophilius threw his fork down. "I'm not hungry anymore," he told her. "Well, not for pasta." He waggled his eyebrows at her and she giggled.

"What are you hungry for then, Mr Lovegood?"

"I'm hungry for you, Miss Granger," he drawled. "How about we get working on your idea?"

"Now?"

"Now," he confirmed.

"Okay," she agreed readily, almost hungrily. "Let's go."

"You go on ahead," he said. "I have something that is supposed to help the fertility of the male partner." She held back her eyeroll and nodded, giving him a lingering kiss before heading upstairs to his bedroom. His eyes lingered on her rear end before turning away. "There you are," he chuckled, picking up the heart shaped glasses and placing them on his face. "These'll work wonders."