He would pick her up and carry her over the threshold, but that's for newlyweds.
He would bring her tea and sandwiches, but he suspects she's not hungry.
He would shower her with kisses.
I can do that. But first, he closes the door behind them and walks her over to their bed and pats the spot beside him as he sits. "Tell me, love: tell me
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And she pulls his head down and fits their mouths together, pouring herself into him, and one leg comes up to curl over his lap. When she pulls back, she dives back in with a much softer, shorter kiss. Then a kiss to both his eyelids. Fleur finally leans back and wraps her arms around his neck.
"It waz Valentine'z day. I think. I mean, we have to do all the official testz and thingz to know more exact thingz. But."
She looks down at her belly.
"...Merlin. There iz someone in there."
She hasn't poked it yet. She's still a bit afraid to because that makes it real.
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"And... are you all right with this?"
She was the one who never wanted children; they discussed this before they married. They discussed it before they even got back together, in fact. Part of him thinks that he couldn't be more thrilled. After growing up in a large family, he's always thought to have one of his own.
If something's changed for Fleur, he wants to know. He needs to know.
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Then, takes up his hand. Her shirt is a little short, and she pulls it up and places Bill's hand just above her naval. He has a thick splash of freckles across his knuckles that goes all the way up his arm, and he has a nice, slight tan especially compared to her.
Tracing patterns on the back of his wrist, "There iz someone in there. That lookz like you and me. I thought...I thought I would have more time to think about it. Get used to it. ...that I could think of what to say if they ever hated me because I gave him--her--them my bloodline." She looks up and into his eyes. "There iz someone in there. We put them there. I will, I will be all right."
"I will juste whine about it. Often." She offers a half smile.
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Her face falls because the thought finally occurred to her. Healer. Seeing. Health things. Problems.
"I have to stop smoking." She hides her face in Bill's shoulder, still all wrapped around him.
"Fuck!"
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At least, he tries very hard to stifle it, but fails miserably. After allowing himself a hearty snicker, he runs his hands up and down her arms. "I'm sorry, love. I'm sorry. It's just..."
He can't stop laughing. It's anxiety and joy and shock all rolled into one moment, capped off by her little French "fuck!"
And it's all just as it's supposed to be.
"I very much adore you."
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And he's relatively secure there were probably a few more instances than that over the course of the years. Never is a very long time.
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If she thinks he only loves her for her body, she's wrong. She's beautiful and exotic, yes, but there's more going on than meets the eye. Much more. She's the world to him.
Still, he tries to imagine her the size of a hippogriff. "Although I have to say, if you do grow to the size of a hippogriff, we'll need a bigger bed."
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That made her look down. She pokes at one of her breasts and cups it. "These will be huge. And, and. All the stretch marks and scars. I will know they are there. And they will be there. Waiting. Until I take my clothes off again."
She rubs her eyes with the heel of her palm. "No wonder people spend so much time planning these thingz!"
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Reaching forward, he moves her hand out of the way before pulling off her shirt.
"If there are going to be scars and stretch marks, then I'd like to fix a good image in my mind of what they're like right now. So we can have a before-and-after sort of thing. I'll just go borrow a camera."
He's never been good at keeping a poker face; he's absolutely miserable at it now. Besides, the smile on his face betrays any seriousness.
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"...huh?"
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Unexpectedly, his eyes fill with tears.
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"And. And. I will try not to smoke once--they are here! Oh Merlin. Fuck."
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Oh Merlin. Fuck.
She said it.
"It's a little overwhelming just now. And thrilling."
And his arms go right back around her and he holds her as closely as he's ever done. "And I love you."
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