Harry/Ginny ficlet
Hey all! Had a bit of inspiration today when I was listening to my music, so I bring you a Harry/Ginny songficlet. Not very refined, because God knows if I tried to edit much, it would still be sitting on my HD in a month, unfinished, and as DH is out on Friday, that would not do at all.
Anyways...
Title: If You Asked
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Rating: G
Warnings: HBP spoilers
Summary: Harry had expected Bill and Fleur's wedding to be awkward. He should have known Ginny knew him too well for that.
A/N: Characters are all Jo's of course. Song lyrics are Eagle Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight."
Go on and close the curtains
cause all we need is candle light
You and me and a bottle of wine
going to hold you tonight
He'd been worried that being at the Burrow for the wedding--seeing Ginny again after what he'd said in June--would be awkward. So it was a bit unexpected to be sitting here in the shadows, with her head on his shoulder, watching the happy couples dancing in the candlelight.
They hadn't done anything else--hadn't danced, hadn't kissed. Harry hadn't changed his mind, but as he'd been sitting here alone, watching Ron and Hermione share an awkward waltz, she'd walked over, handed him a butterbeer, and sat down without a word.
Well we know I'm going away
and how I wish, I wish it weren't so
So take this wine and drink with me
let's delay our misery
He'd opened his mouth to say something, but she'd put her finger to her lips and laid her head on his shoulder, and he didn't really have the heart or the energy to push her off. He knew it was useless anyway.
Save tonight
and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
tomorrow I'll be gone
"You're leaving tomorrow," she whispers without moving. It isn't a question. He nods.
There's a log on the fire
and it burns like me for you
Tomorrow comes with one desire
to take me away it's true
"If I come back from this..." he starts, but she stops him.
"When," she murmurs. "When."
It ain't easy to say goodbye
darling please don't start to cry
Cause girl you know I've got to go, oh
Lord I wish it wasn't so
"When I come back from this..."
"I'll still be here."
"You don't... You deserve better than this. I'm sorry, Gin."
"I know. I knew I'd never be first for you. But it's alright; it's Voldemort that'll be sorry, soon."
Tomorrow comes to take me away
I wish that I, that I could stay
Girl you know I've got to go, oh
Lord I wish it wasn't so
"I wish I had a time-turner--could go back and... I dunno, fix things, spend more time..." he says wistfully.
"Too bad we smashed them all, yeah?"
He shrugs. "Don't think anything could change this."
"No, s'pose not. You've always been saving the world, haven't you?"
Save tonight
and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
tomorrow I'll be gone
"I'd come with you if you asked, you know," she whispers, and he runs a hand through her hair.
"I know," he says quietly. "I wish I were that brave."
She picks her head up, and looks him in the eye. "If you're still fighting in a year from now, I'll come with you anyway."
"I know," he says heavily, and smiles at her sadly. "I guess that's why I like you so much."
She smiles sadly too, and puts her head back down, and they spend the rest of the wedding like that, looking up at the stars.
Anyways...
Title: If You Asked
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Rating: G
Warnings: HBP spoilers
Summary: Harry had expected Bill and Fleur's wedding to be awkward. He should have known Ginny knew him too well for that.
A/N: Characters are all Jo's of course. Song lyrics are Eagle Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight."
Go on and close the curtains
cause all we need is candle light
You and me and a bottle of wine
going to hold you tonight
He'd been worried that being at the Burrow for the wedding--seeing Ginny again after what he'd said in June--would be awkward. So it was a bit unexpected to be sitting here in the shadows, with her head on his shoulder, watching the happy couples dancing in the candlelight.
They hadn't done anything else--hadn't danced, hadn't kissed. Harry hadn't changed his mind, but as he'd been sitting here alone, watching Ron and Hermione share an awkward waltz, she'd walked over, handed him a butterbeer, and sat down without a word.
Well we know I'm going away
and how I wish, I wish it weren't so
So take this wine and drink with me
let's delay our misery
He'd opened his mouth to say something, but she'd put her finger to her lips and laid her head on his shoulder, and he didn't really have the heart or the energy to push her off. He knew it was useless anyway.
Save tonight
and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
tomorrow I'll be gone
"You're leaving tomorrow," she whispers without moving. It isn't a question. He nods.
There's a log on the fire
and it burns like me for you
Tomorrow comes with one desire
to take me away it's true
"If I come back from this..." he starts, but she stops him.
"When," she murmurs. "When."
It ain't easy to say goodbye
darling please don't start to cry
Cause girl you know I've got to go, oh
Lord I wish it wasn't so
"When I come back from this..."
"I'll still be here."
"You don't... You deserve better than this. I'm sorry, Gin."
"I know. I knew I'd never be first for you. But it's alright; it's Voldemort that'll be sorry, soon."
Tomorrow comes to take me away
I wish that I, that I could stay
Girl you know I've got to go, oh
Lord I wish it wasn't so
"I wish I had a time-turner--could go back and... I dunno, fix things, spend more time..." he says wistfully.
"Too bad we smashed them all, yeah?"
He shrugs. "Don't think anything could change this."
"No, s'pose not. You've always been saving the world, haven't you?"
Save tonight
and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
tomorrow I'll be gone
"I'd come with you if you asked, you know," she whispers, and he runs a hand through her hair.
"I know," he says quietly. "I wish I were that brave."
She picks her head up, and looks him in the eye. "If you're still fighting in a year from now, I'll come with you anyway."
"I know," he says heavily, and smiles at her sadly. "I guess that's why I like you so much."
She smiles sadly too, and puts her head back down, and they spend the rest of the wedding like that, looking up at the stars.