Ficlet: What Women Want
Pairing: Charlie/Severus (very briefly)
Rating: PG-13
Count: 587
Notes: This is a bit crap, I have to admit. I had to rush the ending so I could get to work on time.
Luckily for Bill, it was his brother Charlie and not Fleur who caught him examining his reflection two days after getting out of St. Mungo's. He leaned in the doorway of the bathroom, watching Bill intently until their eyes met in the mirror.
"Careful there, big brother," Charlie said lightly, "I know you've been admiring my scars for ages, but you might want to mind how you get your own set. Going up against a werewolf might do the trick for making women swoon all over you, but it's still no match for a dragon. I'm afraid you'll never beat me this way."
Despite his best effort to look as if he was taking any of this seriously, Bill's lips quirked into a smile. "Little brother, you need to understand that I will always be tougher than you, scars or no scars. And the women have always swooned, I'll have you know. Just because you've been single for so long -"
Charlie threw his hands up conciliatorily. "Right you are. I didn't mean to impugn your raw animal magnetism." He paused as Bill started to laugh. "Furthermore, I'll have you know that being single for a long time is great for attracting women. Nothing like a bit of pity to make them hop into bed with you, is there?"
Bill shook his head slowly, flicking off the light and putting an arm around Charlie's shoulders as they moved off down the hall. "I wouldn't know. Pity has never exactly been what I'd want women to feel for me. But then, we've never liked the same sort of girls anyway, have we? You prefer the brunettes, if I recall correctly."
Charlie nodded absently, his mind stumbling over images of long black hair on the pillow beside him, cascading around him as he was fucked from behind. That sneering voice whispering all manner of filthy things in his ear… "Yes," he answered softly. "I've always like brunettes. Unfortunately, they never seem to like me quite as much."
Bill pursed his lips as if this were not exactly news. "You just need to adjust your tastes. Fleur has a lot of friends, you know. I wouldn't mind introducing you at all. In fact, there's this one named Elviria who's absolutely someone you should love. I'll set it all up, if you like."
"I…would like that, actually." Charlie couldn't hide the surprise in his voice. "Maybe it's time for a fresh start for all of us."
Bill grinned hugely, punching his brother lightly on the arm. "Brilliant. Mum would love it if we could both be married by the end of the year."
Charlie's smile was tinged slightly with sadness as he felt the past begin to float away from him, dark nights evaporating into nothingness. "She would indeed. In fact, you might even be her favourite again for arranging everything."
Bill laughed, looping his arm back around Charlie's shoulders and leading him into the kitchen. "Might be her favourite? Charlie, I'll have you know that Mum and Dad have always loved me more. I'm the golden boy! I'm what the rest of you have been aspiring to since you were born! In fact, if I hadn't turned out so brilliantly, they wouldn't have bothered having other kids at all. Can you imagine if they'd just had Percy first? It'd be enough to put them off sex forever, I swear…"
Charlie leaned his head on his brother's arm and laughed with him, and this time there wasn't any sadness at all.
Rating: PG-13
Count: 587
Notes: This is a bit crap, I have to admit. I had to rush the ending so I could get to work on time.
Luckily for Bill, it was his brother Charlie and not Fleur who caught him examining his reflection two days after getting out of St. Mungo's. He leaned in the doorway of the bathroom, watching Bill intently until their eyes met in the mirror.
"Careful there, big brother," Charlie said lightly, "I know you've been admiring my scars for ages, but you might want to mind how you get your own set. Going up against a werewolf might do the trick for making women swoon all over you, but it's still no match for a dragon. I'm afraid you'll never beat me this way."
Despite his best effort to look as if he was taking any of this seriously, Bill's lips quirked into a smile. "Little brother, you need to understand that I will always be tougher than you, scars or no scars. And the women have always swooned, I'll have you know. Just because you've been single for so long -"
Charlie threw his hands up conciliatorily. "Right you are. I didn't mean to impugn your raw animal magnetism." He paused as Bill started to laugh. "Furthermore, I'll have you know that being single for a long time is great for attracting women. Nothing like a bit of pity to make them hop into bed with you, is there?"
Bill shook his head slowly, flicking off the light and putting an arm around Charlie's shoulders as they moved off down the hall. "I wouldn't know. Pity has never exactly been what I'd want women to feel for me. But then, we've never liked the same sort of girls anyway, have we? You prefer the brunettes, if I recall correctly."
Charlie nodded absently, his mind stumbling over images of long black hair on the pillow beside him, cascading around him as he was fucked from behind. That sneering voice whispering all manner of filthy things in his ear… "Yes," he answered softly. "I've always like brunettes. Unfortunately, they never seem to like me quite as much."
Bill pursed his lips as if this were not exactly news. "You just need to adjust your tastes. Fleur has a lot of friends, you know. I wouldn't mind introducing you at all. In fact, there's this one named Elviria who's absolutely someone you should love. I'll set it all up, if you like."
"I…would like that, actually." Charlie couldn't hide the surprise in his voice. "Maybe it's time for a fresh start for all of us."
Bill grinned hugely, punching his brother lightly on the arm. "Brilliant. Mum would love it if we could both be married by the end of the year."
Charlie's smile was tinged slightly with sadness as he felt the past begin to float away from him, dark nights evaporating into nothingness. "She would indeed. In fact, you might even be her favourite again for arranging everything."
Bill laughed, looping his arm back around Charlie's shoulders and leading him into the kitchen. "Might be her favourite? Charlie, I'll have you know that Mum and Dad have always loved me more. I'm the golden boy! I'm what the rest of you have been aspiring to since you were born! In fact, if I hadn't turned out so brilliantly, they wouldn't have bothered having other kids at all. Can you imagine if they'd just had Percy first? It'd be enough to put them off sex forever, I swear…"
Charlie leaned his head on his brother's arm and laughed with him, and this time there wasn't any sadness at all.