Closed; A Little Bit Of Elbow Grease

[skylar_x]

Ever since their romantic Valentine's Day dinner, Harry had been been spending his days at Grimmauld Place starting to work on all the renovations that they had discussed. Actually, there wasn't a renovation that they hadn't discussed because the house was a complete disaster, stained carpet lining the halls and peeling wallpaper covering every

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[so_harry]

Nearly everything on the first, second and third falls was to the studs. All the history and remnants of the Black family seemingly gone now. In the weeks following Valentine's Day, he'd gone over a careful plan with Hagrid, keen to begin working on the project, wanting to get Skylar inside a finished product as soon as possible. Even now, things were moving right along. Hardwood floors were placing themselves on the third floor while tile was going in downstairs in the kitchen basement

[skylar_x]

If Skylar thought her boyfriend was sexy (and make no mistake, she really did), she had never seen him doing manual labor before, with his well fitted t-shirt and jeans that seemed to hang even lower on his hips, her heart beating just slightly faster as he descended the stairs.

For a brief moment she actually felt a little bit silly in her comical denim overalls, a lace dark green t-shirt underneath, and a pair of converse that she hadn't pulled on since she moved into her flat two years ago. The feeling faded as quickly as it came, just happy to see that look on his face, and she did her best to look annoyed with him for laughing at her.

"I missed you so I thought I'd come and help," she told him, holding up the bright pink tool box and shaking it, as if that was enough explanation.

"I took a half day-"

[so_harry]

He rubbed at his forehead, the sweat trickling down his skin and hitting his brow. He had been working on the four bloody staircases in this place all morning, thankful that his wand could get some other work done while he focused. As he hit the bottom step, using his white tee shirt to rub at the bit of drywall dust settled on his nose, he couldn't help but take in the sight of her properly, his eyes traveling up and down, settling on the old Chucks he didn't think he'd ever seen her wear before.

"You are the most adorable thing I have ever seen," he said, finally reaching her.

His eyes drifted again toward the tool box.

"You know we don't really need those, though, right?" he asked, raising his eyebrows at her before placing a kiss on her cheek. "Most of the work is sort of taking care of itself-"

[skylar_x]

She was grinning from ear to ear, all too happy to watch him tug up his shirt and reveal his perfectly sculpted muscles, now glistening with sweat.

Merlin, he even smelled sexy like this.

"I wanted to dress the part, alright?" Skylar laughed, dropping the tool box down to the ground so her arms were free to wrap around him for a proper greeting.

"You look so good like this, by the way-"