she's going to fix her heart and make it bulletproof | ginny(/harry) | pg
Out of the shadow of Bill, and Charlie, and Percy, and GeorgeandFred and FredandGeorge(but not Ron, really, because Ron never cast much of a shadow) she grows up
(when he's not looking, she grows up).
She's not the freckle-faced girl he remembers, hiding behind her mother, blushing to the roots of her too-orange hair, and she's not the moon-eyed, love-struck eleven-year-old she still is in his mind, pouring heart (and soul) into secret diaries, tripping over feet and words in a way he was too polite (too disinterested) to notice.
She's not a jealous fourth year, desperate for him to see her as anything but his best mate's little sister
(that's all anyone ever sees her as, though - the youngest Weasley -- until they see her as Harry Potter's girlfriend, which - in ways that surprise her - is actually worse. Harry's a hero, and she's supposed to wait for him (but all she's ever done is wait for him)).
She's not a child and she doesn't need protection; she'
( ... )
Out of the shadow of Bill, and Charlie, and Percy, and GeorgeandFred and FredandGeorge(but not Ron, really, because Ron never cast much of a shadow) she grows up
(when he's not looking, she grows up).
She's not the freckle-faced girl he remembers, hiding behind her mother, blushing to the roots of her too-orange hair, and she's not the moon-eyed, love-struck eleven-year-old she still is in his mind, pouring heart (and soul) into secret diaries, tripping over feet and words in a way he was too polite (too disinterested) to notice.
She's not a jealous fourth year, desperate for him to see her as anything but his best mate's little sister
(that's all anyone ever sees her as, though - the youngest Weasley -- until they see her as Harry Potter's girlfriend, which - in ways that surprise her - is actually worse. Harry's a hero, and she's supposed to wait for him (but all she's ever done is wait for him)).
She's not a child and she doesn't need protection; she' ( ... )
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