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[leplusbeau]

She is resting her chin on her knees. Just watching the open letter from Roland on the bed in front of her.





Fleur has never been good at goodbyes.

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[leplusbeau]

"Nevah. Je t'aime, minet."

She lays her head back on his shoulder, and then lifts his hand from across her hip to eye level. Bill has ink under his fingernails again.

"I love you for your dirty nailz." And she kisses each fingertip and knuckle.

[thecoolone]

"It's an occupational hazard, my love." But he reaches for the Times and holds it in that freshly-kissed hand with the ink-stained nails; it's open to the housing listings.

"I've been looking at the listings for flats in London. I'm rather fond of the whole Victoria Station area: it's so very lovely. Do you care if we're among Muggles, primarily? Or should I concentrate on looking elsewhere?"

He can see a flat on a tree-lined street with flowers and a small courtyard in the back. He can see living in a place like that with Fleur.

He can see it as clearly as anything.

[leplusbeau]

Wide eyed, "Can I have a flower box?"

She settles into Bill's lap with the paper.

"I do not mind. Juste, you will have to remind me not to do magic in front of them. I alwayz forgot in Paris and Mama waz alwayz very cross with me."

"...Westminster? Hm...iz near the West End. We would nevah be bored. ...Notting Hill iz nice." All very innocently that does not include tempting or unbuttoning the bottom of Bill's shirt. "London iz not Paris, but she can be very nice."

[thecoolone]

"She can be very nice."

He might be just a little bit distracted by where she's sitting, and what she might or might not be doing with his clothing.

"And yes, you can have a flower box. You can have a dozen flower boxes. You can have..."

He wraps his arms around her. Really, she's wearing very little.

Soon, she could be wearing even less.

[leplusbeau]

"...a husband on a brand new kitchen table in only hiz dragon fang?" Now she is crowding over him, pushing him back onto his elbows.

"Westminster iz nice. Notting Hill iz expensive. Chelsea iz nice. I will owl a friend in the morning. And we will go looking." A bite on his chin. "Oui?"

[thecoolone]

"Oui."

In the morning. Everything else needs to wait till morning.

Everything but this.