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ginger_lustTitle: Four Weasleys who worry about Ron (and one who doesn't)
Creator:miss_morland
Rating: G
Pairing/characters: Ron, Molly, Percy, Ginny, George
Warnings/content: N/A
Medium/word count: 920
Summary: See title
Notes: Many thanks tooddsbobs for the helpful beta!
Prompt: 29
Our lives are not what we deserve: they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient. -- Salman Rushdie
1. Molly
She loves her children, of course. Nobody in their right mind would doubt it. She's proud of them, too: Percy with his career, Ginny with her blossoming beauty. Even Fred and George will do well for themselves; they are at least industrious.
Ron, on the other hand, worries her.
Whenever she catches him lounging about, hands in pocket and shoulders slumped, she tells him off. He should be working, cleaning his room, preparing for the next term. It's for his own good, she argues, trying to overlook the resentment in his eyes. Sometimes she succeeds, sometimes her anger gets the better of her, when she thinks about the opportunities she wasted and his lack of recompense.
She loves her son, of course. She doesn't need him to feel gratitude or guilt. She doesn't need him to prove himself. She doesn't need him to be equal to the others.
2. Percy
They are the two odd ones, prevented from real closeness by a pair of spacious twins. Percy has tried, but their natures are perhaps too different. He adheres to rules which Ron will happily ignore, and this, along with their mother's approval (or lack thereof), is enough to separate them.
Still, he remembers long days spent in the garden when they were small, he and Ron and sometimes Ginny. They'd play hide-and-seek, and Percy would show them little tricks that he'd picked up from Dad's old spellbooks. Fred and George would make fun of him, but Mum would be thankful, telling him that he was so 'good with the little ones'. But things have changed since then.
When he sits down to write the letter of warning, he tells himself it has all to do with brotherly concern, although he knows that there is a small voice deep down inside him, wailing pitifully: Why Harry Potter? Why not me?
3. Ginny
She thinks that if she ever has children, she'll make sure to give them some space. It will be hard, she's certain, but necessary.
Look at Mum, she's said to Hermione. You’d feel pretty stifled if you had to live with her, wouldn't you? And Hermione doesn't want to answer because she doesn't want to offend, but Ginny knows it's the truth.
There's an occasional twinge of guilt in her whenever she remembers something her Mum once told her: that she'd always wanted a girl. They were in the kitchen, doing some sort of baking. Ginny remembers being covered in flour, and her Mum's laughter as she brushed it off: I'm so glad I had a little girl, finally. Ginny can't know for sure, but she thinks Ron must have heard it. Even back then, she wondered what it felt like, to him.
She thinks this may be some sort of revenge, his trying to prevent her from kissing Dean Thomas in dark hallways, just as she thinks it may be this guilt inside her which drives her to fling his own insecurities right back. There's a part of her that wants it to be like this, so it's not all their fault. She'd much rather they were friends.
She wonders if Ron feels the same way.
4. George
Maybe it was a mistake. George isn't sure. All he knows is that you don't go around firing your own brother, just because he's the wrong brother.
And it's not as if Ron is bad at his job. He's helpful to the customers, attentive when George demonstrates a new gadget, and tolerably good at keeping things organised. There's a certain lack of enthusiasm, though, and George catches himself wondering why Ron is doing this, if he wants this job just because it used to be Fred's.
Hey, he wants to say. I don't think this is working. I don't think you're happy with this. I think you have other dreams, don't you? But he's never given much thought to Ron's feelings before, at least not openly, and it would be weird to start now, just like that. And besides, Ron's dreams are his responsibility, not George's.
Still, he watches Ron sometimes, staring out the shop window with a blank look on his face, and George can't help but feel as though they're both making a huge mistake.
5. Ron
It's a beautiful morning in May when Ron gets his letter of acceptance to the Aurors.
He sits at the table and reads the letter over and over again: it's the truth. The coffee is getting cold beside him; he hardly spares it a thought. He'll be late for work, but he can send an owl to George and say so. In fact, he can send an owl to George and say he's quitting. The thought is strangely liberating.
Hermione will be happy. She's nagged him about this -- pursuing his dreams, as she calls it. She's almost as bad as his Mum, although not quite.
Harry will be glad. He's kept asking if Ron wasn't going to apply, but somehow, it never felt right. Not until this winter, anyhow. Maybe he just needed some time to think it through. At any rate, Ron thinks Ginny might be happy for him, too. He hasn't always been nice to her and vice versa, but maybe things will change.
He should write to Percy, thank him for the recommendation. Percy isn't all that bad, after all.
Yeah, Ron thinks, gently putting down the letter and stretching his arms over his head. Maybe there's hope for all of them, himself included.
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Creator:
miss_morlandRating: G
Pairing/characters: Ron, Molly, Percy, Ginny, George
Warnings/content: N/A
Medium/word count: 920
Summary: See title
Notes: Many thanks to
oddsbobs for the helpful beta!Prompt: 29
Our lives are not what we deserve: they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient. -- Salman Rushdie
1. Molly
She loves her children, of course. Nobody in their right mind would doubt it. She's proud of them, too: Percy with his career, Ginny with her blossoming beauty. Even Fred and George will do well for themselves; they are at least industrious.
Ron, on the other hand, worries her.
Whenever she catches him lounging about, hands in pocket and shoulders slumped, she tells him off. He should be working, cleaning his room, preparing for the next term. It's for his own good, she argues, trying to overlook the resentment in his eyes. Sometimes she succeeds, sometimes her anger gets the better of her, when she thinks about the opportunities she wasted and his lack of recompense.
She loves her son, of course. She doesn't need him to feel gratitude or guilt. She doesn't need him to prove himself. She doesn't need him to be equal to the others.
2. Percy
They are the two odd ones, prevented from real closeness by a pair of spacious twins. Percy has tried, but their natures are perhaps too different. He adheres to rules which Ron will happily ignore, and this, along with their mother's approval (or lack thereof), is enough to separate them.
Still, he remembers long days spent in the garden when they were small, he and Ron and sometimes Ginny. They'd play hide-and-seek, and Percy would show them little tricks that he'd picked up from Dad's old spellbooks. Fred and George would make fun of him, but Mum would be thankful, telling him that he was so 'good with the little ones'. But things have changed since then.
When he sits down to write the letter of warning, he tells himself it has all to do with brotherly concern, although he knows that there is a small voice deep down inside him, wailing pitifully: Why Harry Potter? Why not me?
3. Ginny
She thinks that if she ever has children, she'll make sure to give them some space. It will be hard, she's certain, but necessary.
Look at Mum, she's said to Hermione. You’d feel pretty stifled if you had to live with her, wouldn't you? And Hermione doesn't want to answer because she doesn't want to offend, but Ginny knows it's the truth.
There's an occasional twinge of guilt in her whenever she remembers something her Mum once told her: that she'd always wanted a girl. They were in the kitchen, doing some sort of baking. Ginny remembers being covered in flour, and her Mum's laughter as she brushed it off: I'm so glad I had a little girl, finally. Ginny can't know for sure, but she thinks Ron must have heard it. Even back then, she wondered what it felt like, to him.
She thinks this may be some sort of revenge, his trying to prevent her from kissing Dean Thomas in dark hallways, just as she thinks it may be this guilt inside her which drives her to fling his own insecurities right back. There's a part of her that wants it to be like this, so it's not all their fault. She'd much rather they were friends.
She wonders if Ron feels the same way.
4. George
Maybe it was a mistake. George isn't sure. All he knows is that you don't go around firing your own brother, just because he's the wrong brother.
And it's not as if Ron is bad at his job. He's helpful to the customers, attentive when George demonstrates a new gadget, and tolerably good at keeping things organised. There's a certain lack of enthusiasm, though, and George catches himself wondering why Ron is doing this, if he wants this job just because it used to be Fred's.
Hey, he wants to say. I don't think this is working. I don't think you're happy with this. I think you have other dreams, don't you? But he's never given much thought to Ron's feelings before, at least not openly, and it would be weird to start now, just like that. And besides, Ron's dreams are his responsibility, not George's.
Still, he watches Ron sometimes, staring out the shop window with a blank look on his face, and George can't help but feel as though they're both making a huge mistake.
5. Ron
It's a beautiful morning in May when Ron gets his letter of acceptance to the Aurors.
He sits at the table and reads the letter over and over again: it's the truth. The coffee is getting cold beside him; he hardly spares it a thought. He'll be late for work, but he can send an owl to George and say so. In fact, he can send an owl to George and say he's quitting. The thought is strangely liberating.
Hermione will be happy. She's nagged him about this -- pursuing his dreams, as she calls it. She's almost as bad as his Mum, although not quite.
Harry will be glad. He's kept asking if Ron wasn't going to apply, but somehow, it never felt right. Not until this winter, anyhow. Maybe he just needed some time to think it through. At any rate, Ron thinks Ginny might be happy for him, too. He hasn't always been nice to her and vice versa, but maybe things will change.
He should write to Percy, thank him for the recommendation. Percy isn't all that bad, after all.
Yeah, Ron thinks, gently putting down the letter and stretching his arms over his head. Maybe there's hope for all of them, himself included.
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