𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 | ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟚 𝕠𝕗 ' 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖 ' HIATUS

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Eurielle walked through the green flames with Ginny by her side, planning to tell Ron the good news when she saw Mrs. Weasley bustling around trying, to tidy up, " Ginny, dear, go straighten up your room Hermione will be here soon enough,"

" Mum forget that!," said Ginny, " Lupin and Tonks are getting married!"

Mrs. Weasley's mouth hung open, her light brown eyes sparkling, " He.  . . Why that's wonderful!" she sighed, " I'll have to bake them something of course, when is it going to be? Who-,"

Ginny cut her mum off to explain it was a family only event and how she was sure Tonks will no doubt want to celebrate after. Eurielle only smiled and made her way into the kitchen, and of course Fred was there. He didn't notice her right away, he seemed like he had something on his mind.

He looked at her with wide eyes and parted lips. So it had been her who he was thinking of, " I need to talk to you? Can we go to my room?"

Eurielle looked to the wall like it would tell her what to do or maybe give her some words of advice, " Yeah sure,"

Next thing she knew she was following him and in his room. He closed the door and gestured for her to sit on George's old bed, " What is it?"

" I'm sorry,"

Eurielle said nothing and he continued, " I've been a dick, a complete and utter dick. I made you a promise that we'd be friends regardless of what happened with us and I was too petty and spiteful to keep it,"

She let out a long sigh, " I've forgiven you already, Freddy," she said with a faint smile, " I'm sorry too, I'm sorry I can't return your feelings right now, maybe in the future- I don't know,"

" But that isn't a question of if I love you or not, because you'll always have a place in my heart. I'm not ready for that kind of relationship and I don't know when I will be. There's far too much going on right now for me to even function by myself, let alone with another person,"

Fred nodded a wide grin stretching across his face, " Partner in crime, minus the sex?"

Finally a true smile graced her face, " Partners in crime, minus the sex," she repeated, taking his outstretched hand in her own and shaking.

He pulled her into a soft hug, " I promise, I'll be there for you, Ellie,"

Eurielle allowed herself to sink into his arms, " I promise the same, Freddy," she whispered. Blinking rapidly so as to not let tears fall.

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They sat in silence.

" I'll see you at the wedding, Evelyn," was all Remus said before standing and walking back into the living room. Evelyn listened to his heavy footsteps until they eventually faded and were replaced with a soft whooshing noise from the fireplace.

Evelyn looked around at the kitchen, she was unhappy here at Grimmauld, but right now it was the safest place for her and her family. She was never fully calm here, it seemed as if the walls of the place exuded tension.

So many things remained unspoken and Evelyn wanted nothing more than to bring them out into the open, maybe it was selfish to want that. It seemed as if Sirius was fine with not talking about their years apart but she didn't think they could be the couple they once were without speaking.

After the whole ordeal with Regulus he had barely touched her. It was always off and on with him.

So she waited for him to return.

It was about an hour or so later when he returned to Grimmauld. She had been sitting on the couch, two glasses of wine laying out in front of her. Evelyn looked up to see her husband eyeing the crystal with a raised brow.

" The occasion?" he asked with a small smile, taking a seat beside her.

She grabbed his glass and handed it to him, " I wanted to speak to you,"

He took it, " About?"

" Us,"

The remnants of a smile were gone and replaced with a dark look in his eye, " I feel like there's a lot of stuff on your chest and I want you to talk to me about it," she said in one breath, " No matter what it is, I want you to tell me or ask me anything,"

He let out a long sigh, " You know what's the matter, Evelyn," he said, taking a swig of his drink, " My brother. . . my little brother who died for all of us.  . . was in love with you,"

" Growing up I resented him for being so submissive, and tried to get him to be more like me. When we started school a part of me was over the moon when he made it into Slytherin, because that meant he would be okay. He would be able to survive in our parents' world."

" But at the same time I wanted him so badly to be apart of my own,"

" So tell me Evelyn, how did he feel about me?"

It was an easy question to answer; she knew exactly how Regulus felt towards Sirius.

" He resented you," she said plainly, noting the lone tear that ran down Sirius's face.

She smiled, " And loved you more than anything else,"

Sirius glanced at her and she felt her lip tremble, " He loved you so much, Sirius," she whispered.

" He resented you for leaving but at the same time he understood, he did what he did to survive and in the end his sacrifice won't be in vain. Our Regulus is a hero, Sirius,"

Sirius stared into the fire, tears flowing freely down his worn face, " You saved him by showing him how to be brave, my love," she said, taking his hand in her own, " I fell in love with you because you bring out my own bravery,"

Sirius's grip on her hand tightened, " I dreamt of you and him in Azkaban," he muttered, " I dreamt of you all and I'm terrified that this right now is a dream, and I'm going to wake up back in that cell, all alone,"

" I'm so scared, Ev, I've never been so fucking scared in my life,"

She nodded, her own eyes on the flames that twirled and danced across the smoldering logs, " I know, and that's okay. You're going to be scared, you're not going to be okay, hell you might never be, but I'm here. We're going to get through this together,"

Finally he looked at her, tears still in his eyes, " Thank you for taking care of him, Evelyn, I'll never be able to tell you how thankful I am he had you,"

She smiled, a hand going to his cheek, " I love you," she whispered, pressing a soft kiss to his lip, " And don't think for a second you don't deserve to be out of that godforsaken place. Resilience, will, and hope got you out of there. You're stronger than you know,"

-

" I vow to love you as you love me, through all hardship, darkness, and pain to reach for our joys, our hopes, and always with honesty and faith. . . "

Eurielle watched with a smile as Dora practically bounced on the heels of her feet as the words left Remus's mouth. Love was something she had touched on before. Being in love though, how would she know?

She glazed over to her parents with curious eyes. Their fingers were interlocked and she could swear she saw tears in both their eyes. She looked back to Remus, had he felt that love too? In such a short amount of time had he managed to fall in love?

Was being in love a constant feeling of having butterflies in your stomach? Or was it being at ease and feeling safe with the one you're with? Maybe all of the above.

She wouldn't dare ask though, it was far too embarrassing.

So Eurielle sat on the wooden chair as her two favorite people promised to love each other, forever and always, no matter rich or poor,  sickness and in health, for the rest of eternity.

She clapped along with the rest of the small crowd, vaguely aware of her own tears. Eurielle decided one day she'd figure it all out, when she was okay, but right now she'd bask in the love of those around her.

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a/n: Shortish, I'm sorry I haven't updated everytime I tried to write my own feelings would fuck it up lol and that's not what I wanted. Please don't forget to vote.