bem_fiction | Confession from the Heart (Reply)

Title: Confession from the Heart
Author: browneyedmami
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters/Pairings: Luna/Neville
Genre: Fluff/Romance
Summary: Neville has a confession.
Notes: for

starrysnafu

The battle was finally over, the pain still fresh both physically and emotionally. People were getting treated, I myself was covered in cuts and bruises, a cut on my arm freely dripping blood. But I didn’t care, I had to find her. I searched through the mass of students and teachers, hoping I wouldn’t see her body on one of the stretchers passing me by. I finally found her, sitting alone in a corner with a far away look. I approached her, willing myself to calm down, and she looked up at me with a smile.

“Oh, hello Neville. Pleasant seeing you here”

I knew what she meant. The unspoken words were “glad to see you alive.”

I finally allowed myself to say hello back, and then just stared at her, suddenly afraid of what she might say in response. She opened her mouth to say something else, but I cut her off abruptly with an outburst
“I like you, A LOT. And I know I should’ve said so before, but you know I didn’t know when and I know now isn’t the perfect time what with us covered in scratches having just escaped death and all but…”
Before I could finish my ramble, I suddenly felt something warm on my lips. She was kissing me!. I was shocked for a moment, but then schooled myself and kissed her back. Breaking air, she ran her hands through my hair and said

“You silly man, now is the perfect time”

I smile at her and laugh at the whole situation, happy to have come out of this fight alive, and with the woman I’ve wanted for a long time. As her hand slips in mine, scratches, blood, sweat and all, I feel the most content I have felt in a long time.