No More Hiding (H/D, PG)

[sesheta66]

Title: No More Hiding
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 370
Challenge: slythindor100's SPECIAL Draco birthday challenge - choose a prompt - I chose "You can't help who you love. You're not supposed to." (from Inevitable)
Warnings: No beta.
Disclaimer: Sadly, the characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.



"But, Harry, I don't understand." Ron had long ago accepted that Harry was gay, but this ...

"I love him, Ron. And you're my best mate. I don't want to keep things from you any longer."

"But ... it's Malfoy."

"I know," Harry said, his face beaming with pride and unmistakably ... love. Ron was rendered momentarily speechless.

"How long?" he asked after a few moments, not really knowing what else to say.

"Six months."

"Wha? But I didn't ... How? When?"

Harry looked at Ron with a mixture of amusement and ... something Ron couldn't quite put his finger on. He, Harry, the bloody Saviour of the Wizarding World, was blushing madly like a schoolgirl caught staring at her crush.

Oh. My. God. This is really happening. Harry has fallen for the ferret. And by the looks of him, he has fallen hard.

"Never mind," Ron said. He had a hundred questions bouncing around in his head, but decided they could wait until later. He just had one to ask now. "Does he feel the same way about you?"

Harry's smile lit up the entire room as he nodded. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure he does."

"Be careful, yeah? I've never seen you like this before, and I don't want the ferret hurting you."

Harry frowned at Ron's use of the term ferret, then looked him in the eye. "You can't help who you love," he said with an earnest expression. "You're not supposed to. That's part of the beauty, the mystery of it."

He's gone right round the twist, he has. He sounds like a bloody romance novel.

"Alright, Harry. You're my best mate, so I'll support you. But don't expect me to like it." He shook his head. "I just hope you know what you've got yourself into."

"I do, Ron. Eventually you'll see that Draco --" (Ron cringed at Harry's use of Malfoy's first name) "-- is the best thing that ever happened to me." Ron gave him a sceptical look. "Right," Harry said with a grin. "Let's get back to planning my boyfriend's birthday party."

"There will be Firewhiskey, right?" groaned Ron. "Because I think I'm going to need a lot of it."

Comments

[luci0logy.livejournal.com]

Harry's smile lit up the entire room

The boy is smitten. ♥

I sincerely hope Ron isn't one of those chaps who likes to get evrything of their chests when drunk.

[piratesmile331.livejournal.com]

He's gone right round the twist, he has. He sounds like a bloody romance novel.
Poor Ron! And I love Smitten!Harry. He is so sweet.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers* Let's hope not.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

[house-illrepute.livejournal.com]

"There will be Firewhiskey, right?" groaned Ron. "Because I think I'm going to need a lot of it."

lol!

Oh, Ron!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

*pets Ron*

[ravenqueen55.livejournal.com]

*squishes Harry* Way too cute! By the way ~ is it alright if I friend you? *grins shyly* I asked in a reply post over at Alaana's LJ, but I don't think you saw it. Anyway ~ friends??

[alette01.livejournal.com]

I really liked this! It is so sweet and exactly how I imagine Ron reacting. *Grins*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks ♥

By all means, friend away! And no, I did not notice that comment in Alaana's LJ (oops).

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've actually shown Ron reacting in a bit more of a nasty way in several fics I've written. This is definitely the mild, toned-down version. *g*

Glad you enjoyed!

[alette01.livejournal.com]

Yea - I think that there are two ways to show Ron's reaction- very angry or very confused/annoyed. I like the confused/annoyed better in general - especially in fluffy fics.

[jean-c-pepper.livejournal.com]

*laughing*- great use of the prompt.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Yeah ... I've done both. I've even done homophobic!Ron. Yup! See, I really CAN do angst! In fact, I think I do it better than fluff. Apparently house_of_ill_repute doesn't believe that. Hmmm ...

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Why thank you dahling!

[cantrock.livejournal.com]

He's gone right round the twist, he has. He sounds like a bloody romance novel.

"There will be Firewhiskey, right?" groaned Ron. "Because I think I'm going to need a lot of it."

Very well written. I found it hilarious. The best part of it, though, is that you captured Ron's amazing humor perfectly. Throughout all of the books, Ron, without seemingly even knowing it, exudes humor. His mannerisms, personality, the way he handles situations; they're all funny (to me at least, because I'm not sure if I'm the only one out there who will laugh myself to tears over something Ron said even though I've read the books a million times over).

But, anyway...There are many authors out there who don't do this and since Ron's my favorite, it annoys me. I'm not sure if they fail to see the brilliance in Jo's characterization of Ron regarding the humor, or they just don't know how to write it in, but you did it perfectly. :)

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked Ron in this one. I have written him in different ways, because I feel that he'd have strong views on the whole "Malfoy thing". But as a character, yes. I always find great humour in him.

I have two sons, and Ron is my youngest's favourite character in the books. We all think he's pretty great overall.

Thanks for commenting!

[mordyn4]

Hahahah, I love Ron's thoughts. Wonderful. *g*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it ♥

I liked writing this Ron. Supportive, but not in a completely OOC way. :o)

[defencelaura.livejournal.com]

I just LOVE smitten!Harry :-) And I´m sure that with the help of good old Firewhiskey, Ron will come around soon. Very nice little fic

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks ♥

I dunno ... that might take a LOT of Firewhiskey! *giggles*

[thrnbrooke.livejournal.com]

I soooo hope Harry is right! Lovely!

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

This is cute. And yay! for Ron being supportive.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

I sure hope so! :o)

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks ♥

Yeah, I thought I'd give Ron a break this time around and show him supporting his friend more than hating Draco.

[sanura360.livejournal.com]

awwww harry so sweet!
Ron probably going to ruin his liver though
trying to ignore them!

[gurliemoviegeek.livejournal.com]

He, Harry, the bloody Saviour of the Wizarding World, was blushing madly like a schoolgirl caught staring at her crush.

Just wonderful!

Oh, and I loved the way you wrote Ron! You're brilliant!

*applauds*

[chiralove.livejournal.com]

Oooh, fabulous. :)

[drusillas-rain.livejournal.com]

hee ^_^

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it's just the first time he sees them together that he needs the liquid courage to hold it together!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you like my Ron.

*blushes*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thank you ♥

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

;)

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, you love tormenting Ron, don't you? :D

He's right though, Potter did sound like a romance novel, so was it sappy of me to awwwww...?

Thanks for the sweet Harry/Draco love. *hugs*

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

very cute! I really liked this. *hugs*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks. *smooches*

Too funny! You were commenting on mine at the same time I was commenting on yours! (I'm tired, found this amusing) :\

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Muahaha ... yes I do love to torment Ron ... but don't we all? Because really, what would torment him more than Harry getting together with Draco?

As I wrote the line, I thought, 'God, this sounds like a romance novel' and figured Ron could express my opinion for me. Hee!

*hugs you back*

[elleian.livejournal.com]

*grins* I love me some supportive!Ron, even if he doesn't quite get it yet. The last line was great! :)

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

I haven't done a lot of supportive!Ron when it comes to Harry/Draco, so this was a nice change, even though (as you say) he doesn't quite get it yet.

*is confident he will soon*

Thanks for reading & commenting.