Light in the dark ~ Bellatrix x Tom Riddle story

3. D'you wanna get married?

TW: Swearing

Bellatrix POV

We apparated home and I went upstairs and started the shower, after I put away the spoons, forks, and custard creams. We moved in together around four years ago. We have a decently big house in the countryside in Scotland. It has a nice garden, a lot of daisies so we make daisy chains a lot. Well, when it's not raining because we live in bloody Scotland. But the best thing about living here is that we have no neighbours.

"TOM! SHOWERS READY!" I shouted seeing the steam crawl up the shower like vines.

"Already here, love,"He said coming in wearing nothing but his boxers. I will admit, I stared for a second, and not in his eyes. But hey, I'm allowed, we've been together for like, five years. I jumped a little in surprise when he snapped in my face, looking at me with a smirk.

Tom is actually a very surprising person. But I was most surprised when he told me to call him Tom. I didn't think he'd be ok with going by Tom Riddle but he generally doesn't give a shit.

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We stripped then stepped into the shower together. I went under the water and got my whole body wet. Tom pulled me into him and turned us round so he was under the water. After a few minutes of continuously swapping places Tom pinned me against the cold tile of the shower wall and kissed me passionately.

"Ah ah ah ah ah," He gasped, breaking the kiss and getting out the shower. I stared at him confusedly, I was about to ask him what but then I felt cold water on my feet. Jesus how long have we been in here?

I turned off the water and got out. I grabbed my towel off the radiator and wrapped it around my body. I did a drying spell on my hair because wet hair is the worst thing in existence.

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I went through to Tom and I's bedroom, dried, and got changed into my pyjamas.

Tom was already in bed. He got in while I was getting ready. "Hey, there's only 1 left." He said as I got into the bed.

"I know. But I have no clue how we're gonna do it, or how we'll get to him." I said.

The thing we are trying to achieve, we've almost done it. We're 'ending the dark Lord'. Tom wants to just be a normal person. We found a spell that reverses the horcruxes and just makes them regular objects again. We were very wary trying it on a living thing but Nagini came out fine so we think that Potter boy will be too. But who really cares if he's not ok, not his parents.

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"D'you wanna get married?" Tom asked. "Of course I want us to get married. Why?" I asked. "Because I have a question." He said getting up, coming round to my side of the bed, getting on one knee and pulling out a ring.

"Well I don't have any big speech to talk about how much I love you, but I do have seven words that sums it up pretty well. I love you, will you marry me?" He asked.

"Sure," I said. I stared at him in the eyes, and ok, that probably wasn't the reaction he was expecting, so we'll try again.

I sighed quickly before squealing "OH MY GOD YES!" I got up and went over to him. He slipped the ring on my finger and kissed me.

I stared at the ring, which was glistening like the arctic ice, but at least this won't melt. "You do know I'll have to take it off to sleep, right."

"Well you're gonna be awake for like, another half an hour," He said.

"True, but I'm still going to take it off now," I replied

"Yeah that's probably a good idea," He laughed.

Like Tom predicted, we went to sleep around half an hour later.

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I woke up the next morning and it was raining. I love rain. I turned to wake up Tom but he was already awake next to me.

"Good morning," He said.

"Good morning," I whispered. We were both quiet for a few seconds and we could hear the rain hitting the roof. The tapping of the rain reminded me of when seagulls stamp on the ground when it's not raining so the worms come up and they look proper stupid, but then again, that's meant to sound like rain, so I guess the seagulls are doing something right.

"You wanna go outside?" He asked.

"Yeah," I said stretching.

"Ok, I'll go get our raincoats," He said getting up and leaving the room.

"Guess I'll just go put some socks and wellies on," I whispered to myself.

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I put on a pair of socks and went downstairs to get my wellies. By the time I got down Tom had our raincoats and was putting on some boots. "Give me my coat." I said, holding my hand out to get my coat.

He handed me my coat and I put it on before walking over to the door. "C'mon then." I huffed impatiently.

"I'm coming. Jesus."

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I took two steps out the door before I realised the ground was engulfed in mud. "Oh, this'll be fun," I whispered before pulling Tom in front of me then pushing him into the mud.

"You fucking cunt," He gasped before grabbing me and pulling me down in the mud.

I took a handful of mud, feeling the rain run down my neck, and shoved the mud in his face before I got up and tried to run away, slipping in the process. I quickly got back up and started running, closely followed by Tom who was chasing me whilst trying to wipe mud off his face.

"IM GONNA GET YOU!" He shouted, running towards me.

"Really?" I asked and stopped running.

"Yeah," He panted, stopping next to me but still getting closer.

"Ok," I whispered. I looked up at him, feeling his arms snake round my waist. I then squealed as he dragged me down in the mud with him. We laughed for a minute, just lying on the ground like total lunatics.

"Should we go in and shower?" I asked.

"Yeah," He said getting up. I held out my hand and he pulled me up then we went inside and showered.

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There was really no point of showering that early as the rest of the day consisted of playing in the mud and dancing in the rain. But the second shower was definitely worth it.