An Unknown World || george weasley

Chapter Nine - Sunshine and Melting Ice Creams

[There's smut in this chapter, if you're not comfortable with that, skipping to the next chapter is fine, you won't miss any plot!]

The sun was beaming down on the two boys who had decided to visit the beach nearby. They both lay on beach towels, George was sunbathing, simply enjoying the rare British sunshine. While Edwin's nose was burrowed deep into a book, as per usual.

"What'cha reading?" George asked, now propped up on his elbows and sipping from his drink.

"Just a muggle book" Edwin responded, still fixated on his novel.

"Ahh, thought so. Eddie, I was thinking..."

Edwin lifted his head away from his book and looked over to the older boy, he squinted his eyes as he looked at George, he didn't quite realise how bright it was today.

"We've never actually been out together," George finished.

"What do you mean?" Edwin asked, puzzled. What did he mean? They had been out to plenty of places together, Diagon Alley, Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, Flourish and Blotts, and now here, in Scotland.

"I mean, like, out... drinking. We've never been drinking together."

"I'd love to go out together" Edwin lightly chuckled, "although, we will need to eat first! I'm bloody starving." He said, packing his book and beach towel into his bag.

"Of course! I spotted a nice looking chip shop on the way here, if that's to your fancy?"

"Perfect!"

The boys smiled at each other and headed in the direction of the chip shop, hand in hand, steps in sync.

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Edwin laughed at his boyfriend as he held a drink in each hand and did a weird dance in time to the blaring music, on his way over to the booth where Edwin was sat. They were already a few drinks down and the alcohol had just started to hit Edwin as he took a sip of the cocktail George had just brought over.

Edwin felt a pulse of energy rush through his body, he grabbed his boyfriend by the hand and pulled him towards the dancefloor. They danced and they laughed without a care in the world. Everything at this moment was perfect for the two boys.

They sat at the bar and ordered a few shots each, a step up from the fruity cocktails they had been drinking throughout the night. Edwin had never been this drunk, he had been tipsy, of course, but never drunk. They returned to the booth that they were previously sat at, with another drink in hand.

"You know I love you, right?" Edwin shouted to the boy who was sat just across from him.

"Well, I should think so," George teased, reaching his hand out to grab his boyfriends.

"Before meeting you and Fred, I never really had friends, let alone a boyfriend," he laughed, "and you've just given me everything I have ever wanted..." Edwin started to well up, his vision now becoming blurry, he began to weep, "I just worry, that I'm not enough."

"Hey, hey, hey! Where's all this coming from?" George asked as he practically leapt over the table to sit by Edwin's side. He embraced the shorter boy and told him, "You will always be enough, I'll love you forever and always. Now, let's get you home." Edwin nodded in agreement.

The pair stumbled a little too noisily through the quiet streets. Edwin had cheered up a little as George was quite good at making people laugh, but he still felt weirdly emotional. George offered to give Edwin a piggyback ride for the last leg of the journey, Edwin agreed and hopped onto the taller boys back. Edwin placed his head onto his own arm which was wrapped around George's neck. He could hear dogs barking in the distance and George mumbling about something, he couldn't quite make out what it was as tiredness soon took over.