Harry Potter One-shots

Fred Weasley- I'm Too Afraid To Fall

fred weasley

Prompt: "you know, I think I might be falling for you"

TW: none

Word Count: 1.2k

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He watched as you walked out of his dorm, tears in your eyes. He knew he should chase after you, but his legs didnt move. He froze. He stood there, counting his breaths. Why? He wasn't sure. He just was. His world was crashing in front of him...and he was frozen.

You two had been dancing around friends and more than friends for so long. To anyone else it was obvious you two were meant for each other. No one understood Fred Weasley like you. And no one understands you quite like Fred Weasley. You were the sun and he was the moon. Perfectly made to balance one another.

The problem occurred when Freddie was ready to jump in head first, putting his heart on the line and everything. He didn't care if his heart got broken, he would gladly have his heart broken by you. You were worth it.

You, on the other hand, thought things through. You created endless pros and cons lists. You would think through every scenario and decide only when you thought of everything what your next step would be. You were absolutely terrified of having your heart broken. Watching your mother go through it, was enough to stop you from ever even considering love.

Until Fred Weasley came and screwed that all up.

You knew you liked him, you knew the butterflies you felt in you were romantic ones. You knew you wanted more. You even could convince yourself that he wouldn't hurt you. But when it came time to live it out, you couldn't. You were paralyzed with fear.

You told Freddie everything, well almost everything. He knew your parents were separated, and he knew you hated his dad. Which means he also hated your dad.

You had just gotten back from a walk. And you were up in Fred's dorm, in one of his sweatshirts studying. You two were sitting in comfortable silence until Fred broke it.

" You know, I think I might be falling for you"

At the sound of the voice and this intense proclamation your head snapped up. He must be joking, I mean it's Fred, he's always joking. His face, very serious.

" I- uh. no you aren't" you reply looking back down at your homework. Hoping that if you just shut down the conversation quickly you can pretend it never happened. You didn't see how he frowned and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion to your response.

" Well, i'm going to have to disagree with you there. I like to think I know myself pretty well and I happen to be smitten with you. Therefore, I am falling."

You sigh and shut your books and put them in your bag.

" Don't do this Freddie" you say with tears in your eyes as you walk away.

He watched as you walked out of his dorm, tears in your eyes. He knew he should chase after you, but his legs didnt move. He froze. He stood there, counting his breaths. Why? He wasn't sure. He just was. His world was crashing in front of him...and he was frozen.

He snapped out of it, and chased after you. You don't get to shut the door on him after he confesses his feelings, he won't allow. He can't allow it.

He looked around the common room but didn't see you. How you moved so quickly he will never know. He walked out of the common room to see you walking the hallways.

He shouted your name and watched as your body tensed up. Frowning at the response you had to his voice. He quickly caught up to you.

"What was that?" he said, looking you in the eyes, eyes that were now red from you wiping the tears quickly and trying to gain control.

" What was what" you questioned.

" I just confused my feelings for you and not only did you deny them you left crying. Why" he looked at you with genuine concern and wonder.

"Because you don't actually like me" you shrug.

" Are you out of your mind?" Freddie exclaimed loudly. " I desperately like you, and I won't let you stand there and say you don't feel the same way. I see the way you look at me compared to other guys. I see the way you light up when I ask you questions. I see it because it's how I am too. You can't deny it. If you don't want to be with me that's fine, but I refuse to accept the lie that is that you don't like me that way"

He finished his speech and looked at you. You stepped back slightly making his heart break.

" Im sorry, Fred. But I won't be my mother" you say, beginning to turn around and walk. He grabbed your arm quickly forcing you to stop your walking.

"Your mother. What does that mean." He asked. It wasn't aggressive. It was angry. It was genuine confusion and desire to understand.

" I watched my mom get her heart broken by someone she loved so deeply. I watched as she took years to pick up the pieces of her heart and put them back together. I watch as I go back during holiday how she still has pieces missing that he took with him or just shattered too much. I refuse to experience that. Freddie, I like you so much. I may even love you. But if I let you love me that means I'm letting you have the option to break me. I can't have that"

It was Fred's turn to have tears in his eyes. To hear you speak so vulnerability and so candidly was something he didn't get to see often but he cherished every time.

" You think- you think i'd break you" he released your arm and moved his hands so they were in his pocket. He looked so hurt, which was the last thing you wanted.

" Maybe not intentionally. But I don't want to even give you the opportunity. I don't want to start loving you because I know I wont stop-"

" Who says I want to stop either" he cuts you off.

This time he moved his hands to cup your face. The eye contact felt so intimate, an intimacy that you didn't even realize was possible with simple eye contact.

" I promise I won't break you. I promise. I will do everything I can to protect your heart with everything in me. I will protect you from everything and anything. I will hold you every night. I will celebrate all your wins. I will mourn all your losses. I will wipe every tear, happy or sad. I will kiss you every night and remind you how important you are. I promise."

Now you both were crying. Probably a very strange sight in the middle of the hallway, at almost curfew. But neither of you cared.

"You promise" you ask looking into his eyes.

" I promise" he replied, with complete honesty and certainty.

" will you kiss me" you say in a soft voice.

He leaned in and whispered right before your lips touched,

"You are so important"