Boot Camp.

Redemption of The Hearts

"I... I'm in love with you too, Horseshoe," Lily whispered, her voice shaking with new emotion.

Those words stopped my heart.

"R-Really?" I asked quietly, not truly believing she meant what she said.

"Truly, deeply and unconditionally," she repeated my words softly, looking up at me under her long, black eyelashes.

"... Brilliant," I breathed before connecting my lips to hers once more.

But this kiss was not tremblingly passionate like the first, nor hungry like the second, no, this kiss was border-lining on hot-blooded, full-frontal snogging.

It drew a small gasp and, later on, a loud moan from Lily, which only spurred me on further.

One of my large hands crept under the sweater and started to trace small circles on her tiny waist, this drew another small moan from Lily as she buried her small, delicate hands in my messy hair, scratching my scalp with her fingernails slightly, sending tingles down my spine.

We snogged for what seemed like hours without parting, but when we did we were both out of breath and panting, trying to get air into our lungs.

As I looked down at Lily I saw that the tears that one filled her emerald orbs were nowhere to be found, and instead they seemed to simply glow with something that I could only recognize as love and adoration.

We stood there, trapped in time, for a long few minutes and I think we would have stayed there for hours longer if a call from the house had not reached our ears.

"Oi! Moony, Frank! I lost Prongs!"

"They don't know you're out here?" Lily stifled her giggles by biting on her fist.

"... They don't know when I'm anywhere."

"Tell me that you haven't been brooding in your room for three days," Lily giggled quietly.

"Tell me the same thing," I retorted.

"I went out once," Lily argued.

"Oh really? And what did you do?" I chuckled.

"I messed with Snape," Lily stuck her tongue out.

"And how did you do this, Lily love?"

Lily blushed and murmured something under her breath.

"What was that, Kins? I couldn't hear you," I chuckled.

"I said, I may have told him we were sleeping together, but I did not specify beyond that!" Lily blushed furiously.

"So he thinks..."

"I said may or may not so it's up to him what he believes, though I did make it very hard not to believe," Lily giggled.

"We're a bad influence on you, Kins," I teased.

"Yes you are, now let's go inside, it's freezing out here!"

I chuckled in agreement and let go of her waist, instead opting for holding her hand.

We snuck in through the back door, Sirius never looked in the back of the house when he was looking for me and, even after seven or so years, I still had no idea why.

"Are you sure no one's going to come in?" Lily whispered as we entered my room as quietly as possible.

"Lily, they'd be suspicious if I went down there," I snorted in amusement as I closed the door behind me with a soft thud.

"Because you haven't left your room in days?" Lily asked cheekily, hands behind her back as she rocked on her heels.

"No," I grinned as I picked her up, much to her surprise, "Because I'm happy now."

"Well I'm glad my presence changes your mood so drastically," Lily giggled.

"And I'm glad you're here to do so," I pressed a kiss to her forehead as I sat down on my bed, the springs groaning slightly under the weight of both Lily and I.

"As am I," Lily smiled, her eyelids drooping sligthly as she nestled her head into my chest.

"I think that my bed is going to be a lot more comfortable than I am, Lily," I chuckled quietly as I made to lay her down.

"No it's not," Lily smiled against me as she wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Well it's going to be a lot less mobile than I am, because I need to change," I chuckled.

"Fine," Lily pouted as she let go and fell graciously on top of my covers.

I chuckled at her expression before nabbing my pyjama pants, stealing a kiss from Lily and exiting into the bathroom.

"Jerk!" Lily huffed as I reappeared in my room.

She had already moved under the covers and began to wrap herself in a bundle in the two or so minutes I wasn't there.

"Ouch, what was that for, Kins?" I chuckled as I, too, climbed into my bed.

"You know what, tease," she stuck her tongue out childishly, arms folded over her chest.

I chuckled again before circling an arm around her waist and gently pulling her into my side.

"Is that better?"

"It's the least you could do," Lily huffed.

"Of course it is, Kins, of course it is," I chuckled quietly before I plunged the room into darkness with a flick of my wand.

I placed the wand on the bedside table and my glasses on their shelf before I let my other arm circle Lily's waist as well.

She didn't hesitate and quickly snuggled as close to me as she could, her head resting against my bare chest once more, just above my heart.

"Goodnight, love," I whispered gently into her ear.

"Goodnight, Horseshoe," she sighed contentedly.

Lily's soft and angelic voice was the last thing I heard before I was lost in unconsciousness, and those two words accompanied with her beautiful voice was enough to rid my mind of nightmares and worries, leaving my heart feeling full and complete.