Harry Potter Oneshots

forty-ginny/harry

ship: ginny/harry

prompt: "I guess I'm asking you to trust me,"

setting: in the middle of a crisis

category(?): angsty?

warning/tags: one curse word

notes: we're close to 2k!! also i can't sleep :(

words: 943

Ginny observed Harry for what she hoped -- and oh God did she hope -- wasn't the last time.

His breath was erratic, his hair still a heap of matted curls, saggy eyes, and his glasses were slid halfway down his tan nose. He looked more human and handsome in the sunrise's light than she'd ever seen him.

"What do you want me to do, Harry?" she asked, ignoring the flickering light.

"I guess I'm asking you to trust me," he said. "I need you to trust me enough to do what I say."

Ginny looked around for a second, before sighing. "Why?"

"Because if you don't we won't make it out of this house alive. James won't, Teddy won't."

She took a deep breath in and nodded. "Okay, what do I do?"

"I'm going to push you out the window, along with Teddy. Then I'll--I'll throw James down, and you'll catch him."

Ginny stared at him. "What is happening? James is a toddler! He won't--"

"Trust me, Gin. This is the only way."

"Bu-"

"Trust me."

She stood quickly and gathered her wand, along with the two boys.

On her way to the window, she brushed Harry's cheek with her hand and let out a whimper as he sighed into it. "I love you."

"I love you."

"What's happenin' Harry?" Teddy asked, rubbing at his eyes.

Harry kneeled next to the nine year old. "Teddy, there are bad men coming for me. I'll meet up with you guys later, but for now you've got to go with Ginny."

Teddy nodded seriously.

"You've got to be real brave for me. Can you do that?"

Teddy nodded. "I'll be brave, like my Mum and Dad."

Harry nodded. "Just like them, Teddy. You need to hold onto Ginny as hard as you can, okay? I'm going to throw you both out the window, and you'll land on the ground, just hold on."

Teddy's lip quivered, and he thrust Harry into a fierce hug. "I love you, Harry!"

"I love you so much Teddy. So, so much. Just trust Ginny, okay?"

Harry kissed Ginny, then James, then Teddy. "I'll meet you in Nulstead. Wait for me at the Inn on Parker's Street."

She nodded. "How long should we wait?"

"Three days. If I don't show up..."

She nodded. "Okay, I-"

There was a sudden sound of several engines.

Harry cursed. "Go!"

"Har-"

"You have to go!" He yelled, shoving them out the open window.

After seeing them stand up, possibly a sprained ankle on Ginny, he yelled, "Catch him Ginny!"

He threw James, who began to wail.

"I'm sorry Jamie!" He yelled, getting his wand out to fight these asses who dared come after his family.

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It was two days later when Harry arrived at Nulstead's Inn on Parker's Street.

"Oh my, he's not showing up," Ginny whispered to herself.

"Is he gone too?" Teddy asked tearfully.

Ginny pulled him to her chest. "No, no, he can't be. He's Harry."

A few hours later, there was a ring of the Muggle telephone in their room.

"Hello?" Ginny asked.

"Miss Weasley, terribly sorry to interrupt," So it was only the desk lady. "but there's a guy here, says his name's Harry Potter. He's got tan skin, black hair, green eyes--"

"Oh thank goodness! Send him up, please, please!"

"Yes Ma'am."

Eight minutes later -- Teddy counted -- there was a knock.

Ginny opened it to find Harry, looking awful but alive. He immediately stepped inside and kissed her, as she cried into his shoulder.

"Daddy!" James yelled.

Harry nearly sobbed in happiness at the sight of them all. "Oh, Jamie, Teddy, I love you so much."

After a few minutes of hugs, Ginny finally looked him over properly.

"What the heck happened to you?!"

Harry shrugged. "There was, uh, more of them than I'd anticipated."

"Who's 'them'?" Teddy asked.

James was staring at a painting in the corner.

"I should tell you the whole story. I was on an Auror mission the other day, and captured this gang's 'leader' a mob boss, if you will."

"Oh Harry." Ginny sighed into his chest.

He shrugged. "I know. Anyway, they vowed to kill me and everyone I loved. I got a few threats, and a warning -- from a traitor in their gang, funnily enough. And so I knew it was that morning, and a vague time range. I had to get you all away, and I was running behind schedule. I planned for us all to leave the country for a bit until it died down but--"

"Instead you pushed us out a window?" Teddy supplied.

Harry nodded. "I never got to ask, were you hurt? I thought it looked like you -- Ginny -- sprained your ankle."

She nodded. "I'm alright, Harry. How are you? You look a right mess."

Harry shrugged. "I splinched a bit, trying to get away. They uh," he scratched his head. "they Crucio'd me a bit, so that's why I'm late. Sorry 'bout that."

Ginny stared at him. "You were tortured and you didn't think to tell me?"

He shrugged again. "Didn't think about it. I'm fine, though."

She shook her head.

Teddy spoke. "When can we go home?"

"I left my stuffie!" James complained.

Harry's mouth made an 'o' shape and he pulled something from the inside of his coat. "Mister Wilkins got a bit burnt, but he should be okay, Jamie."

"Why is Mister Wilkins burnt, Harry?"

Harry sighed. "They set the house on fire as I was escaping so I couldn't leave. So it kind of burned down."

Ginny shook her head at him again. "The things you get yourself into."