1. Work with the Weasleys

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"You want me?"

He giggled at Ollie's bewildered expression.

"That's what I said." Fred's smirk grew.

Ollie paused. "How- But- What did I do?"

"I don't know," Fred said with a shrug, smile never leaving. "I just think that we'd be a good us" His eyes looked worried for a second.

Ollie smiled slowly. "We'd be a wonderful us"

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Oliver Bates had finished his final year at Hogwarts nearly two years ago now, and he'd been working at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes for about a year now. Fred and George had hired him after he'd quit his post as dishwasher at the Leaky Cauldron. With his family having moved back to France, where Ollie was born and lived until he was 10. Being in the back and never interacting with customers had taken a toll on Ollie so he was now working cash for the Weasleys to be closer with his friends as well as the public. Hearing Hogwarts stories from the students shopping at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and being closer with his friends made Ollie happy, and at this time he didn't have a dream job to chase.

Ollie had been close with the Weasleys since he was 10. They'd lived not far from each other and Ollie's dad and Molly had been friends as kids. He was in between the twins and Ron in age, but Ron had Harry and Hermoine so he found himself closer with Fred and George. Quidditch, school, holidays, all spent with the large redheaded family next door, and he couldn't have asked for any better.

Ollie had spent most of the morning restocking shelves and humming to himself when the first few customers walked in. He sipped a cup of coffee while fixing a display that had been left messy the night before. He was calmly content.

Not long after the first customers came and left, the Weasley twins made their appearance. Ollie spotted them from behind the cash register, George bounced down the stairs first, giddy as all hell. Fred followed slowly after, smiling but still yawning despite it being almost 11.

"Ollie!! Thank you for opening for us this morning." George beamed at him, giving him a fist bump on his way by. Fred came by after him, offering a smile that made Ollie's heart skip and yawning a good morning.

These kinds of things had been happening for a while now. Fred would smile, Ollie would fall, just a tiny little bit. They're hands would brush and he'd lose his train of thought. The problem was, he had no idea it was happening. He'd seen Fred with every guy, girl, and enby in their year, and for some reason he'd loathed every one of them at one point or another.

All of the sudden, students were pouring in and Fred and George were giving their usual speeches and sales pitches. The day went by as usual, students, sales, overheard Hogwarts stories, jokes and gags, Fred and Georges booming voices. Eventually, Ginny and Harry showed up to visit.

"Gin!" Ollie called, and her head snapped to him. She smiled at him and dragged Harry over to the counter with her.

"Hey Ollie, how's work?" Harry said to her, simultaneously trying to navigate the rush of teens around him. All of the sudden, Ginny pulled herself up and over the counter, taking her boyfriend with her.

"Ginny?!" Fred yelled from the other side of the store, giving her a what the actual fuck look.

They all giggled. "Oh piss off!" she screamed back, causing both Fred and George to roll their eyes.

"Work is good, you know I love it here. Although the twins didn't come down until almost 11 today!!" He told them, his volume gradually increasing so that they could hear him from the other side of the store. Fred flashed him a smile and a wink in return, and once again his heart did an unexplainable backflip.

They spent another 15 or so minutes talking about life and work, before Ginny and Harry went to go look around and chat with the twins.

After a while, Fred was at Ollies counter.

"Oliver" he said with a smile.

"Frederick" Ollie said, his french accent slipping out a little bit and making it sound more like Fredrique.

"Gin is gonna get Ron and Hermoine down here, and then we're all gonna go out for drinks" he paused for a second. "You in, mon cheri?" Ollie smiled and blushed a bit, Fred needed to stop doing that.

"You bet, when do I get off work today boss." he was flirting. Ollie, flirting with Fred Weasley.

Fred's smile grew and he leaned in a bit closer. "I was thinking we'd close a bit earlier tonight, say around 7?"

"Sounds great, boss" Ollie leaned in a bit closer, their faces were about half a foot from each other. Suddenly, Fred winked and pushed himself away from the counter. Ollie's whole body felt warm and comfortable inside.

first chapter is shorter than id normally like but i wanna get a chapter out there! read, comment, vote, do whatever, im writing this more for me and i dont expect anyone to rly see it :) - no

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