Fridge Magnets

"Say something normal. Normal."

"You know I can't be normal around her, never have, never will"

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Fred Weasley fell in love with her at school - quietly, foolishly, and far too young to do anything about it. She was the brown-haired girl who laughed easily, collected fridge magnets like memories, and never noticed the way Fred's jokes always seemed meant just for her.

Two years after the war, a group holiday to a remote cabin in Canada throws them together again - older, bruised, and finally still enough to feel what's been waiting all along. Between snow, cosy fireplaces, and the soft ache of everything unspoken, Fred is forced to face the one thing he's never joked his way around: that he's loved her for years, and this time, he might finally get the chance to say it.