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[deluminate]

He was supposed to give a speech.

Maybe it wasn't not a speech exactly, but he knew he was supposed to say something on Saturday, when he and Hermione got up in front of friends and family— though not as much family as Ron thought there'd be when this eventually happened— and got married.

He was rubbish at this stuff.

Reports when he was an Auror and when he'd had them for homework at Hogwarts... those had been the worst parts of all. He'd managed to skirt by in school by getting answers out of Hermione when he could, and he'd had a stack of overdue reports as long as his arm on his desk before he'd ended up in Darrow, so his track record with them wasn't particularly good.

This though, Ron wanted it to be something special. It wasn't every day you got married, and he wanted to make sure what he said on Saturday was perfect.

Sat at a picnic table in the park, Ron had managed about three words before he wanted to bin the bit of paper he was writing on. It wasn't good enough. Maybe he wasn't good enough. It'd crossed his mind a few times since Hermione had accepted his proposal, but stuck there with only a few words on the piece of paper in front of him, he couldn't push away a feeling in his gut that Hermione'd think better of it and decide it wasn't worth it after all.

"Bloody hell," Ron said, and crumpled up the paper shutting his eyes as he scrubbed one hand through his hair. He needed to pull himself together.

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[dragonsandquidditch]

"You should have seen Bill's face," Charlie chuckles, recalling the morning he'd found their older brother pacing in the front lawn, all but tearing his hair off at the prospect of writing his vows. Of course, Charlie had encouraged him, too, but he had to laugh first; Bill had forgotten both his shirt and shoes with which to cover his feet. "You would have thought he'd seen a banshee."

"I think it's natural to be nervous, Ron, seriously," he says. "I'd be more worried for you if you weren't."

[deluminate]

It'd been one of the few times when Ron was at Hogwarts that the whole lot of them at been at the Burrow. Usually Charlie and Bill were away for work, and Percy at the ministry after he'd finished his seventh year, but Bill's wedding had brought everyone home. Of course, Ron had been preoccupied during a massive chunk of the wedding preparations, worried about Harry and Horcruxes. He'd missed a lot.

He let out a laugh then, just as the idea of Bill having lost it so completely. "Yeah, maybe it is," Ron replied, though it didn't do much to get rid of the sinking feeling in his stomach, like he'd swallowed a bludger. "Bet you anything Hermione's not, though."

[dragonsandquidditch]

Charlie grins, delighted to have made Ron laugh. He's well aware that his brother, along with Ron and Hermione, had been well occupied during Bill's wedding preparations; indeed, it still feels like yesterday for Charlie, considering the Wizarding War had only ended a month prior to his arrival in Darrow.

"How do you know that?" Charlie asks, arms crossed over his chest as he eyes his youngest brother. "For all you know, Hermione's having the same fears as you in writing her vows. She's the most brilliant witch, but even brilliant people get nervous too. Especially around the ones they love."

[deluminate]

"Yeah, but this is about the same as putting together an essay, isn't it?" Ron said, "I reckon she's got two feet of parchment with bullet points prepared."

As annoyed as Ron was at the possibility of it, of the fact that he'd cobble something together only to have Hermione work up something longer and likely better, it was one of the things he loved about her. She was the most brilliant person he'd ever met.

[dragonsandquidditch]

"I'd say this is a bit more important than an essay for school," Charlie points out with a knowing grin. "I think Hermione knows that, too. And besides, she's going to love whatever you write, just knowing that it's from you. At least, that's how I understand this love business."

Charlie thinks Ron lets himself get too wrapped up in the smaller details; just the fact that he is working himself into a nervous state about his vows says a lot to how much he's putting into them. Charlie is certain that Hermione will be able to discern how much effort his brother is pouring into making their wedding special.