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George had been working for hours trying to perfect the spell. He and Fred had come up with the aphrodisiac spell together, but George wanted to make it his baby.
That was months ago and Fred wanted to be able to launch it soon so George was on a deadline.
He had escaped to an abandoned classroom in the Dungeons because he knew no one ever came down this far. It was in the deepest parts of the dungeons and he had been using it safely for experiments for years now.
Now he thought he finally had the wording down, he was concentrating so hard that he didn’t hear the door creak open signaling someone entering the room.
Casting the spell he made sure he had the pronunciation down in his head before saying it out loud, “ Vinculum Creare Libido Post.”
He knew he’d made a mistake as soon as the gold light split two ways and he was knocked to the ground with the force of the spell.
Who had entered the room?
Once he came around, he peered around the room and took in the scene before him. A lot of the tables had been broken in the force of the spell and there was someone laying on the ground unmoving at the back of the room.
George pulled himself to his feet and stumbled over to the person. What if he had killed them?
Leaning down over the Slytherin, he touched his neck to check for a pulse and felt a jolt of electricity move through him before feeling a strong pulse.
Feeling a great sense of relief he sat with the boy until he came around.
As soon as he did, he asked him, “Who are you?”
“Theodore Nott, are you okay? That was quite the spell,” Theo asked.
“I’m fine, I only got sent a small distance, are you okay?” George asked.
“I’m fine now,” Theo responded.
As their eyes connected George could feel his arousal heightening to a level he couldn’t control.
This was bad.
Without thought, George leant over and kissed Theo. The instant their lips connected a light surrounded them causing an uncontrollable lust to come over them and they were both overcome.
It was unstoppable. They tore at each others clothes needing to feel the closeness of being skin to skin. Flesh to flesh.
George noticed as he looked at Theo that he was definitely not hard on the eyes. He was hot.
George let go and let himself live in the moment. He hadn’t felt this good in so long with the war looming.
It didn’t take long for the spell to work its magic and they finished quite quickly. Both exhausted from the passion they fell asleep, still wrapped around one another.
In the morning when they woke they lay there for a moment, both pretending to still be asleep.
George was the first to stir and realise something was different, looking down at his left hand he saw a gold ring on his finger that hadn’t been there the day before.
Springing out of Theo’s arms, he stumbled around picking up his clothes before he could look at Theo again he got dressed and then turned around to find the other boy staring at him.
“Can you please check your left hand?” George yelled.
“Why?” Theo asked without moving.
“Just do it okay, it’s important I think I’ve fucked up badly,” George swore.
“Fine, but calm down mate,” Theo said, pulling his left hand from under his head he swore when he saw the ring there.
George ran his fingers through his hair, what was he going to do? This was huge how could he have stuffed up the spell this badly.
Hermione had refused to check his spell for him because it was for their joke shop and she refused to be any part of it.
“What was the exact wording of that spell you cast on us last night?” Theo asked. He had sprung to action and dressed in record time as soon as he saw the ring.
“ Vinculum Creare Libido Post,” George repeated the spell.
“You damn idiot! That means to create a bond after lust,” Theo said, “Which if you use it with someone that has a magical signature close to yours that isn’t related creates a damn marriage bond!”
“I didn’t know,” George cried. Pacing around the room he wondered how he could fix this.
“We need to find a way out of this, I can’t believe you married us. What am I going to do now? My father will kill me!” Theo yelled.
George just stared at Theo while he yelled at him.
“Why would he kill you?” George asked.
“Because he’s a Pureblood supremacist Death Eater and believes marriage is for woman and man. Not two men. He doesn’t know that I’m gay,” Theo said.
George knew how he felt not being able to be open. His family were loveable but he didn’t think they could support him through this.
“I’m sorry okay, I’ll figure out a way out of this,” George promised.
“We will,” Theo said.
“We will what?” George said, confused.
“We will find a way out of this, I’m just as much a part of this bond as you are, we need to work together. I will see what books I can get from my friends. They will surely have something and not ask questions,” Theo said.
“Okay. Here, have this so we can communicate about meeting to research without anyone becoming suspicious,” George said, handing him one of the coins that Hermione had created for Dumbledore's Army members.
George had taken some extras for this kind of situation if he found someone that had the same leanings as he did.
They went their separate ways.
George immediately went and told Fred what had happened and Theo had told the only person he knew would keep his secret. Pansy Parkinson.
xXx
They had been researching the bond and how to break it for a few weeks now, spending a lot of time in the abandoned classroom together.
Both Fred and Pansy joined them when they could to help.
But nothing they had tried so far had worked in breaking the bond.
Fred and Pansy could see from being with the two boys that there was a reason they had bonded and that they had developed feelings for one another over the last few weeks.
Before going their separate ways, Pansy held Fred back when George and Theo left and asked, “What are we going to do about that?”
“I don’t know. But we have to do something. My family will support them. They already know about George preferring boys and they don’t mind, they will just have to keep it a secret for a while longer,” Fred agreed.
“It’s going to be hard for them now that the war has really gotten started. But I agree they need to stay in this bond,” Pansy said.
The two spent time together trying to figure out how to get the two to admit their feelings for one another and not break the bond.
Pansy came up with the idea that they would separately talk to Theo and George and record them and then play it for the other.
It was the easiest way of getting them to admit their feelings.
Plan made, they went their separate ways and agreed to meet up in a week to swap the recordings.
xXx
Fred dragged George up to the Room of Requirement where he had set up his wand to record their interaction and slowly got George loosened up with some Firewhiskey.
“So Theo’s quite the looker don’t you reckon? Once you break the bond I might try him on for size,” Fred said smirking.
“He’s hot for sure, but don’t go there. That’s not all there is to him though. He truly cares for those that he loves and he doesn’t want to be on the other side. He’s such a kind person when you really get to know him,” George rambled.
“So do you really want to break the bond?” Fred asked slyly.
“Not really, I’ve come to really like him,” George admitted.
“So why don’t you just tell him?” Fred asked.
“Because of his father, I don’t want to cause that pain for him,” George said, “He said his dad would kill him.”
“But you can hide it and still be with him. No one ever has to know,” Fred said.
“I wish we could, but I don’t know if it can work hiding a relationship,” George said.
Fred stopped the recording there and let George sober up.
He sent a message through to the coin he gave Pansy and said he’d gotten what they needed from George. Now she just needed to come through on her end of the deal.
xXx
Meanwhile in the abandoned classroom downstairs Theo was well and truly sloshed on Elf wine and didn’t even need any prompting.
“He’s got a good arse on him, Pans, but it’s not only that. I think I’m falling for him. But how could it ever work?” Theo rambled on.
Pansy tried to interrupt him but he just kept going.
“But maybe if we keep it secret for just us it might work, Dad never has to know and if The Dark Lord wins the war we just run and never look back,” Theo said.
He had worked it all out without even having Pansy have to have input.
When she felt the coin burn through her pocket, she stopped recording and messaged Fred back.
It's done, he didn’t even need me to prompt. Let’s meet this afternoon and exchange the recordings and then show them separately.
Pansy helped Theo take a seat and helped him try and sober up before she showed the recording this afternoon.
As they sat there, Theo laid his head on her shoulder and sighed, “But what if he doesn’t feel the same way, Pans. What will I do then?”
Pansy hoped that this worked with George’s part because she couldn’t see her best friend like this.
xXx
Fred and Pansy exchanged the recordings and got George and Theo alone to show them the others feelings
It went better than planned, George ran from the Room of Requirement down to the Abandoned Classroom and burst in.
Theo immediately spun around to face the door and moved towards George.
Fred just catching up just in time to see Theo pull George into a heated kiss.
“I told you this would work,” Pansy said.
The two boys not even paying attention to their surroundings.
“Let’s just leave them be for a bit. I don't want to witness this,” Fred said as George and Theo began to tear each other's clothes off.
Pansy and Fred left the room and stood awkwardly for a moment, “Thanks for helping me get those fools together.”
“You’re welcome,” Fred said.
“Want to go to the kitchen and get something to eat and drink?” Pansy asked.
Fred nodded and the two walked off.
xXx
It had been hard hiding their relationship during the war and not seeing each other as often as they wanted to.
Now the war was over and the light side had won.
Everyone was standing in the Great Hall saying goodbye to the dead.
Pansy had already run in and found Fred and finally admitted how she felt and they were off to the side embracing. Not caring who saw.
Theo removed the glamour from his ring and marched to where George looked to be having a panic attack and pulled him into an embrace for everyone to see.
He didn’t care who knew now. His father was going to Azkaban and George’s family had accepted them the moment they had admitted to what happened.
They didn’t have to enact Theo’s plan of running away together. They could finally just be them.
George had discussed wanting to have a real wedding with their families present and making their bond stronger.
They could now do that without worry.
It was finally over with the secrecy.