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Teddy could say this much - they were spacious quarters. It was actually a wonder no other teacher had taken up residence in the West Tower; perhaps it was the constant traffic of flapping in and out of the owlery only one level immediately above. But to Teddy it was a comforting noise, not as comforting as the ebb and flow of the sea outside his window would have been, but it was definitely the opposite of urban... which suited him. It also meant that Isis could maintain a perch here as well as above with her own kind, so that he might have some company for the good many nights of wolfsbane potion-induced waiting for shifts to end that awaited him. With a final look out the largest window at the Stone Circle below and the loch in the distance, he turn back towards the expansive quarters where Victoire was meticulously fitting dull gold velvet canopy drapes to the four post bed that Teddy told himself, every time he looked at it, was too large for one person alone. It had been a concession he was glad to make - not that he had a great deal of decision in the matter, but he was grateful for the result nonetheless. As a member of Hogwarts' staff he, like all the others, was expected to live solitarily, without his significant other. And Vee, for all the disappointed fight she put up, had responsibilities to St. Mungo's as well. All the same, when it came time for Teddy with rucksack so massively stretched with an Undetectable Extension charm as to fit several trunks and an entire bedroom set - most items donated from various members of the family - slung over his shoulder to make his scheduled disapparation into Hogsmeade, he broke down and begged the love of his life to come help him settle in. If only for a half-day more ahead of a long and lonely autumn. "You know I'd be lost without you for this sort of thing," he said with a weak smile. "Probably would have just tossed a mattress on the floor, maybe a bookshelf or two. No amount of comforts are going to make this feel like home, though. Home to me is a person, not a place." It occurred to Teddy that was, at least to those who knew his history, an odd thing to say considering that he'd often felt more at home at Hogwarts when he was a student than he did at his gran's home, perhaps in no small part because he'd thought his parents' spirits still lingered about the Astronomy Tower where they'd been killed. But he loved Victoire as he'd never loved anyone in his life, and despite what he might show outwardly, this forced separation was going to be as much an imposition on him as it was her. VICTOIRE APOLLINE WEASLEY

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It didn't take a legilimens - not that Teddy was one - to see that Victoire was doing this in spite of what she really wanted. Really all it took was someone with a properly functioning ear as their initial arguing back home had gotten so loud it had required sensible heads to cast a charm to prevent inside noise from getting out. Teddy knew that deep down there was almost certainly a part of her, though she certainly wouldn't admit it, that suspected that he wanted this, as an escape from the doldrums of real life, real responsibility, and very real expectations. He knew this because, though he certainly wouldn't admit it, it was at least a little true. It was something he suspected that maybe only his godfather could ever understand; there were unresolved issues with a past and people in it that predated any memory he had, issues that needed resolution before he could take that next step forward. This was certainly his father's sense of duty standing front and center, right alongside his mother's sense of right from wrong and belief in defending the former in the face of the later. When Victoire kissed him, he knew she knew all of this. She was stronger than he was, whether she knew that or not. She had always been his rock. And that too was a question of a different sort that needed answering - if he was going to be her rock, he had to be capable of being one for himself first. "You're so much more than that." He knew what she was fishing at; Victoire was certainly capable of being silkily subtle but when it came to certain subjects she was about as blunt as a troll's clenched fist. "You're the love of my life. You're strong. You carry people. You carry me." He looked longingly back into her eyes. "I'm doing this for everyone - for myself, for the students, for our families, for Wizardkind, for my parents... and most importantly for us." He took the remnants of what was in her hands, a sterling-framed picture of the two of them from several Christmases ago - her tickling at his ribs through his sweat and he trying not to laugh, and strode over to set it down on the bedside table, looking back with a smile. "And it's time I started carrying the load for myself, so that I can carry you for a change." VICTOIRE APOLLINE WEASLEY