a/n

i never meant to leave you guys hanging

"Wanderlust"

a strong desire to travel

18th October 1996

"Come on, Audrey!" Athena shouted, lying back down after Audrey got hit with a spell. Her unit is training with her ridiculously hard training. Juliette is the only one that has managed to pass it.

Of all the training with the different units, Athena's training is the hardest. Every Auror has tried because they thought they could be noticed for their talents and skills and maybe find a spot in the unit but all failed miserably except her brothers, who only tried out for fun.

In the Captain's words, "Just in case."

Audrey was hit with the spells again and she landed on her back close to Athena. The Captain sat up, focusing on Vanessa who was slowly making a breakthrough. Athena had admired Vanessa for years and found it quite unbelievable when Chloe placed Vanessa on her team. The young Captain thought most of her unit would not have her as their captain but turned out they were perfectly fine since their first impromptu mission.

"Take a second," Athena ordered, playing with her wedding ring as she paid attention to Audrey but her eyes still locked on Vanessa and the Laurent Siblings.

"I swear I'm good at this."

"You are, that's why you are on my team."

Athena lifted up Audrey's shirt after she noticed the woman clutching her side as she stood up.

"Sit out—" Athena ordered after seeing a very bad bruise "—Elaine!"

"I'm fine—"

Athena just pressed on to the bruise, making Audrey lose her balance but she caught her just in time.

"It's not a request but an order. You are bleeding internally," Athena informed, forcing Audrey to sit down and make her as comfortable as possible while Elaine took care of her. Once she was done with Audrey, she went back to her comfortable position beside Audrey.

Audrey lends her thigh to Athena's head. The Captain was hesitant but she insisted.

"Please know your limits."

"But—"

"If you don't, never step into a fight unless you are willing to die."

"Oui Capitaine."

"Sleep, I got this." Juliette insisted, seeing the dark circles collecting under her niece's eyes. Athena has been drained of energy for the past three weeks. It's because of work, not because of her wife.

Well...

Anyway, Athena didn't need to be told twice to sleep since it was only training and not paperwork. She was out after a minute or so.

Camille came to check in after walking past Aurors saying how terrifying her daughter's training was. Chloe handed their training regiment and Gods, she was impressed that Athena could have come up with such things.

The first she noticed was the calming aura of her daughter. Never once it was this calm during her work hours.

And she knew why.

She laughed when the first she saw was Vanessa halted in the air by vines. Courtesy of Athena, speaking of her, is asleep, unbothered by everything happening in the hall. Johnathan managed to free the Delacour after barely dodging an attack.

Her sister waved for her to come over as she covered Athena with her coat.

Juliette had to inform her sister that Audrey was forced to sit out by Athena, not because of her usage of the Auror's thigh but her incident earlier on. Camille checked on Audrey, with no second thought, despite the young woman saying she was alright.

Could never go wrong with a second opinion.

Especially when that second opinion is the most powerful wizard in the entire country.

—i think i need to write fluffiest of the fluff—

"You're home early," Fleur commented, seeing her wife just entering their apartment as she made the broadcast of the Bulgarian quidditch league quieter to focus on her beloved wife. Athena dropped her leather satchel onto the carpeted floor by their sofa with a very loud groan. She stood in her spot for a minute, feeling the soft carpet under her feet.

Fleur only watched Athena from her spot, knowing that Athena needed a minute to shut everything out. She sat in silence, not daring to move as she admired how ethereal Athena looked as the golden hour hit the perfectly tanned skin and the dimples showing, then she knew Athena could sense how she felt as she got enchanted with her wife just standing there after a long day of work.

Athena sighed, slowly opening her eyes, coming face to face with that stupidly in-love look on her wife's.

Her smile only got bigger.

"I have dinner plans."

Fleur pouted at her wife, who had decided to straddle her thighs. Athena placed a couple of kisses on Fleur's face, feeling her cheeks moving to see that missed smile. Athena held her wife's face, just enjoying this beauty of hers.

"Brothers."

Fleur chuckled, running her hands on Athena's scars on the back, under her shirt as always.

"You could always come with me."

"Will Olivier be there? I am sure, Ava went back to Scotland."

Athena shut her eyes as she scrunched up her face, already knowing the answer. Fleur giggled softly at the reaction, her hands up to Athena's shoulder blades. The Silver-blonde couldn't believe how muscular her wife was because she hadn't been active as much as she was before.

Her back is like the Greek Gods had sculpted it with their hands.

"Please?"

"No Darling."

Athena let out a deep sigh, wrapping her arms around Fleur's shoulders as she engulfed her. Fleur let out a soft smile, not worrying about anything else as she traced the scars on Athena's back while both enjoyed the comfortable silence.

Athena played with the ends of Fleur's silky hair, not really wanting to leave her wife.

Oh, how the soft silky strands of hair glided over her fingertips, the rougher hands of Fleur's grazed her back which made her shiver slightly.

That reaction did not go unnoticed by the lovely Veela.

"What time are you supposed to meet?"

Fleur asked, knowing how much she wanted Athena to stay put.

"In 20 minutes."

"Athena..."

"5 minutes—I'm too comfortable."

The Brunette received a scoff from her wife because the Silver-blonde knew she would take longer than that. Especially when she is too comfortable like in this very moment.

"Are you sure, my Darling?"

"Nope."

"I will be leaving for dinner too."

"Hold on, if I didn't tell you about this, you would have stayed?"

"Mhm—or I would have brought you to see my teammates, seeing your mood."

—cutie patootie—

The first on Athena's mind after tossing her coat onto the sofa was to cuddle into her wife's warmth. Fleur did not know that Athena would be home earlier than she usually was, staying in their bed as she read her book. The door swung open which surprised Fleur but not as much as how hurriedly Athena crawled into her arms.

Fleur chuckled, waiting for her wife to find a comfortable spot on her chest before she could return to her book. Well, she just left the book unattended and did not worry about that. Only her wife was all she thought about.

"How was dinner?"

"Pretty good, yours?"

"Not bad but I think your food tastes better and they kept prying me about my lovely wife."

"Oh?" Athena smirked, raising her head slightly to have a better look at her wife. "And what did you say about this said lovely wife."

"That she is beautiful, caring and so on. The light of my life."

"Actually?"

Fleur chuckled in response and nodded while Athena really did have the biggest smile she ever had in the past few months. The blonde placed a few kisses on her wife's head, leaving her book on the nightstand. Athena went back to the comfortable position on her wife, placing a few kisses on her neck.

"You got tanned."

"Yeah, you just noticed?"

"Yeah."

Fleur gasped in response, looking down at Athena who had a little panicked look in her eyes, making her laugh instead.

"You have been tired, ma Cherie."

"I would have cancelled plans for the weekend but my brothers have been so excited."

"They had you their entire life and they know you will be late."

"But Frenchy—"

"They'll be fine."

Athena chuckled in response as she laid her still on Fleur's chest.

"Let me run you a bath."

"Can you—"

"Join you? Of course."

Athena went to the kitchen for some drinks while Fleur started with the bath. Fleur found her wife making drinks and snacking on fruits, she urged Athena to get comfortable in the bath while she did all the stuff.

"My lady." Fleur shrugged, with a tray of drinks and snacks.

"Why thank you, my beautiful lady."

Fleur set the tray on the water and charmed it to float in the air so they could just push it around. Athena watched closely as Fleur took off her clothes to join her in the bath as she said.

"Beautiful as always."

"Merci Beaucoup, ma Chérie."

Fleur whispered, getting into the bathtub and as always behind her wife.

Fleur ran her hands through Athena's hair and she could everything just leave her tensed body, leaving behind only comfort and warmth.

Athena played with the bubbles and annoyed Fleur with it. Fleur let out a deep sigh, massaging the top of Athena's neck and slowly moved down.

"You have a lot of tension in your muscles."

"I'm stressed and—"

"Exhausted, I know. You're lucky I'm your wife."

"Oh, I know. I wonder why I waited so long to have you as my girlfriend."

"We could have a year or two more together."

"Still would be just letters."

"No, I will get to see your lovely face more often—rather than thinking of it."

"Aw, you think of me," Athena teased, drawing circles at the edge of the tub as she leaned back onto her wife. The Veela scoffed in response, lightly whacking her shoulder.

"Who wouldn't?"

Athena smiled, leaning her head back which Fleur took the chance to kiss so softly, so slowly on the wet skin. It was instinct that Athena stretched her neck to give Fleur more skin for her to do whatever she wanted.

"Do you want to do anything, my Lioness?"

Athena chuckled in response, reaching back to hold the back of her wife's neck.

"I want nothing more than your kisses and warmth," Athena responded in a whisper, swirling the ice cube in her whiskey as Fleur fed her a strawberry. As much as she wanted to be fucked by her wife, she is completely exhausted and does not want to be a pillow princess.

Despite the fact that Fleur loves Athena being a pillow princess.

"Okay," Fleur whispered on her wife's skin, lips grazing her shoulder as she felt the scar that ran above her heart and up to her shoulder. She hated how and who placed it there but loved that Athena didn't hide it from her.

"I think we should finish up and go to bed."

"I was perfectly fine in bed."

"Dickhead."

Fleur washed Athena's hair as the Brunette just sat and let her wife be at her service. Athena, falling asleep, received the best hair wash and massage in her life. Better than the salons.

The Veela could feel her wife just slowly slip off to sleep, with the deeper slouch of her back and shoulders released of their tension.

"My Darling, a while more."

Athena hummed, returning to her previously tired but awake state, playing with her fingers under the water before caressing her wife's leg. Fleur proceeds to scrub Athena's back and notices a healing scar. She pressed against it and Athena straightened her back and turned to look her, questionably.

"Another scar?"

Athena shook her head and, "It wasn't that deep. Thrown across a forest then a very hard branch sticking out, sliced open."

Fleur winced as if she felt it herself, carefully around the healing scar.

At this moment, all Fleur wanted was to take her wife and run away anywhere as long as they were far enough from whatever hell the Dark magic was putting her wife and their families through. They would have gone to the Netherlands. The locals were so welcoming the last time they went on their honeymoon. Whether it was the muggles or the wizards.

They could be walking in Amsterdam they enjoyed pastries without a care in the world if they were not affected by him. They wouldn't need to worry about money since they are very well off. They wouldn't need to worry about losing a loved one.

They would love the late-night walks, and enjoying the last-minute pastry run. They would love the days at the beach, hiding in the shade as they had fruits. They would love the weekend camping.

It would have been a simple life.

But it will not.

It cannot be.

—nuh uh—