The proof that I'm the luckiest man (romione)
Tw: weight insecurities, pregnancy weight, implied suggestive actions.
Hermione was never bothered too much by her appearance. Apart from the accident with her buck teeth in her fourth year, she never really cared much about anything else.
She may not be the prettiest among the girls in her year but she never really gave a damn about it, she was always too focused on reading and studying (and Ron) to focus on anything else.
Her bushy hair, her dark skin, her thick eyebrows and her short form- the characteristics others always tended to comment on- she never cared for any of these. She was happy, she was married to the bravest and selfless man she knew -who made her feel like she was the prettiest woman who has walked on earth- a man who never found telling her when she was wrong bothersome, a man who blessed her with two beautiful children.
She was truly happy, even after a few weeks after her second was born, the weeks that Hermione and Ron forgot what sleep was, Hermione was so happy and peaceful, she was so in love with her husband, children and job.
So it was very confusing even to her as to why she started despising her body. Why she started hating the excess fat from her pregnancies,or the extra weight she gaining during the 9 months she carried her babies or the stretch marks that she earned because of it. She really didn't know why she hated her body so much.
Maybe it was because all the other women in her life, like fluer and Ginny, didn't have that excess fat -she thought bitterly- she knew she was overreacting, Ginny was a professional quidditch player and well fluer was... Fluer a veela, she was never not perfect even after two babies and soon her third one.
She must've been looking at her half naked form in the mirror for quite a while because she didn't notice her husband standing at the doorframe of their bedroom after he went to leave their children to his parents for the weekend.
He made a noise to make her notice him and hermione jumped. She turned to look at the man who made her the most happy she could ever be, the man hermione now wondered how she was so lucky to have by her side. The man who she knew even when they will start getting grey hair and wrinkles would still give her butterflies in her stomach.
He was incredibly handsome, he was tall and he had lost the scrawny body he possessed at Hogwarts thanks to all those years being an auror. His eyes we're the most magical blue she had ever seen in her life and she swore she fell for them everytime she looked at them.
He went behind her and hugged her much smaller- and fatter she thought bitterly-and put his lips on her temple. She immediately relaxed in his hold, it was unfair he made her melt like pudding just from a single touch.
"Whatcha doin there gorgeous" He mumbled through her bushy bun of hair as he eyed her like she was his last meal. She blushed madly and looked down at his hands that were rubbing her stomach. She gulped and took his hand on her own.
She licked her lips and tried to find an answer while trying to hold back tears she has been trying to hold for hours. How could he still find her beautiful?
As if reading her thoughts Ron frowned and turned her around to look at her. Or tried to at least because she had her head bowed.
" 'Mione? What's wrong? "He asked her and when she again didn't speak he gently put his hand under her chin and lifted her head to make her look at him.
The moment he saw her tear tracked cheeks he started panicking " Hermione? What happened? Are you hurt-" At that moment she shook her head and he immediately stopped talking.
"How can you still find me pretty? " She asked him in a low voice. Seriously she didn't even recognize her own voice, she must look ridiculous. "What? Darling what's wrong? What do you mean? " By the second Ron was getting more and more worried.
He had never seen his wife like that before, Hermione was the most strong willed woman he had ever met, she was bossy and straight forward and she was everything he ever wished for. And Merlin he had never heard his wife talking like that before.
Hermione must sensed his panick because she put her head on his chest, the way she always did when one of them had a nightmare because of the war. "It must sound ridiculous really but I just.. Why do you still find me gorgeous when my body is full of stretch marks? "
Ron blinked and tried to understand what his wife told him , she questioned his attraction to her? "... What" He asked he pulled back and Hermione looked at him.
"It's full of stretch marks and I have gained so much we-EEE RON" She squeaked in surprise when in one moment she was lifted from the floor like a feather and the next she laid in her and rons bed with him on top of her. Hermiones heart ached at the hurt look he gave her.
Without saying anything he kissed her forehead and then her cheek while stocking her hair lovingly. She felt so fragile and so protected at that moment she once again tried to hold back tears.
"There is nothing about you " He moved from her cheek to her collar bone and she shuddered "that I don't love Hermione" He looked at her and went back to kissing her entire body " I love your smartness, I love your hair"kiss "I love you being bossy and straightforward" a kiss on her bra covered chest "your eyes and smile" And then he stopped over her stomach and he looked at her.
Hermione looked back at him with fresh tears on her eyes but this time a blush and a smile accompanied them. "And this" He strocked her stomach softly as if it was made out of sand "this is the place were you made me the happiest man 'mione" He started kissing it "the place that you carried our gorgeous children" He stopped and went to kiss her nose.
She chuckled and put her arms around his neck "don't think you aren't beautiful sweetheart, because my eyes are only on you and noone else" With a final kiss on her lips he grinned at her.
Hermione snorted and wondered how she ever forgot that she married the most honest man in the world "sorry honey I guess the lack of sleep got to me " At that Ron wiggled his eyebrows and Hermione raised hers "you know... It only been about half an hour since I dropped the kids to my parent's"
"We still got about 47 hours alone, reckon we use it wisely? So I can remind you of how much I'm attracted to you aaand remember what a bath without a toddler and a newborn is like? " Hermione laughed and responded "only if we remember what sleep is after this " Ron grinned and kissed her on the lips "deal"
(A/n: sadly I know many women and uterus holders who struggle with their weight, and I have seen many more struggling with the weight they gained after pregnancy, no matter the weight you have you are a beautiful human being and there is nothing about you that you should change and even if you want to then take your time sweetie, you can do it ❤)
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