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hugo-grangerweasley·:

“You couldn’t capture all these good looks anyway.” Hugo chuckled, trying to joke along. He didn’t really know why he’d thought going over to chat to Skye had been a good idea. They were in the same house, sure, but they weren’t exactly mates. But he’d heard about her mum, everyone had, and he’d figured that maybe she’d want a non-judgemental ear. Could he offer that? He could try.

“So… how are you?”

Skye smiled at him, happy to see that he was at least making an effort to pretend he didn’t know all about her mother’s problem. It didn’t matter that she was out of the house now, living with Ben. Families in the wizarding world cared so much about where people came from. Everyone would now see her as the girl with the drunkard mother.

“Oh, you know,” she shrugged, waving her hand nonchalantly as if to wave off his question. “I’m just trying to ignore half the population at this school. It’s been a really... fun week.”

#hugo;#convo;

Since the party, Skye had been, well, hiding. She didn’t really care much about what others thought of her mother - she had learned that her mother deserved what she got a long time ago. But she did care about the backlash that her siblings would receive because of it.

It was her first time out in the open, and she was sitting by the lake, sketching. She’d barely had any time to bask in the glow that was her marriage before going back to school and dealing with her family secrets coming to light, but here she was now. Swallowing, she looked up from her work, trying to smile as they approached. It was more like a grimace. “If you’re here to ask me to draw you, I’d better tell you now that I don’t do well sketching people,” she tried to joke, but her amusement fell flat.

#sdhqstarter #starter;

hazelmacdougal·:

“Fuck off! You have no right to say shit about my mother or my sister!” Hazel yelled at the other. “You know literally nothing.”

Skye came around, grabbing Hazel’s arm and pulling her back slightly. She leaned in, whispering in her sister’s ear. “Let’s just get out of here,” she said, shaking her head. “Fighting this is not going to make it better.”

#hazel;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

“That I can do,” Ben said and kissed her once more. He was sure that the same thoughts going through his mind were going through hers. That they were married, that they’d made it, that they belonged to each other and nobody could change that now. Nothing stood in their way, not a betrothal, not a parent who didn’t approve, not a past significant other.

Ben thanked the judge and took Skye’s hand and turned to their friends, obviously still grinning, “As you all know, we’ll be having drinks and cake and other foods at our house to celebrate. So… let’s go celebrate!” He raised their joined hands and everyone cheered. He couldn’t remember a time when he’d been this happy.

Their hands were intertwined and she couldn’t help but wrap her other arm around him, wanting to be as closer to Ben as she possibly could. She wanted to be near him forever, her husband. Her husband. The idea hadn’t even sunk in, really, that they had forgone so many formalities and just eloped. It was just as official as it would have been with a large ceremony, just sooner.

Leaning up on her tiptoes, she grinned and she turned his head and pressed another kiss to his mouth, breathing him in. Would she ever been this happy again? She was practically bursting at the seams. “I love you,” she said, not for the first or last time that day. And she meant it. Wholly.

#ben;#convo;#end?

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Ben and Skye the morning after their wedding. Taken by Cassandra, Spring 2023.

#skye;#ben;#pictures;#inspo;#about;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

Ben didn’t think he’d ever stop smiling, especially when Skye said those two words. He knew that she would say them but he still felt relief wash over him when she did. After everyone, a teeny tiny part of him thought that something wasn’t going to go according to plan. But this time it was exactly what he wanted and now he had a wife.

When the judge said they were legally man and wife, Ben moved forward to kiss her passionately even doing the very cliche thing of lifting her up and spinning her around as he did it. He couldn’t help himself. He had never felt so happy in his entire life. He could hear their family and friends who had come as witnesses clapping and he felt some petals land on him and wondered who had brought them. When he finished kissing her and put her back down, he was grinning ear from ear and trying to catch his breath, “Hello wife.”

Skye lost her breath as she felt more than saw Ben’s mouth fall onto hers, kissing her with a renewed passion that left her breathless. She laughed, surprised, when he picked her up, her arms wrapping tightly around his neck as she held on to him until he set her down on her feet. Her hands pressed into his chest, her smile mirroring hers, practically breaking her face in two with its wideness.

“Hi, husband,” she parroted, laughing with elation as it sunk into her brain that they were married. They were husband and wife. He was hers and she his and no one could take him away from her now. Her hands pressed into the fabric of his dress blouse and she moved up to her tiptoes, pressing her mouth to his once more. “Call me Mrs. Ollivander,” she teased, completely caught up in Ben; it was as if no one else in the room was there. She heard them clapping and someone cheering, but she didn’t even care at that point. Her and Ben were married.

#ben;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

“You better be able to, you’ll be one soon enough,” Ben said, grinning impossibly wider at the very thought. She was going to be his wife and he her husband. He had not expected this to happen until after she had left school but he was overjoyed that it was happening now. The waiting had been excruciating. For the both of them by the sounds of it.

Ben had just barely held it together while saying his own vows but as Skye said hers, the waterworks started. He let go of her hand for a brief moment, to wipe his eyes so he could actually see. He mouthed the words I love you as she finished and the judge spoke again, “Benjamin Ollivander, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedding wife from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part?”

“I do,” He said without hesitation though his voice cracked a little as he took the ring and placed it on her finger.

Skye held her breath as she listened to the judge speak, asking Ben the typical questions, ones that she knew he was going to answer with “I do.” When he did, the tears that had been welling up in her eyes fell over, and she smiled at him through her crying. Her heart was pounding in anticipation as the judge turned to her.

He repeated the words to her, albeit with a few changed words, and she did not have to be asked twice. Skye’s voice was strong when she answered. “I do,” she said, and she ginned even wider than before. She took the ring they had chosen for him - a band engraved with their initials - and slid it on his ring finger. This was it. They were married.

#ben;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

“Please don’t call me that,” Ben said back with a joking laugh before brushing past the comment as they got into the courthouse and began sorting out the paperwork. He looked around and shook his head, “No I really don’t think anyone will be surprised. I think my parents might be a little mad that we didn’t invite them. They’ll be happy but just prepare yourself for them wanting to throw another lavish party with all extended family and friends invited too,” He laughed but he wasn’t joking. He wished he was.

Fortunately they’d chosen a non-busy day to elope and it wasn’t a long wait to be brought in front of a judge with their witnesses. Though no vows were required for this kind of eloping, they had requested them anyway and when it was Ben’s turn, he was still grinning from ear to ear, “Skye, in the history of complicated relationships, ours is probably the most complicated. We’ve had so many ups and downs it’s almost unbelievable but despite all that, I knew that this day would eventually arrive. Maybe not the way we imagined it at first but this is perfect. I love you so much, more than anything in the whole world and I always have, and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life telling you that every single day.”

Skye almost felt guilty, bringing Ben into her family, where it was only her and her siblings. His parents had taken her in and made her feel welcome; Ben would never get that from her own parents. However, she told herself frequently that her father would have loved him, would have told Skye that she had chosen the perfect man for her. “I think I can handle an Ollivander invasion,” she teased, laughing softly.

It went rather quickly, at least, for Skye. The only time it slowed was when Ben started his vows. Her eyes glazed over, tearing up and spilling over onto her cheeks as she cried happily. When it was her turn, she had to take a moment to collect herself. Taking a deep breath, she looked directly into Ben’s gaze when she spoke. “The world has taken so much away from me. You know that. You’ve seen it yourself. You’ve experienced it with me.” She swallowed tightly. “But despite so being taken away, I was lucky to find that I never lost you. And this day, becoming your wife, it just proves to me that it will never happen. You will always be mine. And I’m standing here now to promise and prove to you that I ill always be yours. I can’t wait for the world to see me as Skye Ollivander, because I think that’s who I’ve always been.” Her laugh was watery. “I love you so much. I can’t really believe this is happening.”

#ben;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

The smile was not leaving Ben’s face, he didn’t think it would ever leave his face. He was just so happy that he was finally marrying Skye. Part of him was worried that something would go wrong, as so many things had in their relationship. There had been so many obstacles that they had to overcome. Now he just wanted this to run smoothly and then go home with his wife. His wife. He liked the sound of that.

“About marrying you? Never, babe,” Ben said as he squeezed her hand. He truly had never been so sure about anything, “Not exactly very romantic but have you got the documentation? Your birth certificate, I.D. and stuff?” He had done a lot of research on eloping since they’d agreed to do it. As they all walked inside, he looked over at her again, still grinning, “I can’t believe we’re finally doing this.”

Skye’s heart lifted and she couldn’t help but smile back at him, couldn’t help the feeling of elation that was practically lifting her off the ground. She was surprised gravity had the ability to hold her down at this point. She held him close, walking with him toward and into the courthouse. This was it; they were going to do this.

“I have everything. But thanks for worrying, Dad,” she teased, not even bothering to ask if he had all his stuff. He was always the more responsible one; she knew he had it all. Licking her lips, she laughed under her breath, shaking her head in utter disbelief. “Do you think anyone is going to be surprised that this happened?” she asked, though she knew the answer. “That we all but eloped?”

#ben;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

Ben waited just outside the courthouse. Some tradition had been insisted upon and they had gotten ready separately and arrived separately. Some of the guests they decided to invite, including his sister, stood by him and others were with Skye helping her get ready and driving her to the courthouse. He was wearing a plain suit, of which he straightened the tie nervously as they waited for his bride to be. Every time a car pulled up, he anxiously waited to see who would come out of it.

When Skye’s car finally did arrive, he grinned at the sight of her. It was only a simple white dress, not the big poofy ones that would normally be at weddings but that didn’t matter. She still looked beautiful, she always had to him no matter what she was wearing. As she approached him, he grinned widely at her, “Ready to do this?”

@skye-macdougal

She had been asked multiple days leading up to this moment if she was nervous, if this was what she wanted to do. And the answer was no, she was nervous. This was exactly what she wanted to do. This was exactly what she wanted. Ben was the only person in the universe made perfectly for her, and she was about to be his wife. She knew that was a little crazy, to be married at such a young age, but even as she drove up to the courthouse, there was no hesitation. She wanted this.

Skye’s breath was stolen when she got out of the car and saw Ben standing there. Despite the plainness of her white dress, he looked at her like he always did: as if she was the most beautiful women in the entire world. “I’ve never been more ready for anything,” she laughed out breathlessly, walking up to him and taking her hand into his own, their fingers intertwining tightly. Turning toward the courthouse, she began their way inside. “Having any second thoughts?” she asked, teasingly, knowing that Ben as just as committed to this as she was.

#ben;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

“Yes, other people,” Ben said, mirroring her smirk as he placed a hand on her back so he could flip them over without hurting her. He hovered over her, his hands placed on either side of her face and leaned down to kiss her, “No obstacles now though. Nothing between us or standing in our way.”

Skye’s hands moved and cupped Ben’s face, her body bending up towards his, urging him closer to her. “I’m going to be Skye Ollivander,” she laughed, almost unable to believe it as she kissed him again, this time with more meaning.

#ben;#convo;

veritynctt·:

“Well how are you going to get better if nobody brings you soup or any sort of healing potions?” Verity insisted. “Let me whip up one of each in the least, okay?”

“I was going to try and just ride it out. You know, the way some muggles do.” She sighed and pushed some hair out of her face, slightly aggravated by how crappy she felt. “Okay. But I’ll owe you.”

#verity;#convo;

rcsegrngrwsly·:

“So what about that hospital wing?”

“Fine, fine, you’ve convinced me,” Skye said, sighing. “I’ll go to the hospital wing, but if they try and make me stay there, I’m leaving.”

#rose;#convo;

bcnjaminollivandcr·:

“You are my safe place, my home,” Ben said smiling as he placed a hand on top of the one she had on his chest, “I like to think of it as made for each other rather than inevitable but yes. A part of me always knew that we’d find our way back to each other, no matter what, just as I knew that I would always love you. We just had some obstacles to get over first.”

Skye’s face hurt from the smile on her face. She couldn’t believe this was happening. She couldn’t believe they were going to be married. It was something that she had wanted for so long - a child’s dream turned reality. “Obstacles meaning other people,” she pointed out, smirking slightly.

#ben;#convo;

veritynctt·:

“I guess I could muster up some adoration just for you,” the other replied, cracking a grin before entering the room. “I’m sorry you feel like shit, babe.”

“Some? Why thanks,” Skye laughed, the sound turning into a cough. She sat up a little, letting it run its course before laying back down against her pillows. “You sure you want to risk this?”

#verity;#convo;

rcsegrngrwsly·:

“By the sound of it, we have not,” she shook her head.

“Damn it,” Skye groaned, leaning her head back. “Then yes, I definitely have the plague.”

#rose;#convo;

octxvixcolemxn·:

“No, you’re in love. Don’t make it sound like a bad thing,” Octavia said with a smile, “Nope, not yet. But I’ll let you know if that changes.”

“It’s definitely not a bad thing,” Skye laughed softly, shaking her head. Sighing, she curled up more in her bed.

#octavia;#convo;

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