#convonick

[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

A Question | 1971 | Nicolet

Violet wasn’t sure anyone was allowed to be as happy as she was. She’d been out of school for a while now, and working at Ogdens. Slowly but surely she was learning the ropes of the company, and her father was giving her more responsibility. Within the next two years she would be in charge, with her fathers oversight of course but she would be the head of the company. But work wasn’t the sole reason she was so happy, but everything in her life just felt right, mainly, Nick.

They’d been dating a few years now, and Violet still felt like she was in the first few weeks of dating him whenever they were together because she still got butterflies, and could never wipe her smile from her face. Of course when they were leaving school Violet had been worried that things between them might change. And things had changed, but they had changed for the better, which she hadn’t believed possible but they had. She was head over heels in love with him.

She knocked on the door of Nick’s flat, and brushed down her skirt, he’d told her they were going on a date night. This wasn’t uncommon, but she always loved getting a little dressed up and making an effort. When the door opened she grinned, leaning forward and giving him a quick kiss “ ’Lo love”

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[emmy-vance]

Placement | 1978 | Nick + Em

Being an Auror was what Emmeline had wanted to be ever since she learnt what they were. They ‘fought the bad people’ is what her Mother told her when they passed a few in uniform when she was little, which made Emmeline’s eyes wide with admiration. Fighting the bad people is all Em wanted to do, and when she got older. She did. Though it may have been in different ways to what she originally thought as a six year old. She had become an activist, participating in as many protests as she could, both in the muggle and magical world. Though she had found a tendency to get over-zealous, and had ended up being arrested a few times by both wizards and muggles. 

Had getting arrested deter her from her goal of becoming an Auror? Not in the slightest. She had worked incredibly hard in her NEWTs and on the Quidditch team, both getting her in the best shape possible so that when she took the exam for the Auror Academy, she had passed with flying colours. And today was her first day on placement, she was finally going to have a mentor and get to experience. She had been given a room number for her Mentor at the Ministry, and though she had gotten a little lost, she had allowed for that, and arrived at the office right on time. Knocking a few times on the door, she waited until she heard someone yell out before opening the door. Surely not. There, sitting behind his desk, was the Auror that had arrested her last year at the Protest for Peace. She couldn’t help the small smirk that was creeping onto her lips when she spoke “Uh Hello?” she said, stepping inside.

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[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

Trials and Tribulations | AU | Nicolet

The house was a lot more empty now. Of course in the literal sense, but emotionally too, Violet was tired of it. The bickering that had once been fun and light hearted, now just got on her nerves and felt far less funnier than it used to. She and Nick were barely home together anymore, and when they were, a lot of the time Nick was tired from the Academy, and Violet had work that she brought home. They rarely had those silly little nonsense conversations that used to make her smile, because they didn’t really know each other anymore. 

Violet knew Nick wasn’t going to be the one to end it, and she didn’t want to, but she had to. They weren’t working. So she’d packed her things, and moved them to Alice’s for the time being, until she got a flat of her own. She was going to just leave, but she knew he would never forgive her for that, and part of her still hoped that maybe he would convince her she was making a mistake, so she sat on the couch, in a very bare room, waiting for him. She’d taken what was hers, nothing more, nothing less.

Six O’Clock, He was meant to be home. Six-Thirty, still not home. Seven. Seven-Fifteen. Violet could feel her temper bubbling, and it was reminding her of another reason that it wasn’t working. The coming home late with no warning or explanation. “Oh for- this was stupid” she huffed, getting off the couch and grabbing the last of her things, she should have just left rather than waiting for him.

And then the door finally clicked open.

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[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

Bun In The Oven | 1972 | Nicolet

Vi had been at Alice’s when she found out. Her heart was beating a million miles a minute, which couldn’t be good for her, seeing as she now knew she was pregnant. Pregnant. She’d rushed home as soon as she could, thinking maybe Nick would be there, but he wasn’t. Which after a few moments she realised was probably a good thing. If he had been, she’d have just blurted out the news, and she wanted it to be special, perfect even. 

So she started cooking, Nick’s favourite dinner. Vi had to put the thought out of her mind as much as she could, because her hands were shaking with excitement. They were going to have a baby. They hadn’t necessarily been trying, but they weren’t not trying either. So she shouldn’t really have been as surprised as she was, but it had caught her off guard, it wasn’t even something that Vi had been thinking about. 

It wasn’t too long before Vi heard movement in the house, and knew Nick was home, Her heart picking up again at the thought of telling him. “Hello?” she called out “I’m in the kitchen!”

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[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

Off Duty | 1969 | Nicolet

Violet had been officially dating Nick for about eight months, and she had never been happier. Something about her changed when she was with him, and it wasn't her competitiveness. He genuinely made her feel special in just the smallest moments, and she hoped he felt the same, because she thought he was amazing. More than that, she thought he was everything. Which was remarkable seeing as she used to think he was one of the most annoying people she knew. 

 What she also appreciated was how the McKinnon family had so quickly and so happily accepted her. Not that she had expected them to shun her or anything like that, it was just that she didn't expect to essentially be welcomed so quickly into the family. She wasn't sure if Nick had brought girls home before her, he probably had, but she didn't care, because he was hers. And whenever she was with him she felt right. 

 The two of them had only just finished school as well, they were finally free. And thoroughly enjoying it. For the first time in a few years before Nick started at the Auror Academy and Violet started at the business, they didn't have to study, or do practice exams, or plan around tutor sessions. They could just relax and enjoy themselves. Violet had been coming over for Sunday Brunch every week, sometimes her brothers came too. She liked when her brothers came, because for some reason Marlene didn't seem to be the biggest fan of Violet since she and Nick started dating. This Sunday her brothers had come and before brunch had even started the kids were all outside playing Quidditch with Richard, which meant Nick and Vi could be off watch out duty for a while. She lay on Nicks bed and flicked through one of the Quidditch magazines he had "Do they have Quidditch teams at the Academy? For fun?" She asked curiously. @nicholas-mckinnon

[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

Caught In The Middle | 1979 | Nicolet

Vi stepped out of the office “Yeah Alright see you tomorrow David” she called before closing the door and pulling her cloak tight in the cold air. She had to get home so she could go and pick up Matt and Holly from Marlene’s. Both her and Nick had been called into work and it had been a little too late to call a babysitter. She didn’t like leaving her kids without one of them around but sometimes it was unavoidable, and it wasn’t the end of the world. Especially now that most of Nick’s siblings and Tiberius were out of school and could look after them with little complaint. Even so she wanted to get home. 

She felt it before she heard it, the force of an explosion throwing her against one of the hard brick walls with a huge bang and she fell to the ground. Smoke filled the air and glass shattered from it’s frames in all the shop windows around her. She could hear screaming, people were running. Vi knew that she had to get up, get home. But her ears were ringing and she couldn’t find her balance whenever she tried. 

She could feel something warm trickling down her face, her hand moved up to feel it, and when she looked she saw the blood. It must have been from the wall, a cut above her eye. She couldn’t feel if it was bad or not. Vi was already aching and she could tell she was injured, but that wasn’t her priority. She had to get out and get home to her kids. To Nick. Gritting her teeth she pulled herself up and took out her wand just in case, not sure if the person who had caused the explosion was still around, or if they had company. She went to take a step but quickly sat back down, she was too disorientated. Now she just had to pray that whoever had done this wasn’t still around.

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[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

Nobody Needs To Know | Nicolet AU |

AU: Nick and Violet got divorced after a few years of marriage, the war had taken a strain on their relationship that they couldn’t work through. Both remarried a few years later, keeping in touch a little for Matt’s sake whenever they swapped custody for the week. Through these meetings, they grow a little closer, and eventually start having an affair.

A business trip. Thats what Violet had told Gideon, A trip to visit Ogden’s Old Firewhiskey suppliers in France. ‘Only a weekend Gid, It’s just for work’ that’s what she’d said. Only that wasn’t the truth, at least not her reason for visiting France in the first place. She was going with Nick, her ex-husband. 

In a way it didn’t feel like cheating, she could convince herself of that if she tried hard enough. Because it was Nick, she had been in love with him once, she had been married. She was married to him before she married Gideon. That way of thinking didn’t get her far though, because then she imagined him finding out and she felt as though her stomach flipped inside out. Until she was with Nick again, and she couldn’t think of anything else but him. She stood on the balcony of the flat they had rented for the weekend, trying to get her thoughts straight, but they were just getting more and more tangled by the minute.

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[violet-ogden-mckinnon]

For The Facade | Royal AU | Nicolet

Modern Royal AU: Nick and Violet are from two different countries and were arranged to marry to solidify the alliance between them. In public they are the perfect couple and the public loves them, in private they do not get along and fight/bicker constantly. 

Two weeks. Thats how much longer Violet had until she was going to become Mrs Nicholas McKinnon. And there was nothing she wanted less. And it wasn’t even as if she could enjoy her final two weeks of being herself alone, because in the lead up to this incredibly large wedding, there was a frustratingly larger amount of press, and appearances, and galas, and fundraisers. When she was a child, Violet of course imagined getting married to a Prince, it was expected of her, but she imagined a Prince Charming. Not the childish and stubborn man that she was engaged to. 

The worst part was she had to live in his palace as well, so he was everywhere. She had had to leave her country, because the Crown Prince couldn’t move outside his own country, which meant she had already been stuck there for a month. At least she had been able to bring her best friend Alice, and some of her family was staying, with the rest coming for the ceremony. 

Today they had another appearance at a charity, Violet was ready, because they were supposed to be leaving. And like usual Nicholas wasn’t in the parlour yet where they were supposed to meet. So she sat in one of the armchairs with her feet up over the side, staring at her engagement ring. Which in her eyes was just a beautiful version of a shackle. Tying her down. Finally the door swung open “Prince Nicholas McKinnon” the attendant announced, to which she rolled her eyes “Thank you George, but I knew who it was.” she said, adjusting herself in the chair so she was sitting in a ladylike position, as she had been trained to. “You do realise you’re meant to be here five minutes early” she said to Nick, standing up and fixing her dress to look presentable for the photographers that were bloody everywhere as soon as the pair stepped outside of the doors.

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