SAVIOR IN YELLOW
ron weasley x f!hufflepuff!beater!reader oneshot
― when a rogue bludger rockets towards the crowd, you dive in and abandon the game just to protect a stranger
― fluff
― 1.6k words
― warnings: none
― requested by @readingkitty
― i thought your request meant for ron to be in the stands, but you may have wanted him to actually be on the pitch? idk, but either way i hope you enjoy!
masterlist // the request
Both you and Ron had been waiting for this upcoming game for the entire week, but each for different reasons.
As always, you were yearning for the next opportunity to feel the rush of a game. The atmosphere was unmatched. Even the ache of your arms on the day after the match was something you'd grown to enjoy.
Whereas Ron simply wanted to watch you; the best player of all the Hogwarts Quidditch teams. Despite not knowing you, he would count himself as one of your biggest fans.
When Quidditch season approached, you were always the talk of the school. It was even rumoured that professional teams were keeping their eye on you. But you never let any of that get to your head, which was something that Ron admired greatly.
No matter how many times Ron tried to pluck up the courage to exchange even a few simple words with you, he could never bring himself to do so. Harry always teased him for backing out at the last moment every time.
Now as you stood in the changing rooms, checking that your gloves were on properly for the fifth time in the last minute, you couldn't help but feel an impending sense of doom.
Something inside of you was screaming to you that something was going to go wrong.
You hadn't felt such unease caused by a quidditch match since the dementors invaded the pitch in your third year.
Still, when your captian yelled for you to leave the changing rooms and get ready to play, you swallowed your worries and put on a smile.
"Ready, Y/n?" your beater partner asks.
"Of course." you smirk back, taking your bat from them, "Are you?"
"Ready as I'll ever be." they spoke through a tight-lipped smile.
"Then let's not keep the people waiting. I want to beat these Slytherins as quickly as we can."
Your fellow beater nodded, and together you stepped out onto the pitch with a broom in one hand and a bat in the other.
The second that your boot touched the grass, cheers erupted from all around the stadium. You smiled and waved at everyone, but smirked cheekily at the silent Slytherins on the far side of the stands.
It wasnt long before Madame Hooch was blowing the whistle that announced the start of the match. Instantly, your attention was captured by the bludger and nothing else. All you needed to focus on was that heavy black ball.
Ron, however, could only focus on you. Not the chasers scoring point after point, not the seekers stretching their arms out towards the snitch - only you.
From the way your robes flapped in the wind, to the way you swung your arm to protect your teammates - he noticed and admired it all.
The bludgers were soaring through the air, almost as if they were teasing you. It seemed like they was purposefully avoiding you, or taunting you by staying just out of your reach.
If you blinked, you'd lose track of one. Today the black balls felt more illusive than the snitch.
And if that wasn't difficult enough, the Slytherin players were cheating and shoving like they usually would. More times than once, a chaser slammed directly into you and didn't get fouled for it.
"Y/N! BLUDGER!" your teammate screeched.
Just in time, you managed to dodge out of the way instinctively. There was no way you'd be able to deflect that with your bat.
But the bludger didn't stop. It kept rocketing off in the same direction with no sign of slowing down.
Your eyes widened when you realised that it was heading straight for the Gryffindor's section of the stands.
Instantly, you sped straight after the rogue bludger. You had to abandon your position on the field, but other students were in danger.
"This bloody ball has to be hexed." you think to yourself. It was faster than usual, yet didn't change it's path.
Your heart was hammering so loudly in your ribcage that you didn't hear the alarmed screams of the Gryffindor students that were now diving out of what was soon to be the crash site of the bludger.
One lone person was yet to move, a dazed-looking ginger stood staring up at you, seemingly unaware of the danger he was in.
There was no more time left. With one final attempt to stop the bludger in it's tracks, you press yourself against your broom and swing your bat in the direction of the ball.
Luckily, your bat deflected the bludger away from the lone boy at the last moment with a heavy thud.
Ron stared up at you, shocked that you had left your position on the field just to protect him. He didn't know what to say, all he could do was let his mouth hang open in awe.
"Are you alright?" you ask breathlessly, still hovering above the stranger.
His silence gave you a chance to take in his appearance. He was rather attractive, seemingly pretty tall and lean. You were close enough to him that you could even see a few freckles adorning his reddening cheeks.
When he didn't answer, a bushy-haired girl appeared beside him and answered for him, "He's okay, don't mind him. Thank you for getting that bludger away from him!"
You nod back in response, but make a note to check on the boy later. He seemed shaken up, and you felt some sort of responsibility to make sure that he was safe and unharmed.
The match ended with Hufflepuff winning by a small margin of only twenty points. Instantly after you'd dismounted your broom, thousands of people had flooded onto the pitch to congratulate your team.
Notably, the Slytherins stayed sitting where they were, not moving a muscle. All they could do was scowl at the rest of the students that were having a good time.
After high-fiving what could've been the hundredth person to approach you, you started looking around for the ginger boy you saw earlier.
You spotted him on the edge of the crowd rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet awkwardly. His face seemed to light up when you met his eyes.
He waved weakly, as if he wasn't sure that you were looking at him in particular. Part of you wanted to chuckle at his shyness, but you found it somewhat endearing.
You had to force your way through the crowd to approach him, and only then did you see the bushy-haired girl and another boy standing by his side.
The moment you opened your mouth to speak, the brunette grabbed the hand of the other boy with a smirk and pulled him away from you. This left you and the ginger boy standing alone on the edge of the quidditch pitch.
"Hey," you start hesitantly. Being this close to him made you unnaturally nervous, "I just wanted to see if you're okay after earlier on."
He continued staring at you in disbelief for a moment, "What, so you just remembered my face?"
"Of course I did! It's not like I have a name to go off of." you add, hinting for him to properly introduce himself.
Thankfully, he took the hint, "Right, I'm Ron. Ron Weasley."
"Well Ron Weasley, I'm Y/n L/n. How are you feeling after almost getting flattened by a bludger during your free period?" you ask, almost teasingly. Your nervousness had shifted into calmness all of a sudden.
"Thanks to you, I'm alright." he smiled back.
"I just wish I knew why it did that. I've never seen something like that happen before."
Ron scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, "My friend said that she heard someone admit to hexing the ball to get back at me for something I did to their potion project last week. Sorry for making you do all of that extra work."
"It was nothing." you laugh it off, but internally cringe at how big-headed you sounded.
Thankfully Ron didn't seem to mind, if anything he just seemed more encapsulated by you, "Yeah." he breathlessly agrees.
You hesitate for a moment, feeling slightly flustered under his wistful gaze, "I'm glad to see that you came out of that unscathed though."
Ron sensed your uncertainty, and it seemed to shift onto him too. You noticed him fiddling with the hem of his shirt.
Finally he spoke up after taking a deep breath, "Would you maybe want to go to Hogsmeade with me next weekend?"
You were in shock, and you were sure that that shock was present on your face.
"Of course you don't have to! Sorry, yeah, you don't know me at all, that was weird." he started to ramble.
You managed to cut him off by placing a hand on his bicep, "Ron, relax. I'd love to."
His face instantly broke out into a grin that stretched from ear to ear, "Really?!" he exclaimed gleefully.
"Of course! I'd love to get to know you." you reply, matching his grin with one of your own.
Interrupting the moment of bliss, your fellow beater yelled for you to join them in the changing room to get ready for the Hufflepuff celebrations back at the dorms.
With one final smile to Ron, you start to leave the pitch, "Oh, pick me up at the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room!" you call out over your shoulder.
The second your back was turned, Ron punched the air in his own form of celebration.
It was safe to say that neither of you could wipe the grins off of your faces for the rest of the night.
















