Summary: Harry and Hermione aren’t used to how the Weasley family operates. However, the family is more than willing to welcome them in their own special way. (Happy holidays everyone! This is my fic for Squealing Santa, wonderfully run by @ticklygiggles as usual. And my fic is for...*drumroll*...@misssassyrox!! I hope you enjoy it.)
Being with the Weasley family felt like a completely foreign world to both Harry and Hermione. There was rarely a dull moment in the Burrow and it was a huge difference from their mostly quiet childhoods.
Harry was of course an only child, but he’d grown up with Dudley. That hadn’t exactly been a fun, loving dynamic, but rather a torturous one for Harry, and he actually preferred the solitude of his cupboard than being with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. It got boring, but he had his own imagination and the welcoming arms of sleep to distract him.
Hermione was also an only child, and she didn’t have many friends at school, and so she spent most of her days reading, sprawled on various surfaces in her home, and while her parents were amazing, they were more quiet and reserved.
And the Weasleys were anything but boring, quiet, or reserved. And while it was a change, it certainly wasn’t a bad one. It started small, and it started with Ron.
Ron was a great friend. He was caring, always checking in, and he really wanted Harry and Hermione to like his family and feel safe and welcomed in his home. He gave Hermione encouraging smiles when she talked about Muggle technology with his father, and he gave Harry playful nudges when his mother insisted that growing boys needed second helpings of every meal.
Mr. Weasley was an oddball, but his curiosity was endearing and innocent. Hermione could relate to his thirst for knowledge and was entirely willing to explain things to him, even offering to bring him some Muggle non-fiction books next time she visited. To say that Arthur was ecstatic would be an understatement.
Mrs. Weasley was the loving, overbearing mother figure that Harry never had, always urging him to take another helping during meals and offering to sew up the holes in his shirts. Her fussing made his cheeks flush, but it also made him feel a warmth which he’d never quite experienced.
And all the other siblings had their own quirks and traits which made them unique and loveable. Bill wasn’t able to visit that summer, too busy with work, but both Harry and Hermione had seen photos and heard stories. Charlie was the same story, although they had met him back during the whole Norbert fiasco in first year.
Percy was more reserved, but never outright rude or unkind. He sort of kept to himself, although he and Hermione shared a general love of knowledge, and had discussed which classes Hermione should consider signing up for.
Ginny was a sweetheart, and was finally getting used to Harry being around without blushing like mad. She and Hermione shared a room and it was a welcome change to have another girl around for them both.
But the most eccentric treatment both Harry and Hermione had experienced at the Burrow was from Fred and George. The twins showed their affections in less obvious ways, favoring teasing and pranks over hugs and deep conversation. They ruffled Harry’s hair, made Hermione lose the page in her book, and poked plenty of fun at their two guests.
Hermione found it mostly bothersome, although a small part of her couldn’t help but feel pleased that they liked her. She would huff, roll her eyes, and tell them to cut it out or she’d hex them the moment they were back at school, but there would be a small smile curling on her lips.
Harry didn’t fight back or show any annoyance, he simply took it like a champ, cheeks flushed beneath all the attention.
However, both Harry and Hermione felt strongly about one Weasley initiation.
Ron had poked at them both back at school, and made the mistake of jabbing Harry’s side in front of the twins, and chaos ensued.
“Well, would you look at that, Freddie,” George grinned.
“Seems the Boy Who Lived is a bit ticklish,” Fred replied, his grin matching.
Harry felt like he should run, but his feet were frozen to the floor. The twins were by him in seconds. Fred’s hands flew to his ribs, prodding between the bones. George scribbled his fingers over Harry’s belly, and the apparent savior of the Wizarding World collapsed to the floor in a heap of giggles immediately.
“Guys, don’t kill him,” Ron said.
“Would you rather we go for you?” Fred asked.
Ron’s ears turned red, a grimace on his face. “Sorry, mate,” he said, looking down at his helpless friend.
Any protest that Harry may or may not have had died on his tongue, too busy giggling to say a word.
Hermione rolled her eyes. “Honestly, Ronald. Are you two going to let him breathe?”
“Careful Granger, or we might switch our attention to you next,” George said.
She scoffed. “Unlike your brother, I’m not scared of something so childish.”
It was the wrong thing to say. While George continued to tickle Harry, Fred sprung up and grabbed Hermione around the waist, squeezing at her sides. Her annoyed demeanor immediately crumbled into a scrunched up smile, complete with bubbly laughter as she squirmed wildly in his hold.
Ron observed the situation and decided that neither of his friends were in dire need of his help. As someone who had been on the receiving end of tickle attacks from the twins, he could tell that Fred and George were holding back. George was barely holding Harry’s body down, lightly scratching his fingers over Harry’s stomach. And Fred had Hermione in a backwards hug, but his arms were loosely around her, and his squeezing was soft.
It made Ron smile fondly to see his brothers welcoming his two best friends in such a ridiculous, but oddly sweet way.
And when Harry eventually begged for mercy, and Hermione had effectively smacked Fred in the face by accident, the twins backed off, leaving their two newly initiated family members in breathless heaps on the couch.
It was a completely different world than they were used to, but neither of them were complaining.
Hello, everyone! Omg, I always say I won't host the event, but I can't RESIST. Anyway, we're starting super duper early this year! This is good for you and me since you have more time to sign up and I have more time to send your assignments~! Also this is my fourth year in a go! Call me Mia Santa LOL.
Anyway, as always, I invite you all to participate! It's so much fun, (even though I've only participated once HAHA), and it's so satisfying to get your own fic~ so please join!
Here are the rules that most of you know so very well:
In order to get a tickle fic, you must be willing to write a tickle fic for someone else.
Fics should be 250 words or more (if that sounds like a lot, don’t worry, it’s only about a page double-spaced).
Fics should be based on prompts given by the person you are writing for.
When you sign up, include 1-5 loose prompts - can be as simple as a fandom, a pairing, a character, a scenario, or a combination of those things.
Once sign-ups end, I’ll send out assignments and you’ll have until the end of December to finish your fic and send it to the person you’re writing for. In turn, your writer will post a fic for you by the end of December! No one will know who is writing whose prompts until the fics are posted, because surprises are fun!
Here is what I will need from you:
An ask, submission, or message telling me what fandoms/pairings you’re willing to write for.
An ask, submission, or message listing 1-5 prompts (can be specific or vague, whatever you want) for me to give to the person assigned to write for you.
Make sure you have your askbox or messages open, because I’ll need to communicate with you at some point to let you know who you are writing for!
IF YOU ARE ANON: you must include a tumblr url or email I can contact you at. I promise I won’t give it out to anyone, I just will need a way to contact you over the course of the exchange!
SIGNING UP: I already said we’re starting early this year, so you will have until Wednesday, October 13th to sign up! After that, sign-ups will be closed! I think that’s enough time for me to do the assigments and then for you to write your fic!
Also: when you sign up I will send you a confirmation ask/email/whatever, so if you don’t receive that, contact me! (I want to make sure no one gets left out due to tumblr eating asks or something similarly dumb.)
Also also: If you are willing to write another fic in case of need, please let me know when your submit your information! That would be of great help!
I hope you can join the event this year and have a blast! Then, I’ll be waiting for you all to sign up!
I didn't make a post before, I apologize! Sooo, the event has come to an end *clap, clap, clap* 🥳 as always, it was super fun to host it and I was really happy to see people that join the event year after year 💕 I'm always happy to see you all.
Also, I was happy too because we got new writers during the year and some of them joined the event!
I hope you all have a good time!
On the sad part, there are still people that haven't received their fic and I APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY, I always feel like a big failure when this happens, BUT you will definitely get your fic, even if it's a little late 😔
Thank you all for having me last year as well, I'm happy all of you were satisfied with the event and all~
Aaaand I hope you all have an amazing year! Thaaaank you~ 🥰
Hmmm I kinda want to participate this year in the Squealing Santa, I participated last year but I just wrote a fic and didn't get one in return hehe, BUT isn't it like unfair to participate?
Hello everyone~ after all the craziness that comes with Christmas season, I'd like to first wish you all a belated Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful time this year!
Second, I'd like to remind you all that your Squealing Santa fic should be posted before January 1st, so you all have until December 31st to post it, please have that in mind!
Third, I haven't gotten the chance to reblog all the Squealing Santa fics that were posted during Christmas, but I will be doing so very soon! I promise I'm not ignoring you~
I thiiink that's pretty much it, keep enjoying the holidays, everyone!
Aaaaaaa if you guys post your Squealing Santa fic and I haven't reblogged (? it, please let me knoooow, I forgot to tell you all to tag me in your fic ; - ;) thank you~
