heaven helps those

victor krum. twenty-six. quidditch seeker.

[viktcrskrum]

thoughtnott​:

❐

The phrase brought a bitter laugh out of Theodore. One he would have been able to stifle in he hadn’t drank so much. Instead, he let the sound pass from his lips before bringing the cigarette up to his mouth again. A long drag later, relying on the nicotine to center himself even as it only pushed him towards tipsy dizziness, he spoke. “Yes. I think I will.” In front of both of them were fresh drinks and he had already announced his plans to leave but Theo didn’t budge. “I would ask if I the end of the engagement means I would see you more around their flat but it’s unlikely that I’ll be spending any time there.” Viktor and Astoria. It had been a question on his mind, a problem that didn’t make much sense to him. Not unlike how he and Daphne had fit together without reason. The only constants were the Greengrass sisters then. “Their mother and father are not this strange.” He murmured to himself, still unable to grasp why the sisters had chosen the two of them.

“I have heard, but that vould probably be a yes. In case you did come by the flat ever again.” Viktor watched Theo as he seemed to settle more into the booth, the cigarette indicating that there was probably more he wanted to say or think about. Knowing Theo however, Viktor did not think he would be quick to voice them out loud. “I ‘ave heard they are quite overlooking when it comes to Astoria, and maybe sometimes looking too much. Daphne, she does as she pleases. That might be a little strange to me.” Would that help Theo come to terms with his raging thoughts? Not likely, it seemed as if it was only a problem he himself could figure out.

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astoriacgreengrass​:

“It does.” Her lips pressed together to a smile she gave him a small nod. She was surprised by how much had missed him while he was in Bulgaria, Astoria found herself wondering about what he was doing or if he was well many a time. They had written a few letters, but with her still being engaged to Draco she had to be conscious of that. Hopefully by the new year she’d be a free woman. “I would feel much more comfortable than at the Leaky Cauldron for example.” She did not want to worry about people listening in to their conversations, even if they did not say anything that could be considered wrong, she valued both his and her privacy. 

Astoria went ahead as they got into the gallery, bringing him to her favorite painting first and explaining the history behind it, giving more detail than the leaflet they had gotten did. She was an avid reader of art history. She had been talking about the same painting for a while until she realised that he must be bored to listen to her talk so much. “I apologise, we can move on to the next painting if you would like.”

“Only if you’re finished, I like hearing what you have to say.” While the topic might not be the most interesting to Viktor he’d still go through endless days of her rattling on about paintings. It was always fun and interesting to hear the backstory behind art that may not make sense to the viewer and it was a nice change hearing Astoria being so chatty. He wouldn’t dare interrupt her or tell her to stop when she was so excited. 

Overtime it might even peak the same interest in him as it did for her. Plus he was sure she’d sit through him screaming at quidditch matches so he only owed her the same curtesy. “We might ‘ave to be kicked out though if you’re so knowledgable about all these paintings. Vat is your favorite fact about this one?” he asked pointing to an interesting portrait nearby. He moved closer to the painting dragging Astoria along with him as he took her hand again.

END.

[viktcrskrum]

thoughtnott​:

❐

Theodore was stuck. Had he truly ruined all of his relationships but his one with Viktor. Maybe Gabrielle would still talk to him if she hadn’t heard the rumors of how cruel he had been that were bound to be swirling around. “They were fine.” He mumbled, taking his terrible mood out on Viktor. Theo pushed the fresh drink across the table before picking up his new glass. “I’m sorry. I…” He trailed off, pulling his pack of cigarettes out and immediately lighting one. “I think I made the wrong decision getting to know Daphne in the first place. I should go.”

“Even things that end badly have a purpose,” Viktor simply responded. He wasn’t sure if that’s what Theo wanted to hear but it was something Viktor’s own mother liked to tell him every time he sulked about something. “You might not see it now but do not be too hard on yourself. Owl me again if you would like to chat. It was good to see you.”

[viktcrskrum]

viktor krum & theodore nott

On the other hand Viktor liked Theo personally, and had thought the kid had a level head. Maybe less so after this whole thing but there must have been some reason behind it all.

@thoughtnott

[viktcrskrum]

viktor krum & astoria greengrass

It had seemed laid back and homey and he could instantly see that she wasn’t like many other pureblood girls he was used to, most noticeably her sister. In fact, she seemed everything in the opposite. “It’s not rude to admit how you feel,” he told her.

@astoriacgreengrass

[viktcrskrum]

viktor krum & gabrielle delacour

“You’re just trying to kill me now. I vill tell Fleur, tell ‘er you’re bullying me. Ponies don’t even make sense, running, running makes sense.”

@gabriellexdelacour

[viktcrskrum]

fleurisabelleweasley​:

*

“Merlin, I hope so too. I theenk that’s why she does it so much now. She definitely knows it bothers us.” Fleur murmured, her eyes narrowing at her daughter. Victoire was far too smart for her age. She picked up on all of the small things. Fleur was sure that she’d gotten her rowdiness from her father’s side of the family. Victoire got her sass from her mother, however. 

She nodded, listening as Viktor spoke, a small smile on her face at her daughter who was continuing to use Viktor as her own personal jungle gym. “That sounds lovely. I’m sure they were happy to see you.” Victoire squealed when they mentioned her sibling and she jumped up and down excitedly. “She’s excited.” 

Viktor never had siblings himself so he wasn’t too familiar with the dynamic. Sure he’d had close friends growing up, spent hours over at their house but ultimately at the end of the day he always returned home alone. Siblings sounded fun, he was sure Victoire would be a great older sister. 

“Any news about a name or a gender?” he asked. “It should ve fun having another little one. As long as Victoire doesn’t teach them how to scream at the top of their lungs.” He reached down to bop the little girl on the nose as she attempted to climb all over him. “A second should be easier?”

[viktcrskrum]

thoughtnott​:

❐

A month. Theodore had only been back a week but a whole month had gone by and Draco couldn’t even find the time to open his mouth and inform him of the news of his broken betrothal. He knew he had been in a sorry state since returning, barely able to put up with his own problems regarding anyone with the last name Greengrass, but he could have taken a step back for a moment. “He didn’t.” There could be an armful of reasons Draco kept quiet about this, not including his own need to never speak up about what was bothering up. Instead of dwelling, Theo ordered another drink for himself and Viktor as he quickly finished his own.

 Maybe that had been a worse decision than talking about Daphne. Theo hardly responded to what news Viktor had told him and the older man wondered if he stepped on a landmine. He knew that Theo and Draco were friends, hell they lived together, but he wasn’t sure about the dynamics of their relationship. Viktor had never cared enough to try and think about how Malfoy acted around people he actually liked. Guess he was cold to them as well. “Sure he just vanted to forget about it. I think we all do. How vere your travels? I ‘ave always wanted to travel but never had the time for it. I am jealous.”

[viktcrskrum]

arthur-percivalweasley​:

“I am almost 90% positive.” He said with a nod. It definitely didn’t look like it would explode or like anything would just randomly pop out at you. He had definitely had both of those things happen to him with Muggle objects. Probably best not to mention it, Krum looked nervous.

“Not a clue.” He said happily, “I’ve only had it a few hours. Quite the wild time, though. Lots of fun.”

==

“Do they use it for transportation?” Viktor asked, circling back to his earlier thought. Now that they had gotten past the issue of it being dangerous Viktor was curious about the contraption. Would Astoria like something like this? He knew she worked under Arthur but he supposed that the older man had probably already told her about it. 

Well actually he’d only had it for a few hours so maybe not. Viktor couldn’t imagine the younger Greengrass to want to hop onto something like this though. That seemed out of her character. “Vere did you get it?”

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astoriacgreengrass​:

Astoria smiled when he agreed to meet with her next week. “Wonderful. We could meet at my apartment?” She felt less nervous when she was in her own space rather than in public and having strangers eyes on her. Of course she rarely felt completely at ease, but she felt her anxiety was significantly less. She did not think about the implications of having him at her place yet, too innocent to jump to such thoughts or conclusions. 

When he took her hand into his she felt this nervous rush of excitement, her eyes drifting to their hands for a moment. It felt right. Even holding hands wasn’t something she was familiar with, but it didn’t make her uncomfortable. Astoria had forgotten that there would be other people at the gallery until now, but she made no motion to remove her hand from his, she just hoped that the engagement would be broken off by next week, so that they could meet freely without the fear of being judged by others around them. “I think most people are at the festival now anyways, so we should be good.”

“That sounds great.” Viktor’s own apartment was a mess right now so he was grateful when Astoria offered to meet at her place. He’d been there a few times and it would probably be easier for her to show off her paintings if she didn’t have to move them very far. Though he hoped Daphne wouldn’t be looking over their shoulder the whole time. “Perfect, it will make it easier to talk.”

He wasn’t sure of the etiquette around art galleries since he didn’t go to them often. He’d been to art museums and art galleries would be the same would they not? Did you have to stay sillent at galleries? Could you purchase any of the art? Viktor was pretty sure he’d heard something about that before. Astoria would surely tell him if he did anything wrong. It was with these questions that they entered and Viktor waiting on Astoria this time to lead the way.

[viktcrskrum]

thoughtnott​:

❐

Theo coughed in surprise, the drink he had been consuming going down the wrong way. “What?” He asked, glass put down and napkin to his lips as he tried to maintain some sort of polite decorum. “When did that happen?” He knew it was rude to question Viktor more on the subject but this was all news to him. Draco and Astoria had been engaged for such a long time and the Malfoy’s weren’t one to throw at opportunity to get higher up in society away. “Who broke it off?”

“The end of the engagement? I believe it vas last month,” Viktor replied. Both he and Daphne had come back from their trips around the same time so it was easy to remember the timeline of things. It was also easy because Viktor didn’t do much day to day besides practice so there were many big events to keep track of. “Daphne vent to France and convinced their mother’s side of the family to speak to their parents. Then they went to the Malfoy’s and broke it off from what I know of. Did Malfoy not tell you?”

[viktcrskrum]

oliverdwood​:

“Then the one whose skills are transferable to another position will play another position. I’ll figure something out if it comes to that. And they should be able to play multiple positions so they can adapt to whatever position will be open at Hogwarts.” He waved it off. He already figured this out in his head. The oldest one would be a chaser or a keeper, and and the youngest would be the seeker because if they played three against three the seeker could sit out the game. It was perfect. “You’re moving at a snails pace, Viktor. You have to risk things in order to get a reward. I’m not saying you have to get married like Katie and I did, but man up. Have you asked her out on a proper date yet?”

“I’m just trying to make sure that I do not step over any lines. Do not need an article by Rita Skeeter talking about some betrothal scandal making the front pages,” Viktor explained. He also didn’t want anyone else using their relationship as a way to blackmail them or make Astoria feel bad. It was better to be safe than sorry and while that included people teasing him for keeping things so PG for so long, he thought he was doing the right thing. “I vill ask tthe second the engagement is over.”

[viktcrskrum]

fleurisabelleweasley​:

*

If it were any other time, Fleur would have been much quicker to grab Victoire. She wouldn’t have allowed her to run up to a stranger. Thankfully, it wasn’t a stranger, though, and Fleur slowly caught up to the both of them. The early stages of pregnancy were the worst. The blonde smiled at the sight of her daughter who was hanging off the bottom of Viktor’s coat. 

“She’s very cute,” Fleur agreed, before murmuring lowly, “Although, the screeching is something that gets tiring.” She was joking, mostly. “I’m happy to see you and happy zat you are well. How were your holidays?” Victoire continued to attach herself to Viktor and Fleur only laughed at the two of them. “We’re well, thank you. I’m pregnant again.” 

“Hope she grows out of that one. The more she knows it bothers you the more she will do it you know.” That’s at least what he’d heard since he had no experience with children himself. Victoire had gotten the Weasley roudiness though it seemed and well it looked like most of them had turned out alright. She’d grow out of it.

“They vere good. I vistited my family right before since I have not gone back since the transfer. It was nice to be back.” He’d missed his home country though he wasn’t actively looking to transfer back as soon as possible anymore. “Again! And how does Victoire feel about getting a sibling? This is exciting news.”

[viktcrskrum]

astoriacgreengrass​:

When she used to read those romance novels during the holidays, she always wished to experience feelings like the ones the books so eloquently talked about. She wished that she would fall in love one day. With her future decided for her however, she did not think that that was a likely possibility. Astoria couldn’t have imagined herself falling for Draco, she had tried in the past but every snide remark he made against her just further proved what she had always known. They weren’t meant to be. Their personalities clashed and he didn’t have the patience she wished for in a partner. Not that they were supposed to be partners. In pureblood society all she would have been was his wife, the woman on his arm instead of her own person. 

When she first met Viktor, things felt different. She’d felt this nervous energy and while she was used to constantly feeling nervous, it was not the same with him. He was kind and respectful first and foremost. Smart too. Many people ignored those traits because all they saw was a handsome quidditch player, but to her it was the least impressive thing about him. Not that it was unimpressive, not at all, there was just more to him than that. At his question she smiled and nodded once. “It was. The Headmistress lent it to the gallery for the month. It was one of my favorite paintings at school.” Talking to someone was always difficult for her, but less so with him. Astoria felt the desire to tell him what she was thinking. That was why those words left her mouth, she was still looking at the painting as she whispered.  “I’m glad you came here as well.” 

He remembered her paintings. And he wanted to see the new ones. She had drawn a few while he had been gone. Some of Bulgarian landmarks she had seen in a book. Was that too much to show him? “Perhaps if you are free next week?”

“Next week would be nice,” he agreed. Hopefully by then everything would be straightened out and they could move forward in their relationship. Viktor didn’t know how he felt about that. He supposed after such a slow and stagnant start he should fele nervous. They were both so shy and bashful it was almost comical. He wasn’t sure that’s completely what he felt, but confidence also seemed like the wrong emotion to pin it on. They’d confessed their feelings months ago and had been seeing each other ever so often since then so he should feel confident, right? 

Maybe he just needed a pep talk from Oliver. While his friend was goofy and maybe a little teasing there had to be some reaosn why Katie had married him the second he brought up the idea. Which he still hadn’t heard the complete story of. Sure they’d known each other for a while but Viktor thought there must have been some secret there which he was sure Oliver would tell him if Viktor asked.

In the spirit of being confident, which Viktor decided in the spur of the moment was better than being their usual shy selves, he reached down for Astoria’s hand pulling her gently through the crowd to get to their destination. “Hopefully the gallary will not be too crowded. You’ll have to tell me about the art and I don’t vant anyone laughing at my poor knowledge.”

[viktcrskrum]

thoughtnott​:

Theo looked up over the rim of his cup and sighed loudly before putting his empty glass down. “I would ask if you were joking but I don’t think I want to know the honest answer.” Theo could picture it now. Cupcake standing in the Greengrass gardens while Daphne cried on Astoria’s shoulder. No wonder her sister was so cross with him. “Of course.” He replied, glancing down into his empty cup as if it would refill on it’s own. “She won’t speak to me ever again so I don’t think it’s something you have to worry about.” It’s not as though Theo would be going to the sister’s apartment again. He wasn’t first on their list to owl for tea. Theo tried to smile at Viktor’s words, mulling over on the advice he had now heard twice in one week. “I haven’t asked about you. I’m sorry about that. Have you been well?”

Viktor wasn’t sure what the best course of action was. He’d given Theo a little bit of basic advice and tried to steer clear of any specific mentions of the chaos that had ensured for the few weeks of Daphne’s mourning period. He wasn’t even sure if he should try and reassure Theo that she would talk to him again because Viktor didn’t know if that’s what he wanted to hear. He also wasn’t sure if Daphne could hold a grudge. It seemed like she might be able to but at the same time she also seemed like someone who’d forget about it if you distracted her. “I ‘ave been. Vent and visited my parents back in Bulgaria and it seems like the engagement is over between your friend and Astoria. ‘Opefully the new year will be good to us both.”

[viktcrskrum]

arthur-percivalweasley​:

“No more dangerous than life.” Arthur said, his grin wide. This was definitely one of the more entertaining Muggle inventions he had ever come across. Vic would enjoy something like this when she grew taller, he imagined. Though he wasn’t sure Fleur and Bill would quite agree. But spoiling his grandchildren was his grandparental right.

“The most dangerous part is that you may fall over. But you’ve taken more risky falls.”

–

“You sure?” Viktor continued asking anyways, still skeptical. He hardly trusted ponies or horses and whatever contraption this was somewhere in between those and a broom. Muggles didn’t always make the most reliable things but he couldn’t argue with Arthur that he hadn’t taken harder falls. 

“How long before you got the hang of it?” He bent down to look at the bottom of the machine. “I can not imagine that it is very easy.”

–

[viktcrskrum]

fleurisabelleweasley​:

@viktcrskrum​​

As Victoire grew more into her own little person, it became increasingly difficult to go anywhere without the toddler making a commotion. The girl was very bubbly and liked to talk to everyone. To be completely honest, she wasn’t sure how Mrs. Weasley had ever gone out with all of her children. The thought of having two overwhelmed Fleur a little bit. They were shopping in Diagon Alley and Victoire had said hi to almost everyone that she passed. Fleur walked with Victoire hand in hand, until her daughter squealed and ran towards someone that she recognized. 

“Uncle Vik!” Victoire screeched, pulling at the bottom of Viktor’s coat. Fleur walked quickly over to Viktor and her daughter and laughed softly at the scene. “Sorry. She’s feeling very talkative today. She’s excited to see you, as am I. How are you?” 

Viktor kneeled down when he realized who was tugging on his coat, immediately smiling at the little girl before him. “Victoire! How’s my favorite Weasley?” he asked patting her on the head. He’d never been much of a child person until Victoire, maybe because none of his friends had ever had children before. “Now where’s your mother?”

He raised his head, spotting Fleur right next to him. She must have moved as he was focused on her daughter. “You know I don’t mind, not when she is so cute. I’ve been well, things are finally starting to settle down after the holidays. How have you been?”