Practice for Oliver was gruelling by the time he got into the locker room. The coach had pushed them into two and a half hours extra practice, aswell as the usual two hours practice and a half hour in the weights gym. Oliver was tired, his legs were cramping and he just wanted to go home and sleep. He found he was the last out of the showers. He was quick to dress and a scuffling sound on the floor made him pull away from his locker slightly, three glowering Weasley brothers staring at him, one who seemed to have been dragged looking at him sympathetically. He slammed his locker door shut.

"Wood" The eldest of the four stepped forwards, Oliver making note that he had the twins to his right, Bill and Charlie to his left. A line from a muggle sound came to mind suddenly.

"Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am"

"Weasleys" Oliver grabbed his kit bag and slung it onto his shoulder. He moved towards the doorway but Charlie and Bill blocked him. Fred stepped closer, but George remained still.

"Leave him alone, Oliver" Fred glared at him as he turned to face him. George was looking away, there was a kitbag on one of the other benches so someone would probably be coming back. He caught Oliver's eye a moment later and looked apologetically at him. For once the twins didn't agree on something.

"Back off, Fred" Oliver growled "I'm not leaving him" He glared again for a moment before turning to try and pass the two older brothers again. He found himself being blocked again. He really didn't want to have to resort to physical violence but then he rather thought that if he faced all four of them now, he'd surely be no match, because they'd all played Quidditch and he'd trained two of them.

"We mean it, Wood. We want you to leave Percy alone. If you leave him now it will be easier for him to get over you in the long run" Charlie shot him a look.

"And I mean it when I say I'm not leaving him, Charlie" Oliver's voice rose slightly and he back stepped as Bill stepped towards him.

"When you two broke up was crushed. We couldn't get more then a few words out of him all Summer and he stayed in his room nearly all day, only came down for one meal and that was when he dragged him" Bill gestured to himself and Charlie for a moment then to the twins aswell.

"We couldn't even get a word out of him! He wouldn't even reprimand us for our jokes" Fred sounded bitter. Oliver noticed non of them noticed that George looked a little guilty all of a sudden, he still had yet to say anything in the conversation.

"And what? You think I was happy? that I was smiling and singing songs about bunnies and rainbows? Merlin, Percy was everything to me, there was nothing I wouldn't have given up for him. I'd do anything for him and would have then. Brooms! I'd have given up quidditch had he asked me!" Oliver's voice was rising. "The only reason I went along with the break up was because I thought he wanted it! It was his bloody idea" It was Oliver's voice that was bitter now and he found himself wanting to cry suddenly, despite having Percy back. He noticed Charlie and the twins all flinched. Bill seemed to be made of stone. Oliver's bag hit the floor with a loud thud, Fred and Charlie exchanged glanced, Bill looked between the group and George just looked at his shoes, nodding.

"You don't seem surprised, George. Something you're not telling us?" Bill stepped forwards but Oliver blocked him, hand to his chest.

"Leave him alone, Bill" Oliver glared and Bill took a step back "I told him a few years ago, about a week or two after it happened" Fred looked hurt as he turned to his twin.

"You didn't tell me?"

"Percy didn't want us all to know, I only found out because I, well, I wrote to Oliver, asking about it" George jumped back a little, noticing three men at the doorway but said nothing. He elaborated his earlier words.

"I asked Oliver what happened and he told me, told me what happened, how he felt... everything, so I confronted Percy about it. He talked to me but made me promise not to tell you all" George had backed up but found himself running as the other three Weasley brothers dived towards him.

Oliver didn't have time to act as three men darted past him. By the time he reached George, all three brother's were pinned by P.U. team members.

"D'Arcy! Jackson! Pucey! Ger'off em!" Oliver barked at the three and they each got up, moving to stand with Oliver and George. The shortest of the bunch, Jackson, a sandy haired man with large brown eyes smiled, offering his hand to George.

"Alright, mate?" George just nodded, still a little shocked.

The three brother's looked like they were kicked puppies, casting timid glanced at the three men. Fred had been tackled by Jesse Jackson, the seeker. Bill had been tackled by a beater, Tom D'Arcy and Charlie by Luke Pucey, a chaser and brother of Adrian Pucey, a slytherin in Oliver and Percy's year back at Hogwarts.

George looked at his brothers with pleading eyes.

"Come on, guys. Oliver really loves him, he won't hurt Percy. What happened before was a mistake.. it won't repeat itself" He gave each brother an imploring look and they all visibly came round.

Oliver went straight to bed when he got to his apartment, interrupted an hour into his slumber by a soft hand in hair and lips to his throat. He mumbled sleepily as he pushed himself onto his elbows with a tired yawn. Percy kissed his temple before wrapping himself around the keeper, lips then finding neck and jaw.

"I'm so sorry, really, Ol. I can't believe they did that. George told me.. Merlin, Ol.. I just.." He was whispering furiously between kisses, arms curled around Oliver's torso. Oliver let himself sink back down into his mattress, wrapping his own arms tightly around Percy and hugging him close.

"Perce, It's fine. We got through it alright, no scratches and George got it all sorted out. Your parents have accepted us, George has, I'm pretty sure he's convinced the other three into accepting us and then Ron and Ginny are bound to. Just forget it, love, alright? no harm done" He looked at Percy, frowning slightly at the look of dismay still there. Oliver sighed quietly and flipped them over, silencing Percy with a kiss, slow and soft as he pinned him.

"But.." Oliver sighed again

"Percy, stop it. You know I love you, right? Do now, did then, will in the future" Percy nodded.

"Percy, nothing is ever going to drag me away. Not Ron, not, Bill, not Charlie, not Ginny, not Fred or George. No one, including your ma, who I think is our biggest fan, and your pa can pull me away. I'd do anything for you, go through anything. I'd die for you and the only one who could make me leave you, is you and you alone" Oliver bit the corner of Percy's jaw before licking at his lower lip, pulling it between his teeth and nipping on the soft skin, all the while rolling his hips against Percy's.

"I asked your Ma why she accepted me back in so quickly, you know what she said?" Percy shook his head.

"She said, I make you happy" Percy nodded shyly at that, rewarded with another kiss.

"Your pa asked me why I came back. Wanna know what I told him?" Percy nodded again.

"I told him because I'd spent seven years with you for a best friend and they were great, the last three, when we were together, where the best years of my life, I'd never been happier. These last four years, without you, have been hell. I really mean it too, Percy" Percy looked up at Oliver surprised at that but saw nothing on his face but pure honesty. He really couldn't expect less from Oliver though.

"Ol, what did I do to deserve you? Deserve a second chance at this?" Percy curled himself around Oliver as best he could.

"You were just born, Perce, just born" Oliver kissed the man beneath him. He decided to lighten the mood.

"You know what? I got asked by all six members of my team, my coach, two members of training staff and one of the medi-witches on site if I A, finally got someone daft enough to love me or B, Gotten into a fight with a muggle vacuum cleaner" Percy burst into laughter at that, nuzzling the spot where he'd given Oliver a hickey.

"Those vacuums sure are tough, eh Ol?" He burst into further laughter and Oliver laughed along, not caring if it was him being laughed at. Oliver found himself feeling extremely relaxed and content in the moment. He knew there would be more moments like this afternoon where he'd find himself being tried and tested, but there would be moments like these aswell where he could just relax and be happy, safe in the knowledge that the person he loved more than anything in the world, including quidditch, would be besides him. With Percy at his side he knew they'd do just fine no matter what was thrown at them.

He'd meet and befriend Bonnie and his team would fall in love with Percy

The End

Author's Notes: Um... ok, I had a review that was really pointless about this story being gay.. All I can say is "There's a reason for it saying slash in the summary notes" Oh, well. It'll just have to sit there, I did put the warning in.

My friend caught me staring at a guys arse the other day.. I wasn't exactly subtle about it either, then this other guy today caught me staring at his friend which was a little embarressing because I wasn't actually aware of anything, was just staring.. and the guy turned around to look at me so I just smiled and looked away, waited till HE stopped staring to look away.

I tell you, I have a problem, I really do. Good news though, not only are my fashion lessons canceled tomorrow which means instead of doing 8:45-4:15 with only 60-90 minutes break, to 10:30-2:15 with 45 minutes break. I get the next Monday off for MayDay aswell as.. this friday off, granted it's only an hour's lesson but I spend like 2 hours getting ready,2 hours in college, about 1 hour and a half travelling.. how cool is that, really, I'm so happy, such an easy week.