I wrote this for the HOL Creative Writing class I took last year. I found it while looking for any HP writing I may have done. Am starting a file of it to help me with...something.
Anyway,
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supershai may recognize this bit as a little intro into SEXY!Ron, which involves a lot of "fuck yeah"s. MISS YOU, darling.
Ronald Weasley, According to Accio Potter
It is interesting that Ronald is a British name meaning "Advisor to the King." Being Harry Potter's best friend has often meant taking a right-hand-man role to the illustrious center of attention. Of course, it wasn't Harry's fault, and until Ron met Harry, his name's meaning had never held any real-life implications. Once seeing Harry's instant, if self-understated, fame, Ron knew immediately what his fate in life was to be: sidekick to the person with the real power.
Growing up, Ron was the youngest of six sons. He'd gotten a short-lived shot at being the baby of the house, during which time his parents doted on him as much as was possible in a house that was as full of love as mischief. Even so, by the time his sister Ginny, the only girl out of seven children, was born shortly after Ron's first birthday, Ron had already learned not to expect to be the center of attention. This makes it easy at first to be Harry's best friend and partner in crime; he was accustomed to sharing the spotlight, taking equal parts of any blame or praise tossed to him after any adventure. He was fiercely loyal to those he cared about, and it was no secret that he favored a few close friends to large, boisterous groups. His childhood home had been boisterous enough!
Gradually, throughout Ron's years at Hogwarts, his jealousy and resentment build. The second fiddle he is used to playing begins to sound out of tune and irrelevant to the greater symphony in which Harry plays an unwilling conductor. Ron, blinded by his jealousy, sees only that Harry is the recipient of acclaim that is more often given to him than earned, not that Harry would prefer not to receive any extra attention at all. Eventually, when Ron is seventeen, the urge to be recognized as a wizard in his own right overcomes the defining traits of his character: his basically good and honest nature, the love and constant support of his family, his loyalty to his friends, his wit and resourcefulness, and his desire to prove himself worthy. All of these things somehow invert themselves to create a Ron who is a full-grown, talented wizard whose past is peppered with life-threatening experiences and an all but permanent seat next to and slightly behind the main event. Discontented with his role in life as Harry’s lesser half, he switches sides and pits his power against Harry’s in the ultimate test of wills.
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