Chapter 39

     It's been a few months since Percival had come back, it took some time for him to recover as he still uses his cane to walk as well support himself while standing. Since coming back, Percival struggled with PTSD and night terrors which worried (Y/n) greatly from seeing him in so much distress every night. Nonetheless, (Y/n) stayed by his side and supported her lover through his slow but steady recovery. Having postponed their wedding, the two Aurors along with their close friend- Tina, did everything they could to close up Grindelwald's case in America before handing the dark wizard off to the Ministry of Magic. Although, Percival's interrogations with him were few as too not cause the Auror too much stress if Grindelwald would trigger Percival's PTSD. Madam President had suggested that he retires temporarily until he fully recovers both mentally and physically, but he insisted, "I don't intend to retire until I have made Grindelwald pays for his crimes. He deserves to be thrown into Azkaban and I want to be able to see for myself for when he is." he would say, in which his superior would let out a sigh for him.

     "You're working yourself too hard, Percival," (Y/n) tells him softly as they strolled through Central Park, her arm linked with his to give his body support while he also walked with his cane. He looked down at her as they walked, an eyepatch adorned his face where his good eye showed exhaustion and sleep deprivation, but also still showed a great deal of love for her. He lets a soft smile form on his lips as he pulled her closer to himself as they walked.

     "I'm fine, doll, I miss working," He said as she pouts up at him.

     "I know but you're working a lot more than you should." She aid as they stop by a bench and sit down onto it, the look of concern still shown on her face as she sat on the bench facing him, "With the lack of sleep because of your night terrors on top of you stressing yourself out trying to get answers out of Grindelwald, you'll work yourself to death." He sighed and looked out with a small smile.

     "As much as I greatly appreciate your concern for me, I'll be fine. My recovery process has been getting better, this is nothing to me."

     A small frown forms on her lips while her eyebrows stitch together in more concern, "I don't want to risk anything, Percival. I don't want to lose you for real... I really think that you should take Madam President's advice and rest at home until you're a hundred percent better." Percival lets out a sigh, looking out at the park. The birds chirping as the evening wind gently blew through the park where No Majs strolled along as well along with their picnics. He sees a family in the distance where two kids played with a puppy, their parents smiling as they watched over them while sitting across their picnic blanket. Percival smiles softly at the sight as he imagined having a family of his own before sighing softly and looking over at (Y/n), who still looked at him with worry and concern for him on her face. He placed a comforting hand on her thigh and patted it reassuringly.

     "I don't want to sit idly while everyone else works hard to put dark wizards or witches to justice. I was already gone while everyone did everything to catch Grindelwald, helplessly watched you get hurt on the other side of the world." (Y/n) puts her hand over his before taking his hand into hers while she grimaced. "I want to be able to have a family with you, (Y/n)." He said softly, "But I want a family in a time where our children can be raised without the risk of them getting hurt or worse, where they don't have to live in constant fear. And that won't happen unless we put a stop to Grindelwald and he's locked away in Azkaban." He raises her hand to his lips to kiss the back of it softly, "Even if I'm stuck like this or still recovering, I will do whatever is takes so that we can have a future together." (Y/n) feels tears form in her eyes while she intertwines her fingers with his.

     "I love you for that, Percy.." She said as some tears rolled down her cheeks, "But please, at least take it easy for a bit and not push yourself too hard." Percival gave a reassuring smile while pressing his forehead against hers.

     "I promise, doll," He said as his free hand cupped the side of her face, his thumb brushing her tears away while placing a kiss on her lips. She breathes a soft sigh through her nose as she kisses back and leaning into him. They pull away briefly as their lips lightly brushed against each other's, the sun slowly setting in the background as (Y/n) bit her lower lip softly and her gaze lowered as she scooted closer to him on the bench. Putting an arm around her, he pulled her closer to his side, "There's something still keeping you in knots, doll." He said as she looked up at him.

     "How'd you know?" She asked as he chuckled softly.

     "We've been together for a long time, I can just tell." He said as his hand and fingers played with her hair, "What's on your mind?"

     Humming to herself as she looked at the setting sun over the park's tree's, turning the sky in pink, purple, and orange hues, "I'm... Pregnant." She said as silence hun in the air despite the soft blows of the wind and the civilians in the background mixed with the city's noise and buzz. It took Percival a moment to process her words before he moved his arm away from her and stood up slowly with a help of his cane. Dread fell in the pit of her stomach as she thought he was upset before he slowly knelt down on the ground in front of her, his cane set on the ground next to him before he took her hands into his. He looked up at her with hard eye contact.

     "You're... Pregnant..?" He asked as she nodded.

     "4 months a long..." she said softly as he stared at her, different emotions cycled through his features. First confusion, then perplexed, before it then softened and a weary smile twitched onto his lips. "You're not upset?" She asked as she shakes his head, scrambling into his feet and cupping her face into his hands to pull her into a deep kiss. She lets out a squeak in surprise before melting into the kiss and wrapping her arms around his neck. He pulls back fron the kiss as the two pant softly.

     "If anything, I'm overwhelmed with joy," he breathed with a smile, "I was hoping we'd start a family until after it's safer and we're married  but... I suppose this will be fine. As long as we're careful," He said while placing a hand on her stomach and letting out a soft laugh, "Oh Merlin, I haven't been this happy since I came back home." He said as she smiled with a giggle while he ran his hand over her stomach, that was shown to be a bit more bloated than normal, "How did you hide this from me?" He asked as she hummed.

     "Looser clothes and whatnot," She hummed as he chuckled and kissed her again.

     "We need to celebrate, doll," he said, "Let's head back home and I'll make supper." He said as she nodded with a bright smile up at him. (Y/n) links her arm with his as they walked home together in bliss. Percival's cane laid forgotten at the bench, as if the joyous  news of his child made him forget the slight limp that he had as they headed back to their apartment, apparating when they were out of No Maj sight. 

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     "Abernathy wasn't it...?"

     "Yes? What do you want?"

     "I've seen the way you're treated here... you don't belong here."

     "And where do you think I belong, Grindelwald?"

     A dark smile forms on his lips, "With us..."

A/N: Ahhhhhhh so yeah this is it! This is the chapter! Now the question is... do I continue? Or do I just give (Y/n) and Percival a happy ending? And if I were to continue, do I continue here or start a new book? What do you guys think? Either way, I can't believe this is like sort of the end of it is. I started this book back in like 2017 and we've come a longggg way. It's kinda sentimental to me because like... I dunno it's hard to explain. But I appreciate and am super grateful with the positive feedback that I've gotten from you lovelies for the past 5 years! Like I kinda wanna keep this storyline going for you guys cause I got some ideas on how I wanna let this play out through the second movie and the new coming third movie. I suppose it all depends how well this chapter as well as the last comes out with you guys haha! Anyways, if this is the end, I'm happy that I went along this journey with you guys and I hope you guys enjoyed this story ❤️ But if this isn't the end, I hope to see you guys in the future adventure with you and Percival! Thank you all for the support and I hope to see you guys soon! Love you all!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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