Fire burnished golden ties
The dinner
Title: Fire burnished golden ties
Summary: Dean and Pavarti finalise their marriage with the final rites of a Hindu marriage due to Pavarti's family being Hindu. Due to the closeness of Pavarti and Padma as well as their mutual pregnancies and the family's superstition against having twins married separately they are going share the house Dean inherited from his deceased wizard father Caradoc Dearborn.
A/N: Star-crossed Lovers or not series [Snake and Eagle, I did not sleep with that wizard! and Rise of the Cannonites compatible. I could have skipped this but I found Hindu marriage quite interesting and I had to write it. The title comes from the Hindu belief that married couples are tied together as partners by invisible golden ties.
The dinner
Dinner was expected to be a unique affair...What with the kitchen that Pavarti and Padma had overseen installed in one of the parlours on the first floor of Deerfield much to the Dearborn elves’ dismay.The two witches insisted on cooking at least traditional two meals twice a day and dinner that night was a product of that.While most of his married schoolmates were enthused over their bonding rings, Pavarti and Padma had their wedding necklaces that they treasured and they had taken to wearing them as well as more cultural attire.Padma was left to oversee the last of dinner when the time for their guests to arrive.Pavarti nervously met them at the floo; it was her first true moment as a hostess since her marriage.Dean had an arm slung over her shoulder when Gideon stepped through.His consort Arthur and their current youngest Dennis arrived just after them.Colin, were still in St. Mungos and expected to deliver this week. Poor Seamus practically lived there these days.The older half siblings were living with their spouses and were dealing with their own pregnancy issues.Dean was pleased when Mal and Greg arrived just as they (Gideon, Arthur and Dennis) were about to head into the dining room.Mal was welcomed by her adopted fathers who shook Greg’s hand warmly, Dean was still wrapping his head around the fact that he was Neville’s cousin, his best friend was married to Colin and Greg as well as the Weasleys were all Seamus’ in-laws.Weirder still his sister Dana was practically in love with Mal’s brother Mark, pureblood family ties were so confusing...Pavarti and Padma welcomed their guests warmly and showed them to the table.Dean could only hope that Mark being magical would help him rebuild his relationship with his sister.Given how quickly the elder five Weasley brothers had accepted Colin, Dennis and Mal into the famly, Dean had little doubt that Mark would be welcomed.Dennis would be thrilled that he wasn’t the ‘baby’ anymore...What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?