FIC; What You're Made Of

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What You're Made Of 
Chapters: 1/?
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Katie Bell/Marcus Flint, Angelina Johnson/Graham Montague, Terence Higgs/Alicia Spinnet, OFC/Marcus Flint
Characters: Katie Bell, Marcus Flint, Angelina Johnson, Graham Montague, Alicia Spinnet, Terence Higgs, OFC, Leanne (Harry Potter)
Additional Tags: marriage law, Arranged Marriage, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Romance, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Post-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Marriage Law AU, Pureblood Culture (Harry Potter), Muggleborn Katie Bell, POV Third Person Omniscient
Summary:

Katie had snapped her wand herself and told the Ministry official where to stick the splintery pieces. That same evening, she had left to live with her parents, vowing never to return ever again. Not for a million Galleons, not until the law was repealed. She refused to allow the Ministry to trade her off like cattle, even if it was in the name of the Greater Good.

Never ever.

Over her dead body.

She would not give in.

But she was back again less than a year later, her tail between her legs.

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Shortly after the war, the Ministry passed a new law to dilute the Pureblood bloodlines and give ever-dropping birth rates a boost. It's one thing to force people into matrimony, but you can't force them into bed or into something other than reserved politeness.
Katie decides to sit out her sentence with her new husband until this whole mess gets resolved, determined not to get close. Fortunately, Marcus Flint is in full agreement and does everything in his might to avoid his wife. But sometimes, some things aren't that easy, as her friends can attest.

Multiple pairings, multiple POV.