“And what will you tell the lovely Rose about her Uncle Harry,” he asks after a beat, even as the joviality in his voice begins to stick to the roof of his mouth. “This is obviously a very important question.”
Hermione laughs and looks away, half-blushing, he thinks, though he can’t fathom why. “I think,” she says, I will tell them that their Uncle Harry was once very famous. Once upon a time.”
Harry laughs. He’s still famous, and always will be, but thankfully it is no longer his sole defining characteristic.
“And,” Hermione continues, “I will tell them that their Uncle Harry once saved their mum from a troll and she spend the next seven years saving his arse and not getting nearly enough credit for it.”
He moves to make some witty retort, but she lifts a finger to pause him and her smile shifts to something familiar and soft.
“And I will tell them that the legends could never capture you,” she says. “And that you are the best friend I have ever had or will have. And that I am better having known you and that, Harry Potter —” She takes his hand again, and squeezes lightly. “That will never change.”
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Hermione laughs and looks away, half-blushing, he thinks, though he can’t fathom why. “I think,” she says, I will tell them that their Uncle Harry was once very famous. Once upon a time.”
Harry laughs. He’s still famous, and always will be, but thankfully it is no longer his sole defining characteristic.
“And,” Hermione continues, “I will tell them that their Uncle Harry once saved their mum from a troll and she spend the next seven years saving his arse and not getting nearly enough credit for it.”
He moves to make some witty retort, but she lifts a finger to pause him and her smile shifts to something familiar and soft.
“And I will tell them that the legends could never capture you,” she says. “And that you are the best friend I have ever had or will have. And that I am better having known you and that, Harry Potter —” She takes his hand again, and squeezes lightly. “That will never change.”