solemnlyswearr:

               The first Christmas Eve after The Battle of Hogwarts.

• Mrs. Weasley getting carried away while decorating because it’s such a welcome distraction from thinking about the loss after the war.
• Andromeda coming to the Burrow with a baby Teddy for the first time, and he’s never seen this many people with ginger hair and that’s how his hair turns Weasley for the next 12 weeks.
• George bringing Angelina with him because he doesn’t think he’ll be able to get through the day without Fred or Angelina, and Fred’s very unavailable, being six feet under.
• Ginny hiding out on the roof, because she can’t go downstairs with Fred not there to perform dumb practical jokes and make her laugh, and she just misses him so much and it hurts so bad.
• Harry coming to find her and the two of them spending hours just sitting on the roof while Ginny tells stories about her big brother and Harry listens with his elbows propping him up against the roof.
• Mrs. Weasley setting the table for an extra person who never comes and nobodies really sure, but she maybe set a spot for Fred and couldn’t bring herself to take away the plate.
• Ron and Hermione holding hands underneath the table the entire dinner while everyone pretends not to notice. 
• Harry dragging Ginny downstairs in time for desert, and she runs to George the minute she sees him and holds him like he might disappear too. 
• Nobody wanting to leave, because it might have been a sad Christmas but they were all there and the fear of loss is in them all.
• Fleur and Bill announcing their expecting a baby, because for all her faults, Fleur knows when Molly needs to hear good news, and even if its bittersweet, she wants her to know.  
• Molly crying for a half hour on Fleurs shoulder, because Grandchildren. 
• Somebody getting out photo albums, and it hurts seeing Fred everywhere but they need to hurt for a little while.
• Ginny coming alive again and telling stories about her brother and George having even more, and Molly crying while she tells stories they were all too little to remember but have heard a million times before.
• The older brothers staying up with Angelina and Fleur in the living room, talking about whats next and remembering what happened last.
• Harry sleeping in the same spot on the floor in Ron’s room he always used to, even though they have their own flat in the city now, for old times sake, and Hermione rolling her eyes and hauling a tired, sad, Ginny up the stairs and into bed.
• Molly falling asleep happy for the first time in a longtime because her kids are home and safe.