[He leans into the hand brushing away his tears, and it almost makes him start to cry again, that that's happened, that she can do that.

He takes one of her hands in his own, settling against her on the couch. He can't stop smiling, can't stop looking at her.]

I'm seventeen. I just finished up school. I had seven N.E.W.T.s, six O's and an E. [He's had the "so what are you going to do after you graduate" conversation what feels like a million times but he'd have it a million more just to speak with her.] I've got an internship at St. Mungo's starting soon, and my best friend and I are looking to get a flat together. That's Albus Severus Potter, we met on the train first year and we both got Sorted to Slytherin and we've been best friends ever since. [There's so much to say but that's a good start.]