Times like this he felt it the most. When they
lay together, her smaller body cocooned by
his. Him helpless to stop the tide of emotions
running through him.
She shifted in his arms, turning so he saw
her face and that tenderness within him
overflowed in his chest and he felt so much
it hurt, and to relieve the pressure he had to
release it somehow, and so, in a shaky voice
he whispered, for the first time,
"Gods, Hermione, I love you so much!"
And thought, perhaps, one day, he'd find
courage to say it to her face.