A/N These will get fluffier over time, do not stress.
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter it wouldn't be called Harry Potter because I would have made Ron the main character.
B - Broken
It's the first time she saw him cry. Properly cry. Not just a tear or two, but heaving sobs. She felt so powerless, he'd just lost his brother, what was she supposed to do? Put an arm around him and tell him it would be okay? Because it wouldn't be. Even if they managed to win this war, nothing would ever be okay again.
But he was still sobbing uncontrollably on the steps outside the great hall. Away from his family. Away from Fred. Away from her. He obviously wanted to be alone, or he wouldn't have come out here. She should just turn around and go back to Ginny before he saw her.
But she didn't, because at that moment, a voice sopped her.
"Hermione?" it was Ron's voice, croaky and broken. She felt another tear drip down her cheek as she heard him.
"I can go, I..I'm s..sorry," her voice cracked towards the end of her sentence as he turned to leave.
"Stay." it was just one syllable, a barely audible whisper, but she heard it. She turned back to face him and studied his face. It looked like he genuinely wanted her there, with him.
Hermione slowly walked over and sat awkwardly on the step beside him. They sat like that for a moment or two, before Ron suddenly grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug, crying into her shoulder. She hugged him back, and together they cried, broken.
