AN.
Just a short and sweet epilogue :)
It was 17 years later when a shivering ginny huddled underneath the overhang in front of Flourish and Blots. It had started snowing out of no where and shoppers every where were piled under the small patches of shelter in front of stores. Being jostled by a crowd of much taller and thicker people, Ginny ended up on the edge of the cover. Sighing, she pulled her scarf further up so it covered her nose and pulled her hat lower over her eyes to keep the snowflakes at bay and wait out the storm. Being pushed even closer to the edge Ginny sighed and waved her wand, conjuring a large rainbow umbrella. Pulling it higher with difficulty she managed to block most of the buffeting wind and snowflakes and without thinking stood on tiptoe and pulled the umbrella higher to cover the tall man next to her. Hunched against the wind his face was hidden entirely by a thick black scarf and black beanie. Noticing the wind suddenly abate he turned his head down to her and she assumed he smiled by the way the scarf moved.
"Thank you" she heard over the storm.
"Oh it's all right really" she smiled up at him pulling her scarf off her face.
Following her lead he pulled the bottom of the scarf down so his pale lips were visible and smiled. As he moved his hand back to his pocket she saw a glint of silver.
"Are you married?" she asked conversationally.
"Pardon? Oh this" he pulled the silver ring of his finger and held it up. "no, still the bachelor... But I guess its slightly similar to a wedding ring of sorts... It was the only gift I received my entire child hood, from the only person I ever gave a gift to... You could say the only person I really loved as a child" he smiled sadly turning the ring around, slipping it on his finger backwards and disappearing. Smiling but feeling tears well in her eyes she watched the footprints in the snow walk further and further away from her.