Ron wasn't the most observant or emotional person. In fact Hermione often said he had the emotional range of a teaspoon but right now the only emotion he felt was lost. He wanted to be mad at harry for being so reckless but looking at Harry's kids he couldn't. They were so used to Harry being hurt that st Mungo's had become their second home but they weren't used to being left. All the adults whom harry had left in the war didn't bat an eyelid but the kids he had raised were at a stale mate. In fact Teddy had said he would rather Harry been beaten and found than kidnapped. It was less waiting. So Ron had decided to do what his best friend couldn't, comfort everyone. Hermione was sad that it was always Harry and Ginny was barely coping without the love of her life. Lilly cried a lot and Albus shut everyone out but James seemed to be okay. That was until Ron found him angrily trashing his room. He walked right in and restrained the teen.
"James, calm down" he ordered and James fell limp. Ron hugged the younger boy as he screamed in anguish.
"I begged him" he screamed
"After last time I begged him to quit!" his voice cracked. Ron felt his heart shatter.
"I know, he was going to" James looked at his uncle, face red and puffy.
"What?" Ron sighed and pulled James into his lap.
"He told Shackelbolt he was going to quit, it was pretty sudden to be honest because Harry loved his job. Shackelbolt asked him to stay on to the end of a case he working on and he agreed." Rob shuddered
"You see James despite how great your dad is he is incredibly selfish. All he had ever known is how to fight, how to stop evil and I don't think anything would have made him stop that. So after the case he asked Shackelbolt that instead of quitting could he downgrade his assignments, everyone agreed. He wasn't meant to be on his latest assignment but he decided it would be his last big one before he became pretty much a desk doer" James looked up.
"So…. I did convince him?" James asked timidly. Ron nodded.
"You convinced him to be less suicidal and I didn't think anyone would" James pulled Ron closer.
"He made me promise that if anything were to happen to him that I would look after myself" James added.
"I don't think this is what he meant" Ron picked James up and put him into bed, kissing his head he said.
"Trust me your father has acted out a lot worse than this, he'll come back James he loves you all too much to leave" James smiled and Ron kissed his head again before leaving the teen. He made a solemn promise to himself that he would find his brother in all but blood and would give him the lecture of his life.
When he got home Ron cried for the first time of his best friend.