AN: Based on the prompt "Mysterious Kisses" requested by trademarkblue on Tumblr, and inspired by listening to the audiobooks and getting the feels when Dumbledore told Ron he would be getting an award :heart:
AN2: the 4th "drabble" for the Kisses collection was a 1700+ word fic, so I am posting it as a separate story here on FFN.
Dear Mum,
Just a quick letter to say how wicked it was to see Dad's award for Special Services to the school. Rose just showed it to me, but didn't want to tell me what he did to get it– she said I should ask you, because she thinks you would tell the story much better than she would. So please tell me! I am dying to know!
Love,
Hugo
Ps: Tell Dad he's brilliant!
Hermione folded the short letter Hugo had just sent home, a soft smile tugging at the corner of her lips. She gave food to the school owl that had delivered it and instructed for it to wait.
She was about to sit down to write her son a response letter when she changed her mind. Following an impulse prompted by the tingling warmth in her heart, she left parchment and quill on the table and went to the kitchen, where Ron was in the middle of cooking early dinner for the two of them.
Without saying a word, she went to him, balanced herself on the balls of her feet, and curled her fingers around his chin. She then turned his face to hers, giving him a soft peck on the lips. She saw the surprise and pleasure on his eyes, and gave him a smile as she caressed his face once. She then left the kitchen, still in silence.
She was sitting at the table to write back to Hugo when, from the corner of her eye, she saw Ron leaning against the kitchen's doorway.
"Not that I'm complaining," he began, a wooden cooking spoon in one hand and his wand in the other, "but what was that for?"
"Your children are proud of you," she said simply. "And so am I."