you're nobody until somebody loves you
A HariPo drabble collection
by mew-tsubaki
Tags: Cross-gen.
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"Thank you, Al."
He hears Daphne's words, and it's as if the sun's come up. It doesn't matter why his best mate's aunt utters them—for a delivery between Astoria and her sister that Scorpius was too busy to make, for help around the holidays because holidays at Malfoy Manor are a blast, or for his ear on his breaks from Auror training when he wanders into the Portkey Office (purposefully, of course—Daphne's what draws him here). Daphne thanks him, and Al feels seen, the side-effect of being from a too-large family.
If only thanks came with a kiss…