you're nobody until somebody loves you

A HariPo drabble collection

by mew-tsubaki

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The fire of war dies out in a post-war world, Harry finds. The same things that fueled him into adulthood don't persist and carry him. Things change.

He finds comfort in the paperwork, not the action, of the Auror Office.

He figures out that Ginny's one of his best mates like Ron and Hermione, not his "one-and-only."

He recalls the burden of being the Boy-Who-Lived…now the Boy-Who-Won and longs for the days he didn't know. That or, his yearning for his lost family grows stronger than ever.

Only Susan understands. And, somewhere along the way, consolation—empathy—kindles love.