Ron lay on his bed reading the latest issue of Martin Miggs and wishing it was warmer. "It's —"
"Rather cold in here, I know," Harry finished for him. "Why don't you put on a sweater then?"
"You've seen my mum's sweaters."
Harry laughed; actually, he liked Mrs Weasley's sweaters and was in fact wearing one. Standing up from his position at the windowsill, he walked over to Ron's bed and lightly shoved him. "Move over."
"What for?"
"Let me in. We'll share body heat."
Oh. Well, he had to admit it made sense, so, tossing Martin onto the floor, he made room for Harry.
He laid his head on his arms and turned to look at Ron. "Didn't have to stop reading just for me, you know."
Ron shrugged. "I must've read it twenty times already. I don't mind."
They lay there for a moment in silence, Harry's face buried in Ron's pillow, Ron on his back staring up at the canopy. "Still cold?"
"Yeah," Ron admitted. Harry looked up; blushing slightly, he moved closer to Ron. "Can I — do you mind —?" Ron shook his head. He wrapped an arm around Harry, drawing him closer still, and closed his eyes.
Harry rested his head on Ron's chest. "Hope no one walks in," he said with a sleepy laugh. "Who knows what they'd think."
"I don't really care." Harry looked up sharply, the top of his head nearly colliding with Ron's chin. "I'm perfectly warm, now," he explained.
"Oh," Harry murmured, dropping his head. Ron blinked, confused. Harry had sounded almost disappointed....
"Harry?"
Harry looked up again, more slowly this time to avoid injury.
"Can —" Ron took a deep breath. "Can I, well, you know; did you — I mean, did you want —"
Harry grinned, almost shyly. "Just say it, Weasley."
"Can I — Can I kiss you?"
Harry closed his eyes and whispered, "Yeah."
***
"...Oh."
"See? I told you you'd never believe what I'd found."
"You were right." A long pause. "It's ... not really about us, though, you know."
"I know. Still."
"Yeah. Still." Rupert looked up from the laptop to see Dan, lying next to him on the canopy bed, staring at the ceiling. He shivered. "...Hey, Dan? It's —"
"... Rather cold in here, I know."
