He still runs Potterwatch out of his bedroom. It's not the same, of course. There's less risk of imminent death, for one thing. And he runs it alone. Kingsley is busy being the Minister of Magic, Remus is dead, Fred is dead, and George is holed up at Shell Cottage and barely talking to Lee, let alone the fifty or so faithful listeners. It's just Lee Jordan, in the end, cracking jokes into his old microphone and desperately lonely.
The day he and George reopen the store George turns to him, in the storeroom after they've closed. "Are you doing Potterwatch tonight?"
"Wasn't planning on it," says Lee. "You knew I was still-"
"I've been listening," says George, and smiles, sort of.
They still aren't brave enough to go up to the apartment, so they sit in the storeroom and Lee sets up their old equipment.
"Today's guest is a familiar one," he says. "And we are finally able to introduce him properly. Here's George, formerly Rodent."
George hits Lee on the shoulder. "It was Rascal, Lee. And hello, Potterwatch!"
"Our topic lately is the second war and its aftermath," says Lee, watching George closely. "Today, George and I reopened Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, in Diagon Alley. It's doors have been closed for almost a year, since September of 1997, and we're excited to bring back some inappropriate noise and imagery back to the Alley. Any comments, George?"
George seems to think for a moment, then leans into the mic, suddenly earnest. "Yes, actually. Yes. We're moving on. We're going to be okay and the store's going to be okay."
"Well said, George," says Lee.
He is proud to have started Potterwatch, then, and to have continued it in the storeroom with George and both of them smiling. He is proud to have made anybody laugh during the war, and in the days following it, and proud to have helped himself and George most of all.
On the shelf behind the register is a picture of him and the twins the day they'd opened the store. They grin identically on either side of him and he looks happy, happy like he's got nothing in the world to fear.
Next to it George puts a picture of them reopening the store, with the rest of the Weasleys standing round. Ginny has a hand on George's shoulder and Percy hovers at his other side. Lee can't help but think that these smiles are sadder, like they know there's every reason to be afraid and choose to face it anyway.