oooh i have thoughts about codependent golden trio, stay with me for a second:
- ron and hermione slowly training harry out of his touch aversion by consistently showering him with small, gentle, touches. they never make it a Thing, itâs so casual harry himself forgets itâs happening a bit, but itâs crucial for him to become comfortable with being touched by anyone
- slowly, as years go by and harryâs nightmares become worse, ron progressively moves from calling his name, to waking him up, to putting a hand on his shoulder(s), to practically moving into his bed to wrap himself around harry. the first time it happened, ronâs face was fire truck red and harry was baffled to the point of incoherence (and for a second, it seemed like all their progress so far would be undone) but as before, they slowly chipped away at harryâs defences with steady support
- hermione, who was able to tweak the protean charm for the DA, created a more specific one more her and ron. if the nightmares were particularly bad, he would ping for her and she would immediately bustle up to the boys dorms. this is rly how she became so comfortable up there and after a bit, the other boys realised why she was there and let her go about the golden trio business in peace.
- and so you have harry waking up with ron and hermione in his bed pretty regularly. they were able to figure out how to expand it pretty early on (combination of some theorising and dobbyâs magic) so now all thatâs left is figuring out nightly configurations. more often than not, itâs either hermione or ron in the middle bc harry cannot abide being boxed in both ends. but both of them always have an arm of leg on some part of harry, as if to reassure him, even in sleep, that they will never let go.
- some point on fifth year, when heâs so fucked by the voldy visions, the only way he gets any sleep is when ronâs tucked him under his arm and on his lap, or hermione has her hands carding through his hair and head on her thigh, turned towards her stomach as if protecting him from the world. he falls asleep in the common room armchair in front of the fire with ronâs hand around his calf, massaging lightly, and hermione perched on one side of it, arm around his shoulders.
- during the horcrux hunt, this only became more common. there were very few nights they did not sleep in the same bed. privacy was almost nonexistent. they often had to bathe one another when they couldnât get out of bed due to the grief, or went catatonic with shock etc etc.
- after the war is when people slowly started realising their tendency to be so close. until then, no one really paid attention to these three kids, atleast not so closely. but now all eyes are on them. and so the adults, the order and the weasleys and remus and sirius, see how they go into the same room at the end of the day, come out of it together in the morning. how harry using the bathroom doesnât stop hermione from going in to brush her teeth, or ron walks around in just a towel without any hesitation when itâs the two of them but yelps and covers up when anyone else walks in.
- they see how hermione hates having her hair touched but will happily fall into a light doze when one of the boys is playing with it, and harry, who will go stiff as a board when someone so much as brushes against his side, will literally melt into a puddle when ron or hermione hug him tight. theyâve never seen ron as calm, or as settled, as when heâs around the other twoâhe has a purpose, and itâs never been more clearer than in those moments.
