harry wants to catch 'em all
"you WHAT?!"
the heads of those in grimmuald place whipped to the direction of the shriek. remus, sirius, tonks, and kingsley share a glance
remus squints, scrunching up his face for a splint second, "was that-"
"hARRISON JAMES POTTER" ron's voice cuts through the house. "YOU WHAT?!"
"NO! I-" thumpthump
"OH NO NO, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD OF- ARG!"
the thumping speeds up suddenly before it comes to a caesura. the residences sitting in the kitchen share another glance.
CRASH
remus and sirius shoot up in their seats, kingsley and tonks mirroring a second later. footsteps echo around, seemingly coming from the stairs.
"SORRY!" harry shouts, his voice getting closer and closer, "WE DIDN'T- OOMPFH"
"NO I-" "OOW RON" "OH NO YOU DON'T GET TO-" "oh SHOVE OFF"
"umm," tonks begins bemused, "should we..." she gestures awkwardly.
she doesn't get to finish her thought though, because a second later harry bursts in through the door, disheveled and dusty. his hair stuck up in multiple directions and his collar sat crocked on his shoulders. remus smiles softly at harry and his hunched over, dingy person. sirius gazes at him faintly, "what-"
"NOTHING'S BROKEN" he barks out loudly, "RON'S JUST OVERREACTING"
"-OVERREACTING?! hAROLD, OVERREACTING!" ron flies in, flailing his arms. his eyes lock on harry's figure, who immediately ducks behind the nearest person. kingsley stands oddly in the middle of the kitchen, unsure. it's impossible to tell if confused about the situation or why he's in the middle of it. tonks is huffing out little breaths of amusement in the corner. ron, seeing kingsley, hesitates for a second before his resolve kicks in.
ron steps swiftly around kingsley to swipe at harry, who deftly avoids the hand before prancing backwards to hide against the next tallest person, remus.
sirius, who is often confused, is confused (go figure). seeing that remus is now in the center of something, he pipes up unsurely, "what is going on?"
harry, who is trying to nestle his existence into the back of remus' knit sweater, adeptly avoids this question, ron, on the other hand, has no such qualms.
"he! my- brother! GINNY!" his burst out violently.
his shouting summons another weasley, charlie, who strides in with the smuggest, goading grin.
sirius is still very confused, but remus is standing in front of harry with a nostalgic sort of gaze.
"LOOK RON-"
"GINNY! YOU KISSED GINNY"
harry hops around furiously trying to avoid ron's swatting hands, realizing only a sec too late that charlie is standing in front of the door.
"oh you asshole-"
"ASSHOLE" ron starts, "YOU KISSED MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE KISSED MY BROTHER!"
harry slips behind sirius this time, whose face is turning red from holding in giggles. remus' face breaks out in the widest smirk harry has ever seen. kingsley huddles in the corner trying and failing to suppress a grin, and tonks sitting back in her seat, throws her head back and cackles in a way that would make her estranged aunt proud. harry suddenly breaks out in a shit-eating smile.
"oh but ron, which brother?"
ron lets out a vicious yell and tackles harry to the dusty floor, landing with an OOF. sirius squeaks in surprise hovering over them for a second in worry before backing off towards remus who smiles softly at him.
harry and ron tusstle with each other for a few seconds before harry digs his boney elbow into ron's ribs and smacks him in the face with his foot. ron lets out a yelp and turns away to cup his nose, harry uses this distraction to scramble to his feet.
"i think he meant fred," charlie remarks smugly, looking like he just won the lottery. and oh harry could not let that slide.
"hmm" harry smiles sweetly, showing his gums, "which time?"
charlie's grin slips off his face and stares at harry in horror. tonks and sirius snicker and remus' eyes glitter with mirth. ron is seemingly rolling around on the floor in betrayal and treason. he chokes out quietly:
"george, i meant that time with george"
"oh i kissed fred with george too."
"harry!" sirius scolds, laughing, "you can't..."
"HA," remus guffaws, "having a hard time lecturing him? you did the exact same thing with the prewett twins!"
"ginny AND george AND fred! wotcher harry! that's three weasleys!" tonks giggles.
"four."
"...what-"
"four weasleys, charlie, don' think i'd ignore my best mate."
charlie's head snaps toward ron, who has resigned himself to the floor, blushing.
"i'm trying to hit five yknow, bill's quite a looker ay? you aint to bad yourself charlie, i'm just-"
harry is cut off by a choking noise stemming from sirius.
"huh" he honks out, quite like a duck
remus cackles.
"oh but if you include honorary weasleys, i mean hermione, lee-"
"just shut him up," ron whines desperately, "don't even get him started on the places he's-"
"wait sirius!" remus says excitedly to a heep of limbs on the floor, "i think harry broke your record!"