“I still don’t think it’s fair that we got a week of detention for such a small prank” George told the group of Gryffindors he was conversing with, most of them younger than himself and his twin.
“Small prank? You managed to turn every Slytherin student’s hair green. They all had to see Madam Pomfrey, and even she needed help from Snape to fix it” Hermione responded in her usual bossy manner, although anyone who knew her could tell she was impressed with the level of magic the twins had used.
“Exactly, nobody was hurt, and it wasn’t permanent, that’s pretty minor” Fred responded.
“Besides, they deserved it after the way they’ve been treating the muggleborns lately” George said, looking over at Hermione, and Y/n who was laying across her boyfriend Harry’s lap.
“You should’ve made it permanent for the real assholes though” Y/n spoke up, which caused both twins to smile.
“Who says we won’t” George answered, to which his brother said
“We’ve already started working on it. This was just to test the concept”
“Yeah but try harder not to get caught next time, you would've gotten away with it if you didn’t literally take credit” the girl laying across Harry’s lap said.
“What can we say-”
“-We like being acknowledged for our successes”
“Yeah but do you like detention?” Angelina said as she playfully pushed Fred’s shoulder.
“What can we say-”
“-We’ve grown quite fond of Filch, and our times together-”
“Although I don’t think he quite feels the same-”
“Wonder why” Ginny said sarcastically, which caused some light laughter from the teens.
“So do we!” George responded playfully.
The warmth of the Gryffindor Common Room on a cold school night was something that anyone could tell you was an experience you would never forget. Not just the literal warmth from the fire, but all the kids and teens would hang around their respective groups of friends, and the atmosphere was one of happiness, and joy.
Ron had started to talk about some quidditch team, and their new strategy, and how he thinks that the Gryffindor team could adapt the strategy, when Harry looked down at his girlfriend. The whole time, she was laying in his lap, her soft Y/H/C hair was between his fingers, and her back laid across his lap. This was a position almost every Gryffindor has seen the two in, as it’s pretty much the only way they sit, whenever they’re in the common room, whether it be talking with friends, or just with each other. Even with all the chaos going on around him, whenever he was with Y/n, Harry could say that he genuinely felt safe. He loved having her laid out on him, whether it be during conversations like these, or in bed, cuddling. Just being able to feel her gave him comfort.
Harry was quickly brought back into conversation when Ron had asked what he thought about the quidditch positioning.
“Oh, um, I don’t really know,” he replied, which was true, because he genuinely had no idea what Ron was asking him. “You should probably talk to Wood, see what he thinks”.
Satisfied with this answer, Ron went back to what he was talking about, and Y/n moved her head so she was looking up at her boyfriend.
“Did you even know what he was talking about” she whispered so that only Harry could hear, a grin spread on her face.
“What can I say, I was distracted by my beautiful girlfriend” he replied, placing a kiss on her forehead, causing the girl's cheeks to change to a shade of red, and her smile to grow bigger.
“I love you” she said, voice still hushed, so as to not interrupt the others.
“I love you too” Harry said, his finger tracing her cheekbone.
Y/n turned her head back to the conversation, and Harry decided to pay attention to what was being said, and he was glad that he did, otherwise he would have missed the twins' story about how Ron was scared of the wind when he was younger, which everyone seemed to laugh at, except Ron.
“Look, I was just scared that it was going to blow me away, I wasn’t actually scared of the wind itself”,
“Keep telling yourself that” Ginny said, patting her older brother on the shoulder.
Slowly, the number of students in the common room dwindled, and the night sky was ink black. The room a warm orange, from the bright glow of the fire, and the kids slowly getting more tired as time went on.
“Well it’s getting late, and we have classes tomorrow” Hermione let out a yawn, and started to get up from her position on the couch. “I think we should head off to bed”.
“Aw come on, it’s not that let yet”
“Ron you literally just yawned, as you said that” Y/n said with a short laugh.
“Yeah but that doesn’t mean I’m tired”
“Mhm, maybe not but you definitely will be tomorrow, and when Snape catches you sleeping in class, you can join your brothers in detention” Hermione said.
“Come on Hermione, what’s wrong with a little sibling bonding time?” Fred joked, to which Hermione’s only response was an exaggerated eye roll.
Y/n started to pull herself up from her position on Harry’s lap, which caused the boy to shift. She slowly pushed herself into a sitting position, before stretching out her arms.
“Nah I’m with Hermione, I think I’m gonna head off to bed”. She leaned over, and gave her boyfriend a goodnight kiss, her hand ruffling through his messy locks as she did. Harry put his arm around the girl's waist, and pulled her in closer, deepening the kiss. As she pulled away slightly, Harry gazed into her deep Y/E/C eyes.
“I love you, sleep well” he said in a quiet tone.
“Love you too” she said, and then started to stand up. As she made her way to the stairs leading to the girls dormitory she yelled a quick “Goodnight” to the remaining kids. Harry watched as Hermione, followed by Y/n quickly disappeared up the stairs, thinking about how lucky he was to have Y/n in his life.