I got the beast (and tonight he lies with me)

"It doesn't matter", Harry cuts him off mid-sentence and Hermione watches, observes the way his eyes turn sharp and his posture shifts when he raises, "I paid my debts, just drop it Ron." Ron's mouth snaps shut and the silence which follows is thick and electric, like right before a summer storm. (she never asks, they never tell and perhaps that's the start of her misery)