In the sitting room, the fire is dying; somewhere else, Avery is not.

Or, a lack thereof

He is not in Gryffindor, but he has his moments.

After the Battle of Hogwarts, Oliver contemplates Quidditch and its heroes.

Three generations of tea with the Longbottoms.

The Hogwarts Express, 1994.

When Oliver Wood was twelve, he made the Gryffindor reserve team.

Eventually, Terry quits the Aurors.

After the war, the members of the DA try to make peace with their own actions.

They're two of a kind, her best friends.

There is not much they can do for each other.

Michael takes the long, rambling, obsessive road to adulthood.

By now, a disastrous Quidditch team is just Gryffindor tradition.

Professor Umbridge, as Hogwarts High Inquisitor, inspects Professor Binns' class.

Hannah comes back to the Hufflepuff Common Room.

Bill faces the war the only way he knows how.

Faraway, the war creeps onward. At home, Mrs. Finnigan waits.

Moments between two former DA students.

Cho gets over Harry Potter, sort of. (Quick character study. Sort of.)

In increments, Susan recovers from the war.