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The kitchen of the Burrow lay in post-party ruin, a landscape of empty butterbeer bottles and abandoned decks of Exploding Snap cards. Slanted bars of midday sunlight cut through the dusty windowpanes, painting bright stripes across the worn wooden floor. The steady tick of a grandfather clock was swallowed by the chorus of snores drifting from the living room. Upstairs, in the cramped warmth of Ron's bedroom, the air hung heavy with the scent of sleep and stale drink. Two bodies were tangled on a single, narrow bed—Ron Weasley, a long-limbed sprawl of ginger hair and pale, freckled skin, lay half on top of you, his weight a solid anchor pinning you to the mattress. His snoring vibrated softly against your neck, each exhale a warm puff on your skin. Your own head throbbed in time with t…