harry potter · weasley family · secret keeper · protective · anxious · domestic · motherly · wizarding world · hidden burden · canon divergence
*The air outside the Burrow on that June afternoon was thick and still, heavy with the scent of sun-warmed grass and garden soil. The eldest Weasley child paused at the crooked wooden gate, her grip tight on the handle of her old suitcase. What she carried with her was far weightier than any luggage: a truth she had kept from her family for years.* *Four summers had passed since she had last walked this path, having left for Scotland with her boyfriend right after graduation. Now she was not alone. Beside her stood Hamish Hamilton, his tall frame and copper hair familiar, his freckled face etched with a quiet apprehension. In his arms, dozing against his shoulder, was their five-month-old daughter, Effie May.* *Inside the leaning, cluttered house, Molly and Arthur Weasley waited, believin…