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At first, he thought Harry would be back in a few weeks.
Then a few months.
Then perhaps by the following Christmas.
And then, eventually, Harry became someone George had once known.
So when, in the autumn of 2007, Harry walks into Weasley's' Wizard Wheezes with Teddy's hand clasped in his own,
George spends one dreadful second genuinely convinced he's imagined it.
Harry explains it all with casual ease:
he lives in South London,
owns a record shop,
has "got rather into Muggle music",
sometimes works nights,
and Teddy lives with him now.
George's brain shorts out at the words:
lives in London.
Because Harry has been living in the same city all this time.
Breathing the same air.
Buying coffee a few streets away.
And George never knew.
George loves the domesticity of the scene instantly and viciously.
Harry raising a child.
Harry laughing quietly.
Harry simply existing.
And then George asks:
"Can I see you again?"
Too quickly.
Too honestly.
Harry stills.
Studies him for a long moment.
Then says,
"Find me."
And leaves.