With a steadying breath, he stared deep into Hermione’s soulful eyes and began the most public display of vulnerability he had ever undertaken. "I stand here today, resolute in pledging my heart to you," he began. "My beloved Hermione. Our journey has been unorthodox, to say the least. Fraught with darkness and danger, and more than our fair share of hardships. Through those experiences I believed I was unworthy of love—after all I had done, who could blame me?"