Fleur found it unnerving at first, holding her friend and ally Hermione Granger as she finally fell apart. The poor girl has gone through too much way too fast...The Veela was glad to be able to comfort her friend and be the strong one for her, as it hit her that she had never needed to be needed like this before. She reflected on when she spent the evening in Severus" bed, the comfort of a warm body working as a talisman to keep the nightmares away. There was something stoic and stalwart in him, a rock that I can depend on...