Ron swallowed hard, steeling himself. "He said, "I have seen your heart, and it is mine. I have seen your dreams, Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears: all that you desire is possible, but all that you dread is also possible..... Least loved always, by the mother who craved a daughter.... Least loved now, by the girl who prefers your friend...." (He observed, but didn't comment on, how Hermione's big, brown eyes widened at this statement). "Second best, always, eternally overshadowed..." He lifted his tear-awash eyes in her direction, touched to find moisture staring back at him.