"it’s rather simple in practice," pansy explained when granger was fully seated, haughtier than ever. "we’ll clue in our preferred journalists to strategically planned dates – a picnic here, a quidditch game there. you’ll chit chat, hold hands, nothing scandalous. the press runs with it, and your respective personas balance each other out enough for you to get what you want. and neither of you should date anyone else, of course, at risk of being seen and losing control of the narrative – though i expect that’d be far more difficult for draco."