"I shouldn't have Stunned her."

"Five points to Slytherin! You Stunned her? Why the fuck did you stun her?"

"She was hitting on me and I panicked - I haven't decided yet whether to marry her-"

" - you Stunned her because she kissed you but you haven't decided whether to marry her?"

"She wasn't just kissing me!"

"If you marry girls, you have to fuck them, Timothy."

"I have a plan for that."

He blinks at him for a while.

"Okay. Well, what you do is - you wake her up, holding her, you tell her that you think she might've fainted, she had a lot to drink, you had a delightful evening and are absolutely not going to take advantage and want to walk her back to her dorm. You do that."

" - right, that is approximately what I was planning to do, I just needed to calm down first."

Fredrick nods. "Please do not memory-charm me," he says, and turns to go.

"Not actually evil," he mutters, and then he pulls Jocosa into a standing position and wakes her up and - "are you all right, dear -"

"I, what happened -?"

"You fainted, it's only been a few seconds, I think you had a bit much to drink, it's quite all right -"

"Oh no -"

He kisses her forehead. "It's all right, it's all right, I had a lovely evening, let's just walk back to your dormitory, okay?"

"Okay -"

He carries her. It's faster.

She leans her head on his shoulder and furrows her brow. "I'm going to be so embarrassed in the morning," she says vaguely.

Pet pet. "It's all right, it's all right."

Sigh. "You're so nice."

"More people should be."

She's quiet the rest of the way to Hufflepuff.

He drops her off. He kisses her goodnight.

She is enthusiastic about the kiss goodnight but doesn't climb up him again.

That's good.

He leaves and goes around a corner and leans against the wall.