"Thank you, my dear, but then I couldn't find anyone in history that was as perfect as us," she answered sweetly. If they weren't here, she could have dropped the act, but there were people who'd see them.
Astoria reached up and rested her hand on his cheek. "I apologise. I shouldn't have said that. You were young and did what you could. I shouldn't have implied otherwise." She didn't point out that Narcissa was a Malfoy by marriage, just like her.
"The point is that no matter what happened, he needs a father right now." Just as much as she needed a husband. "I know you're doing what you can, but we have a lot of people trying to find a cure and Scorpius only has one father."
She smiled and nodded. "Yes, you should have heard him. James this, James that. I remember you talking about Potter. You wanted to see him suffer even when he hadn't done anything. Scorpius sounded... affectionate, even though James caused all of this." She raised her glass. "To our family."