"I won't," he promised, and hoped he would be able to keep that promise. It hurt to see Scorpius so upset, and he pressed kisses into his hair and along his face, trying to kiss away the tears.
"How about we protect each other? I've been doing some training, that's not Healer related. I forgot that Defense is a skill that fades if you don't keep it up." Especially after what had happened to Scor, and then his grandfather. He wasn't going to be put in that position again.
"You can talk about it, whatever you need. Or if you don't want to talk that's okay too, we can just sit here." He melted into the kiss, not realizing now that he'd missed this too, kissing and being close, almost as much as he'd missed Scorpius himself.
"Yes, they came to see me, to find out what had happened," he said, though he didn't go into detail. "They were very worried. They really love you a lot."