Harry blushed a bit at Ernie's comment, but managed to fight it back by the time Ernie had turned around again. "The cuddles are a nice bonus," he agreed, settling deeper into the couch.
Though it had been years since the mention of Voldemort made him want to jump out of his skin, he still wasn't used to the name being dropped so casually in conversation. He supposed it was a good thing, and what he'd wanted at Hogwarts, but he'd rather never hear the name again. That people could almost joke about him was...well, it wasn't nice but he thought it showed the amount of progress in the world. And progress was usually good.
He held still through the diagnostic spell, used to them at this point. He'd never liked the feel of them, but knew it was important to let it do it's work. More than once the spell had found a hidden injury Harry wasn't even aware of, but he didn't think it would be the case this time. His was a cut and dried case of bruised ribs, a mild concussion and some bruises.
"Man decided that since his mother-in-law was too demanding: he needed a job, she wanted to move in with him and his wife, he'd never paid back that one hundred galleon loan she'd given him fifty years ago, etc. So he used Imperious to get her to stop. Not much more to it than that, except he didn't turn himself in peacefully."