I'm ashamed to admit I skipped this when it first showed up, since the characters are not ones I'm interested in. But it kept getting recced and I told myself that the point of this fest is to read things you don't normally read, so I clicked.
I am so glad I did. Dudley and Piers easy relationship, the casual way they use endearments and talk about Harry was gorgeous.
And Petunia! She was heart breaking and real and so lost. I loved this image of her as a woman finally finding the power to leave a bad situation and go out into the world and search for strength to support her son and find herself and come to terms with the things she's done. You've really made her sympathetic and this was a joy to read. Thank you.