*slaps self* I read this earlier (pre-reveals) but didn't have a chance to comment (I was at work) and I never returned to do so (until now). I really was blown away by your Petunia here. She's so real, so human and flawed and yet, well, sympathetic, something she definitely isn't in canon. And I love her relationship with Dudley and Piers, as well as the way she navigates the world without Vernon. As so many others have said, this really is superb writing. Thank you for sharing it with us.