Harry returned the wry smile. Regulus' struggles with family mirrored his own. "I know. 'Almost' has to be good enough sometimes."
His own tentative relationship with Remus' children preyed on Harry's mind, but he had learned the hard way that youth bred honesty. They couldn't make the children in their lives like them, not for all the sweets in Honeydukes.
"But you never know what a kid will see in you sometimes," he said with a glance at Leila. "If Cymbeline thinks you're worthy, I'm sure she'll love you as much as any uncle."