History Heartwarming / ChildOfTheStorm

** And quoting [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Oogway]] in the process:

* Harry's reunion with Carol in chapter fifteen. Before he even sees her, he publicly performs a flute rendition of "Pretty Woman," then they swiftly melt into a long-overdue kiss, which Glory, Ned and Peter agree is exceptionally cute.

* Jesus shows up to give Harry a long and patient talk in order to help him recover from his latest ordeal, as well as providing a long list of gods who, like him, believe in Harry, and a bit of mental healing on the sly.
** In a rather Meta example, some of the fans of the story, who are openly religious, praised the author on how Jesus was portrayed.
* Following their talk, it also looks as if Harry Dresden and Ebenezar will be able to more or less mend their bridges, and despite his reputation as the BlackSheep of the White Council, Dresden is treated with respect by both Captain Luccio and Listens-to-Wind as well.
** The fact that even before they'd had this talk, and while Harry was feeling betrayed by the revelation that Eb is really the Council's wetworks man, he still felt comfortable enough reaching out to his old mentor during ''Forever Red'' to ask for help fine-tuning his tracking spell to try and get hold of his younger namesake.

* At Michael's encouragement, Wanda finally sits down and has a heart-to-heart with Hermione, promising that she's here for whatever her daughter needs (an[other] apology, explanation, or just someone to scream at). While Hermione is still not ready to forgive her, she at least agrees to hear her out by giving her mother the chance to answer her questions, which Wanda readily agrees to. It won't fix everything, but it's a start.

* At Michael's encouragement, Wanda finally sits down and has a heart-to-heart with Hermione, owning up to her mistakes and promising that she's here for whatever her daughter needs (an[other] apology, explanation, or just someone to scream at). While Hermione is still not ready to forgive her, she at least agrees to hear her out by giving her mother the chance to answer her questions, which Wanda readily agrees to. It won't fix everything, but it's a start.

-->'''Wanda''': I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.
--> '''Harry''': I know. I forgive you.

* At Michael's encouragement, Wanda finally sits down and has a heart-to-heart with Hermione, owning up to her mistakes and promising that she's here for whatever her daughter needs (an[other] apology, explanation, or just someone to scream at). While Hermione is still cold towards her, she at least agrees to hear her out by giving her mother the chance to answer her questions, which Wanda readily agrees to. While this conversation won't fix everything, it's a start.

* At Michael's encouragement, Wanda finally sits down and has a heart-to-heart with Hermione.

* It ends with her promising to sit him down in front of the TV with a box set of the films and some popcorn. [[EarnYourHappyEnding Harry gives his first genuinely carefree smile for a very long time, and says that he can live with that.]]

* When Jor-El shows up in a flashback, Alison offers her sincere condolences, coos over baby Kal-El, and promises to do everything for him that she would for her own family.
* At the end of all of this, Clark naturally has trouble putting into words everything he means - but Alison, being Alison, smiles and tells him that it was her pleasure and her honour.

* After a talk with Neville, he promises to try and help out his parents, if he can, and will ask some people who are better than him, but explains fully and honestly why he may not be able to, showing that he genuinely respects his classmate. As the very next chapter shows, he lives up to his promise.
** He also sees Neville's HiddenDepths, realising that he's much more than just the clumsy, shy kid and gives him a genuine compliment. After Harry's quite understandable jerkishness after ''Forever Red,'' it's nice seeing him to be kind and respectful to someone on his own level again.

* When Clark has a breakdown when it truly hits home that he's the LastOfHisKind, Jean-Paul comforts him, pointing out that despite that, [[YouAreNotAlone he still has family and friends who love him, so he's never truly alone]].

* Harry considering the other three Triwizard champions his {{Protectorate}}. They're older than him, and he barely knows two of them, but neither of those things matter to him: They need his help, and so he will go out of his way to protect them, because that's who he is, and what he does.

* Strange himself reveals that when he turned the volcano created by the [Elder Wyrm into a mountain of mithril and vibranium, he also turned it into a place of learning and experimentation for both wandless and wanded mages, with rooms such as offices, laboratories, forges, lecture halls, and a library, to which he's donated some of his own books. It will be funded by the mine that he also created under the mountain and some of his personal bank accounts, and he's also figured out how to provide transportation and accommodation for all of the potential students. While he's not much of a teacher, as a rule, he's definitely out to make up for the deficit.

* The Yule Ball comes up, and naturally Harry has to find himself a date. His first, last and only option is, of course, Carol. So, he asks her out to Hogsmeade, remarks almost absent-mindedly that she's 'beautiful' (not just physically, but spiritually, having seen her mind) and goes completely {{Adorkable}} by pulling out a (slightly squashed) Viscaria flower and stumbling in explaining that it means "will you dance with me?" in flower language, but that they can go as friends if that's what she wants. Carol takes it, says no one's ever given her flowers, and then they share their FirstKiss.

* While there's some grumbling from more conservative members of the Wizarding World over Harry taking a muggle to the Yule Ball (and it's hinted that the main reason there isn't more is that Harry frightens people - and if he doesn't, his uncle certainly does), overall it's shown that everyone, both Harry and Carol's friends and family, are thrilled with the RelationshipUpgrade.

* Carol's friends give Harry an IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer speech. Feeling mischievous and mildly irritated, Harry gives them the a taste of his powers and, in his VoiceOfTheLegion, ask if they think they can really take him. The answer? Maybe not, but they'll damn well try.

* The Avenger's Christmas dinner (which by authorial admission, is largely taken from the chapter 73 Christmas special, but altered to suit), in which Jean-Paul, Uhtred, Diana, Coulson, Fury, Dresden, and Wanda join them, is just one long heartwarming moment.
* In the following chapter, Thor taking some time to just be, and enjoy his son. In fact, most of the chapter is Thor bonding with his father and Harry getting to spend quality time with Uhtred and his grandma.

* Steve, meanwhile, finally takes up the role of Carol's [[ParentalSubstitute de facto dad]] at Pepper's instigation (not just acting the part, as he has been for a while, but accepting it). He does his best to help Carol, who is quite upset from the combination of what Harry suffered and her own reaction to Harry flinching from her passing resemblance to Belova. In the process, he points out that Harry's negative reaction is very minor - if, as Carol feared, he actually perceived her as being like Belova, he'd classify her as a threat on instinct. And his response to threats usually involves craters that can be seen from orbit. Yet he let her close, he didn't object to her presence, even when he kept flinching whenever he saw her hair and eyes, because on the most fundamental level he ''knew'' that he could trust her. The only problem is convincing his body of this.

** She meets Lily, who's happy to have the chance to speak with one of her son's friends, and gently nudges Hermione towards the truth about her heritage.
** Harry's mindscape includes several doors. One is labelled 'Secrets', which she steers well clear of despite her curiosity and how it 'weeps with regrets', because it's only right and she implicitly trusts Harry to share any secret that relates to her or Ron. Of course, this becomes HarsherInHindsight, because Harry is keeping massive secrets from both of them.

* Ron gets furious when he understands Harry knew about Hermione's true parentage and kept [[{{Pun}} mum]], feeling his best friend is becoming untrustworthy... but also feeling it's unfair to hide this from Hermione and that she deserves to learn her origins.

* Also regarding Krum, Harry is seen having a silent but intense conversation with him before he stands up to Karkaroff and says that he wants to stay with Hermione, implicitly encouraging him to do so. This is supported by the fact that immediately after, he's at Krum's side and giving Karkaroff the kind of calculating look that focuses on his jugular and warns him to back off.

** Mentions Waylon Jones (Killer Croc of DC fame) has a fantastic relationship with Gambit, both of them bonding over their not-so-conventional appearances and the ensuing bullying (a young Remy was ostracized for his TechnicolorEyes by the other kids, Waylon for looking like a seven feet tall crocodile). Additionally, in spite of being TrappedInVillainy for a long time because of his looks, Waylon didn't let that deter him from involving himself in helping at a homeless shelter and Alcoholics Anonymous (the latter is actually canon - he was Roy Harper's AA sponsor pre-52). And he managed to ''earn'' a happy ending by opening an online bakery.

* After two years/eight months/fifteen months/fifteen years (given the weirdness of Sakaar and the amount of time-traveling Harry's done, all are technically true), Harry gets to reunite with Sue Storm, who despite everything she's been through since then, remains just as sweet and kind as ever. She and Reed have even had a baby!

* Harry mentions that he offered to pay for a new X-Jet (seeing as the last one got destroyed during Magneto's brawl with the Red Son, but Xavier turned him down, presumably since he knows it wasn't Harry's fault (bear in mind that Harry, between his mortal and Asgardian inheritances, could probably buy ''several'' jets and still have pocket change left over).
* There's something very sweet about Sirius and Remus babysitting baby Ada, and mentioning that they've had practice with little Harry, as well.

* As the ''Bloody Hell'' arc comes to an end, and Harry's recovering in bed, a recovered Carol drops by, they chat (and it's Harry's turn to almost kinda sorta give her an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove), and then she kisses him on the cheek, largely in thanks for what he did for her and her brother in the arc. They spend most of the following chapter holding hands.

** Harry and Hermione also move firmly back into VitriolicBestBuds category, which they haven't been (given Harry's disappearance and all) for quite a while.

* Minerva and Bucky have a heart to heart about Harry, and even after all this time and everything they've been through, they still clearly care deeply about each other (and Minerva is probably the only character in ''the entire series'' who can pull a FullNameUltimatum on him!)