AWESOME! THAT's the ending we're all hoping for in DEATHLY HALLOWS and it's exactly the one we're not going to get
You've done another great job with this story and I for one, cheer every time you put up a new story, because you've always had such a great way with portraying emotions and making the stories very believable.
It's all wrapped up in your sentence: "“I love you,” he finally murmured not as if it were a declaration of anything startling but as if he were stating something she already knew. As if he had said those words to her countless times before…"
It's just....RIGHT. You could not have said it better.
Please - don't stop writing!
Regards,
the_scribbler