What gets me in this scene is George lost the most important person in his life and he’s grieving, he’s terrified, he’s confused and he doesn’t know what to do. But he sees his little brother come in. And he knows that he could have lost him too and that in itself is not something he could deal with. So he is able to tear himself away from his other half to hug his baby brother. The brother he teased mercilessly and pranked. The brother he was never really the nicest too. But it didn’t matter in that moment because he was alive and he could not take another person he loved leaving him.
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As the very frustrated sibling of a teasing brother, I know, deep down, that there’s no one who loves me more. The same kid who can say the cruelest comments is the first one to bring me soup when I’m sick. The brother who made my life living hell every time I brought my boyfriend over to visit was the one who hugged me while I cried and bought me chocolate after our break-up. George wanted Ron because he loves him more than just about anyone, except for Fred.
Seeing his brother alive gave him comfort that even the wisest words probably couldn’t.