- Marigold defending Scorpius when he was bullied by Slytherins

- Scorpius defending Marigold when she was bullied by the children of former Death Eaters about her "blood-traitor" father Sirius (who married a werewolf, cue pearl-clutching pureblood supremacists)

- On Scorpius's birthday, Marigold got him a white ferret as a joke (she had heard about the incident from James and Rose)

- After Marigold got rejected by James Sirius Potter during her sixth year, she started hanging out with Scorpius a lot bc he was the only one who understood what it was like to have an unrequited crush (Rose Granger-Weasley cough cough)

- Marigold and Scorpius studying and reading together at the library (bc they're both nerds and they can't hang out together in their common rooms since they're in different houses)

- Marigold and Scorpius bonding over the fact that they both have pureblood supremacists in their family trees (and Walburga and Lucius are f*cking Karens)

- Marigold and Scorpius bonding over the fact that they have both lost their loved ones (Marigold's biological parents died when she was a baby, Astoria died when Scorpius was thirteen)

- Marigold introducing Scorpius to Muggle culture that she learned from Remus

- Marigold was the older sister that Scorpius never had