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Breathe In

Breathe in. The thudding in his chest sounded far too loud. What he was seeing couldn't be true. It wasn't real. But then, why her?

Out of all of them she was the least likely to look for him. Yet, the most likely to find him. Hands clenched for a wand he no longer kept. He regretted that years of quiet muggle life had blunted his vigilance.

He waited for this uneasy standoff to end. Even in a carriage packed with commuters they were alone.

His stop was coming up.

Brown questioning eyes searched out his own.

"Percy?"

Breathe out.