Two children meet unceremoniously on a train and proceed to duke out a bitter rivalry on the Quidditch pitch and school corridors.

Blink.

A huge war encompasses everything and fierce enmity becomes lost in the struggle to stay alive.

Blink.

A haggard twenty-something orders a beer at a local bar and astonishingly befriends the blond non-stranger next to him.

Blink.

They tentatively fall in love and move into a flat in Bristol. Their friends are confounded but a certain wise old wizard is entirely unsurprised.

Blink.

Two white graves rest softly side by side. They are both emblazoned My Hero.