If Wishes Were Bowtruckles

by fyren galan

What do snakes know of love? Ask a Slytherin. Title based off Kamerreon's lovely drabble series. Ch. 48: Gregory Goyle/Lavender Brown

1. Part I: I

Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling and associates own these characters. I am writing this story for fun and not profit.

Author's Note: This will be series of short drabbles; Part is canon, Part II is fanon. Pairings of Part I will be revealed in the final chapter.

Warning: alcoholism, angst

If Wishes Were Bowtruckles

Part I: I

Large pale hands grasped a smooth tumbler of brandy. He barely noticed the burn as he threw it back.

Lily's eyes burned him far more greatly than any liquid could.