**Written for the Snakes and Ladders Challenge, Diagon Alley Challenge: Eeylops Owl Emporium and Endless Possibility Challenge: 10 prompts, Slytherin Common Room**
Dear Ted...
My Dearest Ted,
I love you. You know that, possibly more than I do. Please understand that your love means everything to me, and more. Yet it is the strength of my love for you that is the reason why I am writing this.
I have to finish this.
I wouldn't do this if it weren't necessary, but I am afraid of the outcome should my sister find out. I know you said you are not afraid, but I know what Bella is capable of. She's not afraid to torture - I know, I have seen - and you know she regards Muggleborns as the lowest form of magical human being. I don't want to repeat what she considers your parents. You know that already, too. I only wish for your safety, and being with me doesn't guarantee that.
Right now I want nothing more to be with you, to feel the touch of your hands on my skin, but here I am sitting in the Slytherin common room writing this letter. Knowing in my heart that I cannot think of anything I would rather be doing less.
You make me feel special, as if I am more than just the Black family name, and you do not know how much that means to me. All my life I have been the other Black daughter, the disappointment compared to Bella and Cissy, but with you, I can just be Andy. You are the only person who knows the real me.
I want nothing more than to be with you but I do not have the courage or the strength to defy my parents so publicly. I hope you understand why I am doing this; it is for you, and you only.
All my love
Andromeda
Ted
I love you. Yes, I will marry you.
Yours forever
Andy
