Seamus sat on the train lonely. A few people attempted to sit with him in the carriage he had always shared with Dean. But Dean wasn't there. So he glared them out of the compartment and sat by himself. He had an established routine for the train ride with Dean but Dean wasn't there so the routine was broken. As the countryside rushed past Seamus thought about their Hogwarts years and his true feelings towards Dean, but Dean wasn't there.

Dean packed his bags and left his family home distracted: Seamus was on his mind. He locked the door, posted the note explaining his departure to his family through the letterbox, leaving out any mention of his plans; he knew that Muggle-born and Half-blood families would be targeted and he didn't want his family to be punished because of him. He decided to buy a train ticket and head up towards Wales; he gathered the Death Eaters were focusing on the London area from many reports and letters from Seamus.

Seamus got off the train and met up with Ginny, Lavender, Neville and many other Gryffindor students and together they walked into the school in a show of solidarity. Greeted by a solemn Snape everyone instantly knew that this year was not going to be good. Selfishly, Seamus only wished that Dean was with them. It didn't matter that Hogwarts was not the same; he just wanted his best friend. He wanted Dean.


Dean and Seamus both kept up with the Potterwatch broadcasts over the course of the year they were apart, and their thoughts kept drifting to each other. Dean kept thinking of Seamus whilst he was walking around with the goblins, Dirk and Ted. Seamus kept thinking of Dean whilst he was in the Room of Requirement.

Dean was captured by Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor where he was reunited with Luna, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ollivander. When they were rescued, Dean's only thought was 'tell Seamus how you feel you great big idiot' so he promised himself when he got back to Hogwarts, that was exactly what he was going to do. Dean loved Seamus and had done now for several years. He knew he was bisexual; he went out with Ginny the previous year, but when they broke up and Seamus was always there for him it only reinforced his feelings for him. He wasn't sure of Seamus's sexuality but they both could die, the realisation hit him hard at this point, so it was worth the risk.

Seamus sat on his bunk surrounded by people discussing Harry, the school, You-Know-Who and many other topics. Other than the few raids they did when the supplies were depleted this was how the time was spent. Most of Seamus's time, however, was spent thinking about Dean. He truly loved him. But Dean was straight. Heck, he even went out with Ginny Weasley, one of the most vivacious, beautiful, fiery women in the school. How could he compare with that?


When Ariana appeared in the portrait and told Neville that Aberforth wanted to see him everyone fell silent. The silence stretched and stretched until Neville returned. Harry, Ron and Hermione were back. After asking about the plan Seamus allowed the others to interrogate Harry but just as Harry was about to make a come-back the tunnel door reopened and out strolled Luna followed by Dean. Seamus was ecstatic to see him, and ran to hug him. As he collided with Dean's chest, he promised to tell Dean his true feelings when (or if) they both survived the impending battle.


Following the Battle, Seamus searched all over the castle for Dean. When he found him, he was sitting in a corner, shaking like a leaf. Seamus hugged him reassured him that it was all over but Dean pried himself away. They walked in silence to the Hospital Wing to be checked over then once they had been given the all clear, they headed down to the Great Hall.

"Dean…" started Seamus purposefully.

"Seamus…" started Dean nervously.

They nodded at each other and the simultaneously told each other the same thing. "I love you."

Those three words had never felt so right to say and had never been more true. They were telling the stories of the past year when Aberforth pulled up a chair from near them, grabbed three tankards and produced a bottle of Firewhiskey from the depths of his cloak. He immediately noticed the chemistry between them and they all began to laugh about it. Aberforth was the only one that could laugh after the horrendous battle. Everyone looked bitterly at the source of the laughter so Aberforth toasted them once more and then disappeared somewhere else, somewhere less death-ridden, to spread good cheer.

They were left alone together again.

They decided to go on a walk around the Lake. They picked their way through the mass of debris and sobbing people, stifled by the stuffy, death-filled air.

Many people would not be returning from today: Colin Creevey; Professor Lupin and his wife, Tonks; Fred Weasley; and countless others. Voldemort was gone but, naturally, he took a huge part of the wizarding community with him.

As they escaped the ruins of Hogwarts and the ruin of families, they both sighed. No one knew what was going to happen in the future, only what had just passed.

As Hogwarts burnt, rain began to pour from the grey skies, joining the wizards in mourning. Seamus and Dean sat side by side by the Lake getting soaked to the bone, studying their reflections in the broken water. The rain made short work of the fires left behind by the fighting and it began to cleanse the beautiful countryside of the horrors it had just witnessed. A sharp wind began to blow, moving the ashes around in mini tornadoes; already the cleaning of the battleground had begun. The Earth kept turning no matter what happened on it, and this was no exception.

There will always be constants, always. The four elements would always be here: fire, water, earth and air. For Dean his constant would always be Seamus. For Seamus his constant would always be Dean.

They would be together forever.


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