To Harry Potter, Fifth Year seemed like the same as any other. Classmates, homework, new dangers, Voldemort risen in the shadows… the usual, even with a Dementor attack kicking things off. But how long can he maintain the illusion that everything is under control? As hope for a normal life slips away through his fingers, will Harry bear the weight of it all... or will it crush him?

Each and every time she turned to him since they started working together, Red knew what she needed better than she had and played the role to perfection without even being asked. This time… This time she needed something more than to pretend for a few minutes that nothing had changed. [6/6, Lizzington]