Brief snapshots of the relationships of our favorite Hogwarts couples, I.e. James/Lily, Harry/Hermione, and Draco/Ginny.
Disclaimer: Not mine. This should be obvious because the above pairings are mostly not canon. Curse you, J.K.!
IV. Mistakes
It was a mistake, they knew, when they began meeting in secret in the Room of Requirement after a botched spell trapped them inside an opaque bubble for hours. It was a mistake to even talk at all inside said bubble, besides the required insults. It was a mistake to loosen their guards when they were trapped, so much that when the spell was finally undone, they had to spring apart hastily and don fierce glares. It was a mistake, when they began to secretly meet, to not stop what was quickly becoming habit when they realized how much they secretly enjoyed the other's company. It was a mistake to silently agree that, inside the Room, which had taken many different forms over the course of their talks, they were not Malfoy and Weaselette but Draco and Ginny, not born enemies but simple teenagers. It was a mistake for her to suddenly confide in him one night about the fear she lived with for her family, so deeply entrenched in the war, and it was a mistake for him to tell her soon afterwards that he was being pressured to join the Death Eaters, but didn't want to kill anyone. It was a mistake for him to kiss her on a night when the Room was cloaked in deep velvets and silver greens, and it was a mistake for her to return the kiss as the décor blossomed into crimson gold. It was a mistake to let themselves fall in love the way they did, and a mistake to not break it off then, while they still could, a mistake to let their most secret desires for their lives take control and spin them into a whirlwind, a chess game that neither of them, not her with her Weasley heritage nor him with his Malfoy intelligence, could win. It was all a mistake, and they both knew it—but somehow, even as the men he worked to allow into the castle killed the headmaster who had been the beacon of the light she supported, neither of them could find it in themselves to regret it.
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