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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Muggle History
Task #1: Write about making a serious mistake
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Auction
Pairing: Dean/Seamus
His Mistake
Pairing: Dean/Seamus
Dean watched from the shadows. He watched as Seamus mourned a broken heart. He watched Seamus pick himself up and dust himself off. He watched Seamus bury himself in work, focusing on the cases he was given and doing his best to get them a chance at freedom.
And he watched when Lisa Turpin, a fellow defense lawyer, sat next to him in the cafeteria. He watched as they shared shy smiles, having never spoken two words to each other at Hogwarts. And Dean watched as a new light seemed to come to Seamus' eyes, and he just knew Lisa would become special to the Irish wizard.
And he watched with regret, knowing he had no one to blame but himself.
It was a mistake. A terrible mistake he wished he had never made.
Seamus came to him with his heart on his sleeve. Dean still remembered the words spoken with so much affection. So much feeling.
"Dean we've been best friends for years. Ever since it was obvious Ron and Harry had each other, and Neville kept to himself. Our friendship might have been born out of necessity, but that didn't make it any less true. You made it so I wasn't lonely. You made me laugh, and you helped me with Potions so I didn't cause nearly as many explosions. You were always there for me, and I would like to believe I was there for you. Like when we talked for hours after Ginny broke up with you. And when I helped you with Transfiguration. I never want us to stop being there for each other. What I'm saying is… Dean, I love you. And not just as friends. As in I want to marry you kind of way."
And Dean, spurned by love in the past, backed away with his hands up and denied Seamus his love. He said he didn't return Seamus' feelings.
It was a lie. He cared about Seamus, loved him even, but Dean had been left brokenhearted so many time and didn't want to add Seamus to his list of disappointments.
He refused to tell Seamus the truth, and now he was being forced to watch Seamus move on.
Which pain was greater? To love and then lost, or to never have allowed himself to love in the first place.
From his place on the sidelines, Dean didn't know.
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