You can't ever see him in person anymore, but that doesn't stop his face from appearing in your dreams night after night.
It hasn't even sunk in yet. You still find it hard to believe that the war even happened. You look around, seeing a mess of devastation surrounding you, but you still feel like Colin will be right there by your side any second now.
You won't let yourself believe that it's reality. Even accepting that losing him was a nightmare would be awful enough.
You didn't expect to ever find yourself so alone.
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For The Becoming a Wizard Challenge (Event: At Number 4 Privet Drive – Write about a dream in under 100 words). Also for the Represent that character challenge.