star-crossed

Lorcan Scamander/Zoë Nightshade


Ever since he's been small, the stars are a favourite sight of his. His mum and dad often lead him out to the fields where there's a charpoy laid out, and where he sits in the night for hours altogether.

He dreams, he loves, he laughs. All there, in the middle of the fields.

One day, he sees a new constellation in the sky. Not new, per se - because there can't be new constellation - but he hasn't seen it before in his life.

It's a girl. A lady. Something between the two. The silver stars outline her body and she strikes him as a huntress, with the bow outstretched.

He can feel her come to life before his eyes.

He feels she's had a heartbreak, a real one and not an exaggerated, dramatic breakup. It's as if she has a big classic written about her somewhere - a long one at that, a really long one.

He believes her to be the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Glowing skin, pretty eyes, and a breathtaking personality. If it was even possible, he would have fallen in love with her. She has the aura of forbiddenness, but Lorcan doesn't care about that, does he?

(He wonders if there's someone else like that out there)

One day, he looks at her, and smiles, and wishes that maybe she knows how much he loves her.

And maybe, just maybe, for a tiny second, he feels her glare right back at him.