skipping stones
#3
Teddy Lupin
She's been in love with him since she was five years old. She stood in King's Cross Station when he was eleven and leaving for Hogwarts, gripping his hand as she made him promise to write "everyday, Teddy. Pinky swear?" And while staring up at him, she remembers thinking she was going to marry him someday.
Fast-forward fourteen years, and he's getting married. Not to her, oh, no, of course not, because it's always been TeddyandVictoire, hasn't it? She came back from Romania, came back from the dragons, for this torture. The worst part is, there's no Lily to vent and cry and get drunk with afterwards. Because Lily's dead, remember (as if she could forget)? Standing there in her awful pink bridesmaid dress, watching Teddy forever promise himself to her sister, something inside Dominique breaks.
That night, she cries alone in her room and no one can figure out what's wrong. She can't help but think that Lily would know, but unlike all the past times this has ever happened, there's no Lily to call and fix things. So she curls up into a tighter ball and cries. She cries for Lily, for Victoire, for Teddy, for herself, and for every goddamn thing that's led to this moment.