A/N: Justin was a hard character to write about. There isn't anything known about him during the war or after the war. This tells me that he was forced to cut ties with everybody from Hogwarts. I don't think his mother would've allowed him to return to the wizard world after the war over either. I hope this note helps a little. This is for the Pick a List Competition, and the 25 Days of Christmas Competition. I used snowflakes as my prompt. Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. JK Rowling does.
Justin Finch Fletchley sighed as he stared out the window from his bedroom at his aunt's house. Christmas was coming, but everything was different this year. Watching snowflakes fall gave him a bit of comfort. It didn't make his depression disappear completely though. He had everything going right in his life until You-Know-Who returned. Everything in his world seemed to have crumbled after that.
He recently had to go into hiding because of the new Muggle-born laws. Justin couldn't return to Hogwarts while Death Eaters were there. He hadn't been able to write to any of his friends because their mail was being watched. He longed to talk to Hannah Abbott. They had started dating before he went into hiding. Thoughts of her made his depression go away as well.
Justin had been depressed ever since they moved out of England and into America. His father got captured by Snatchers before they moved out because he had tried protecting his family. He knew he was either dead or in Azkaban. He had accepted that a few weeks ago. Acceptance didn't make things easier though.
Justin could hear his aunt yelling about supper being ready, but he ignored her. Food wasn't comforting to him right then.
His time at Hogwarts felt like a dream by now. He felt trapped in the Muggle world with no way out. If only he could go back to his friends. If only he could at least write to them. He didn't have anything from school because he had to leave everything behind when they ran away.
He couldn't wait for the war to end. It was his only hope of getting out of this mess. He had no idea how long it would go on for, or how he would know when it ended. Justin realized he could be stuck here forever without even knowing a thing about the ending. It terrified him, though he was starting to accept that as well.
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