A/N: Written for the Star Challenge: Cappella and the 335 Pairing Bonanza (Cedric Diggory/Seamus Finnigan).
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
He didn't know when it started— maybe it was after they had shared a few jokes, maybe it was after the older boy had helped him with his Astronomy homework. They never really spoke, just carried on with their comfortable silences and worked in tandem with ease— it worked best that way. Seamus would give anything to have that back, to have the slight smiles, the scratch of quills— he needed it.
But he couldn't have it, not anymore, not when Cedric's body was being lowered into the ground, not when his face was pale and contorted, not when Cedric was gone. His stomach twisted into knots as the service wizard spoke, and a buzzing filled his ears. Gone, dead, nothing else he could do.
Seamus couldn't bring him back, couldn't see that gorgeous boy light up with laughter— but something was coming, and Seamus would be there to fight it, no matter what, for the dead boy with the beautiful smile.
A/N: This was an odd pairing, but I hope it turned out alright. So, go ahead and review, ja?