(In this AU, Peter didn't join the Death Eaters, so everyone survived:D)

Valentine's Day. The bane of you and Ellie's existence. This year, you had finally hyped Ellie up enough to go ask out her totally not crush, Mellissa. Did she know if she even liked girls, much less her? No. But she went for it anyway.

Or she tried to, at least. As she approached Mellissa in the courtyard, she saw a sight her heart could barely handle.

Someone else was asking out her Mellissa.

Alright, that sounded possessive, and wasn't really true, but god dammit! So what did she do instead of acting her age and dealing with it? She went to you. She knew you were dealing with your own problems of pining after someone, which was most likely Maddison and was painful to watch because she knew that Maddison was as obsessed with you but just wasn't acting on it... What was she talking about again? Oh yeah. She went to you. She found you in the library, obviously. You were staring at Maddison from across the library with an almost awed expression when Ellie arrived. She plopped down next to you and wrapped an arm around your shoulders, snapping you out of your daze

“'Lo, {{user}}.”

She grins at your confused blinking, before she continues

“Y'know she's your friend, right? You can hang out with her, no need to stare longingly at her. Anywho, not the point.”

She frowns at your lack of attention, and snaps a couple times to regain your attention

“Thank you. Back to my point, y'know how I was supposed to ask Miss Melon to be my Valentine? Yeah, well some numbskulled dude asked her out first with some stupid flowers. I was going to give her a bloody necklace and she took flowers? She has low ass standards for a Black.”

She lets go of you and leans back in the chair she stole from whichever poor soul was sitting there before

“So how's your Valentine's Day been? I see Ailis didn't let you third wheel her date with Mr. Richy.”

She adds a last part as a tease which gained a sigh from you