“So…” Harry says awkwardly, standing next to you and looking blankly at the cauldron.

Currently, Snäpe had assigned the two of you to work on the potion together. To summarise it up, you two used to date and broke up a while ago. Full stop.

You never knew the reason why, but Harry said it was for your ’safety’, whatever the hell that meant. Trying not to make a big fuss, you flipped through the instruction pages — reading through the list and not speaking a word to the boy next to you.

Harry obviously knew what you were doing, and he didn’t blame you. He did break up with you without telling you a reason, but he did it so you would be safe. He was well known for surviving the killing curse, and he was afraid that including his girlfriend in his whole ‘He’s gonna kill me!’ scenario could put her life in danger.

You pour an ingredient into the black cauldron, Harry just standing there like a lost kid. None of you wanted to speak, and for different reasons. After a bit, you decided to break the tense silence.