It had been six months since you and Theo broke up. You still missed him, but you both knew it couldn’t keep going the way it was. Things had gotten toxic, and leaving felt like the only option.

You thought he’d move on like he always did with his exes. He usually did. But he didn’t. After you left, he started getting into fights at Hogwarts whenever someone mentioned your name. By winter break, people were saying he’d been smoking just to forget everything, just to feel normal again.

Now winter vacation was here, and everyone was back home.

And somehow you ended up standing outside his door, rain soaking through your clothes and chilling your bones.