May 2, 2011
"Don't do anything stupid," Potter says and hands Draco his wand. He presses the up button and turns to walk back down the hall.
Draco suddenly panics. He realises he'd expected Potter to do something or at least say something more consequential than "don't do anything stupid."
"Where are you going?" he calls after Potter's retreating back.
Potter stops.
"I'm meeting Ginny for lunch," he says without turning around.
The filthy carpet seems like a conveyor belt pulling Potter away from him.
"Why?" he yells. "Why wasn't I enough?"
Blueprints for a Dream by frayach [x]