𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 @svnriises !
location : outside the hufflepuff common room .
avoidance , it seems as though she’s doing a lot of that these days . it’s not just her feelings that she desperately tries to escape from , completely detached from the world that caves in on her , but the boy that makes her heart flutter , threatening to open the floodgates like only he could . fear consumes a once optimistic girl , terrified to live ; to lose anyone else . she couldn’t take it and she’d rather he lived a long life , even if it meant cutting him from hers , and the pain from watching him be happy with someone else would be a lot less . those aren’t the only things she’s afraid of or why she tries to circumvent him , frightened that his adoration is skin deep . she hates what she sees in the mirror , her rosy cheeks now gaunt and colourless , any shade of pink drained from her skin , and the dark circles that accentuate the tiredness of empty hues . a radiant beauty that has been stripped down to bone , and a bright smile that ceases to exist , she fears that she can’t be the girl that he thinks he wants , the one he loves the idea of . she’s not his saviour , his salvation , she can’t be anymore . how can he expect her to save him when she let her family die ? dread kicks in again , though now it’s not at the thought of facing him , but the actual thing . “ AMY ! ” she hears , a nickname he had reserved just for him . it’s too loud to ignore , to just walk on , so she knows she has no other choice . she swivels on the balls of her feet , eyes firmly placed on his much larger ones , scared to look into those eyes , “ look , i’m sorry but i’ve really got to go . alice is waiting for me , so ... ”