"He had almost forgotten what oxygen was when she was near. He didn't care, he’d happily stop breathing if it meant she was by his side the entire time. She was a different kind of air."
I made this for a one-shot I wrote, but didn’t finish.
I think this works without the text anyways, but for context and a spoiler, read under the cut (if I can make one?)
Draco has yet to apologise for his past actions to Hermione, despite having been her potions partner through all of first semester in their 8th year. On Christmas Eve, he goes to her parent’s house and finally gives her an apology. This is the moment right after that.
“Between the ages of 10 and 12, I had a really terrible crush on Tom Felton. We love a bad guy, and he was a few years older and had a skateboard. And that just did it, really. He used to do tricks on it. He was so cool.” | HARRY POTTER: RETURN TO HOGWARTS