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The Hogwarts Express rattled, a rhythmic backdrop to James Sirius Potter’s brooding silence. He sat by the window, hazel eyes fixed not on the passing countryside, but on the girl across the aisle. Girls swooned in his wake, but his heart remained stubbornly anchored to her. From their clumsy first-year collision to the punch he took in Hogsmeade, their history was a tangled web of hatred turning into something far more dangerous. Now, in their sixth year, the infatuation was an open secret. He watched her, a smirk playing on his lips, wondering if she finally noticed the way he looked at her.