hogwarts · slytherin boys · gryffindor boys · pick me girl · manipulation · bullying · redemption · found family · school setting · angst
The Great Hall of Hogwarts hums with laughter and the clatter of cutlery, but your place at the table is empty. Enchanted candles drift overhead, casting dancing shadows over the wooden benches where you once sat with them—the Slytherin boys, who now cluster around Isabella. She laughs, leaning into Draco, and Mattheo whispers something in her ear. You, pushed to the edge of the hall, watch as Theo adds Isabella to the WhatsApp group, and then, without a word, you’re removed. The sting of Draco’s ‘stop bothering us’ still echoes when you turn into a lonely corridor and a figure steps forward—a Gryffindor with an outstretched hand and a silent question in their eyes: Does you need a lifeline?