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James was almost to the table when he heard the portrait hole open; he turned automatically, before he'd even recognized the sound.
It was Evans. She was with her friends; they had bookbags with them, probably just come in from studying out by the lake. The other two were talking animatedly but Lily seemed off somehow, as if she, too, were concealing troubled thoughts. Her gaze passed over him without acknowledgement, like he wasn't even there. Like he didn't exist.
"Prongs? What's the — ah." Sirius had seen her too. They were going up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. None of them had spared so much as a glance for the rest of the common room.
"Don't worry about her, James," said Peter instantly. "She's nobody. You could have practically any girl you wanted after today …"
James didn't respond. His eyes were fixed on the back of Evans's head, and he felt entirely hollowed out. She'd never ignored him so completely before. He was used to her rolling her eyes, to the disdainful toss of her long red hair that showed just how little she thought of him, but actually meant she knew he was watching. This was something else.
(Fuck JKR. Trans rights are human rights.)
On indefinite hiatus
Series
- Part 1 of Till Forever Falls Apart