laundry love [completed]

f i f t y n i n e : furry trenchcoats

"ira?"

"hey. did you reach your dorm?"

"..." a b r e a t h .

"adrian. what's wrong?"

"..." a g a s p .

"listen to me. breathe. what's going on? are your injured?"

"m-mrs. norris, ira." a s o b .

"the cat? what happened to her? did the matron find out?"

"s-she is...i r a . come over, please."

"did she...die, adrian?"

"..."

"crookshanks is mewing his head off, ira. a-and silas is binge-eating. a-and professor mcgonagall is...she is sleeping. like the dead, ira. the dead."

"what happened to the rat-eater? she get run over by a car?"

"no, ira. much, much worse."

"..."

"m-mrs. norris. she is...missing."

"oh, adrian." a s i g h .