𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 | Harry James Potter x Reader

YR 4 ☆•°~'* 11

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'Double Potions,' Ron groaned, walking down to the dungeons with Y/N, Harry and Hermione. 

'It's not so bad, you know,' said Hermione matter-of-factly as they stopped outside the classroom.

'Snape's almost always bad, Hermione,' said Y/N, watching Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and her gaggle of Slytherin girls sniggering heartily. 

Pansy's pug-like face peered around Malfoy as Y/N, Harry, Ron and Hermione approached.

'There they are, there they are!' she shrieked with giggles. Y/N noticed that Pansy had a magazine in her hand - Witch Weekly. 

'You might find something to interest you in there, L/N!' Pansy said, tossing the magazine to Y/N, who caught it, looking slightly bewildered. At that moment, the dungeon door opened, and Snape beckoned them all inside.

The quartet found their usual table at the back of the classroom. Once Snape had turned his back on them to write the ingredients for today's potion, Y/N unfurled the magazine and riffled through it under the desk. At last, she found the article they were looking for. 

HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE:

Deprived of love since the tragic demise of his parents, fourteen-year-old Harry Potter ('Well, she got your age right,' said Y/N) thought he had found solace and love in his steady girlfriend (boyfriend?) at Hogwarts, Muggle-born Y/N L/N. Little did Harry know that he would shortly be suffering yet another emotional blow in a life already littered with personal losses.

'What is this rubbish?' said Y/N angrily, feeling her face heat up.

Miss L/N, a plain but ambitious student, seems to have developed heartfelt relationships with plenty of other witches and wizards, including Cedric Diggory, beautiful half-Veela Fleur Delacour, and her less-known cousin Adrien Delacour, as well as Ron Weasley-

'What in the name of Merlin's saggy knickers?' hissed Ron, his ears red. 

Under the paragraph, four moving pictures were placed, each depicting Y/N with her 'love interests'.

The first one was of Y/N kissing Harry on the cheek in the champions' tent on the day of the first task. She had been trying to make him feel better before he faced the Horntail. 

The second one was of Y/N and Cedric, the day she helped him practice asking Cho to the Yule Ball. Cedric had Y/N's hand in his, with his head bowed politely and Y/N chuckling. 

'How did she get that picture?' Harry whispered frantically, looking horrified.

'What do you mean?' said Y/N swiftly, turning to Harry.

'I'll explain later,' said Harry.

The third one depicted Y/N and Adrien sitting at a table with Ron during the Yule Ball. Y/N remembered this - she and Adrien were teaching Ron how to pronounce certain French words during the feast, giggling at the bemused look on Ron's face.

The last one was taken by the Black Lake, where Y/N and Fleur were sitting on a rock, laughing about something. Y/N remembered this as well - Fleur was telling her about when Ron had asked her to the Yule Ball. She had found it particularly funny because apparently, Ron had bolted away the moment he asked her. 

Ever since learning that Cedric Diggory and Fleur Delacour were selected to compete in the Triwizard Tournament, Y/N L/N has been toying with both champions' affections without Harry Potter's knowledge.