Harry Potter x Reader
In which a young witch struggles with her developing feelings for her best friend
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"I have loved you for years Harry- it's why I drank the poison, its why I pushed you out of the way of...
A/n: Just ignore the red squiggly line in some of the pictures besties! Enjoy!
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Grief is a strange thing that affects one's mind in a way that one could never possibly understand unless they too have experienced it. Some may liken it to some kind of disease or illness infecting and seeping its way into one's mind, changing the way one acts, behaves, thinks, for some it'll affect their very soul, change their appearance, how they dress, in many it'll affect their body and health.
However, unlike when one has a disease like a simple cold or flu, the symptoms of grief are much more varied. When one has the cold or flu, it can be expected one will cough and sneeze, have a fever and sore throat, perhaps one will get chills and muscle aches. These symptoms may vary from person to person, the severity may change depending on age, region, health, and wealth, but usually chances are, one will experience some form of those symptoms.
When one is experiencing grief however, there is no telling what one will experience, some feel relief, perhaps because the deceased's pain is now ended, their suffering done and now they might experience an eternity of peace, or perhaps they feel relief because they didn't much like the deceased, and now they weren't around anymore. Some may fall into a depression; into a hole they may never be able get out of. Some grow angry, with themselves, with others, throwing blame around until there's no more to be thrown. Others might go numb, they don't feel anything one way or the other, they feel no pain, no sadness, but not relief either... just, neutral. Some may push others away protecting themselves from any further harm, any further pain. Others might try to get more people around them, comforting themselves and others. There are many more ways people can possibly experience grief, all of the ways are valid and should be encouraged, worked through, but grief is often unfairly demonized, when really, much like falling ill, it is a very normal part of life that unfortunately, cannot be avoided forever.
Also, unlike a disease, grief does not always heal after a week, in fact, most of the time, those invisible, internal wounds caused by grief never fully close, they may start to heal, they might close over after a while, but, they can always be torn open, like fresh stitches, and all of a sudden, you're experiencing it all over again, as though what happened, whether it was weeks, months, decades ago, happened just yesterday.
Some people, like Y/n Borealis, may try to pretend they're not grieving, pushing down their feelings so they themselves can go about life as though nothing ever happened at all. And whilst this may work in the short term, in the long term, much like when one pushes through their illness, it will only pile up, not vanish, and eventually, overflow, and all one is feeling, all they are going through will come out.
Except, these types of overflows are different when one is grieving, for unlike a simple illness, grief may not only affect one's body, but their very spirit, their person.
And when grief overflows, it may create something irreversible.
