Sebastian Sallow is a tortured soul with the world on his shoulders whose only mission is to save his sister Anne - at any cost. Atley Barlowe is a budding new witch who also carries the world on her shoulders as she travels the road less traveled to unlock the secrets of her connection to ancient magic. Will the burdens of their lives, minds and souls prove to be too much or can they save each other? Sebastian Sallow x Fem!oc (but please feel free to replace "Atley" with your oc's name and "Barlowe" with your oc's last name in your mind if you'd prefer to read it that way.) Slow burn romance but will slowly become a deep and dark fic filled with heart swelling fluff, chaos, angst, magic, dark magic, romance, friendship, family, twists, turns and all sorts of soul crushing. This will be a LONG fic in order to keep the entirety of the story together - but for new or slow readers - do not worry, chapters are fast paced and kept at a manageable length. Will contain spoilers from the Hogwarts Legacy game. Characters aged up to year seven (18 years old). - *SPOILERS - There will be MANY spoilers for the HL game so read at your own risk ** TW: This story will contain themes of death, struggles in mental health, depression, PTSD, anxiety, violence, a bit of intimacy, terminal illness, blood, alcoholism, injury, self harm, "foul" language - if you are uncomfortable with any of these, please do not read! *** All characters aside from Atley and their likeness are owned, created and trademarked by Warner Bros, Portkey Games, the Wizarding World, etc... all rights to them. Story / original character owned by me. Occasional scenes be taken from the game and use quotes, but my own additions will be added to them. Lastly, thank you for reading and all your support! I don't plan to add many notes of my own but I would LOVE if you would leave your own thoughts, commentary and votes. It's always exciting to feel like I'm reading an annotated book passed around among friends! :)

Two years after the battle underneath Hogwarts, an uneasy peace has gripped the countryside. The war is won, but the losses are heavy. When a student goes missing during their seventh year, Ominis, Sebastian, and the Hero of Hogwarts, Eleanore Malfoy, must put aside differences and personal trauma to work together against a new threat. But secrets, lies, pureblood politics, and betrayals loom. Peace is never really won. It's fleeting. It is bestowed in small increments of time at the cost of bloodshed. Everything has a price, and heroism must too often look like villainy. Content warnings: descriptive depictions of violence and torture, mental illness (heavy on the PTSD), smut, mentions/references to rape/non-con, and struggles with trauma. *All characters are aged up. * All characters owned and trademarked by Warner Bros and Portkey Games all rights to them. Cover art is by Degma (@degma_ on Tiktok)

In a world where every contract has stipulations, 'happily ever after' has an asterisk. Demons don't wander into the night to be forgotten and history only writes for the victors. A simple life is not easy to achieve, especially when said demons knock at the door. Not all problems can be solved with a well-placed Avada. Something is not right; tilted in the world just enough to feel wrong while everything continues its orbit, unbothered. Content warnings: full list inside. <3 *All characters are aged up. * All characters owned and trademarked by Warner Bros and Portkey Games all rights to them. World by JK Rowling. ***Sequel to Shadow of the Heir

Clara Elmore was fifteen when she saved the wizarding world. The Hero of Hogwarts they'd called her. But could she truly be called a hero if she was the villain in the stories of so many others? Was it truly victory if blood lingered under her fingernails from the mountain of corpses she'd crawled over to obtain it? Was it truly victory If Anne was still dying? If Ominis still lived under the shadow of his family? If Sebastian had vanished almost without a trace and left everything that had sparked between them behind? Two years later; dark forces begin to stir in the shadows, nightmares prove frighteningly real, and memories are not what they seem. Victory may not have been what she thought and The Repository may have only been the beginning. ******** * This writing thing? It's new. Very new and exciting and mostly scary. So I apologize in advance for the approximately 189030000 grammatical mistakes I'm sure will be found. ( We're all going to pretend not to notice them okay? Okay.) Sebastian Sallow x Female Slytherin OC (slow burn) Third Person POV This is a Seventh Year Fic and characters are aged 18+ CW: This story will get very DARK. Please be prepared for mature themes. Including: Graphic descriptions of violence and torture, blood, terminal Illness, PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, character death, implied SA, forced pregnancy, angst, and some mild smut ( maybe not so mild later, we'll see ;) *I will try to include specific warnings on chapters but if any of the above make you uncomfortable please skip the necessary chapters or skip this story altogether. :) *This story takes place after the events of Hogwarts Legacy and will include spoilers from the events of the game * Aside from Clara Elmore and her likeness all characters are owned and trademarked by Warner Bros, Portkey Games, and Wizarding World. All rights to them.