One look, that was all it took. Helena Potter looked up into Marcus Flint's brown eyes on the Hogwarts Express, and was lost. Follow Helena and Marcus as they navigate their feelings, and embark on a relationship that will change everything. AU. Fem!Harry. Grey!Harry. *This is inspired by my one-shot "A Winning Bet"*

It all started when he saw her getting bullied by members of his own house, the girl who lived was getting ridiculed, at first he would have been one of those boys, making fun of her and even bullying her, but after seeing the condition she was in since they returned from summer break, had him set on a different mind path. Hestia Potter was used to getting picked on by the Slytherins, Ron and Hermione were always busy on their prefect duties when things like this happened, so imagine her shock when she was saved by none other than Marcus Flint. Hestia was used to protecting herself and the others around her, I mean that is what she was being groomed for, but how will the girl who was born to save the wizarding world feel, when she is the one now being protected by a rather big, older and much more stubborn Slytherin.