❝𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰.❞ 𝙏𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. the alternative ending to "the girl who loved || cedric diggory".

Cedric Diggory has just started his sixth year at Hogwarts with his best friend by his side. He's excited for another year of Quidditch and finally learning how to Apparate. Until he learns that this year Hogwarts will be hosting the Triwizard Tournament. He immediately knows that he would do anything to compete as Hogwarts' champion and eagerly puts his name in the Goblet of Fire. Iris Maya has been Cedric's best friend since first year, but he's too oblivious to notice that she's completely in love with him. She wishes more than anything that he wouldn't sign up for the Triwizard Tournament because she just wants him to be safe, but she knows that competing is important to him so she vows to be supportive. As the year passes by, Cedric begins to realize that the feelings he has for Iris aren't as platonic as he always thought they were, and staying 'just friends' proves more difficult than any of the tasks he's facing. He wants her to stay by his side for the rest of his life, but he's too afraid of ruining the friendship to make his feelings known. Meanwhile, Iris reveals her feelings for Cedric through a series of letters she writes to him and keeps in a box under her bed. Someday, she tells herself, someday she'll send them. I don't own Harry Potter, or any of it's characters. All rights go to J. K. Rowling. Iris is mine, as are any other characters not mentioned and this plot.

❝𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨. {A Y/N & OC mixed mc} {Originally published April 30, 2023}