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Paige Harrington doesn't believe in permanence, not in people, not in happiness, not in home. Between caring for her depressed mother and holding her fractured world together, Hogwarts is her only escape, a temporary refuge of laughter, noise, and half-kept secrets. And she did love temporary things. She hides behind wit and indifference, content to remain unseen. But that illusion starts to crack the day she crosses paths with Sirius Black. The boy who walked away from his family, the boy her best friend happens to hate most in the world.
What begins as biting banter and mutual disdain turns into something far more complicated. Through detentions, midnight snacks, and quiet conversations under the weight of stars, Paige and Sirius slowly begin to see through each other's masks. The anger, the loneliness, the exhaustion they both carry in silence. Neither of them is ready for the strange comfort that follows.
As friendships shift, loyalties fracture, and the lines between right and wrong blur, Paige finds herself caught between two brothers. one she calls a friend, and one who refuses to stay her enemy.
This isn't a story about light or darkness. It's about everything in between, the quiet moments, the late-night cigarettes, the people who hurt and heal us, and the unexpected ways connection finds us when we've stopped looking for it.