Sometimes loneliness draws more than companionship. Ainslee is disturbed and her normally cold Potion's Master and Head-of-House takes interest. Immediately, he sees her just as another student with trouble abiding to the rules-- he thinks he can fix her. But as he tries to tame the fifth-year, he sees she is nothing more than he is: a hurt soul shielded by a wall of false-strength. Young Severus finds that healing broken Ainslee may help heal his own neglected woundsAll Rights Reserved