Second Chances | Theodore Nott

Theo is offered a deal- no Azkaban in exchange for returning to Hogwarts and working for the ministry. He can't take back his heritage or his name, all he can do is live with it. No one should have to live with the choices their parents made for them, but here he is, living with a scar on his arm that will earn him ridicule forever.

He decides to waste his life away- in style. Instead of rotting in prison, he agrees to return to Hogwarts hell-bent on partying until his heart gives out. To cope with the pain, he drowns himself in firewhiskey and a good time. Until he is partnered with Violet.

Violet chose to come back to school, to put the last seven years behind her and look for a brighter future in the wizarding world. When she is partnered with Nott for a case study she loses her patience with his inability to work for anything, his unwillingness to do anything but have a good time. He's wasting his second chance and dragging her down with him and nothing makes her more angry.

This is love story in which the characters are struggling with past choices, an unknown future, and more mental issues than can even be summarized. Who saves who?

This story is set in the year following the war and previous 7th-year students are invited back for a supplemental 8th year to fill their education gaps from the roller coaster of the last few years to prepare for the wizarding world.

TW: Mental Health Issues, Physical Abuse, Toxicity, Sexual Content